Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-06-27
The Platform Denounced.

| The Charleston Mercury Ap'H"c'a"'i '"'7
refers 20 one of the planks Of the Cincinnati plat
| form:
The Spanish Colonies have long been independent
| Stairs hy the consent OF all the world They have
The right of making peace aud and this implies,
according To the whole body afnational law, the right
.f alternating on the side and acquiring on the
| other territorial dominion. What have We 10 10
with the regulation of these rights and what finlm
have we 10 interfere with the terms on when the3 arc
adjusted According 10 the hlihasterng eons'fae-
/ ton II China were to become embroiich 10 MhI
with Patagonia We would be bound, in the language
of The platfnrm by the dcvelopmentof our growing
mower to interfere with unbending rlgidlly To
prevent the Judgment Of tlw Celestias among these
savages Oft the Southern Andes. Is there any sane
man in the civilized world that look upon such
an assumption rs a thing to be graTely considered
II is in fact enormous absnrdiiy violating eqnai-
" common sense and the universally acknowledged
principles of international law. The United States
have great country Of their own much greater IN
deed than they know how TO govern well. They have
no reason 20 anlict themselves IN this violent way
abon, the condition and safety of their ncighbors.R
The Columbia Is. c. Times, Democratic,)
openly repudiates the nominee. Ii says;
Mr. Buchanans antecedcnis are such that we
not give him support nor do We believe that the
people Of South Carolina can be induced to assist IN
placing him In the Presidential chair He is not only
renegade from the Wing party, n tariff man, and
fedefhllNt fFttfOiffF hdffH Yttf support ~
almost epcry Northern Increment introduced 10 eirca
scribe The copered BIZ The institution Of siaueg To
up the whole of his history he Is not advocate
Estate rights, and doubt not will go further than
any of his predecessors if elected to consolidate the
Government. South Carolina cannot consistently
support Mr.. Buchanan. His nomination is rebnke
to Mr.. Pierce and his administration.
-.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
writing from Xenin, Ohio, states that Gov Reed
er, while in that town on his way East. openly
avowed his determination TO support Mr.. Bloh-
anan. Gov, Reeder's great object Mt present il
II procure tho admission of Kansas into tho
Union as free State. under the forged and frau
dulent constitution which Lane prosecuted
to the Senae.as having been adopted by the
vention of traitors at Topeka. Does Gov Reed.
or expect to promote this object by the election
of Mr.. Buchanan He is IA Pennsy lvanian. m
old chum OF Forney. and necessarily cognizant
of Mr.. Buchanan's viewsand feelings. Is or is
not the Democratic nominee for the Presidency
in favor of the admission Of Kansas into the Union
undor the free State constitution, adopted ut To-
pekal We .honld hike 10 know! Tho South
ought to know! There is nothing in his letter of
acceptance that forbids tho conclusion. On the
contrary. his construction Of the Kansas bill as
giving to the people of Territory the same pow
~ to decide the question of slavery MS belongs
to the people of II State gives oountenanca to
the idea that be would favor tho immediate nd
mission of Kansas. That there may have been
informaties and irregularities in the convention
at Topeka would scarcely prevent his coming
to this conclusion, since the same things in th.
case of California constituted no obstruction in
his Judgment to tho erection of that Territory in
to State. What shall we CONCLUDED Is or :
not Mr.. Buchanan in favor of the immediate ad-
mission of Kansas as free State!