Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-31

The Aernlndstsa ian aud the DoIdf naat Party.
Rsrsaoss a nos noRffoa. Our neighbor of tho
Republican Is reminded by our frequent alu =ions
to the New York controversy Of the oftnpeated
joke Of Sir Ralph Millhanke over the leg ofmufton.
We are sorry that the table NE SCI does not suit
the taste Of our friend. and we therefore present
this morning dish cooked By other hands thau
our own. The Republican gave a long and
ingenious article few DAYS ago, to prove how
popular the administration md how the strong
party are, iust At this time, We beg it 10 read
what the Richmond Enquirer says upon that sub
jeet in its issue Of Friday;
at were verse than folly 10 deny that the pres
ent i a mast critical period IN the history If the
democratic party. findeed, ii be not the decisive
moment, the very turning point Of its fortunes
True. there ha.e been crises IN which the power
and pluck Of the Wig party, were iaf more for
midable--erises Of disastrous defeat. almost ir-
retrlefahle overthrow 81 the democracy. But the
perls which oyerhang the present moment, are
more terrible portents than any that ever yet mo
nnoed the democracy with fearful Disaster
The Republican has also maintained. if we are
not mistaken, that the administration has not
taken sides with either faction in New York, md
is not responsible for the rupture which has oe-
CURED there. We invite il to listen 10 the Rich
moad Examiner on TINT subject:
The Southern portion Of the republican party
have earnestly deprecated the incorporation of
New York poiemles into our national politics
What has lately been their surprise and chm
grin 10 see the administration from being atient-
i've and concerned spectators Of those local ron
tests. actually entering the lists themselves,
siding with The party most obnoxious 10 one hall
of the tnion aud dragging tho efmne af State IN
the sewers of politics. Tint Is not thc worst oi
their ease. We fear they have taken sides where
there is the least political patriotism aud purity,
that they have formed m alliance with men who
will either lead them asiray from national prinei.
pies, or will 9etray them, and The south along
with them.
So long a. the administration stood noef from
the local strifes and dealt even handed justice 10
both contestants, their position defehsible !,
they fnrnis shed the nucleus around winch the
Whole aational democracy could rally: their up
pplutmefus from thai section 81 brlligerents
which nssst obnoxious Ia one half the Union
could he defended upon national grounds Of com
promise. J}nf vixen they abandon the position of
neutrality and take aeual side with ap obnonz
leas taeton against =aea #afa a. Dickinson they
compel the sou1h hsepi-a - assume decided
position. Reduced ta llst alternative, the thy
alroes and eeoe fa0s sau.h ean Ito NJ otherwise
than stand l,s lbe men IN ,leir trial Who stoed be
them IA their own trlbHlsinn.a
The Republican gave taitz readers The letter
of Mr.. Guthrie removing Judge bronson, without
excepting to the act,or ihestslt Of lis execution
We ask ii to observe the lig5t in which it, spir
tied contemporary, the new deuloemtie organ AT
Washington, regards both. The Sentinel sayz
Mr.. Guthrie letter from which We have quoted
Is eonehed IN conrse aud lmproper language. Its
no better IN that respect indeed il is much
worse-tlan his trst oncalrd=lor communication
To Judge bronson, which ha~ heen 50 fully crit
clsed, and 50 thorongf condemned hY the press
aud the public from one end Of The country to
the other. Executions must take placc, bnl the
scnsibities Of Nil decent people are shocked and
outraged hv indecent exposures aud Indecent hro-
:. r ,1os WI afe lf1b To say mai oeleeton.
manner ami .,, rir i,,',i,,a =, =.
substance ~ ,tel a. =, H. fr, a., -
would saY--for The letter is quibhng. nsinoere,
and wanting in direct straightforward monliness
II denies that Ma. Guthrie, iilsi lcttor favored
the appointment Of tfee-soilers Ia oihee-it af
firms that the tirst letter limited official consider
alton 10 "those only who have acted with Il
hehty to the principles and organizations of the
democratic lurts since the last Baltimore con-
Yentlon-it condemns Judge Bronson for having
appointed lree soliers Ia office without giving
Mr.. Guthrie due notice, TINT he might lave
"i'hheia ais APPROPRIATION from such appointments
Nov this rgamarale is all founded on u mere
play on words Which would ho unhecomng in n
hard pressed taFanguer Mt The cross roads aud
calls Tor the seYerest eensure, when employed by
high government functionnry. What docs Mr.
Guthrie mean by u ffee-.oiler Does he mean
one who sustained Van Buren, and Adams in Is
LOS e ne mean one who ha, adhered 10 The sepa-
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