Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-09
Democratic Plan Of the Campaign

The opponents of Mr.. Fillmore in the Ssuih
are hard raa for the means of resistance. Ills
popularity is deep seated strengthening. spread.
ing and they are wofslly at loss how to check
it. Either from sterility Of inventive powers or
the weakness oftheir cause they have been able
thus far to invent but two plans Of warfare. The
first is wholesale misrepresentation aud abuse
the second unlimited Dragging. With regard to
xhe first IL must be confessed the Democracy g.
IL very strong. Nothing can surpass them in
this line They are fiery. eloquent, full oil fro,hy
and irats defamation, rsrlete with affected hor.
rors terrible in anathemas. asd aflueni OF siiu
per~sive resources They would have us believe
that Willard Fillmore and his friends were con
ceived in falsehood aud nosri-hed in deceit; that
they are for destroying religious liberty aud de-
nying the rights Of conscience; tba, they arr
sworn to prosecute foreigners and prescribe Pc.
ltica opponents; that ii Is their highest anbi
ton to overthrow the equality OF the states and
their appointed mission to trample down and crush
out ,he rights Of the South. We cannot say
that this portion of their tactics is particularly
new or effective. II IL a stale rtfdee'menfo oil
party strategy. !, is an old and familiar song.
We have heard il ever since Gen. jackson was
first spoken of for the Presidency: it has beoone
a part Of Democracy--s form that has grown
intoa eubstance--a ceremony that has risen into
a sacament We should no more recognise
Democracy without it--thsn we should the Eth
opian without his skin, or the leopard without his
spots We doubt whether il will be found as
available hereafter as in times past. As much as
Il might surprise the Democratic leaders to find
!, out people do great deal Of thinking Tor them
selves now a-days. They have. too, reasonable
share of information. Many Of them remember
how frequently and Aagrant'y democratic prolh
ecies of i'll from others and good from themselves
have failed They have lived long enough to seq
men that had been shamelessly silifcd by Demo.
cratic organs prove themselves gentlemen pari
OTIS and statesmen and others that htd been ex
allied by the same authority to the seventh heaven
Of human fautlessuess turn out after all To be
very corrupt and scurvy fellows. They have he
come distrustful Of oraoles TINT deceive, and, we
again assure the Democratic leaders. are think
ing for themselves. The Dragging system, which
they also pursue with much diligence is per.
baps more effective, especially with the weak aud
ignorant. A studied and systematic effort is be-
lHE udu' III ibt sou'H ~ pchpie maj
the ele elton of Fillmore is perfectly hope
less; that every vote cast for him is n vote
thrown away; that the contest is between
Democracy and Black Republicanism and
that the only way to defeat the latter is
TO vote for the candidate of the former. II
matters not with them that this is all |
assumption. unsustained by fact probability;
IL looks plausible, supplies the place Of argument
and fact satisfies poor simpletons with votes
and makes pretext for others who are anxious
to apostatize and so answers their purpose very
we'll What are the facts of the easel From u
triumphant majority less than four years ago Of
the popular seie,and the possession OF Congress.
the governorships, the state legislatures general
ly, and nearly all the seats and Offices of power
the Democracy have dwindied down into help.
less and hopeless minority everywhere. In Con
gress they number not more than Il third; they
have lost a majority of the States; with seventy
millions of public money to dispose of annually.
and the most cunning efforts SO to dispose of it
as to maintain their hold on power. they have
lost more than halfa million of the popular vote;
day by day they have been declining and sinking,
and yet the more nearly they have approached
their end,the more Justify they have asserted TINT
they are the only national party-the only party
that has a chance of carrying tho Presidential o.
lection before the people; the only party that can
save the Union. The following statistical com
parson of the votes given by the Democratic
party in 1852 and in 1855 is taken from a speech
delivered in Uniontown, Pennsy lvania, last March
by Hon. Andrew Stewart. 1t tells woful tale
for Democratic braggsrs: