Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-01

the oouth, ana virtually crush them In =
earth, by entirely excluding them from ~ me
emouments of Office and from all nar, ~. me
ton in the affairs Of government; v lille o. pa
other hand. he bestows all the honors al 'he
ouments of Office on their most ip.etera,a h
ponents; be elevaies and strengthens tbaro' P'
adds To their importance and influence. NC
courages them to agltate, 10 increase tbe;r u
mands for the repeal of the fugitive slaya ls W.
and to renew their assaults on The ins,;,r,;a'
Of the South; and what part does the do, S"'
cratic press IN the Southern States ,ake i, =.
contest ? Do they rush TO the RESCUE Of 40
Northern alliesl Do they demand rrDa,a,;aS
for this injustice 10 themselves and IN III
who have fought the battle for them al bo,oa :,
Do they complaint Do they remon.tra.a
No they do nothing of the knd-thev n,n
ate, they extenuate. they justify the Preside,
In some such language as this-"Our"od,n;
raDte' President by his ''odmirable" anno;n,
ments all over the country, is restoring noe.
and ban mony TO the distracted councils Of ~
great democratic party" And all those ,t',
were most bitterly denounced from lS4s daa.a
10 the opening of The last Presidential camna;,"
are now "He Just men made perfect" and H.,
lame aad lmpolent pretext is set up, that b.,
voting Tor Mr. Pierce they placed ,hemscly:,
on the Baltimore platform, and thereby hal
renounced their former doctrines, (Which. bya
the bye they ally reiterate and rcpcnted "f
all Their past Offences question mi eht arise
whether they have renounced tier faith or yon
your allegiance and your duty.
Now gentlemen, let me enquire of Won. 60.
berry and earnestly, as citizen of The Sontb
as one having common lot with Won. ffor
am not writing for political effect, nor am
looking to the political aspect of this question:
is not your course calculated. nay, is il not surc
TO break up the entire anti free soil party of
the North and leave the enemies of our ins,itp.
tons and The repealers Of the fugitive slave law
without resistance or opposition al home Do
you expect Northen men. from disinteresed
regard for the South TO sacrifice themselves
an be trodden down, when they are thus neo.
lected and abandoned by those to whom they
naturally turn, in the hour of disappointment,
discontinue and defeat for sympathy and as.
sistance; and with unleeng and offensive cool
ness are consolled with the assurance that ats
all right, as "our" admirable" President, bv
his 'admvable' appointments. is healing the
discussions, and restoring the harmony of tho
democratic party" They ask for bread hhe
lonves and you give them a stonc the ask for
fish (the ishes) and you give them a SER
pent." What estimate do yov place on their
unse.Hsh patriotism, and how long and how
much think you can their patience endured
And when you have broken up all opposition
In the North to these mischievious agators,
and petitions come pouring in upon Congress
Tor the repeal ofIhe fugitive slave law, is il un-
safe 10 pre- iict that these renewed efforts at dis
turbance will all be ascribed 10 Wing sympa
thy and Wing influence, by those through
whose fundamentally it will have been effect.
ed2
One more question. gentlemen, and am
done.
How do you explain the candor and consis.
teocy with which you commend The good sense
the good taste. and generous impulses of
British Queen;or Withholding her countenance
from the dcfamer of the South and the reyiler
OF our countrys institutions. and in the same
columns, bestow unqualified and unlimited pral.
ses on an American President. w no has deposi-
ted so large share Of the offices and the in.
fiuence OF the government in he hands Of those
who stand upon the same platform and enter
tain the same opinions of those institutions as
are expressed In the printed works of Mrs.
Harriet Beccher Stowe, and whose friends and
party have subscribed their thousands and tens
OF thousands, forthe publication and distribution
Of her works
Have VIC not right to expect as much
good sense, good taste, aid as generous in-
pulses from an American President. as from a
foreign Sovereign, and that Sovereign a wo-
man, no, with all her subjects, are known to
be hostile to Southern Slavery.
When these questions are answered, with
your leave, will perhaps propound one or
two other pertinent enquiries; for the present
| respectfully ask your attention and the atten'
ton of your party, to the above suggestions.
Henraco, July 2lst 1853. B.