Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-05
The Adminisaration and Pnrtir..

10 when IL owes It's existence. he eonefitn
ton Of the Cabinet itself was known 10 be
task Of the most embarrassing character, an,
wo do not hazard much in the supposiiion iha
many anxious hours and earnest consultation.
were devoted to giving the Inaugural such
cast, as would render The sentiments and prin
ciPles IL avowed obnoxious to the smallest por
lion possible of the party The filing of the
diplomatic posts, and the general distribution
OF the more valuable patronage of the govern.
ment presented difficulties that have for months
held the President and his Cabinet in perplex
iiy, and now. that the work has nearly been
done. such discomfort is oppareni.as to make il
predetermined whether The Administration will
be able 10 hold together and maintain ilself by
the support Of tho party which elevated it 10
power.
Tho aspect of the political horizon is confus
cd beyond the wisdom Of the shrewdesi prog
nosiicalor to forecast what weather we are to
have. Ia New York. the party calling itself
democratic is irreconcilably divided; mol mere
ly by diyersties Of opinion aud principle bot
by personal animoslties and recrmnaons, loo
bitter ever to be appeased forgotten The
harmony that Is vainly sought to be eocrccd
by the "bIudgeon' and the "bowie kniie," as
is asserted 10 have been the case at The late
gathering OF factions 10 Syracuse will scarcely
yield to mlder means The fraternal feeling
that cannot expr.s, Itself in milder arpeIlali, es
Than "cat throat aud "felon' will not eas
be made available for the execution of ans
common party purpose.
Such is the condition Of affairs in New York
The forced aud unnatural union between the
Hunkcrs and Barnburners in thai Site. effect
ed at tho late Presidential election under the
powerful pressure of hope of public plud
der, has been sundereJ iuto fragments by the
favortism the Administration has shown To-
wards the latter faction The truce then
agreed upon. founded in fraul and followed
by treaehery, has broken ont into a renewed
warfare, more fierce and unreen;ng than ever
n. y. is now the theatre Of politcd conflict,
springing from deeper hatred and awakening
more Of The baser passions Of men. than any
this country has before Witnessed The Hunk
ers, led on by Dickinson, have FORMALLY and
forever rem 5unced all association with the
Barnburners led on by Van Buren, and DIX.
The ISSUES which lie h, The bottom OF III, con
ties, relate 10 The rights of the Southern Suites
and to the oblie tioos Of The government 10
extend 10 tie institution of Slavery all he pro
lection contemplated 10y the trainers of the
constitution and the orgon parties 10 the
federal compact. No sensible nun can be
any longer deceived by the pretended support
of the compromise and the fugitive slave law,
which the folio ers of Martin Van Bnlen i'll
'lS continue 10 avow. Their Syracuse plat
form is hollow and rotten. They pledged
themselves 10 it for no other purpose than that
Of deception. If any ooe doubts this the Ell
dcnce furnished by the speakers a, the late
Hunker ratification in The city OF New York
and by the letters of Attorney General O'Con
ner and Collector Bronson will convince him
See too what Mr.. Edmond Burke. of New
Hampshire, conspicuous actor in the cam
paigu of last year, and late editor of the Wash
ington Union says on the subject,
am aware,hnt,he freesoil faction [lhe barn
burners ofyour State profess. with one
prominent exception, nearly the same principle.
which the National Democracy have ever be
lieved in and advocated; and, at their late con
venton at Syracuse. they ostcnsibly surrender
much Of tLeir ancient and long cherished anti
slavery notions in the resolutions which the,
adopted on That occasion. But when it is re
membered that they were the principal archi
tecis and builders Of the Buffalo platform o
1s4s. that they professcd hhc same principle
which were advocated by the abolltionists
that they ,openly allied themselves with tina
faction, and cooperated viii the Wing part,
in defeating tho distinguished patriot, then
candidate for the Presdency,who impefsonae,
the princpesand cause Of the Democracy thu
infiicting an irreparable injury upon the Demo
cratic party; that since then, they have neve
surrendered their freesoil heresics that, in III
late legislature Of your State, they refused t
vote for resolutions cmbodying an unqualiie
recognition of the Baltimore p!atform,the prr
cples Of tie Inaugural Address, and the Cor
stitu,ionalilv and expediency of the Fupitiv