Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-10-27


1t would afford us great pleasure If we could
furnish our leaders. instead Of the brief notice to
which ", must cauiine ourseive, ii full report Of
the admirable speech delivered by Hon. 7 :.
Flournoy al Dadlev Hall Friday night Ad
dressed, as his remarks were, not 10 the passions
and preJudices. but calmly and impressively 10
the reason and patriotism oi his hearers we feel
assured that wherever reod they would do m9ch
and effective service in the can-cef Mr. Fillmore
and the constitution. We Should be unjust
however, to the eloquent speaker were We tont
tempt use Of the ohasto language in which he
clothed bis thoughts, or To- do moro han givf. MS
we propose to do, "A few OF the prominent topics
discussed.
Mr. fiournoy iabored under extreme honrse
ness caused by speaking, the sumo day, in the
open air in Liberty. lie did not, therefore. d.
sign to attempt to deliver II speech. H. rosr,
he raid, only To apologize for his inability to
speak without doing injustice TO himself am his
audience. Referring however 10 the grave l..
sues involved in the canvass. he warmed up with
the subject, aud successfully addressed himself
amidst constant bursts of applause from the
crowded Hall, to a consideration Of the chances
for Mr. Fimore's election. the question of the
Public Lands, Sqnatter Sovereignty aud AmeG
canism, and concluded with one Of the most earn
est and eloquent appeals in behalf of the Union
TO which we haye ever listened.
The idea zealously impressed upon the
public mind by the friends of Mr.. Buchanan now
that the charge Of unsoundness against Mr. FIJI.
more has been found TO be futile and unfoundcd
that the latter cannot be elected was held up by
Mr.. Flournoy as political trick by which
Wing or American should be deceived. lie
showed not only that the chances were that Mr..
Fillmore, the long tried aud faithful statesman,
will be mex; President, but that the recent
democratic successes in Pennsy lyania and lndi-
ana have, by weakening Fremont.in fact throwing
him out of the canvass, greatly increased those
chances by the direct popular vote. In the
Northern States there was confessedly an over
whelming popular majority that had spoken out
IN condemnation Of the present party in power
and their administration. That majority was
sun IN opposition 1t was in opposition not
only to the administration. hut. ms n con.e-
quenee' to its nominee, MIR. Buchanan. Nooth-
or party North could succeed ygithnnt ,.tos
from that quarter and withdraw Fremont or
show, as had been conceded by his ffi.ud4
since the recent elections, that he had no
chance for success. and what was the re.u},
Was it the more reasonable to suppose that tho
strength of that anti Administration ant. d emo.
cratic vote would be cast for Democracy md
Buchanan, or for Americanism and Fillmore
He believed that Pennsylvania. ia November
would vote for Mr.. Fillmore. 1t had been said
that ten or twenty thousand Fillmore voters bad
refused TO support the State ticket in pennsyi
vania because it was called .'fusion ticket .
and would be claimed, if successful. Is n triumph
by the Black Republicans In 1913, too Penn
sylyenia at the October elections was carried For
the Democratic party by about 2 900 votes; in IA
few weeks. in November. the State voted IA major
ity OF twelve or thirteen thousand for TAYLOR and
Fillmore.
But the result of the Indiana and pennsylva.
mia elections would produce another effect. 1t