Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-13

HUNTER would carry the entire sonfh WY
should they no, Have either proved reerenni 10
her rights or honor under the federal bond And
thi. enquiry bring 10 the consideration OF what
We believe 10 be the fallacious reasoning oi our
friend of the Republican. With all profession Of
fairness an honest conviction. We believe,
that he Is fair and Just IL all concerned, yet he
will excuse US for saying the ,ftcf Of his article
however he NAV have intended II, i 10 place jas.
BrenANAN under tho han Of Democratic rule at
Cincinnati What is this reasoning First. be
,ays. and SAYS well. there exists but one opinion
in requiring that the candidate. whoever he may
be. shall be enthusiastically committed To the
maintenance of the constitutional rights OF the
South There is no one spoken of in connection
with tho Presidency, whose soupdness Is ut all
questionable. and it IL not within the range OF
probability that any man. North ar South VIII
be- selected whose position Is mol perfectly salts
factory
Very well. We entirely concur with you here.
But how il this paragraph 10 be reooneiied with
the sueetediag sentence"
but it really appears TO IA that there exist
peculiar circumstances al the present time.
which expose upon the South more than ordna-
~ caution in casting it, vote. We Jtd-and IN
politics as well n private matters feeling Is often
a better guide than calculation, OF cold policy
tia, the South opts something To those National
Democrats who stood up 80 manfully for our
rights on inf hhilthH hllls hlh uI'h "h'7' "a"
nent- there is vet the smell Of fire. through
which they walked in upholding our rights. Not
only does the impulse of gratitude dictnt" the
preference Of some such standard bearer, ns the
choice Of the South, if il goes North but such al
is the suggestion of true poltey'
More than ordinary caution" What does
our friend mean by this' He has u-t said that
fhtre is no one spoken II IN connection NTH the
Presidency. shose soundness is al all qafsiiond.
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cauiianl" Whom do you meant for you still
further tina, 1T is not within the range OF
probability that any man North OF South will be
selected whose position Is not perfectly sati>fac-
tory" You don't mean Mr. Hunter-ot conrse
not for he il your first choice. You don't mean
Judge Doug ns--surely not, for he Is clearly
your second choice. You don't mean General
Pierenfnr even he, aud we must say. tp our minds
mo-, strangely seems to meet favor Mt your hands.
You too good sportsman To be firing into the
whole Convey of outsiders whose names have NO,
get been mentioned. Then uhom do yon mean
Charles Irrihgi You mtda n6body IN the Wide
teorh bur old Buek Now up and tell. Don't
you mean that this ignore than ordinary caution"
should Be applied 10 him.
reply frankly Charles Irving did mean Mr.
Buchanan. will now up and tell' the ren.
sons.
The error into which the Sentinel has fallen
there was no other question involved in the com
ing canvass but the slavery question. aud that
upon that question all that the South Ind Alright
10 require was the personal soondnes- Of the can.
ddaie. The South has II elcar ngbi to require
mora than this She has right To require that
the election, II in her favor, shall settle Mt least
for some time the slavery agitation what
cTidin means Of producing this result can be nd-
opted, except in the selection of candidate who
j. E.I ,;,b Nalrn.La hill
The Black Republicans have madf the repeal ct
the kansas-Nebrasko bill their sole test. The
Democratic party must mike II one ot their tests
Tan they make It fairly an sqnarely except hy
the presentation oi some man, especially II The
candidate comes from The North, who Is ld'h'i-
he'd with the Kansas Nebraska bill Can any
man oandidly say that Mr.. Buchanan il 80 den'
titled think not. In the very stidell letter.
IN which hr commits himself to IT. he also shys
that we should make no war upon those Demo
crats who voted against II. Whit does tins
kindness to anti Nebraska Democrats mean! !
The editor of tho Sentinel has frequently de-
nounced tho administration of Gen. Pierce for
FILLING 10 settle and quiet slavery agitation, aud
attributed il to his New York appointments.
The real source of President Piefee's inability
10 allay fanaliciSm is trucenha Ia another and
higher cause. That cause i III the principle
upon which he was nominated. Gen. Cnss, Judge
douglas, aud Mr.. Dickinson had all been in the
compromise iight-were all identified with the
Fugitive Slave Law. They were all "ignorcd"
upon tho ground that they were unavailable, and
President Pierce selected upon the grouna that
being out Of the fcht ho was not SO objectionable
10 Northern free sellers. md tint he ves pcr.
fectlv sounJ Wa pninod tho election. Int wo
dill not pnin n trinmph Of nrineinles. for the
reason that freesoilers awaited themselves of the
exen.e ia como int, the ,,,ks and 4mharrass il
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,ition of ,h,t e,,nr and M ,nat,er how t,up bo
mny be IN the constitution like President pieroo
he will be unable 10 control the elements Of In
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