Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-24
JAS. N DONALD.
S. T PETERS
c. \. COLHUGN.

In assuming the proprietary night and cditorial
control oil this Journal it may be expected OF the IN
dersigued--who is personally unknown to the most
of its parons-that he should Indicate the policy 10
which the Vrgnian will be committed in future
Whilst tracing the paths marked out 10y more gifted
predecessors, he is fully conscious OF the want Of
ability TO present in like attractive aud torcibie
STYLE the principles which have been uniformly pro-
mulgcd in these columns and can only brlngt their
support an honest zeal which has never ttltered IN
the maintenance of those wise and conservative mea-
sures Of public locy which, in his judgment, are
nseparably connected with the best interests OF the
country However formidable the opposition may
be- represented by great party flushed with We
tory, aud manifcsting unwonted arrogance and III
tolerance that will not brook opposition it does not
become those whose convictions ofduy have led them
heretofore to join issue with the Democratic party
now that their serricd ranks appear 10 be
bruken to seek about them for dishonorabc graves.
We hold that that party is responsible directly ia
directly for the alarming significance which the sla
very question has received element Of political
agitation II has been the watch word by day and
by night, which for twenty years has summoned
their cansmen 10 the rescue Of the South. No
matter where his nativity the candidate opposed to
them, whether offering for the Presidency the
Guberuatoral office of our own commonwealth has,
tried by their standard always been found wanting
in fidelity to the South and nusound upon the sla-
very question. Do wonder that tins eternal din
arttuy repeated in a thousand forms by unserupu-
lous abolitionsts at the North, has provoked and
promoted the banded opposition TO our Institution so
prevalent in that quarter at this day Democracy
is borne upon a whir wind of lis creating
and though the time may come when dnty and pat
ri-ism will inpel every son Of the south 10 unite
in some measure oil opposition to Northernag ion
we commend those who in great part have
fomen,ei ibis mischief
A statesman nfripe experience fills the Presi-
dental chair, and notwithstanding ih,' journal OPP
posed every step of his progress that high posi-
ton-because committed TO the Interests Of dstin-
guished citizen vino nad previously Filed il with
marked ability and fidelity 10 the CONSTITUTIONAL
will not oppose his administration 10 the bitter
end" but rather judge it by its fruit, lfhc shall
discard partisan influence to the that viii en-
able him to be as clear 10 bis great oil, as MAS
Willard Fillmore, we will not withhold humble
need Of praise
Whilst the virgnian will continue to give Its
hearty cooperation TO every measure whose tcnden-
cy would be the improvement and Development of
those who would counsel separation. The Fights
of the States and the UNION of the States will be
its motto still and when the Cons iilution and uuion
which, Of few partially confederate States, have
made US mighty naion-great and happy At home
respected and powerful abroad-shall have failed 10
secure the just measure of our rights then we nav
concert together for their overthrow; but that time
is not yet 1t should be the unweared aim oil every
tria ~ sharIv M
attachment to the Union, ever regarding it as-lu
the language of him who presided nj its birth md
stood sponsor for its success-"the palladium Of our
liberties
Those who are familiar with the history of the
British people under the leptarchy, may thence de-
rive some just conception of what would be the con-
dition of these States after they should become sepa
rate and independent, for, though many intervening
centuries have had their meliorating influence AS
evinced in the promotion of civilization and the ants
amongst men, yet their wild and tumultuous pas
sions remain unchanged, ever ready, when unres-
trained by the strong hand OF power to break forth
in all the excuses which marked that turbulent
period until weary and exhausted by the frAtrci-
dial strife these sister States might tempt somt
bold, adventurous Egbert to cement them under tn,
dominion Of the sword. When the protecting eg
OF the Constitution is Withdrawn, TIE Union will have
passed away forever, and with it our prestige as
nationall that gives peace and security at home
and all that makes us a terror to despots and mon
archsts abroad. "Dissolntion ?'-as eloquently por
trayed By distinguished Southern member OF Tho
American party--"How shall it be? Who shall
make it2 Do men dream of Lot aud Abraham part
ing, to the East and The other the west peace
fully, because their servants strive? That States
will divide from States, and boundary lines will be
marked by compass and chain? That will be por-
tenious commission that shall settle that partition,
for cannon will be planted at the corners and grim
ing skeletons be finger posts TO point the way 1t
wiz be no liae gently marked ON the hoso1 of ,lO