Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-10-03
~ Morning. October 3. 1856.


The National TnfeiigeHosr of Tuesday con
tains emarkably able and carefully written ed
itorial on The Union Of the States We woul,
lay it before the readers Of the NRoISIAN, bu
its great length precludes Us from so doing -
After referring in terms Of commentator TO thu
appropriate manner in which the delegates 10 III,
Wing National Convention led off the series oi
resolutions adopted by them, with one declaring
their reverence for the Constitution Of the L
States, aud their unalterable attachment TO the
National Union" the editors Of the intelligeneef
discaim any iatention Ito assume the character
or play the part of alarmists.' The Republic
has already, in their opinion, safely weaihered 80
many dangerous crisis. that they have ceased TO
bay, their apprehsnsions unduly aroused by such
rseriodcnl threainings the auguries more often
Of oresking politicians. disappointed in their
hopes. than the well grounded fears Of an intel
ligent patriotism"
The course adopted by the ultra Democracy ia
referred 10 and deprecated in calm consideraic
firm, but respectful language. The venerable
editors of tho Intelligencer do not believe that
Mr. Buchanan hms self would either oountcnanee
or tolerate such Incorporate threats On the part
of bis friends and to refresh the memories of tho
disunioni-ts quote the following declaration from
one of bis own speeches
plsuSIos - d rord r1,ol ought MOI 10 BE- brfahaf
amongst enen mbtper. III, rod ought f. b
CONSIDERED Of ifrcpi onsn AMI cbi3rc1 sb0sa
b taught thai IL Is sdcrtisgs 10 pronounce n
After comparing efforts to promote dsunion
to the &C, Of the wise" man in the children's
story book who sawed off from the trunk OF
the oak the very limb upon which his ladder was
resting. and thus tumbed 10 the ground with the
branch he had discovered" the lntelligencer pub
fishes n series Of extracts from leading Demo
cratic journals at the South advocating disso.
luton of the Coufederaey, in the event Of Ere
mont's election, and follows these with letter
from Thomas Jefferson 10 john Taylor, of Caro-.
line. and dated Philadelphia, June lst 1893, in
which the following striking passage occurs:
' BE Ats as II may, N eenrg jtc, and ashberaha9sg-
c,etv there must from hs nature ofaH tcappo,t's pr
res and tolent dlssSayt5ns and dtt5erds. and on o.
these for Tie most part at Pr'tai oca n, oNsf fora
longer or shorter tine Pafl1gs M.s parfg d.iaau -
necessary induce each 10 nari AMI defaie 10 The peoB
he procerdtHqs II he other BrI ~ oS TEMPORARY
SUPERIORITY eF the on PARTY rHE ufHfR Is pltrs
SORT 10 SECESSION of rnf tsluN, "a ffpfnN Got-
KBNNEN1 eAN EVER gXsr Is 80 ula# ougsft}rs ~
TRE rRFssSr attn oF MtsSAcHusfIft Avn Co~Nfrrlz
eur,wE nHtAK rHE Union WILL rurrsIl sror rnEnfzs
4,encers article, in brief and imperfect .uiuma.
ry, which it's merits so richly deserve and we
therefore close our present notice by extracting
the eloquent tribute 10 the value Of the Union
and to ite preservation as national necessity
Edward Everett himso II mover wrote "A finer pas
sage, breathed into set words nobler spirit If
patriotism:
=" The Union, then, is older than the formation OF
the Constitution in lis older than the Articles ot
Confederation signed in IT'S, Older than the hr=t
Continental Congress Of liz, older than the Cou,eu-
uon of the nine Colonies assembled ia l165 To pra-
test against the stamp act. Older than the Albany
Congress OF 10 older tknn any all of these by
cause in substance underlying from the first thctery
existence Of people possessing common liucuFe.
speaking the same tongue, sharing u The same hope
and encompassed by the safar dangers The Uriou
is an heirloom Of the Anglo American race and rs
such worthy TO be called possession forc,err II
Is native To soil, Older even hba the civil fire.
dom of which it now forms the surest pledge anl
guarantee II is not much part of our political
life as the very scat and core Of out national ckz.
tcncep
Custom /. mans nurse Woe ,h0n to them
Nhe lay irrcNerent hands upon his old
House furniture, the dear inheritance
Aud 3" hat s gray with age becomes religion"
H. then. the causes which rendered the estahli h.
ment of National Union not only practicable but ma
turali AMI If the objects which made its formation
civil necessity still survive in all their tgor why Is
II that the ear is stunned and the heart panied in
these latter days with threats of its dissolution
SIMPLY because in spite OF these influences and these
objects there are those who in pursuit of nm ileal
good are willing not only To relax their grasp on pre-
sent political blessings but renaunce the hertl
~ spirit Of amity aud Cancellation which with all
i2'r natural advantages, is Indispensable to the
Teat etu and harmonious working Of our complex pu-
hteal system. The Uuion can be preserved in ITS
beauty and its symmetry only by the observance "a
fhe pert ne North, aaaf ts South efthe same rnl
tual justice not only 10 each others virtues but for
besranee toward each others faults, which charle-
terized the early days of the Republic aud perfected
The work of The Revolutionary Fathers in that fsf-
stone aud vet ioundatiau Of our political edifce ri
CONSTITUTION OF TnF UNITED STATES