Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-12-28
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1hs epsskership and the ccurse Of the Admin-
ist1ation party.

0020oo party.
The Washington Star says:-"Ths explsna.
ton OF his position the slavery question, which
Mr.. Fuller, of Pennsylvania, felt called on to
make. while it loses him perhaps, four votes.
greatly strengthens his ultimate prospect of ell.
ecton, in the event Of a final determination the
part Of the Democrats TO abandon their present
position Tor the sake Of effecting an organization
which, however, we may no, fail to add, is just
now exceedingly problematical"
However natural this conclusion Of the Star
may have been. nothing has occurred in Con.
gress. or out of 1t, that indicates any disposition
ON the part of the Democratic members to pre-
vent the election of free soiler by voting for
Fuller. The administration party in the House
number seventy, four. while the Opposition
count one hundred and.ffy-nine By every
rule of parliamentary and party usage the oppo.
sition are entitled TO the spenkersbp. No other
thought should ever have occurred to the admin.
istration party. The mos, that they could have
hoped for was, that, by some division Of the op.
position, two candidates might have been pres
ented. which would have ellewed them the OPP
portunity to throw their votes for the one least
Objectionable to them. Precisely that opportunity
did occur and now exists. On the Nebraska
question, which they affect to regard the all ab-
sorbing ono, Mr.. Fuller concurs with them.
while Mr.. Banks stands at the antpodes If
they we're controlled only by high considerations
Of patriotism, they would rejoice a, being afford
ed such chance to secure tho great principle
involved in the Nebraska bill. and defeat those
whose objects are all adverse to that principle.
This is the policy the Wing party, especially in
Virginia, have generally pursued. Nearly al.
ways in minority in the Legislature. whenever
the majority have been divided, in the election
of important public functionaries, the Whigpar-
ty have thrown their votes for the candidate
most acceptable to them Senators Hunter and
Mason owed their first elections 10 this policy,
and Floyd was by the same agency made Gov
ernor. This was The Legitimate course for the
seventy four to pursue. 1t would have prevent
ed the disgraceful scenes which for nearly a
month have been presented in the national cap.
itol; would have defested the dangerous schemes
of the free .soiers, and would have enabled Con-
gress to proceed, without delay, with the public
business. Instead of doing this, they met in
caucus and resolved that though in minority
we hold it to be our highest duty to preserve our
organization '-thereby binding themselves to
support no candidate but their own Not con
tent withthis, and if determined to prevent all
others from uniting with them in the support even
of their own candidate, they resolve further that
3" civil and religious liberty have been violently
assaled by secret political order, known as
Know Nothings gratuitously insult
ing and excluding the Nebraska Americans
And as If fearing that all this might moi be sufii
sient to secure their perfect isolation, they nomi
nate as their candidate the man who sought, in
framing the Nebraska bill, TO give to unnatural
Ised foreigners tho right to go into the terrific
mes il embraced, as citizens. and have voice in
forming it's institutions and 'laws-than which
nothing could be more repugnant TO the prinoi-
pies of the American party. Under all these
circumstances we ask who are responsible for the
anarchy now ruling at Washington