Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-09-01
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1ir. Editor = has, recently met with a
re print IN your paper, of an article originally
published In the Richmond Times. over The
signature OF B." uhe paternity &c which !
am al no loss 1, discovery containing some
truthful and pertinent remarks. touching the
shameful prostitution Of government patronage
upon the faetionlsis North and South who have
evlneed the most unmligated hostility 10 The
Constitution Doubtless, the B:igadier thinks
thai IN dispensing his favors 10 those who are
outside OF any healihy political organization.
with but here aud there true conservative
laken into flow,hip) lie Is but fulfilling his
own high destiny, and. by bringing togelher
the tangled odds and ends of the great Demnc
| racy, is ushering in the era. when upon ore
blessed platform shall stand The Soulhcrner
Wit the blood of Africa opon his -kirts and
The pure Phailsee of the North, who, with un
affected rneekoess. CASTS an eye OF pity upon
his oenight''d ne'gbbor, aud with infinite selE
conpiaisaoce sends up this grateful offering.
" Lord thank thee that am not rs other
men or even as this poor sinner That
good time IL comlng-ayc, is at hand when
The Northern fanatic and the Southern fire
eater. who would rend this glorious Union ior
an action they " no su ear by The Constr.
tulon. aud those v ho swear 10 its destruction
are gathered into one iold and his molly crew,
under the lroad Aepis Of Frankin the irwin
chile. ea'ize the untold happiness Of reveng
IN The sPolls,'he only "cohesve power" that
holds them together. But | purposed chiefly
to notice tie Inquiry of the writer Of that ar
Gle. respecting the present position of The
Hon. Charles james Faulkner, hose very
consistent regard for the rights of The Souft :"
(upon Subject against which he had taken
ground III toe Legislature of 1852 led him To
espouse The cause OF the New Hampshire can
didate.
Well, the man who journeved 10 Damascus
breaslng lhreaienings and slaughter, or,
he, OF Revolutionary notoriety. who ravished
The shores oi Virginia, was not more fierce
or unrlenng than is this new light Of the de
mocracy III prescribing his old friends, who
Tor more than twenty years have been his
iaahiuI constituents, and given him his polit
zeal importance. by demanding the removal
from federal Offices Of those who are what
he heretofore ptoicssed 10 be) Wings, and he
appointment oi de ocrats in their stead. The
asst we heard OF this notorious line man. he
was in The cortege of Free sellers ard Seces-
sionlsts who accompanied President Pierce 10
the Worlds Fair--hlmsef not the least ron
DIR in that interesting collection. HIS posi.
ton IS " materially fired. ard whether for
veal I for Woe, his fortune indisSo'ubiy denil-
fled with the democracy Thus he speaks
without annesng any Conditions or quahfca.
lions whatsoever-bnt one acquainted with his
past cou se.and remembering that he SAID with
eqoa APPARENT sincerity, that he was de
ermned Ia battle in the Wig cause to the
end and when he fell. desired 10 be enshroud-
ed in the ample folds of the the old WING
flag, cannot fail to supply them We are
Justified n expressing the fear that he does not
calculate with nne. ring certainty the extent OF
his newborn zeal for Democracy, and to
suggest the possibility that, in The event of
change III the political complexion of The Sih,
Congressional district. the STATE Of Virginia,
or the ascendency of the Wing party in the
Union, he may again be shaken rou, his allie
glance.
Ior Pop~h-he voice of the people-has a
wonderful influence in fashioning the opinions
and giving expression to the sentiments Of
those " no wish To be carried upon the current
of popular favor. have mistaken the i'm
pulses of patriotism. If it be not embodied in
hat sentiment expressed by the immortal
| Clay 81 would rather be right than be pres.
idem." b.
Je6erson, Va.
Meeting in Patrick.