Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-27


\ the duties of the statesman arc hot precise
" those Of debating club, -. ai0nys ttjcs tho
patience Of practical mon 10 SOC ,tfort wn.trd iu
discussions from which nothing can possibly a..
suli In great aud critical eoniuueturrs especially
statesman will study 10 di.cnyer tho u,u-uIr-
best adapted l. meet existing cAitentu.-. and
he will not lend himself to III" promotion of any
scheme. whhteyer IT, intrinsic excellence may h..
for single moment utter he il snti~Grd tn hr
has no chance Of success. Like awjse physician
he will keep himself accurately informed ai III"
progress of the disease, aud the condition II dc
patient aud will not insist that medicine shull
be administered TO day hreuu-o IT would hn,c
prevented the mnlndy hal Il ben token ton days
ago. liis his business to dru with the Gi-en-c
in It's present stage, aud if the patient refuse to
take the medicine which is best in itself be- must
not therefore, suffer him to die while he /, vast
ing time IN win effort 10 conquer his oh>tinancy
II he refuse the best medicine. he must give hun
the best he can get him 10 take.
We notice that several conservative journals
in the South have ntely advocated the restoratiuu
of the Missouri Compromise as the most suitable
remedy Tor the present unhappy aud distracted
condition Of the country. Could the South SIZE
tho error which was committed IN it, repeal and
voluntarily como forward for IL restoration, IT.
would st once end all controversy, but this We
conceive To be morally impossible. Therefore we
cannot iorbrhr to- remark that consider the
discussion of this question this tim, IA unwieo
and i'll tuned. The subject which now uh,orb-
public attention Is the approaching Presidential
election and We cannot see that the restoration Of
the Missouri Compromise Is question which the
National Executive viii eyer in his othtial ca
paoity, be oHlled 10 consider. The Missouri Con-
promise line established by an net of Con
gress; 1t was repealed by AN act of Congress aud
II II is ever restored, II requires act of Congress
10 rcinstate it. If the question of its restoration
j. al, d.. L.. 4
ii must be because there is II likelihood, or at
least possibility that Congress will pass an act
for that purpose, which will be submitted 10 the
President for his approval If 1t is certain before
hand that no such act will ever come before the
President the whole question is frivolous and t
ale, or at least, has no portinoncJ to the Pres-
Dental election.
We suppose it will not be controyertcd that if
Congress ever pass an act rcinsiating the Com
promise, il viii be prior 10 the passage of The act
admitting Kansas into the Union asa State sub
sequcnt 10 that event its restoration would amount
to nothing for the two-fod reason that Congress
has no constitutional power to control the do.
nestle institutions of State, aud that. even fit
possessed the power, its exercise would be- either
idle or Impossible: idle il Kansas should como
IN as free State,-mpossibl il she should come
ia MS n Slave state, Tor the same majority which
admitted her a. such would prevent the r,,tora-
ton The whole question then, so fm a, il has
any bearing on the Presidential election, reduces
itself u this-Nhethcr th,rc /. any possibility
mat such an act can be pissed before Kansas is
ME Tor admission IL Siatel If the negative can
o' u',n'hN'te'ed then all agitation # the subject
Is futile aud unw-e
,i he present Congress which has rejected a
a." proposing the restoration of the Missouri
compromise line, will go GU, Of power on the .Iib
- ""''" next It's successor on the 1ih If II tIrh
aooo, ana 'he successor of that Coner,-- viii
commence ITS trst session three wars from tl,
ht-t oil next December Long before tbaf finn.
Kansas will either be the Union or kuaesip,
at the doors OF Congress for admission. IftL,n
an act Tor the restoration of the Missouri Com
promise is not passed by the present or the n,xt
succeeding Congressit is certain thai il Wi nv
er be passed at all. The present conrr,.s will
pass no such act, for The South ha, larpe u ma.
cratic majority. The neat Congress will no,
pass 1t tor the reason that the Democrats will
still have the ascsndency in the Senate Even