Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-06


gallant soldiers upon the "ign seas, pension fund
had been created and the mother # this brryc young
rnan applied 'Jr pittanee from this fund Mr.. Blu
chanan voted No.
In speaking of the Democratic party, Mr..
buchanan says:
ats character is strictly national and 1t therefore
asserts no principle for the guidance of the federal
government which Is not adopted and sustained by
its members in each and every State
We wonder If the Favorite Son regard. the
subject of appropriations by Congress for purpo-
SEES OF internal Improvement rs among the prin.
ciples .'for the guidance Of tho federal govern
ment" If so, we should like to know what com.
mon policy in regard to that principle he thinks
is sustained by the members Of the party in eaeh
and every State What are the factsl Within
the last month time aud again, we have seen. in
the Senate Of the United States, ono division Of
the Democratic members voting for bills, which
another division denounced as yoatye of the
spirit OF the Constitution, and the express Ian
gunge of tho Cincinnati platform We have
seen Democratic President ve,oing these bills
and Democratic Senate passing them over his
head We have seen the Richmond Enquirer
railing against those Democratic Senator's, as
"reoreant." rs engaged in "lebaoohing aud de-
moralizng the party"-while the organs Of the
North west. applaudng the course of those Sen
ators, thanking God that the term of the We
toing President is rapidly drawing to IA close
Nor is it with reference to this subject only that
ahe Democratic party are divided in policy, in
principle, and in sentiment. II would be easy
to show that in regard to the tue relations of
slavery, they wide asunder as the heavens
from tho earhthat in regard TO the foreign pol
icy ct the government there is actual unity
that upon the tariff question there are many
shades of opinion that in regard to the natural
isaion laws, distribution, and every other living
issue of impor'ance,they are cut up into factions
and that the only complete unnnmty is in re
gard to the spells. Mr.. Buchanan's nippant as
soriion attests either great Ignorance of The
true condition Of his party, n axity of EXPIRES
sion unbeooming his position.
We have already alluded to the fact, that Hon.
Daniel d. Barnard of Albany for some years the
Representative of that County in Congress- had
written long and very able letter to tn" Hon
James A. Hamilton. covering tho political topics
OF the day. There is scarcely an ADLER man Ger
tanly ,not purer minded more ardent Union.
loving man in the countIy--than Mr. Barnard il.
therefore his sentiments at this crisis in our DO
litica affairs urc well worth needing. lie /, n,
'Oa Limo Wing" and does not profess to belong
to tho American Party; but, like Washington
Hunt, aud IA host of others throughout the Union,
for the sake of tho Union and its perpctuiy, adyo-
Gates the election of Willard Fillmore, the Ameri-
! can candidate, rs the safest and the best and
| the wisest result that can be accomplished Mr..
| Barnard thus speaks of the peoples candidate ::
"Mr. Fillmore is tried man. His countrymen and
! the world know him. He made and conducted an nd
ministraton which not only raised his country in it's
own Just esteem but elevated il also in the nresencc
and estimation of every civilized country on the globe
! He and preserved to the last and believe he
still preserves in peculiar and eminent degree the
| united confidence of nearly a in the North and in
! the South of whatever party who desire to see the
| harmony of the Union maintained and the milton nm
| held in its integrity And it this confidence
joined to known feeling of universal and
respect for his capacity, his moderation and his wis
dom, which, long before his nomination. prompted n
widespread desire in the country, manifest to be
mistaken or dsregardedo see him once more elevated
to the Presidency. This general feeling of preference
was marked feature in the political indications of
! the times, which the American party did wisely not
| to neglect There can be need of defining posi-
tons for Mr. Fillmore His past administration of the
! government tells the whole story, and reveals the
! whole comprehensive and recorded truth in re-
gard TO MS principles ana capacity. There the
cord stands let all men look at IT, Not an uncertain
or equyoeal line orword is found in all its pages
There the whole official man stands revealed-a Presi-
| dent for the whole country with views as broad ey-
pansive aud liberal as the Continent committed to his
executive care and holding always balance scrupu-
lousy exact and faithful just the Constitution
self holds like balance between all sections aud all
interests President who never forgot it was a ma
ton, undivided and ndivisible which he presid-
ed with its integrity and honor entrusted TO his keep
ing, and that the government which he administered
was government of Constitution and Law to which
setting the first example of obedience himself he ex-
acted obedience from every citizen