Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-26
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/ of the eth inst '.to address n meeting IL be held
/ bY the American panty of Accomac. at the
| Couthause. on the first Wednesday IN sep'etn-
Der next" Nv private affairs, however. forbid
| nv leaving home for any length of time.
must content myself with hoping that the cause
| aud the occasion will find much ablor advocates
| than self, and that the meeting will be both
! interesting aud profitable 10 yourself and 10 the
/ country.
! With your permission, will take the liberty
to say that unless the opposition to the men now
| in power be more bold and resontc III its plan ot
Operations. and in lis mode of execution, it is
vain and idle to hope for To talk about success.
/ Sustained by patronage which numbers amongst
/ IL rriainers more than hundred thousand
holders Of Office defended by venal aud de.
bauched press which has been purchased by the
must shameless distribution of place and money
amongst its leading edtors-rendered terrible
/ by the furious prescription with whchit pursoes
aud hunts down every man Of American blood,
who does not falsely and hypocrl,ically pretend
/ that he neither sees or feels any ground for dis
/ tinetion between the native and alien born; the
/ Pdfig Of The 81 oils is not 10 be routed but by the
mos, vigorous aud well sustained assaults. If
! the plan heretofore pursued, OF standing ON the
defensive and permitting the enemy TO attack Us
without returning his 6re--if this plan is to be
| persisted in, the sooner we lower our flag and re-
| treat from the field the better
! 1t is passing strange that the American party,
! which has nothing to defend TOR it has never
| been in power. aud, Of course, has had no oppor-
! iunity of committing crime or error should be IN
the constant habit Of permitting the guilty to OBJ
| tain impunity by dint of mere audacity, aud TO
become prosecutors of the innocent when they
should be arraigned upon their own trial and be
| made to answer for their own misdeeds Owing
/ to this strange hallncnaton in the opposition
| pnrty, they have suffered themselves to be con
santly held up to the gaze of the people as gull
/ ty eulprts-nnxous 10 hide their own principles
and conduct from the light of day-and they
have suffered themselves TO be brow beaten by
party TINT has ba,ely deserted and treacherous.
/ " abandoned every principle by which 1t had i'm
/ pn.pd Itself upan the confidence of II generous
aud un@uspe ting people Let those things he
so 40 longer: but let 6. charge bum upon them,
aud, my life on il, thc scene will be quickly
| changed. The arrogance and pfidr with which
series Of i'll deserved triumph- TN, inflated them.
will be speedily converted into tire waillngs of
| disaster aud defeat
We eau find no difficulty in arraYing power
lul and well founded charges against the corrupt
and prohigato dynasty. which the Almighty, III
the dispensntion Of his mysterious providence,
permits 10 seourge our land. The people will
speedily desert such an auholy coalition soon
A. It's utter heartlessness and dupcty are laid
hare to the public eye. repeat that they lave
abandoned every principle that was held sacred
~ the Purer days Of the Democratic Party. In
The days of jackson aud Polk it would have been
thought strangely absurd for nan to profess
himself democrat. whilst he was in favor of Il
L. :. Bank, as it would be for one, who called
himself true Mu-sehnal to deny that Mahomet
WIS the Prophet of God. or for n member of the
Christian church to disbeeYo in the advent and
crueixion of our Saviour Yet the party has
recently selected for their leaders men who have
been bank men in principle from the day of their
first appearance before the public
We're this their only dercliction from principle
the Pierce democracy might excuse themselves
/ on the ground TINT some udmiXture of error per-
Trims to all thjass human. But the case Is the
snJne in regard to every principle they ever pro.
Tossed.
=. How stand they in regard to Distribution
Like genuine Pharisces they have strained at
gnnt. and swallowed CameIs.
In Virginia, they support Mr. Huuter-land
bill and ALL Compared Ia Mr.. Clay's plan of dis
trbutou the land bill of Mr.. Hunter is as a mill
stone to mustard seed. On the Tariff, Mr.
Secretary Guthrie and the administration ms
protective Us the manufacturers themselves could
desire.
90 abolition this party, like the cameleon. as
sumes the Eue of every object with which il may
be brought in contact. In the Richmond Dis
trct it is zealousy Nebraska, in the Norfolk Dis
trct it is ychementy anti Nebraska-in the
Meeklenbarg District it assumes one hue on the
subject of our domestic Institutions, in the Fred
! eriek District another. In the Southern portions
! of the Union il is composed of men who profess
| themselves ready to shed blood rather than slave.
~ should be excluded from the Territories; in
the North it is locked in the close embrace of
| Free Sellers and Barn burners. Here it, purity
on the question is Immaculate and unapproacha-
BILE; there, il caresses and pets Van l,uren and
| his soft she'll faction, whilst the friends of the
| SOuth-Dicknson and Brownson-are hurled
| ignominously from office, and their places sup
piled by disonioniss and abolitionsts
Taking the whole range of the Democratic
creed --from Alpha to Omega-t may be truly
| said of the present pretenders to demGmocracy,
who by profession and cant have foisted them
selves into the high places of the Governments
that they sickle for principle with the aifecta-
ton of prpde, and abandon it with the atfront.
cry of a prostitute"
To maintain dominion over the public mind and
to make the people the willing dupes of their OPP
pressors, the streams of public information are
poisoned at the fountain heal The art of prn-
ting-that great palladium of liberty-is CONVEX
ted into an engine of error aud deception. Not
only is every press which refuses to become the
parasite of the administrations to act as its hired
advocate, denied It's just participation in the pub
lie patronage, but systematic effort seems to
| have been pnrsued to enlist the whole editorial
corps in defence of Government aud its mnons
against the rights of the people, and freedom
of elections.
am unable to call to mind single Democrat.
ie paper of any prominence whose present or
late preceding Editor has not since Mr.. Peroe's
advent TO power been honored with some special
and distinguished manifestation of the ROYAL
favor.
Since the 18th day of March, 1853 the beams
of Executive approval have been she'd with IA
glowing and seductive brillancy, upon those who
should, above all other men, stand unbiased and
impartia! between the Government and the