Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-16


cannot for moment br questioned, has had the
moral courage IL break through the trammels i'm
posed upon him ~ the Old routine Of his art. DIR
Hunter wisely. and in time. arrived at the CON
cinsion that if snch eqIrements a. be possessed
were worth ANYTHING. the more extensive the cir
culatiou he gave to the results n his researches
mud experience the greater the benefits he would
not only confer upon himself but upon the com
munity. Between the limited publicity afforded
him by the usunl profrs SIGNAL resource of book
pubcatau and that offered by the newspapers.
it i not surprising that he chose the hitter. il
presented the advantages Of rapdty. cpmprc
| hensiyeness and popularity. objects which 10 L
mum ambitious of fame in his profession, were
the readiest aud sure~t elements OF success.
/ We have had personal experience of the happy
| results of the Doctors mode of treatment. and
can yo1eh for lis success. Owing 70 the severe
drulgcry incident 10 eur pursuits md thGt ten
dency 10 bronchial disease with which the pecu-
/ Hurty ofour climate alllieis such a large pro-
portion of our population, we have been suffering
! for several years pa-t from thront affection,
+ when III The mr6 cal remedies that We had for
/ merry applied failpd 10 cure We can truly say
that we haee aund more relief aud greatcr hope
Of ultmatelygetfug rid # the lnnlady from Dir.
! Hunter = mode If treatment than from that of
any other medical man to whom we had prel ious-
/ " submitted our case.
j The lesson afforded by this brief sketch Of DR..
/ hunters career Is calculated IL he useful Ia the
medical profession. Here u man who, chnn-
! ed down by the conventional preudgicna and us
/ uges Of his medical bro hren. might hive foiled
on for half his life without arriving AT Tho results
! to which hls requirements entitled him to aspire.
/ II cost him an ero,t of moral courage, and no
doubt II sacrifice of some professional PRIDE
to enancipnte himself from the thraldom of as-o
citation in which they bound him. BY having sui
icient independence of character TO shake loose
these ties and devote hiS talents to the general
gond ofthe community, he has, within an uu-
preeedentedly short space of time, won the high
ct prizes within the reach of a medical practi-
toner y. J. Heraid
The National Convention at Philadelphia
The New York Herald of Taefday has a re-
port of the Conyentions proceedings ON Monday
Its correspondent says:-That three distinctive
parties are in the field Is n fact that will not be
Controverted by any cngnzant Of the facts in the
case. aud that these three parties are the repre-
srnfatives sevtrally the distinctive doctrines.
First. That the Kansas Nebraska het shall he
repealed, the Fugitive slave law annued, the
power of Congress over slavery in the District
of Columbia conceded, aud the further admission
of slave States intcrdctcd.
Second. The full recognition Of the Kansas
Nebraska act, and the admission OF Kansas
,laYe STATE; no Interference with slavery in the
States or Territories; the unquessunable right Of
tran.itu; the cea,mg IL agtate the question IN
Congress, and the general and explicit acknowl-
rdgncni Of the whole question, in all its phases
and aspects.
Third The constitution. md the laws enact.
ed under It the rights of all being defended and
protected m contemplated by its trainers and
foduaers-nu sectiona,isR being recognized by
it; the doctrine OF non intervention with the
rights Of the several States; and the concession
that, under the constitution, the only requistion
TO be demanded of the Territories seeking adml--
tana- States. shall he that the State constitution
'all DO republican in lis form of government.
The first section embraces all the tactioni>ts
ut New England nad the North west, headed by
IT. notorious abolitionist, Wilson, If Massnchu.
sctt- As Unlimited in previous letter. the
rrcliminarirs for general abolition caucus have
all been adjusted and arranged, and their ultima.
tum il boldly to be enuneiatcd and demanded.-
This fnctou has not the entire sympathy Of all
the New England States Connecticut, Rhode
Island and Vermont interpose to some extent
at least, the national standard rs barrier.
The second embraces the extremists of the
South, who, though few in number here, are ney-
crheless urgent in their eNactions.
The third constitutes the great body ofthe ma
tonal conservatives. and are the Legitimate rep
resrntativns of the principles aud doctrines OF
the great fraternity.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
The following resolutions respecting the slave
ry question have been adopted by the platform
committee -
Resolved, That tho American party having
arisen upon the ruins and IN despite OF the oppo-
siton of the Wing and Democratic parties, cam
not be held in any manner responsible Tor the
obnoxious pledges of either; TIT the systematic
agcti VI OF the slavery quest, by those parties
has elevated sectional hostility into positive ell
ement of political power, and brought our inStl-
tutions into peril 1t has, therefore, become the
| imperative duty of the American party to inter-
| pose for the purpose of giving peace to the coun-
/ try and perpetuity to the Union that, as expert
/ cnee has shown it is impossible to reconcile
opinions So extreme MS those which separa te the
! disputants and, there can be no dIshonor IN
submitting to tho laws, the National Council has
| deemed it the best guarantee of common Justice
and Of future peace 10 abide by and maintain the
existing laws upon the subject of slavery, as IL
| nal aud conclusive settlement of that subie CT in
/ spirit and Substance.
Resoiped, That regarding it the highest duty
| to ayow these opinions, upon subject SO inpor-
tant, in distinct and unequiyocal terms, il Is
| hereby declared as the of this National
| Council that Congress possesses no power under
thpconstitution to legslate upon the subject of
slavery in the States, or 10 exclude any State
from admission into the Union because its oonsti-
tuition does not recognize the institution Of sla.
very as part of the social system, and express "
pertermitted any expression of opinion upon the
power of congress to establish or prohibit sla-
very in any territory, it is the sense of this Ma
tiona Council that Congress ought not to egis.
late upon the subject of slavery as it exists in
the District of Columbia and that any Interior
ence of Congress with slavery, as it exists in the
said District, would he a violation of the spirit
and intention of the compact by which the State
Of Maryland eeded it To the United States, and
breach of the national faith
The two resolutions sent in TO day continue