Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-06-06


gates.
We are requested to state that meeting vii
be hehfor that purpose at Csmpbel C. H.. mex
Monday.
Never, says the New 0elearns Delta. did the
political cauldrcn boil more furiously. and never
did II contain more potent ingredients than at the
present jupcture Of our affairs, foreign aud do
nestle. The Kansas question and It's attendant.
civil Wharf.-The Champion enlistment imbroglio.
involving the dismissal Of the British Minister
and several British consuls--the Clayton Bul-
wer question. and Nicaragua question. upon
which hang the Monroe doctrine and the CONNER
cal destiny of this country-all these come up at
once TO vex and perplex statesmen and agi,ate
and arouse the people
BOT the sectionaism and fanaticism entering
into the Kansas troubles and controversies is the
only element that really casts cloud over tho
scene. and looks luminous for the future. In I'D
ditien {, the bloody drama enacted in Kansas, tho
most unseemly strifes Of words as well as blows
result in Congress, from sectional rabies on one
side and rrepressible Indignation on the other
Where will it end For the end is not yet, but
we have only the beginning the dark fcreshad.
owing and under.hun OF storm which has not
yet let loose its fury. In contemplating the pos
sbiliies Of this strife. the black line grows
blacker and deeper, aud widens into an immense
assure such as an earthquake might make which
rends continent and "mumbles its huge lips
over sunken cities" On either margin stand
those who were once politically united. but who
are now separated by hatred as deep and dark
the ohasm which yawns between them; and
neither beat, nor frost, nor thunder can conquer
the fate that sewers them. How can this picture
be prevented from becoming visible reality
How can the swift execution Of its Sibylline
prophecy be stayed for u time or ioreverl
Six months have elapsed since the first meeting
of Congress. VIVA, ii has done for the welfare
of the country. what useful act it has passed,
what salutary principle established, what evil
averted. what measure of paefcaton devised, ii
would puzzle the most determined optinist 10
point to. Never has the country stood more in
need of wise Legislation aud practical statesman.
ship--never has il been less likely to enjoy them.
Congress is rapidly tending to, If it has not al.
ready reached the point Of positive injury to tho
political well being of our people. 1t is an evil
sugury for the country, and denotes an alarming
public Generalization that individuals are sent to
occupy seats in that body and manage to acquire
prominence aud influence there with whom, as
Senator Mason declared the other day, gentle.
men would not associate elsewhere. Dema.
gogaes aud caitiffs and knaves cut the most con.
sp'cuous figures there, while men of solid worth.
OF dignity and modesty, are thrown ir.o the back.
ground. Capacity, integrity md high. bearing
are at discount-and venality, impudence and
searr'i'ty rule the hour. The national Lepisla.
tnre is a nuisance and the national administration
but httlel better. There are sound sens. and
d's'nterested patriot sm enough among the peoplo
10 Apply the hand ut reform and save the coun
try It they could be aroused and concentrated
but we nre by no means confident that this oan ha
done. we shudder to think of the rapidly with
WINCH IN the last three years. We have drifted
toward that whirlpool Of corruption. nroflicncv
ana reeklessness,in which all republics that hoye
gone before us have been engulphed strong
arm and an unquailing eye aisthe helm might vet
steer the ship away from the wide crcling
maeistrom, but we must change all the officers
ana crew and trim anew her rigging. 1t is no
''''ne 'or iandsmen or fair weather sailors. We
must have men who have weathered storms be.
Tore, who know where the reefs and breakars
are, who have watched the fixed star of tho non.
situation through many night. and who sail bv
'he compass and chart the great first captains of
the ship vera used to.
Until wehave fall accounts from the Cincinnati,