Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-03-06
Col Beale q Address
To The yoters Of The llh Congressional Dis
tricf Of Jirgiaia.

trief Of Jirginia.
GENTLENES:-l propose To represent you IN
the next Congress. | have had your confidence
heretofore, and am unconscious Of ever having
betrayed your interest, OF of having swerrrd from
those poiiioa! principles, TINT had declared 10
you constituting my guide IN the discharge Of
duty.
Some Of the old issues of party have died away
some are still subsistng and others in the pro.
gress Of a new position have been sprung upon
us-more dangerous in thoir possible couscquen.
ces. because they are sectional and geographical
in their character. of these Is the question Of
slavery, the disposition of the public lands, and
the acquisition Of new territory. Whit course
more likely 10 lead us fortunately through those
trials that confront rs in the immediate future
than recurrence II those cardinal principles
laid down in our early history, by Mr.. Madison
in his dispositions the true character and pow
ers of the Federal aud state governments, and
the admirable example set us by Mr. .Ieiicrson,in
carrying those principles into practical admin
istratiun OF our affairs.
What are those principles
The preservation Of the lniou. rs the shcri an
chor of our safety. non interference in the
affairs of other nations. To look upon the Fede
raj Government ns one Of limited powers. 70
deny it the exercise of all incidental powers, ex-
cept those necessary to carry the specific grants
into execution 10 cherish the reserved rights
of the States, as Il bar to the concentrating ten
denotes Of the Federal Government, a4 absolute
ly necessary TO the perpetuity OF the Union il
self. To refrain from all Legislation upon doubt
full powers in government Of written lnw and
written charter a ours l.. Aud to irown up
on all assumption OF beneficiary legislation ne
inconsistent with the character Of our Federal
institutions, and leading to a corrupt usr of the
public funds and tho public property.
These principles have guided my conduct
heretofore, and will hereafter, if placed in n pc
sition to call them into action.
A new party has sprung up called Know No
things do not belong 10 il, or 10 any other Sc
cret organization. Shall deny truths which
they enunciate, shall get a~tride Of this wave
of popular sentiment, with It view Of floating sue
cessfully into Office will do Mother If
have single virtue, public man, IT /, that
l think for myself, and act accordingly. ! nc
cept of truth let il come from what source it may.
and reject error, though cansccratod by use aud
by time. The new party announce sentiments
that entertained long before ever heurd of it.
To wit: First, their hostility TO the facility with
which foreigners acquire naturalization, and cN-
erclse the right of suffrage. In this ] agree
with them. Already, in our large cities,
they determine the result OF elections, by throw
ing Their weight ON one or the other SIDE without
that discrimination which belongs to those who
have been brought up and sehooled under
our free institutions. After our country has
acquired las it has) populati"n sufficient a 81
cure us against all fear of the interference al
Foreign Nations, we ought 10 he satisfied To have
our excess of territory occupied and our insil
buttons administered by onr own people, IN the
gradual expansion at our nailve pennlation'-
To hold out incentives "a the foreign movement
by bountes of the public hnl-, aud the direct
sovereignty Of the eae'lrc tmneh,'" a. the torn
tories il suicidal.
How happy anl 1ll1 rll fcoa Tho eoAdtiion q
Others. hns becUtb peculiar position al our e"nh
trymcn in hi. that, abu HI. Pur. aits an@ ava
cations al liIs hnne been crowded III Tie ole an
eastern States the West was Lett open WIN X
new and fertile lands. as u field. for the display
of the energy and industry 81 our people ana l.
afford them happy homes. W no Ma"id put
hastv termination to this state Of Things, by en-
couraring a foreign emigration. and II ENCOURAGE
as heretofore. will not It's food eontins' 10 TOW
until the rate of population Is cqnalzed between
this country and Europe. What wllifhen he Ia
spectacle in our country! fev'rly' misery
crime: the baggarv of England the isazzareni 81
Naples.
Secondly: As far as religion is involved IN tn
opinions of the new party, | acknowledge N,
predilections are on the Protestant SIDE. loei
upon the reformation of Luther, Meahctheh AM
Zuyuguilus a. one Of the greatest ana most oeh
ehcial events 1t modern times; because fesSol
under their construction. is more rational ana pni
losopbical in its character, but principally he
cause ~ freedom it assumed ol Thought II
relic,aa, matters was Immediately extended /
freedom of thought and action IN relation to ui
civil and poli real rights of the human iamily'-
That struggle extended through th' days &
Ha,npden and Sidney. 10 the present time an
one of its NEST signal achievements l. the on {
religious liberty, of Mr.. jefferson no" part &
the Virginia Constitution, ana consequent S'F'
ration ,f Church from STATE.
Our political institutions are born OF iI"'e'
tant tbeupht-,4 reason and ot argument "l In
collision large and free minds, OF Protestant
1.lay..ncut in the Senate aud the field al
one of tho~, who would hand them down 10 to'
terity. uneontaninated By the tam OK ahciei
and conseerated errors, that are ao''h !" ~ "oo'
ed upon US from abroad ..,....;r,...
If the new party shall extend t"'R "'s.'"'e
(,atbolieity. to intolerance aad persecution
collation. of the bill of religious hberfy' e'hn'
think ar act with them, but against ihein'
refuse Ia vote for Catholics, consider me r'en'
all.
Whether will approve or reject o'her P',nne
ples of TIN party, as they may from tAt 10 n''
choose 10 d,.velape them will depeln upon NV
character. II instead of the recent ana "aiise
Gus position that parties new oceuPy'oi a sre'4u,
al and geographical division OF me N,f'n a.
south. they, as is recently Indicate. OF an
other party, SHALL in opposing the AboIitioa oo'
trines of the North, and the secession opiiioiS
the South, interpose and substitute IN Inc
Mace. opnons and actions hostile to b"th' ID
:..of Ia Al, cir character. and conservative I