Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-11-02
Eleosioaa IN MaIKII I'd.

To-day elections are 10 he held Ia siatvla dior
a Governor SIX Representatives n Coanress.
Delegates to the General Assemble, a.. one
third OF the State Senators, oesi.,, nomDer al
local officers. - far as we can judy from Inc
tone Of the press, there Is mt tlIe e.ei,enent
among the people, and il is nor impossible TINT
in Maryland a in some other states IN which
elections have recently occurred. the looofoeo4
may succeed by the indifference I'D default NJ
the Wing party. We make an pgtract from an
address lately issued bs fhe Wing Genisal Com
raittee OF the state, arlagnng the administration
upon charges ha1 demand the attention Of the
whole people Of tie country, us VII ns Of tbe
Wings Of Maryland. Speaking OF the y he ean.
didates the address says;
Representing party, which tho nptaIa oals
as the instrument for the eon=umHaI ol al tle
public good they are before yoa u.t Inc when
thai great eomlina ion. ~ hos neonrrunH. IN lila
tons mt tae North and the south o6saine, the
triumph Of -, is falling Ia pieces ny the naialal
di-enrdonce of lis elements. II has neett oEi,
hait a year since II assumed tie direction Of the
federd Government, aud tbe peopa of the en- y
Try every where, and IF all part5e#. arc already
forced 10 behold the hnmiliatue spectacle Of I'll
cial degradation.
1t has inaas raed the era nj rompensatngta TIC
enemies Of the Constitution for the clio en- MD
of their alliance, and elevated the spirit ~ inc,5-
diary tmaticisn To the dignity Of patriofe mort.
Ii has proclaimed, thht Is mco ruons eic-
monts must be kept in harmonious concord hy the
distribution ~ the public patronal nd tohased
the official functions OF the Gogeruucut In tue
pledge Of traternal love hotween its oontcnding
sections.
II has driven from it, ranks the patriotic men
of the North who were beeaied into It's support
by its specious preteHeo of national devotion.
and now nrIeigns the Democratic Collector al
New York, at the lar of the Executive, on tie
criminal charge Of "A insahordinate refusal 10 de
base ls high Office to the contamination Of puf-
poses infamous IN themselYes,and darll II shining
the fair character of the nation
IL Is forced 10 feel tue keen rebuke Of indip.
nant virtue from those who hailed is frompl
and obliged 10 bear the whitening seur of men
who elevated it TO power
It's called to witness the disruption of that
hollow league, which, eeyating faction To the
highest participation in the government now
holds ii to be the distinctive characteristic Of off
eiai merit and the irresistible obligation Of Exc
cutiye favor.
1t is compelled to appreciate the nobler shirt
among It's former adaerents, which scorning 10
be the cOmplaisant instrument in the hand of dis
honored power, deies the imperious mandate of
Executive ayranny,and sasiains The mtionel hon
or at the peril of the forfeiture OF Office.
1t enlists the whole machinery Of government
for the establishment of its sy stem of lofty co..
rupton, aud he yisitations of its wrath follow.
speedily upan the insubordinate temerifv that re-
fuses obedience to it, orders.
s. = -
in l84l Gen. Pierce, commenting on The doc
trine OF prescription in speech he was making
in the Z. 5. senate, laid down the following rule
as the only reasonable aud practicable one to
govern the appointing power and the appontee
1T + die: when public officer neglects the
duties q office for political purposes, prosti
tutes tfor political ends, or IA any way abuses the
trust confided 10 him 10 promote tbs objects of a
party, he should be resloued and so far as
know, my party yield to that principle their cor
dial assent. But when yop transcend this Won
asrsll e4,ubie osieer N tbc fee aud uaen6ar-
rassed exercise OF his inalienable rights, secured