Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-09-22
Mr.. Dickinson and the Adj IN inistra-
ton.

men, answering in devotion 10 the right
of the South has stood Daniel 5. Dickinson o
New York Though democrat, we cheer
fully award him that position. It Is one which
his own party have often accorded hin, ant
which was emphaiically recognized by the ex
preston oftbeir confidence which he received in
the Baltimore Convention. He presumcs. how.
ever, 10 persevere IN the maintenance of his
political integrity. He has refused coalition
with those who would have sacrificed him on
account of his adherence to The interests of the
South and of The Union--and because of the
stern opposition evinced by him to the de
structive Vaccinations OF freesosm and aboi
tionism. But it seems 10 suit the pu r
poses of the present administration. TO secure
its continuation for another term that freesoiler
and conservative.and every fetd ism that can
be fshed up from the Cess pools Of New York
politics. shall be gathered together and blended
into one hideous compound. From such
coalition Mr.. Dickinson dares stand aoof -
And what is the penalty Of his presumption 7
We gave ii in part TO our readers short time
ago.n the Kindly assault made upon him by the
~
fix upon him the charge of frcesolsm. To this
assault Mr.. Dickinson has recently replied and
he states: iii, in my whole political course, a
speech, vote. resolution can be found ISvor.
ing fieesoil sentiments will consent 10 occu.
Ply position in the public judgement as de
graded as the most maleyolent of that faction
or its most convenient accomplice."
This denial, however. is unsatisfact DRY 10
the Union,and we find in the reply the follow
ing menaciug paragraph
There is and can be no ISSUE between Gov
Dickinson and the Washington Union as 10 his
reliability OF the sectional question connected
with slavery. We will not say, however, thai
he may not persist III refusing 10 fiaternise
with other Democrtas who profess 10 he IA
sound as h3nsell, and whose professions are
made reliable by the same private worth and
scrupulous integrity which mark his character.
until he may subject his own motives to just
suspicion and ctilcisrn We viii not readily
believe him capable OF allowing his fair name
TO thus appropriated 10 advance the designs
of facionists. buff, IN fortunately. such shall
be the result, our duty To the Democratic par
~ will he plain one"
Now What, we ask. is the plain English. so
authoritatvely spoken, of all this 7 Is ii not
that if Mr.. Dickinson refuse to fralernize with
freesoilism, TO have done which few years ago
would have drawn down upon him the fierce
indignation of the people of the South, he " i'll
be ostracized, and read out Of the pale Of the
Presidents iavorl Is it possible that in using
this language the Union speaks the sentiments
of Gen. Pierce; and that integrity and political
consistency are to be placed under the ban
when they Yield not TO the dictates of policy
which looks solely TO the union Of party Tor
the perpetuation Of Tie power OF its chiefi-
Will the democratic press aud people of the
Southern States unite with the President and
the Union, in league with Greedy and Bryant
and John Van Buren,, in subectng Daniel S
Dickinson to accommodation for standing
aloof, as he did in 1850, from freesolers and
fanatics, and refusing TO iraternize wit, them
simply to secure tie election Of any indtridaal
to a second term Of the Presidency?
The present policy Of the administration. il
attempting to force amslgamation OF tho
Hunker or Conservative with the free soil par
" of the North, is one of the most remarka
ole of the many astounding feats which W,
see performed in the political arena. If Gen
Pierce were a professed free.soiler, the won
der would be less. And what 10 the scene pre-
sented and who are those whom he you'd
condemn-arS in defence of whom Southern
democracy is almost mum
Let us go back two or three years and see
recollection Of the lurid storm of disunio'
which then hung over the land, is yet fresh il
the recollection Of every reader. 1t was al
occasion which the sternest hearts wer,
moved with apprehension. Principles assail
ing the most cherished rights of the South, t.
have endorsed which would have rent the sa
cred structure of the Union into atoms, wer
strenuously urged upon the National Legsla
ture by blind and infatuated Northern lac
top The South protested and warned we
fanailcsm urged onwards in its course. 1t wa.