Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-17
Place and Buchanan
lCor. Of the Phil. Daily Times.
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+ WASHINGTON, April 10
The pamphlet signed IL Virgnian." emilia
1.-The Next Presidency An Appeal 10 thu Ia
mocracy of Virginia which is attributed to a..
pen Of Roger A. Pryor. has been circulated bv
thousands in the Old Dominion Bags fille1 viii
the pamphlets have been received here address
ed 10 citizens of Virginia. and franked in ,b;.
city by several members of Congress from tba,
State, the peculiar friends of Senator Hume
The pamphlet is written with good dpal of
ability, but with anentable want of tact in e.
vor of the nomination of Gen Pierce; and tbero
are passages in II which correctly and yet nnpis.
takably reflect upon, and indeed assail with
bitterness. Penusylvania's son. James Buchanan
1t has produced much txcitemcnt among Dom
cratic politicians ia this city.nnd have hear1 IS
more than one angry discussion between memhar.
from Virginia and Elsewhere, on the assault, maae
in it upon the late Minister to the Court of :,
james The belief is entertained by the friends
OF this gentleman that Senator Hunter i, u sing H.
Influence against him, and indirectly countenan.
cling attacks upon his Democratic orthodoxy and
availability.
am aware that this quarrel, pretty as it at
present stands" does not particularly interest
Americans ard others opposed to the Democracv
but as II is chapter in the current events of the
day, and as there are hundreds and probably
thousands OF your readers who are steadfast
friends and admirers of the gentleman SO viru
lently denounced l have thought it advisable TO
refer to it; and presen: the friends of Mr.. Buch
anau with d few rich extracts from Mr.. Pryors
pamphlet, with the promise that you will be fur
nished with an unmutilated copy to- morrow. Here
are the extracts:
Everybody recollects the part the Democra-
cy of Virginia played in the National Convention
of lS53;with what undertaking devotion they ad
hered Ia the fortunes of Buchanan. until ample
experiment demons trated his Cause to be desper-
ate; with what sudous they selected anoh.
er Statesman worthy Of their confidence and Of the
highest honors of the Nation; with what burst of
enthusiasm the Convention greeted the venerable
lin Pierce; how that name reverberated from
State to State until. by the unanimous acclaim of
the Convention, it became the wstchword of the
Democracy in the campaign of 1852. 1t was II
scene OF the greatest dramatic eX itement to the
spectator, and is of more suodued. hut not less
genuine, interest to til reader, now that it is mar
rated among the pregnant passages of history.
Let Us make the DISTRICT issue before the
country. Let u~ proclaim our PRINCIPLES without
equvoeatinn and with shout of defiance. And
for leader let us select timid time server, ma
-kulking coward, but let Us take the veteran Of
the war, all covered as lie is with glorious
an honorable triumph. He never sweryed from
the support OF the South apated .iot or title
of heart in our service. And is this the man
whom the South will betray for some easy person
,eho has been rtpoSing in iagiOrious neutrality,
while Franklin Pierce WIS enduring the sweat
and agony of the strife