Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-05-06

YOU VIII give 10 toat maturity SUN e'S"es
rsbake. as will insure the protection of the
rights Of the minority against sirnilar outrages
in the future. In the ranks Of the wing party
the district, there are many Others whose
talents, experience and reputation would
much better qualify them for the position as
signed TO me; and when reflect upon the re
sponsibility Of that position.I cannot but regret
that some one of them had not been selected.
But however humble my prs,cnsions. the pc.
sitiou of standard bearer having been assigned
10 me, l shall shrink from no duty il imposes.
Permit me then 10 hope, under the circum
stances, for your jealous and active CO opera
ton.
II has been rather taun,ingy said by our
opponents. that the wing party of Virginia is
politically dead-that ii has been utterly over
whelmed and disbanded-why then this effort
to smother corpse Ifindeed We lie at the
mercy ofthe dominant party. j. was not only
not magnanin,ous. but cruel and cowsrdly to
rack and torture our PROSTATE bodies. Bot
the wing party is not PROSTATE. or disbanded.
Il is true that in the last presidential election
IL was OuluuuUtftut huo ITO CdHaiudto ueitHt-
ed, but il was effected by an union of dis
cordant factions which buried for a time the
feuds that had before divided Them in order TO
make common struggle for the spols of Of
fee. 1.-THE wing party, unmindful of the
past and regardless ofthe future, looked alone
to the loaves aud 6shes,--if it were united only
by the cohesive power of public plumber,
and its existence depended upon its possession
ofthe spos Of Office. then it might be said 10
be PROSTATE indeed FOR from present indca-
tons there will soon not be left in any Office in
the Federel Government-ns none is left in
the STATE Government single wing to tell
the tale of the decapitation of his brethren But
formed as il was and organized as it is, its po-
lifical faith rests upon the eternal principles
OF truth and justice, and, Notwithstanding the
exfoliaiion ofsome Of its oaptious members, it
numbered in the late presidential campaign
upwards of 1000. 900 voters. while our oppo
ncnts carried into the struggle only about 2OO,-
600 more. No fellow ctizensthe wing party
ofths State and Confederacy is hot dead 1t
still lives. and long will live, to exert its con
sorvaiive influence upon the destinies of this
Union. Look TO the history Of its late great
leader who now sleeps in an honored grave
the immortal Clay-and from the character of
the venerated and beloved dead. who whilst
living was the very embodiment of his party.
we may learn the history of the wing party of
the present day. In 1888. shortly after he
had sustained signal defeat. and dhring the
ascendency of his opponents. fearful danger
threatened the Union of the States. and many
Gifts friends despairod Of its safety II was
then that this defeated and PROSTATE states
man, as he was called by the victors, stepped
forward, and by bis eloquent voice rallied the
patriotic OF all parties, and the country was
saved from impending danger. SO again in
1885, after another signal defeat had driven
him into retirement. this eminent patriot, then
almost on the verge Of the grave. stood forth
the main pillar and support of the Union. in
a crisis more fearful if possible than the other,
and once more the horrible consequences ofl
disunion were averted. So it will he with
that Party OF which. in these great struggles
for the integrity of the Union and the peace
and tranquility OF the country. he was so gal.
liant and distinguished leader. 1t may be de.
feated and driven from power; but in all future
time when clouds shall lower over us and dan.
ger shall threaten the Union ofthe States, or
liberties of the people, doubt not that the
wing party will be found the great conserva-
tive party of the country. around which the
patriotic Of all parties will rally, and upon
which wc must alone rely for the preserva
ton Of both. The wing party. therefore. fel.
low citizens is not, cannot, and ought not, TO
be disbanded.
II would be impossible for me, in an address
of this kind, to define with exactness what
conceive to be the distinguishing principles of
the Wing party, nor is it necessary for me to
do SO. These principles look 10 the confne-
ment of each OF the coordinate branches of
the Government to its legitimate functions UNI
jar The Cooet,tnt;ou onJ such n, axar,;.o e