Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-23

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! OUT DELAY say therefore for mFseli-and wish
to be understood as speaking for myself aone-that
let what will come shall hadeF ntcessg 5faeefH
SUPPORT VINO boEs NOT hEiiENE slAAkN To
nv AZ rNuixrp rrRsE. and viii not by virtue OF his
Office use all constitutional power To ABOLISH IT,
Bal ask by what mode we to reach the ot9"'t ID
view The answer Is plain. Il, going baek directly
70 that adopted and pursued by the immortal iouh=
drrs Of our Government II is comprised briefly IN
this No Stare Stars: NJ NOR Nlarf Ifr'io-
riss t4s tyilkiyarai Of t5e syyor ~ fbS fea1i Ho
,rameaf from aore-y, ami he ibohaan cf a6t9f' a
Gun BE- reached by eoHsfaat,oad' "saas
And subsequently 10 this, in the same year, he
used this language:
I have had otcasion to saf heretofore that
would not support any man Ger the Presidency who
does not believe slavery Ia he nm unmiueated CYL
aud who will not use all the power which the Ton
stuiiou aud laws may place ia his hands 1ar ~ etef
H48n. | would give notice now that the general
Judgment Of the people Of this State is thai they can
mol and will not swcryc from this position aud A.
FOR ME-. SHALL LIVE AND DIE By IT
This j. the man, with mo, n line he has rver
written" mot ~ liable he has uttered" re.
traeted taking his stand on the platform OF mo
more slnve States, no more slave territories"
pledged, under no necessity whntever,n 10 sup.
port a candidate for the Presidency "who does not
believe ~layery to DO an unmxed cnrse," aud in IA
vor Of its abolition wherever it emu be reached by
constitutional menns"-this Is the man. say.
who finds it perfectly compatible with thee optn-
ions, pledges aud purposes, to support James
Buchanan for the Presidency. 1-not this enough
60 .iartlc aud arouse the South, Us il never
startled aud aroused before Nor is this an un
meaning or unauthorized declaration Of Mr.. Van
Buren. lie remembers that Mr.. Van Buren, op-
posed the admission of Missouri into tie Union
as a free Stnte-that he has declared his solemn
conviction that slavery is "a curse that he
wns opposed 10 the admission Of Texas into the
Union. until he became satisfied TINT IT would be
the mems Of nbolitonizing Delaware, Maryland
virginia. Kentucky. Tennessee North Carolina
nna Missouri. that he has deliberately expressed
the opinion TINT the people Of the South havc no
right 10 60 into II territory belonging to the
Union. whore slavery has not existed, until some
competent legislative authority hns granted them
permission; TINT he has asserted that Congress
has sovereign and exclusive authority oyer tho
subject Of slavery in the territories; and. subss
quen,y that they hnyo delegated that power 10
the people of the territories. making them like
the people Of the States" masters # the whole
matter. whereby, he knows full WELL the terrific
ries would all be- made and kept free he rcinrm-
bers these things, aud he pereeives 80 entire n
concurrence between the views of Mr.. Buchan
an and those he has held aud expressed. that
with perfect consistency, without rctractng u
line he has written, or n syllable he has uttered
he may give an earnest and cordial support to
his nomination. Again we ask will not the
South wnko up-bonish the fatal torpor aud blind
ness that have seized her, and rush 10 the res
cue of her rights and honor from insolcni and
ruthless aggression
suppose, for moment, this state Of things
were reversed, aud Martin und John Nnn Buren,,
with no opinion changed, and no language re-
tracted had declared themselves the advocates of
Willard Fillmore's election. What would have
been tho conduct of those southern Democrats
who now look so passiycly, if not approvngy
upon their course They would have mnde the
welkin ring aud the earth roar as if all rande
monium were let loose. Conspiracy aud treason.
black and fiendsh, would be proclaimed from ono
end of the Union To tho other. Southern men
who might adhere To Fillmore, ufter such IA con.
junction, would be denounced as the recreanl
and base instruments and ncoompccs OF ooa.
ton for the destruction of the South. 1t would
be well oven il violence were not added 10 abuse.
to deter southern men from giving their support.
under such circumstances, to the candidate of
their choice. VIVA, justification for such course
would then exist, that does not apply To tho cnse
as it stands Is there any thing in Mr. Bucb
anRns aneoedents or present position that should
protect him more than Mr.. Fillmore from n q
judgment TINT follows suspicious company We
lave shown the harmony Of language aud opinion
between John Van Buren, and himself Let Mr..
Fillmorc's record be searched for parallel SO
close and striking, aud it will be searched in win.
But if this parity of position were wanting, the
selection by the Nnn Burens of buchanan in
preference 10 Fillmore, when they were free to
choose between the two. would of itself suppps,
reasons of agreement in sentiment between them.
which could not be found "a between them aud
Mr Fillmore We leave II to the people who are
not politicians, to decide why tits the Democratic
leaders have sounded no alarm when the enemy.
under the treacherous guise OF friendship, Inns
entered their camp-and to determine for them
selves whether they will trust their fortunes TO the
longer guardianship of such leaders. or will be-
come parties to the false and iaithless alliance
with those whose perddious and maign purposes
they have too much reason to know
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East tennessee virginia Railroad
RlcHMoNp, August 20th 1856.
NessyS. Editors am really surprised and greatly
concerned to learn from the letter of your cores
pondent, who writes from Bristol Tennessee under
date of the 18th inst that is possible that the COM
peton OF the East Tennessee Virginia Railroad can
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