Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-18
Huuehbur1 S'ir1tutan.
Wednesday Morainy. sca'y -. u.s..

LEGISLATURE of NJ ssouri are related aud remark
al nnon by the Louisville Journal as follows:
The Question was brought mp directly IN The Mis-
-. a,;s,a,nre in the election Of Mr.. Palm, of st
ri, as hank director. Mr.. Palm is very wealth,
;tiyen of ST. Louis. and possesses excellent business
Qualities he Is a foreigner BY birth and an afoSet
I..,,a,, ~ slavery. The only objection made tt
,,;a. Was ,Den the ground of his abolitonism
~ ,otwjtbstanGing this objection, the Democrats
~ ,bo LEGISLATURE continued II ahurd him Jealous
simmer, aud elected him. The Democratic organs
there in defending their party for this action, endea
yor 10 soften the sation By admitting that Mr.
Palm is an an iacpatiotis and have begun openly 10
advocate emancipation. They consider the election
OF Mr. Palm under these circumstance IA index OF
public feeling in Missouri IN reference TO ne slavery
question They are inclined 10 believe tat ea'3RV'-
non is popular there and not because 1t rghi or eN
pedient hut simply because they deem II popular
they have promptly adopted 1t anl commenced h'
The ~ Lopis Democrat fraakly Acknowledges that
athe national Democrats voted iof an "'Ano"''"s'I
emancipationistn and says; "ilencetor"hr1 n man
No.. he trusted and an honored national Democrat,
although he is an emanciPationist and IN the Demo
cratic party man will he trusted ana hohoteh Or
-. A. !, an egsagnigafioHisY. II the doctrine OF
an,ancipnton be no defect in the national Democrat
- virtue in the true Democrat aud in annount-
ing the future policy Of that organ the editor snis
n nom trust orr fortunes aud eur fate 10 Hts graf
ey.tsf Of INAUGURATION The Lf1dcr, another az
knoWledged Democratic organ II 81 louia dtaia
closely upon the heels of its reckless eeempo-
rary an declares not only thai The Democratic par
ty is not pro-slavery party, hut also that Ahoh-
tionsm sis point upon Whieh Il difference OF opion-
ion is allowable in the Democratic party Thus the
struggle 10 make Missouri Frec-soii state has al
ready been commenced by the Democracy. That
nartv can't exist without slavery agitation IN some
shape When peace and quiet prevail, and The peo-
pie are allowed to think calmly and considerably
the Democratic party Invariably languishcs aud must
have recourse TO slavery agitation to inuame preJu-
dices and passions aud drown reason before il can
attain success
As much clamor as we have had by southern
Democrats upon this question of Slavery, we have
always believed that there i something in the
morale Of Democracy which makes it unreliable
in this matter Democracy Is thoroughly rest
less and nnovu,ory in its nature. II Is not con
tent with things that inherited and establish
ed, and has an incurable itching for wha, ii e,yles
progress aud reform. Stare drciSiS is political
Injunction that has no virtue III its eyes. 1t
must tinker and change. lait we owe he wide
and dangerous departure our frm of govern
ment has made from the simple and perfect s'rnc
ture of it's founders. The traditions of the fathers
have no sanciity and command DOT the reverence
Of its followers. Conservalismis a rcproach. mud
is scoffed at as old-logyism. \ present and
practical good is let 60 for any shadowy and ua'
attainable better. This propensity 10 change
belongs TO the moral organization ct Democracy,
and is the fruitful source from which have sprung
all the pestient isms with which Northern socic
~ is inoculated. Policy and necessity at pres
Ont exercise restraining influence over south
ern Democracy in regard 10 slavery but whom
it has reformed ~ every thing else, we shall not
be at all surprised to see il take " the peculiar
institution" in hand. Slavery has already re-
ceiyed some severe blows from such men NJ Polk
lin his signature of the Oregon bill), Benton,
Blair and the numerous advocates Of sqnati"r
sovereignty who are scattered through the south.
Mr.. Jefferson the father nf Democracy filed
the culver of Abolitionism with poisoned arrows,
which it loses no opportunity of letting fly at
slavery. The speeches Of Mcdowell and Faux
ner in the Virginia Legislature arc text tracts
with the agitators The immortal Jos, ph john
son hurled a weapon, luckily impatient, neainstit.
Our present Lieut.. Governor whore is he-and
for what purpose! What is the inevitable effect
Of admitting into the country, as cti2ens, the
hundreds of thousands of ant, slavery Foreigners
who yearly seek our shores What is the ten.
dency of the doctrine of notification, when ad
opted by the people of the North aud applied to
such laws as the Fugitive Slave net Are not
these things calculai ed to make all who really
desire TO perpetuate the institution Of slavery
look with suspicion upon thatpariy who have as
sumed its guardianship