Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-06-25

Gratis OF WASHINGTON CITY.
In October, 1s46, just after the State elections
in Pennsylvania. a, which the Democrats sus-
tanned a signal defeat, the Democrats of Wash
ington City held meeting, and. headed by the
late Mr. Richie, marched to the quarters of Mr..
Buchanan. who made them speech for the rur-
pose Of reviving their dropping spirits. This
speech was published in ibe Union day two
after its delivery. end the following is extract
from -
"The Wing party. at tho present moment.
"cacalaie upon carrying Pennsylvania by di
" vision in the Democratic party in regard to the
question Of slavery in our new territories. Ia
"this expectation, am convinced they will be
disappointed. Democrats uH nerer abandon
"theii principles and the candidates Of thsir
party upon question merely transient in its
a. nature. and rhieh, matter how IL may be
"decided by Congress, can nerer produce any
practical resuit--cdn neper, in point of(act
Introduce siarery either into California or Ne,e
" Herico.
Fer my own part, more than a year ago, in
"a published letter TO Berk's county, strong
"ly recommended the settlement of this question
on the ancient basis of the Missouri Compro.
"mise. believed then that this would best
promote the peace and harmony of tho Union,
and have since seen to change my
"opinion. Although still prefer this Compro.
"mise, yet should not object to the Compro-
a mise which was reported by Mr.. Clayton, and
"passed the Senate al it's last session, leaving
the whole subject Of slavery in tho new terri
tories, to be decided as question of constitu.
" tiopal law by the Supreme Court Of the United
States.
II have said this question is in its nature tran
sient. In California, it must be finally decided
lin brief period by the authority from which,
under our Constitution, there can be no ap-
"peal. All admit that tho people of that terri
tory, when assembled in convention to frame
4" State Constitution, possess the sole, the exclu-
F." sive power TO determine whether slavery shall
"or shall not exist within It's limits; and the tide
:" of population now flowing into II fully ius,ifef
"tbe belief thar California will ha admitted as Il
State into the Union during the next Congress.
But what will be the condition of California
during the brief intervening period! When ,oe
!" acquired it from Merico il ,eos free territory,
both in lap and in fact. aud free 1t must re.
"be changed by the positipe enactment ofa com
" petent Legislative authority
Such being the clear iap of the case, what
lis the state the faetl True and more cor
rect information from California has fully dem
onstrated that this is no longer practical ques-
a ton. Slavery never will exist in California. -
" Both the will Its people and the laws of ma
:" turc have decreed the exclusion Of slavery from
=. that territory. The people already there are
nearly unanimous upon The subject; and the
emgrants who are NOE erocding into this fine
- and fertile territory arr chiefly from the Mid
:. die and Northern States. Besides, the soil, the
a. climate and the productions Of California are
" all opposed to slavery. Nature is thus oppos-
+" ed to IL. and the art Of man cannot cary il
There. They may adopt the Uifmot Proriso,
the Missouri Compromise, the Senote's Com.
promise, resoire 10 do nothing, and the pract
:" cal result riR be precisely The same.
- Besides, does any one doubt. from the char.
:" acter and known opinions of the people that
"when they come to frame their Con .ttution,
they will forever prohibit slavery in the new
- State! This question is. therefore, transfer
- in its nature and not Of tho least practical i'm.
portance 1t will settle itself within brief Pc
- Rod, both in California and New Mexico and
:" this Is most propitious for the peace and per-
petuity OF the Union--of our blessed Union
which we should never name without heartfelt
gratitude TO Almighty God and which can
"'never DO endangered by any other question
than that of slavery, This ieiH fortunately
"be a final settlement; because are possess no
i" more territory TO ,ehch the question can be a,
-"oH applicable. AS practical question, all the
" excitement which has been raised upon the
" subject has been worse than useless Fer my
% o,cn part, respect pro fonndiy the feelings OF
those Democrats in my nattre State ,cho hare
.partaken in this excitement. knop them 10
a. be as intelligent and as deroied TO the great
a and glorious principles Of the party as any
." Democrats throughout the land 1t is for this
- reason. think may venture to assure you,
- that they will never peril there principles for
a. the vain purpose of excluding slavery from a
" territory where. from the nature of things il
q can never exist. They wiH not suffer the an
- cient and time .honored banner Of democracy,
- Which has tcared oper them in triumph through
"out SO many iceu fought feds. 10 be trailsa in
'he dust and trampled pgder foot By their Old
.'poiitienL enemies for the sake Of mere ab-
stroction. lfihey should act in this manner,
bitter would be their regret upon finding w hie
administration installed in power by their de
. sertion of the good old cause at the prcsen
- critical moment Sad would he their reaec
:" tons in beholding their ancient adversary en-
- gagged in the work of destroying all those wis
measures of Democratic policy which the
a. themselves had contributed to establish, IN
= substituting for them the oft-expoded measure
= Of the Wing party. which they, all their live,