Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-14
LYNCHBURG IIRGINiAN.
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE ii, 1s55.
A blow at Modern Dem crazy


The following letter addressed, few days
agn. by Andrew J. Doneson, esq, of Tennes
see, tn the editor of the Nashville Union. As
the Nashville Banner remarks. The political
antecedents of the writer-his personal and ofi
cial relations with Gen. Jackson--the response
bic diplomatic station t. which N was crllei ly
President Palk-the large degree If confidence
reposed in Linn by President Jackson aud Pfcsi-
dent Polk the determined opposition which he
er evowed to the doctrines and schemes IF So
ressionists AMI dsunioni,is Of WhuteYrr stripe.
and his steadfast maintenance Of IL principles
Of the compromise a,ca,usr. Il i~50, at a time
when his private interests might have been sub
served by trucking to the requirements # the
headers # the Snaihhrn Democratic opponents
of thasc measures-thrse considerations all lend
interest o. ;he Political relation which Major
Dunelsou. In entire accordance with what he un-
darsfanl. t. be The good cid fashioned Demoerg-
cyuf Jefferson. Madison aud Jack son deems it hi,
dutq In lo'd t,ward the present Democratic can.
aidafe for Governor of Tennessee aud the present
Democratic occupant Of the White House at
Washington
NASHVILLE. May -. l555.
SIR: A. ! am not n uulli6er or ahoifioui-t A.
pologist IN nay degree for President Pienee aud biz
Cabinet in tie attempt 10 govern the couRtry by
coaiiioua. the most dangerous factions in the
larf You viii ct-See ne by ereNng nav namc
IL. ,eur is, of Subscribers
n i-;2, Tennessee. with hus f,w dissenting
Tmct $ ~ accord VII M Madison the author
Of ne CO DRAFTED VI siuia Report, de- red her
eoi.Ifrc - with Gen. jackson. when denaun-
& - he attempt of South Carolina Ia nuIfy Tho
laws al tur United States a. Treason. And lj,
j. now the sentiment # uue-ten h. # the poo
le i this State. iet II snotefipu- HAT tie in
divldnals the most prominent il adherence 10 tbjs
Treason are those especially sought for hv Pre-
ident Pierce 10 fill the most ,leraicd aud respnn
sibe national trusts; but no, word Is ever t. be
nund IN yonr piper warning the country against
conduct so-abyinv-ly thu result oi tha Intrigue
which has snrrenifred the poWerr the Federal
Government the nullifyiug factions of the day.
We all remember That the most active leader,
of the Tennessee division If the new school of
Demo- rats, after my sterious flourish cf pntri-
otism on the top of his Mount pisgah. came down
and informed % that his heart would brcak be
fore he coald rejoice nj the pas sage of the Com
promise, and more recently that the present nom
lnee 10 the office Of Governor. by the samr school
Of Democrats, shocked the religious sense of
of the age in calling the Democracy the Jacobs
ladder of the sacred scriptures. II the people of
Tennessee are prepared 10 fill their chief Offices
WIN lh'se WHO PitHon lnls KIM OF hghtF idir
ISM, ! do not see how their voiceis 10 become pu-
tential in putting down the fanatcism Of such
Gddings aud Seward. The people Of
the North have certainly equal rights with rs of
the South, and il may be expected that they will
exercise them with much freedom rs we do
ours. II we are 10 manage our political affairs
by the aid of visions and dreams from the tops Of
the new Mount Pisgah and Jacobs ladder it is
but natural that our brethren Of the North should
avail themselves Of the same assistance.
But this trickery and humbuggcry belong not
10 the creed of the old.tashioned Tennessee Dem
ocrat. tie has always been content to follow in
the footsteps of Washington. jefferson, Madison
and jackson, who never failed to make war upon
observation-disclosures it appeared, whetherit was
preached in New York South Carolina or Mssis
sippi. Those patriots and statesmen taught us
TO look alone to the constitution of the United
States for the measure of the powers of our Fed
crel and State Governments, and | for one am
satisfied to stand by that sacred instrument, nn-
changed by the Jacob -iddderism of Governor
Johnson the higher ldirism of Senator Seward
or the less mysterious doctrine of nmiifcdtionism
as interpreted by the two famous conventions
which the country has Witnessed the one assem-.
oed at Hartford, and the other at Nashville and
10th processing 10 act in the name of State Rights
and a siiet construction ofthe power of the Fed
eral Government.
Yours, &c, A. J. DONEI son