Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-04

than any IN which we have ever participated
more. We imagine. than any that has ever Occult
red in the ecuntry.i is game Of Drag. From The
dav Of Mr. Buchansn's nomination,li wns assam
cd without feundaiion,and asserted without qn".
ilieation that his election settled matter
In fact, before the meeting Of the Cincinnati con
vention. j, was proclaimed that it, choice Of "a
candidate would be the virtual election ef a l'fes-
iieni To satisfy ourselves 10" completely I'M
was mere assertion. idle, empty Dragging II l.
only necessary 10 consider vhat the condition Of
the democratic party then was aud stu remains
GEN. Pierce went into power by sweeping pop.
ular majority. Some time aga ~e published sta
,i<,ies that exhibited the fact. astonishing aud
without parallel. that FROM the yot" cat for Gen
Pierce there had been falling of, ~ shown 10
the elections since of more than hall a million
when Gen. Pierce cnmmencedh his administration
he had sustaining hun two ihirdsot the membof7
of Congress. How stands the casn nov In
highest vote received by Col. K ehardsoa' 'e'
regularly nominated democratic candidate 'ar
sneaker If the House OF Representatives., WI
not equal 10 one third ef that body. 40 81
three years age, II wa the boast OF demootnie
Journals and orutors thai every Statn m the NE"
except we believe, three. had a democratic Guy
ernor How il il now We cannot spcnk WIN
accuracy. bat we feel confident the number "a
democratic Governors now in ehoo does not -
coed ten or dozen. We hear now aud then
loud huzza from the party over the accession ct
some weak or venal politician, who has heretofore
opposed them, aud upon no better ground than
this they assume the uyineibilty II their candi
date. They forget that while Democracy here
and there gains single aeoessions HAT its lossee
since the last Presidential election, hnve been by
hundreds Of thousands. by -tutes and by whole
sections of tho country. Aud the falling away
is still going on; for since the elections by which
"a unpreecdonted n revelation was effected IN Con
gress. the foreign vote which was then all thrown
ON the democratic side. in opposition 10 Amer
canism has broken loose aud is running of in nn
immense and widening creyasso into Black he
publicanism. Where then do tho democratic
presses find foundation for their inoessHnt an
obstreporons hoasting. No where else save il
imaginaons without reason Us without Ncrnple
II is sheer fume and vapor, il is an empty sound
81 guifying nothing. The democratic party isto
day the weakest party that ever made II contest
for the Presidency with any prctcnsions to sue
cess.
How is it with the Bnek Republican par
tvl They are a confused. dlscordnnt and eamor
Gus mass. more dsiunt from us, and therefore
more difficult TO be estimated. We donot doubt
that Mt present they largely exceed the democrat
io party in numerical strength-but they are con.
fined within limited area of country aud that
too eircumsorbed.as we believe 10 admit of their
success. We do not think ii more thnn barely
possible that they can carry majority of the clcc
tornl votes-and if the election should 90 into thr
House tits demonstrated mpossibility TINT they
can carry majority of the States Wefecl very
well assured that they will fail in Massachusetts,
New York, Rhode Island Pennsylvania and Cal
ifornia, and there are others fthe free states in
which there is fair chance of their defrat. Be
sides this, we have not yet despared of tho pa
triotism and good sense of the masses Of The
North. Agintors for vile and trhitorous end
have succeeded in lashing the public mind there
nto tempest, and fanaticism for the present
h as usurped tie throne of reason. but there j.
ii me vet for reaction. aud to such result W.
look forward with something moro than the hope
that is bred by desire. We shall be disappointed
if the more intelligent and viriuous people Of the
North do not yet perceive in the Fremont move.
ment consequences portended, thousand fold
more to be deprecated and slammed than anything
they have cause TO fear from the expansive ten
denotes of slavery. When crisis ncars It's dc
nouement people are apt To grow calm and to think
The impossb,y of President elected upon
purely sectional issues,and by a geographical di-
81 6 81, a.
and receiving the submission of those who werc
not considered in his election. become nppar
ent to them. If Fremont could be chosen president,
be would be President Of the North only. The
South would, Of necessity, be compelled to stand
aloof during his administration--an with the
feeling now existing, enhanced and eSacerbatcd
by four years of alienage and semi bondage. il
would be marvel if she ever again co operated
in the federal administration. Thinking men of
the North can scarcely remain SO wrought upon
by the demagogues who infest their section as
not to perceive these results in time to avert
them.
Whenever the tide of reaction shall have
well commercially whenever reason shall have
begun to act in earnest, then we shall look for
wide swerying undulation of popular favor to
wards Willard Fillmore. lie is the only candi-
date whose position and popularity are such as
10 admit OF accretons in every quarter of the
country and expansion in every direction. He
mas claims to the confidence and favor of the
American people higher than those of any iv-
ing statesman-clai which, it has been well
said in the virtuous days of the Republic would
have prolonged his former term, iustas superio,
wisdom. justice and moderation did once re con.
fer the same Office on his great prototype, if not
by reclamation. at least without apprceiablo on.
position. His stern virtues. his incorruptiblo
character, his broad patriotism and his undeyat-