Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-06

| long adhered.
Not coneurring fully in the views presented
in tho following article from the Baltimore Pa
triot. we Law it before on. readers, that they may
see how intelligent Wings at a distance look up
on the canvass now going on in this State, aud
the policy they think most judeious for our par
~ 10 pursue.
To our Wing Readers in Virginia
The Washington Sentinel mdulges in express
ions of the most disrespeetful character towards
tho Virginia Whig- 1t says:-
Toobtain pow
er they (the Wings If Virginia. seem To be
willing to embrace any leper, 10 matter how foul
/ his sore NAV be. provided hc has Il vote. ahd to
! fraferni;e NTH any assdssia no matter how n
bnndoncd. provided he hates the Democratic
party and sill as, his sfiHeHo against Demo
cratic candidates
What does this meant What have the wings
Of Virginia done 10 expose them to such mpnta-
tions1 We suppose il Is because the Sentinel
npprehends thai they viii not make party nom
nation. but will adopt that Of the American par
~. We candidly HYow the opinion that thus u
the proper course for the Wings of Virginia 10
pursue. Their opposition - to the pnfty or
eanization which has ruled Virginia for "A quarter
Of century, monopoizing all honors, state and
Federal. and excluding from participation every
Wing. a. if he hbored under Il legal disqualih
cation. The Wings then, wish to break down
this nrstperuey of office, but they do not wish I"
avail Themselves of the divisions amongst then
opp pnpnts 10 secure the offices for themselves
No They only n-k that their political dlsqualih-
cation shall ho removed, and that they may.
citizens Of Virginia, be permitted Ia participate
in the Offices of the State To the extent of their
individual merits. Nothing more. But th'
Sentinel would exact from them thai they SHOULD
nominate IA ticket, and refuse to coalcsce witt
the reform party, whose object II identcnlll
their own. We think their proposed course o.
action more honorable, well as more wise
The Wings of Va, are IN II minority. II they
should nominate Il party ticket they could only
snccedc through division of their opponents, i
would not be u victory, buta surprise. 1t wnnI'
not prove that the people approved their punel
pies, but the dissolution OF tho Democratic par.
iy would be thereby checked, the offices recon
qucrcd, aud the very nrlsioc:acy which every
Wing in Virginia wishes broken down, would be-
restored aud rendered perpetual. Shall the Wing
of Virginia then. consent H. Il nomination winch
offers the temporary chance ol an Unfair victory
as the price of an ctcrual and hopeless hondag"'
We think there j. no question:. liut the SEMI
mel says the WhigS are willing I" iratrrnse with
any assassin, Ia embrace any lrprr' We ufrd
not remind the Sentinel that it has net Away
been indignant at the bc-towal of Wing votes
upon nominees who agree with them in II com
mon object. But will suggest that to de
nounce the Wing for proposing Ia vote with a
reform party, many of whose members are dem"
orat- syery di-rrspcetim IL the latter, and
must class them among the "lcpers' and Ia
sassins.'
Mr.. Wise owe liz popularity IL his state pol.
tics lie wus IN favor 81 Constitutional reform
To it, fullest and most liberal extent. lie had
the wisdom to ,er that The rowar oi State de-
pend, upon the prosperity # people; aud thai
M people can he pfu- porous unless they M, pro.
yidrd with all the modern means f improving
their condition. lie had the wisdom though an
Eastern nun 10 see that Int, rnal improvement
was Indispensable 10 State progrcsr.
'rhe most popular principles of Mr. Misc are
net the principles of Democracy "a taught Mt
Richmond, - Bat those in which all Nirgnu,
East aud West. j. interested. With those oPin
ions. Mr.. Vie would have been inyneiblc rs II
candidate, scorning the endorsement OF Nliage
editors aud marrow minded politicians With
such an nyowal of opinions and II irro held, MI
/ Wise would hnyc received many whg Notcs; but
lac hns descended from this lofty cmiuenec, he has
cnsed this brond banner of state rights and state
progress aud he has displayed instead, the little
! pennon of Mr.. Pierce. Mr. Wise has,
"-m.,ra,,rd Ia. mind,
Aud 10 ppffy give, up, what VIZ mcnHi tor n"eknd'
lie has taken the party under dynasty whose
| last bald CAESARS have been Mr. William
smith and Mr.. Joseph johnson, formerly Of
! New York, l. he willing to veil the proud hon
or. of Virginia statesmen, aud owe his success
To the machinery which elevated his immediate
predecessors If lac be, then the thousands who
would have voted for him in the one character,
ought 10 vote against him in the other; and he
] who should have been proud ot an election n.
clievcd by superior qualifications and tried iidol-
itv to the Commonwealth, must feel bat the equal
Of Mr.. Joseph Internationally of New York
since he bat holds the snme office, procured by
/ the same means.
1t is therefore to be hoped, that the wings of
Virginia will be contcnted Ia leave the selection
of a candidate To the RoiormerS, and not emhur.
rass the approaching conflict with several tick
cts, as in New \ ork. The wings of Baltimore
adopted this course. They knew themselves to
! be ia minority. They were not, therefore, up
on Republican principle entitled to the offices of
| the city. They scorncd To profit by the divisions
of their opponents. They united their vote upon
an honest and uneNoeptionable man, who had
been party democrat. They have not been
disappointed III the result The City govern
ment has been reformed, the ancient rat nests of
democracy have been burned up, and its tenants
demolished in despite of their teeth and their
out cries. Wings sleep sonnder ut night. be-
cause those appointed to watch over them are
steady, sober Americans, If the cry of fire, ;
or ''robbcry,n or 'murder," is heard from thu /.
police, it is not in the unlntoligible tongue Of
some foreigner promoted for his vote, but in stur-
DIV Anglo Saxon. Our officers have been chosen
for their qualifications and with no reference to
their politics Such will be the result in Virgin
in, if the Rcformers make good choice, and
sueeecd-as we are assured they will do--in
olectiug their ticket Bar. Patriot.
ANSWER To MIR. WIsE.-The Washington Or
gan is publishing letters from Hon. Kenneth
| & ~ 4 NJ,