Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-11

OF IENNtSstl.'>
In 1852. Charles Jane. Faulkner. in company
with Tonmbs, stephens aud others, signed pa
Ter giving reasons why they would nj support
the election Of Gen. Sect 60 the Presidency
Among ethers they assign the following
And in the Convention that conferred this nomi
nation Rpon him Gen. Scott he permitted himself
be used by the Frecsoers IN that budF l. deirtl
Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Webster, because OF Their ad'9.
eacy of these measures the eonprumiscl oad hca
firm adhereuee to the policy That sustained them
To iou such snen and u5d theu il completing
their triumph over. avid sacrifice OF the true andrei
friends Of the CONSTITUTIONAL the 'i'Afa dsrharsr ei
all its Oh LEGATIONS Is what eau never do. lHf
dictates of duty aud patriotitu s'etnls forbid IT.
Th. was very urar the close Of Mr.. Fillmore"
administration II is not pretended Tint he NJ
forwards did nything TO render himself onwor
,hv the ealogium here passed on him. lie was
then he true and tried friend THE Constitution.
had faithfully discharged allit obligations
the dictates Of duty and patriotism sternly for.
babe that be should be opposed. We wondcf
what has become Of those dictstes-or where has
gone the sensblity that acknowledged then
swav' Has the Hon. Charles James censed l.
listen to the admortions Of duty and patriotism
In the next paragraph these protestant. IN
describing the attitude in which Gen. Scott AZ
peared before tho country delineute precisely tie
position If Mr.. Buchanan Mr.. Fillmore was
set aside because of his connection with the fu
e,ive Slave law, and Gen Scott chosen because
he had no connection with it. So Nj. pieree
and Mr. Douglas were set aside because OF their
connection with the repeal Of the Missouri res.
friction. and Mr.. Buchanan AIKEN up because L.
had no connection with IT, Ia each case it wa
& concession 90 the FretsoH wing of the party
making the nomination Seward procured the
nomin.tin of,Soot,. Van Buren,, Benton and
others procured the nomination of Buchanan.
ghe people hava pronounced on the former trans
sction; they will not be apt 10 reverse their yer
dict in the latter case. This Is the paragraph
The reader can draw the parallel:
We consider Gen. scott rs the fieor,'e candidate
# the FreesoH wing OF the mig nfY Tint his poi
Icy it he should he elected, would be Wofpcd AM
shaped TO conform to thief 'ewsau3 10 elevate them
power in the administration 81 the Go'erumru',
lan but be considered as legitimate and probable
result, And, believing rs we do, thet the views -
that faction Of niischcHous men are dangerous uoi
only the Just and constitutional rights OF the South
trn States (which represent in partl but to The
peace and quiet Of the whole country au4 10 the pei
inaneni union OF the States. regard il Inc high
set duty of the well-v shers he country every
where whatever else they may 90 10 At least with
hold from HIM their support This we intend 10 do
a few days before the ppssage Of tim ARM
hill, at the late extra session of Congress. tho
New York Tribune Uttered the following neon
diary and reasonable language, with reference To
the contest upon it
ave urge, therefore unhcnding determination on
the part of the Northern members hostile 10 this IN
,olerabic outrage and demand OF them, in behalf OF
.peacen behalf Of frecdom-in behalf Of justice and
humanity resistance 10 she last BETTER that con-
fusion should ensue-beter TIM, d8cofd should reign
in the national councs-bCticr bot Congress sloaid
6reak up p,id d,sorder-Hay better that ne Cagif.t
Itself should blaze bV The torch of Ms ,accpddrV fall
aud buryits inmates beneath It's crumhng ruins
than that this perfdy and wrong shall be finally
,umpishedh
That is the way in which the Tremon,ors talk
all over the country, and it is this spirit which
the friends Of the Union are called upon to r.
buke at the election in November next. Should
Mr.. FREMONT be elected just such men as The
writer of the Tribune paragraph will give tone
and character 10 his Admin s,ration. GREELEY.
WADE, GIppINGs, SEWARD, LoHEJoy BEECH
ER, PRESTON KING, WEBB. WILSON. aud men OF
their stamp viii control all the movements of
the President. and his Cabinet They will, from
his Inauguration to the end of his term make
upon the fifteen Slave States and their institu
tions. When the possibility Of the success OF
such cause and the accession to power of such
a party exists, it is folly to think of making an
experiment with a man like Mr. Buchanan whose
principles are but vaguely known, AS vaguely to
himself. perhaps, as any one else-and whose nd
nnistratiye talent is altogether untried. If
ship were among rocks and shoals. and there was
pilot aboard who knew the route, and had steer.
ed through it safely before, would it not be silly
and suicidal, TO place in his stead an untred man
at the helm Just 90 it is with Buchanan and
Fillmore. The latter has navigated tho ship of
state safely through dangers heretofore while
Mr. Buchanan never has. Wise mon we think
will prefer him who has been tried
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To BE CeMMIsERATED.-We may be, as the
Baltimore American says, unable to appreciate
the process of reas onng which has induced gen
temen formerly attached to the Wing party to
pass by the claims of Mr.. Fillmore and give their
support to the and measures OF the Demo.
cratic party, but we at least can fully sympa-
,fhise with them in the disagreeabe necessity
their new position forces upon them of receiving
the praises of press that long years of abuse
and scurrihty had taught them TO regard with
feelings of contempt and loathipg. To be now
condescendingiy patted on the back. aud termed
"gaiiant Old-line Wings" and commended for
'he.f consistency by papers tho very touch of
"hch 'hey have regarded as deiilement, is deg.
teoation that must bring with it q soreness desery
'ing OF sympathy Webespeak Of their new friends
an effort to spare them this infection, or heinz
unable to bear such "satirc in Disguise they
may seek some other way os saving their conn.