Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-09
The failure Of the bounty system.

mlnlsfrauon, TO discover now siRnally the
attempt of the Executive TO buy up this rebel
lious wing has failed. The Union sees much
in the development there ito be regretted
but thinks it 'better for the party that the tue
state of things in New York shall be distinct.
ly known,though il may exhibi, case of hope.
less distraction and alienation. than that the
present chilling uncertainty should hang over
the subject" "lf the democracy. il continues,
IN the other States are to have no further as.
.sistance from the Empire State in their future
strnggles.the sooner We know il the better" -
ii is scarcely possible to commiserate the I'm.
ion. however sorey iis patriotic soul NAV be
yexed, for we cannot forget how hlmsy the
disguise was. with which it allowed itself to
be cheated into confidence in the men whose
course now So disappoints and disresses it
To ell, except those who were wilfully blind,
il was apparent, from the first, that the Van
Buren, faction consented TO support the Bali
more nominee, not because their own sentl
mems had undergone change. or their own
selfish schemes been foregone, but because, in
the language of one of them. they kne'0 their
man and saw in his support the surest road
topatronage and plumber. To have given aith
to their pretended acquiescence in the Fugi
tive Slave law evinced simplicity and credu.
lily, that deserved such lesson as the Union is
now learning.
Nor is the predicament in which The Admin.
istration is left, by this secession of potion of
those to whom it is indebted for It's existence.
and whose support il has lavished the rewards
ofGos ernment To retain, one that gives any
claim to the sympathy of the country. Onrhe
contrary. it should be regarded as a retributve
warning-an admontion, most impressive
and most ft against the timid and unprnci
pied policy which would make terms with a
dangerous faction, To prevent opposition from
it. The attempt to subsidize and silence the
free-soers,by the bribery OF official patronage,
which the President and hsCabnet have made,
has been nothing short Of conspirng with cor.
ruption.
This event will enter largely, with the other
slments ofdestruction, into the explosive com
ponnd whichis ere long to SKATER to pieces
the organization Of the democratic party. In
his effort to concate the free sol wing, the
President has, without succeeding in thai, well.
nigh aliena ed from him The confidence of the
national, compromise division of his party
When both are gore, he will have noihine left
to lean upon. but tho broken read Of Southern
disunion and ultraism. The downfall OF the
administration and the disruption Of the party
will speedily follow. And so it must ever be
with party that relies upon patronage instead
of principles for public favor Even the
New York Herald the leading Pierce paper
of the country. comedies the danger to which
the democratic ascendency is subjected. We
give its language, denying only the justice Of
its remarks upon the Wing party
''lfsuch conduct is TO be considered as the
true Interpretation of The Baltimore platform
and the policy OF the admnsti alton we shall
soon have favorable opening for the reorgan
izatlon OF the wing parry. The democracy
cannot stnnd upon this sandy foundation ii
they are party OF principles they must abide
by them; and the man who cannot endorse
them should be turned adrlft 1t was free soil
Ism that destroyed the late national whie or
ganzation, the American people could not
countenance party wearing two or three ia.
ces upon the slavery question to suit differen,
lahtudes. Aud the administration cannot safe
ly venture upon the same delusive and ruin
GUS policy. If freesoileis are TO be retained il.
The democratic ranks by conceding the m a con
scenlous reservation in favor of .'ihe HIGHER
law the prestige ofthe parry,and the brilliant
prospects OF the administration are ex,nsuish.
ed. III man can swear by the Baltimore res
olutions, the inaugural. and the administration
and YET "execrate and spit upon the Fugitive
Slave Law, and still be considered membe,
OF the democratic church in good standing then
indeed has the "glory departed from Israel and
the sceptre departed from the house of Saul
"RoASoKE COLLEGE has been organized nj
Salem by the election of Rev. D. F. Bette as
President and Professor of Moral and InteUec.
tectual Sciences; S Carson Wells, Professor OF
Mathematics; and M. r. Hill, Professor OF
Languages.