Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-05-12
DAILY VIRGINIAN.
MI StuaIia Speech.

people in Stnunton than we saw assembled IN and
around the Court House Saturday, and we
have never looked upon more intelligent aud
orderly auditory than the dense throng who list
rned, asif spell hound, To the great speech of
Hon A. II. IL. Stuart. on that occasion. That
listening throng was evidence of itself of the high
est and most affecting character. of the conf
denoe of the people of Augusta in the ability
and patriotism of her gifted son, and that speech
worthy Of the man, and the occasion which
caledit forth. Ii was tho result of the calm,
dispas ssionnte and matured reflection of patriot
Statesman,
"who hr his country feels alone.
Aud So KS her veal hoyoud hi, own
and as such, its noble sentiments found ready
response in every patriotic heart in the assem-
blage. We will not do MIR. s. tho gross injustice
which would be involved in any attempt to gyo
outline of his remarks Suffice it to say, that
his necessarily brief but admirably condensed
and striking review of the struggles between the
advocates Of prerogativc ON tho hand. and
liberty on the other. in England and America-
his instructive comments upon the salient fea-
tures of the contests of the old Federal and Re-
publicnn Paries.-and his impartial and truth
ful history of the rise md progress o tho Demo
cratic Party under the auspices of Gen. Jack
son and his immediate advisers Ohe most emi
nent and talented of whom were taken from the
old Federal Pnrty,) were introduced in order 10
illustrate the theory with which he set out
| Tint revolutions IN the political as well as tho
material world were not the result of blind
! chance, but were always produced by great
| causes, which furnish ample food for investiga-
| tion and reflection to the patriot and the states
man.
! Mr.. S. then alluded TO the great revolution
which is in progress, in our country two
| years ago Franklin Pierce naugurated Pres
ident of the United States, to which office ho
might almost bc said to have been elected by
| cln tbo WIN IA hn
was were triumphant everywhere. The Cover
nors of twenty seven out of the. thirty one States
! of tho Union, were friends of the Administration.
| tho halls of tho State Legislatures filed
with its partisans; II commanded large mnjoritcs
in both Houses of Congress; in short there was
scarce speck of cloud to be seen in the demo-
cratic horizon. Now, the administration forces
have been routed wherever they have been met,
an opposition majority in the Senate is rapidly
diminishing and nothing remains To the Admins
tration but tho unexpired lcase of the White
House, which they have already received notice
to quit. He then proceeded to show that the
present state of affairs brought about by the
ntrigues of both the late parties, Tone of which
has fured its banner and the other has become
changed as scarcely to preserve its identltyD
to pander to the abolition sentiment of the North
and to catch the foreign vote; he demonstrated, as
think, conclusively, that aboliilonism was
but the growth of that root of btterness-the an
all contests of this sort the aboring emigrant is
the natural ally of free labor.
The strength of the abolition sentiment at the
North, was srikingly illustrated by the act that
the great leaders of both tho old Wing and Dem
ocratic parties bad been the advocates of the
Compromise Measures, of which the Fugitive
Slave LAW was one-and in consequence, Mil.
land Fillmore Daniel Webster and John j. Crit
tendcn were set aside by the Wing National
Convention. whilst the claims of Lewis Cass 5.
A. Douglas, James Buchanan and Daniel Dick
inson postponed by the Democratic Party.
tMr. Stuart here explained that he did not wish
TO be understood as charging that either OF tho
candidates for the Presidency were opposed 10
the Compromise mensures--on the contrary, he
knew that they had both favored them; but neith
er had been placed in position to render him
self obnoxious 10 the freesoil sentiment, by Civ
ing them his active support.) We will not un.
derake to follow Mr. Stuart through the master
ly argument by which he demonstrated that, the
state of hostility between free and slave labor,
was rapidly tending TO the establishment ofa
great sectional party at the North, and the cleo
ton of VIM. II. Seward the great master spirit
of the freeso agitation, to tho Presidency
AT the very crisis, as he believed, of our ooun-
try's fate new party had sprung into existence;
he had watched its progress and the development
OF its designs with the most ANXIOUS sohcltude,
and does not now hesitate to declare his belief
that it is destined to become the great National
Party. whose mission it will be to put down this
sectional agitation, and save the Union. He be-
eved that the election in Virginia would go verJ
! far to decide whether these hopes were to be re-
allied ; If Virginia should unite with the Ameri-
can Party, tho whole South would follow in her
lend, and the party would be a national one If
she should decide against il, the great danger
would be that the party would become a sectional
one the South would be powerlcss in the next
residential election. and Seward would be elect
ed to the Presidency The positions of Mr..
Stuart if successfully maintained, as matter Of
course proved thnt the American party, could not
be an abolition party. and that he did successful
ly maintain them. we think no unprejudiced man
who heard him will endcavor TO deny. Mr.. Stu
art rapidly disposed of the objections which have
been raised to the American Party by its oppo
nents. and thus concluded one of the most ahle
and impressive speeches it has ever been our for
tune to hear.
Would to God il could be heard or read by
every voter in this wide spread Republic We
are painfully conscious of the utter failure which
must attend the effort TO convey anything like
Il correct idea of this magnificent address, and
only say to the reader who did not hear 1t, that
it is misfortune which zoe cannot repair
Staunton Republican.
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