Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-28
We present an extract from this speech below
We trust 4he-reader will reflect upon whaf he

We present an extract from this speech below
We trust 4he- r-adrr will reflect upon WHIST he
says. If the democracy merely seek to /" ANAL
gama,e strength without establishing principle
what is the country to expect Of It's admlnisira-
ton other than doubt and uncertainty. or n cor
rupt use of power and patronage II the doc
| trine of squatter sovereignty is "msehiesops'
dangerous and demoralizing' tends 10
"paye the way for the other doctrine, that prop
erty over and above the Con stitution may be
stricken down." is it not suicidal in the South or
any portion of the South TO affiliate with mon
whether protesting democracy or not-who SUB
scribe TO tho doctrine :
Mr.. kei,t said -
Some men had announced
political millennium in the event OF the election oil
Mr. Buchanan but who was to come into the senate
from the State of the President elect, where he hhd
received thirty thousand Of majority Was he
fcamerop1 one of the national conservative men p
Look at his record The Senatorial election was the
first alarm gun the first flag which hBttefed at the
masthead ne signal Of distress. He keith need not
be told that some few tricky men were brought II
man was not elected, il either because oil dere
LECTION of duty on the part Of national men, be-
cause tl1oy in a minority in the Legislaare.--
lie did not sneak Of these things with pleasure. nor
compromise the future for the tranquility of
the present. nor Helr TO consolidate any party winch
amsgamates strength without establishing principle.
The irresistible tendency Of events 10 sectional
organizations. lie did not agree With his friends as
To the immaieriality Of the doctrine OF sqnatfet
cregniy; he regarded it as most mschesous, dam
gerons and dcmoralizing doctrine 1t rested on the
fact that the sovereign States of this Union esereis
ing the power of government agents 10 be put
down by squf tiers. When men shy that slavery de-
ponds police, they assert that those who get TO
the territories can confscntc property recognized by
other parts Of the Union. This only payes the way
for the other doctrine TINT property aud above
the Constitution may be stricken down. Slavery ng-
iaton, far from being crushed out by the late cleo
ton has been Increased, Slavery existed prior to
law it as old the institution of marriage or
the individuality of property. 1t did not rise from
compaes or violence, but grew like any other rn
dimentary institution He argued that it was the
very foundation Of the glory and refinement Of Athens
and Rome. Although the Ethiopian has for five
Thousand years been in contact with superior eYil-
zaon, he is savage still He repeated that there
n tendency in affairs for the formation of geographical
parties which wonll lead to IL dissolution of the
Union; and in this connection showed the power and
resources OF the South conondinR that she is mule 10
snye her soil from invasion and conquest. aud her
lag from dshaGor The South musl aud will es-
pand she will carry her institutions into thr sur-
rounding States where the governments nre falling
and the people are apsng into mougresm. The
State rights men at the South, numbering nine tenths
of the citizens will rally round the standard Of pro-
gress. Whate,er else perish, those institutions Will
be saved.