Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-10-18

,,,.bas continue 10 be received, and II - impas-
s;ble 10 saw which party has proved successful.
lie evident however that the majority he il
which way it may, is small, aud Tim: the sue
oessful party has but little to brag Of. Thus the
moral effect that would have been produced in
other States by decisive victory in Pennsylya-
MIA is measurably destroyed; and the Influence
that would have thus been exerted is neutrnzed
nv the meagreness Of the majority. Indeed, If
tho Democrats have carried the State II is by 50
small vote that it can be regarded as bat little
indication that Mr.. Fillmore will not carry il in
November One thing, however has been dem
onstrated by this election which is that Mr..
Buchanan for regard this election a. a test
of his strength) even in his own State, where his
personal and political influence ought 10 be sireg
est. is exceedingly weak falling even far behind
the strength Of his party. Last year the Dome
Gratis carried the State by about tieren thousand
minority, and now in an election which may be
taken as a test of Mr.. Buehnnnns strength, it is
doubtful whether they have carried II at all-lf
they have by very small majority. Ia the
name Of goodness. is this "Old Bucks" beasled
strength If we see him in his own STATE thus
running behind his party, what sort Of hobbling
behind his party strength AT his own homc-Whlc
re is best known, and whore it might naturally
be supposed he would run ahead of his party
This weakness nj home We find also manifested
abroad by recent elections, and II behoYrs the
people If the South, in view Of thcse iaets 10
pause and reflect TO whit course duty and in
lerest prompt them 10 pursue al the approaching
Presidential election. MIR, buchanan, ipa.
contemporary suggests. IN tho face # thes" cyl
denoes Of weakness. and with the knowledge Il
his rapidly declining popularity at the South
shcul1 con slider whether true patriotism does not
dctaie to him the proprieiy Of withdrawing from
the canvass since by doing, h" would afford
tho South the opportunity so ardeuty desired N
anitng upon Willard Fillmore. There canuot, /
we presume, be any longer doubt that Of thu T
two opponents to Repubeanism Mr.. Fillmore i,
the strongest; and if the Democracy are prrra.
ded by sincere desire 10 preserve TO the south F
States all their constitutional rights, the best
possible way now remaining for them To accom
plish it, is to sustain the American mon eandi.
date.
Even the Old Line Wing leaders who gnvc in
heir adhesion 10 Mr.. Buchanan refaecd thr act +
by asowing their preference for Mr. Fillmore,
and only attempted 10 justify their secession ON
The plea that 1.-THE man of their choice could not /
be elected" To accomplish tho defeat of Re /
publicanism, it was necessary, in their opinion, +
that these men of the old Wing party who vet
remained unpledged, should corporate with tho
Democracy; but the gulf between the two was of
such nature thu, il could not bo overcapcd
without a sacrifice of principle, and thcir conf
dencc in Mr. Fillmore, as n sincere lover of the
Union, induced them to reject the sinister al
vice Of their old leaders, and to support the nom
lnee of the American party. In thus acting there
are very few who will deny 10 them purity of mo-
tive; nor can it be fairly questioned that the
elections which have already transprcd are sig
nfcant offar greater weakness on the part ct
the Democracy than even the opposition,in their
mos, sanguinc calculations, dared to impute to
them.
We regard Willard Fillmore the eompro-
mise candidate, as being less the canaidatc Of
party, properly SO called, than Of the conseryn-
iiyes Of all political compilations throughout the
Union. The great objection urged against him
at the South is that he would mako "too good n
President" that hc is too honest too Just too
impartial, and that if heshould b. elected L. the
Chiei Magistracy, the dsunion projects. now ri
pening head, would die out for want of a)meu,.
At the Northalso.thc utraists reject hjs claims
for reasons precisely similar-thoy fear TINT he
woud set at rest the slavery agtaiion,aud restore
fraternal concord between the States Now It /.
precisely because they believe him ouimbla Of
bringing about these desirable results that Il
conservatives Of the entire Tnion-ihc true sus
tanners of the Constitutional desire 10 see Him o.
lected;and on tbs graunl of nationality biz claims
are impreguabe.
The Republicans are sweeping the North like
whirwind, except in those places where the
strength of the American Union party utcrPascs
itself,and it will be seen by the results which are
yet 10 be established, that in no one State whore
the Democracy stand alone in opposition, can
they resist the progress of the Republican, nomi.
nee.
In view, then, Of Mr.. Buchanan's weakness nj
the North and Mr.. Filmoro's strength. together
with his popularity South, is it no, right that the
people of the South should unite their fulI
strength upon the latter, in order that the pratt
cal and fanatical forces who rally under the black
flag of Fremont may be beaten back and crash.
ed! The strength OF party ties is great but the
love OF country should be greater. "Nottlmt
love Caesar less but Rome more" is the >pirit
which IN tins trying crisis should actnate every
patriotin the land" Not that love partv loss
but country more" should he lis mott, and ,,,Ie
OF action and acting upon that rule every lover
of the Union, be he where he may or united with
what party he taay, should rally to tue standard
OF the tried statesman and patriot. Willard T,il
more, and on the 4th of November next Gull him