Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-21
EYNCHBURG VIRGiNIlN.
TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 81, 1855,
The Fusion M9vem ent

Fusion movement now going on in the free States.
As Southern men. are bound To condemn
many of the sentiments of Mr.. Hunts letter; but
at the same tine, find much in It that merits
and commands our hearty approval In reply 70
the question whether the Wings Of the North
should unite with the heterogeneous faction
which has dubbed itself the 'Republican' party,
the Governor answers most emphalicallv in The
negative. This Fusion ~ Repnhcan party, as
our readers are aware, isa purely sectional com
binaion. organized upon the single ilea # hos
tilitv to Southern Institutions. Mr Hunt takes
strong aud decided ground against the forma-
ton of such party and paints the evils which
must flow from it in vivid colors. The Governor
declares himself still 4 Wing aud eXhorts his
Wig brethren never to consent 10 the dssolu
ton Of that party. norto cherish for one moment,
the idea of "fusion' with the abqliionsts.--
speaking of this Republican or Abolition party
he says
Believing that sectional combination of this
kind is flaaght with danger aud mischief, II does
,,nt accord with my views Of duty Ia enlist under
its banner In federal politics. am not prepar
ed fa serve in any party which does not identify
itself with The whole country by presenting
broad national principles and system OF meas
ures upon which good men in both sections, aud
in all the States from Maine 10 California, can
unite in friendly CO operation. II a Northern
anti slavery paryis derirable, Il must be desired
that all the people of the free -taies should enter
H. The very proposition implies that we are to
be met hv the people Of the southern States in
solid array. We cannot close our eyes 10 the
practical tendencies 81 saoh conflict It, eft
feet must be To exnsperate one part of the nation
towards the other part, and to- @enken II not II
bansh those sentiments Of friendship and broth
hood which give birth l. tie constitution. In
such warfare. both saetlaHs would br raased To-
fierce rescntmeut hg nst4sl insult aud dennncia
ten until either side Vii sue n the other ailrus
and enemies nsien9 al friend, und fellow-cit
zens: and in a e4fd, SO shall cease 10 be one
people.
II is commended thai the Union i too strong,
if not too sncred, tp be endangered by angry
contention between the North and South. This
may be true willie the contest Is confined ton band
of sectional gladiaiors but how long the federal
compact would survive partlzan struggle he
tween the people Of the free Sacs and the pco-
ple of the slave States or TO what degree muiunl
wrath and vengeance may be INDUCED with safety
are problems upon which choose not 10 specu'
late, Blu, will not hesitate to express my con
viction. that if the time ever comes when frater
nal kindness and sympathy between the STATES
shall be exiinguisbed in the popular breast, and
when the sectional aniEoslty which Is ayowed
in some quarters shall become the common senti
ment of the American people, the Union will
no longer be the Union established by Washington
and his compatriois on the broad foundation OF
common interest, friendly ties aud patriotism.
After rennrkng that his views on the subject
Of slavery remain unchanged, md that he is still
unalterably opposed to its introduction into n
new territories. Mr., Hunt goes on TO say
..In the first place, our power over the subject
is confined to very narrow limits. Each state
must regulate and control the political status of
its coored population. II is The undoubied right
of every State 10 decide the question for Itself
independent of external interference. If all the
people of the free States should join the Ahoh-
tionis,s they would not have the power to lber-
ate a slave. Ia all its ess ntial proportions,
slavery as it exists would remain untouched. -
In our own state we have conferred n certain de.
gree of freedom upon the colored race But
when shall they Toe permitted to vote, hold office
and to participate in the blessings OF social and
political eauali,yl Until this question is solved,
il becomes us to exercise some charity towards
the citizens of other States where the African ell
ement constitutes one fourth or more of the whole
population. Ii appears TO me that our political
action should be directed to sub rcts over which
we have some effective control,ins lead OF wasting
our energies on questions which tho constitution
of the country has placed beyond our reach. We
may skrmish near the outposts, but when slave
ry is abolished it must be done by the people in
the slaveholdng States. Whether they will be
converted TO ulster views of duty and humanity
by partizan camor, harsh reproaohes, and con
slant blasts of fury from the North is an inquiry
which appeals TO the candor of every honest phi
lanthropist
Gov. Hunt of course complains heavily ofthe
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise. but instead
of proclaiming a sectional. against the South
on that account he is in favor of appealing to
the Southern people themselves to repair the in
Justice which he alleges to have been done tho
North.
Such is the substance of Mr. Hunts letter.,
Its tone is mild and dignihed and will no doubt
produce marked impression on the pubic min
of the North. The Fusion party, if we t.
credit the representations Gifts organss already
powerful organization and threatens to sweet
everything before it in the free States at the mex
election but trust that the stern rebuke which
Gov. Hunt has s, seasonublv administered TO tn,
mad spirit Of sectionalisn, will have the effect
ohec.ing the movement 1t IS high time indee,
that all the the conservative statesmen OF tn .
North had spoken out on this question, for tho
triumph of this sectional party in the free States.
would be the most serious blow ever yet struck
at the integrity of the Union.
Richard p. Robinson the reputed murderer
Helen Jewett died at the Gait House ia Louis
vile on the BIB inst. Although yearly twenty.
years have passed away (says the New YorI.
Express) since the preparation Of the awful
tradgedy in which Richard r. Robinson was tb.
most conspicuous actor, the dreadful and mys
torious circumstances and incidents connected
with it were such as 10 make an impression upo,