Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-03-06

| Qunnteu Win tne NHuHC VI ihVHt E''"'
men know that they would be with,us laboring to
check sectional agitation. and rebuking the
| heresy that n State portion Of the people can
enforce n construction of the laws contrary to
the course pointed out in the constitution. 10
restore harmony to the various sections OF our
| Union 10 brighten the links which bind us to-
gether sovereign States-to purify the ballot
box-to cut off the dangers TO which we are ea-
| posed by the immigrants to oui shores from the
foreign lands-and to repudiaie all the higher
| law Influences abroad aud at home, which have
| contributed to obscure the landmarks of our old
| Revolutionary fathers--these. gentlemen ARE the
| objects of the American party These ARE me
| considerations which have brought US together,
| n, matter what may have been heretofore.
| And these are the considerations which VIII bind
| us together until our government is brought back
to It's original purity, and fruihfulness Is restor-
| cd TO the relations of public men to public meas
| nres We have seen the present administration
of the government employ IFS patronage to CO
neni panty without reference To any legitimate
standard Of policy or principle.
Men who have preached secession and disn
Mon have been given the prominent Offices aud
have been made strong when il most impor
iani that they should be weak. Old fashioned
men have been vilifed and slandcred merely be-
cause they adhered to the maxms which govern.
ed our wise man in the hes. days of our republic
Ne,, gent men, we have been prescribed through
cut this land for daring 20 shy that we MAINTAIN
ed the doctrines inculcated by greatest
statesman. President Pierce. protesting 10 fol
las In the footsteps of jackson, has plaoed him
self in direct aningoHism 10 the leading senti-
ments of that great man. jackson said that the
patronage of the Federal Government ought not
to be brought to benr against the freedom Of ell
ections and that il was time &c were more A
mericanized. Mr.. Pierce says directly the
trary. He proscribes from office large masses
of his fellow citizens for daring to exercise the
privilege of ntiering their opinions. lie has
ostrnciscd national men in order TO build up the
ngltator, aud no one can be surprised 10 see that
under his fostering care the country IL threaten
ed with geographical parties far more dangerous
to the integrity fthe onion thnn they have ever
been in any former period of our history.
He has introduced The doctrine of "sQuatter
sovereignty in n form which, recent events
have shown. l. but another name for civil war,and
though disguised by the profession of respect for
the sentiment which recognises the right of the
people to govern them, eves,is in substance moth
ng bit an alb lndonment Of the constitutional duty
+ Congress 10 guard the rights OF the lcrrtorl-
al inhabitants until they are COMPETENT to form
State governments apd take thci, rank under the
provisions OF the constitution IN the foniederaey
of States as equal n sovereign members. Against
such abuses we have protested, aud ns members
Of the American party we feel that II j. Mt only
our right 10 protest bat To clnm the support 1t
our connirymen in giving ~ the power TO correct
them. One more remark gentlemen, md | um
done. Our enemies hnve asserted thai our orgnn
izition could not be Northumberland our ranks
composed Of those who have hronecd ~ one
or tho other of the old pertes.and thai we cannot
escape the influence of former divisions. Those
who assail us seem to forget that there i coun-
try To serve, which is above nll parties, and that
there are principles which cannot be assaulted with
out weakening the pillars of our Union, and in de-
fence Of which all patriots ought To rally ,rrcspec
tive of the designation by which they may have
been known rs party men.
As in time of war when the foreign foe invades
our soil. every true hearted citizen should rnlly
10 the flag of his country, when doctrines are
PIT forward by party leaders which are calcula.
ted to render imperative the checks and balan-
Cos of the constitution, every patriot should
throw off party shnckles and do what he can IL
render harmless such doctrines. II Is such
groands that are constituted an American pur-
ty. Let Us be true Ia the spirit of such Il party.
aud let US forget that there my dilleren
ces between us AS Democrats ser Wings. Let our
triumph be that of our country, measuring our
culms to the public confidence by no standard
but that of honest devotion 10 the principles of
our cause, which is no other than thai of the con
sttltion and the Union II we succced,it will be
mainly through the eXertionS of the hardy aud
manly energies of our young and middle aged
men, who are carrying ON the great enterprises
necessary to the development OF our country,and
who cannot be tempted by old party watchwords
from completing the reforms which they have
commenced under the flag of the starr and stripes.
and in defence of the sentiment which proelans
that Americans ought to rule America. Such pm
triotic devotion must meet with its corresponding
reward.
Gentlemen, was educated ON the anks of
your noble river aud have always felt n pride in
the prosperity of this great emporium of eur
country. You have nlSays shown n ust sense
of the Importance Of maintaining the constitution
by n strict adherence To the principles it in
intended 10 perpetuate. You have always been
national men, unwngto disturb the harmony
of those feelings which arc necessary To our safe
ty and progress MS Il nation. Ii is tlatterng aud
encouraging therefore to eiriends of the Amer
lean cause in other parts of country when
they hear that the great city of New York is
with them. | could not doubt that | was right
when your approving voice was heard in tho
formation of party aiming to heal tie dSeen-
sions in our land. 1t was in this city in 1919
that ! first learned 10 d scrimnute between tho
mere party man and the patriot. 1t here
that Gen. jackson though the que 81 of the Tam
many men, toasted De Witt Clinton who was
then considered by that ancient and venerable
Society as not orthodox on the subject ef State
rig is. The old hero If the Hermitage said that
parties were not always right and that public
men ought not to be rejected because they went
beyond the spirit of their party in the support of
their c"untrys interests. Til gentlemen Is our
doctrine. We have left the old parties who were
unable to tranquailize the land and stand cat on
n platform national from beginning t. end. aud
American in every feature of it.
The raising OF Sir JAMES PAHKE, Ex Baron of