Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-03-15
The Slavery Question -Mr. Pierce and his
Party.


our conviction that no Democratic President car
ever again be reelected. is telling some severe
truths cf the present Executive. and esert,ng al
its power to prevent the denomination ct tel
Pierce The Sentinel states fact that is easily
demon strabe, when it ascribes to the tricky ant
paltering policy Of the administration the reslva
of the slavery agitation, and the imnensel.
increased strength Of Of the abolitionists. IL
says:
uFrapklin Pierce came into Office nearly by
acclsmation. and he bad for his encouragement
aud support Senate with large Democratic
,naiority. aud but four Free soilers all tod a
Uonse of Repre- sentatives with an overwheithihg
Democratic majority, and with only small
Free.sol party. BY the fast and loose course
of bis adminiftration-his habituai falth-break-
ing with every y--his pledges ever disregard
ed or. wba, is worse. evaded-his shuflng I'M
decided course in our foreign relations abolition
appointments - and thou sand and one other
things we could add equally demornlizng in their
tendency, the Loicsr House is IN The hands Of
Black RepuJiicdns and IN the Senate Of The I'M
tied States the small nucleus Of Free soiiers has
been increased to one TIM q The ~hofe body.'
Peace. quiet order, aud conn
dence reigned throughout the land and the great
Democratic party flushed with victory but weari-
to rest The patronage power had to be welded
and soon was discovered that absurd ambition
of the President 10 ANTE The Free-san and New
York constitutional men in common brother
hood-an attempt which proved not only futile
but fatal to his Administrations"
mo sooner however, did they
snuff the spols for which they panied,
and which they hoped, as the result proves
with too much truth, would enure To them
L.. a. In, tb how, han 10 rput tho
freer. and. from a gasping corpse. under The gal
ranie battery Of gooernmen' patronage, ii leaped
forth into its fuH stature"
AN the Offices of influence and
profit utre giren TO the Freesoiiers, and the best
men in the party ,eere made 10 gice place to
them"
This indictment of the administration needs
only to be SO enlarged as to include the whole
administration party,to make it true bill, The
fault is not more that of the President than of
that party. who have made Of the siavery question
political element, and kept it in being as an in
strument of party advantage and promotion
Democrats North and South have shown by
their action in regard to slavery, that they were
unwilling the agitation should cease. 1t has
beer the lever Of power and elevation which they
have used too long with success to be willing to
throw aside. In the South, for nearly twenty
years, they have employed it to beat down their
opponents. They have raised the cry OF unsound-
ness against Clay, Harrison, Taylor, Scott;
against candidates for Congress, and for the
Governorshipe; against almost every man who
sought an office of honor enough to excite their
ambition, or pay enough to excite their cupidity
until if they are TO DO credited, the fanatics
of the free States may we'll have been brought
to believe that tho South is pcopled with aboli-
tionists. While this has been done in the South,
the party in the North have been kept in order
by free permission to put their own construo-
ton Oh platforms and the Legislation of Congress.
by the selection generally of some resident of
their section as n candidate for the Presidency.
andby liberal distribution of the loaves and
fishes. 1t the bungling of the attempt
20 carry out this system which lead to the do
.nopepent denounced by the Washington Senti-
mel. In'the Baltimore convention of so the
South was given the platform, while the North
was given the candidate. Both sections were
satisfied with this arrangement, and the whole
thing would have worked smoothly enough, if II
difference had not risen upon the question whoth-
mp. A portion of the party thought another por-
ton too outrageously and VIGOROUSLY identified
with abolitionism to be recognized Not so
thought the President-the South had its plat
form and the North was entitled to its provant-
and so he insisted on feeding the free soil sup
porters of Van Barren and the Buffalo Platform,
at the same table with those who protested re-
gard for the rights Of the Southland because
Judge Bronson would not say grace over feas,
like that, he was ANONYMOUSLY thrust from hi,
seat,and supple servant of the crown placed il
his stead: and SO the game was divuged, and tn,
Sentinel, unwilling TO risk the consequences o
the disclosure, calls for new pack, ney
shuttle and new dealer. We think it high tim
the people should take this harrassing and dan
gerous subject out of the hands of thimble rig
.ging politicians, and settle it for themselves.
had been laid to rest by the judicious and patr
otto management of Mr.. Fillmore, and woul
have been quieted forever, but for that most III
fortunate popular blunder which gave the rens
government to Pierce and his party. How
was then revived,the Sentinel clealy points on
We know no better way of repairing the mis-
chief, than for the country to retrace its step
and put itself again under the calm, steady. III
selfish and benign guidance of Willard Fillmore
The Tennessee Legislature at its last session
passed a law to regulate banking in that State
This law requires the president cashier, on oatl
to publish each year statement Of the conditio
Of each bank in which shall be set forth the nan
and residence and the amount of stock held
each stakeholder. This law will have the effe
to kill off what are known as exiting banks
as the statement required to be published is We,
full and explicit giving the people all the inform
ton necessary to determine whether bank