Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-12-07

Dou13ns ana the 8outhsxn Democracy.
h indications thicksn that Mr.. Douglss will
y he next Democratic candidate FIR the Presi-
1sacy. Even Il every Southern State vote
seaiast hin in the Charleston Convention, he will
I'm - very surs Of the nomination-for tho
NsrtAsl1 Dsnoesacy will have . majority in the
Coavs.sioa sufficient 70 accomplish any purpose
thay .ay desire.
Mr.. Douglas understands all this, but still he ia
naturally anxioss 20 have Southern endorse
nsna For this purpose he has undertaken a pill
1imags to the South. and at last accounts was
hasaaGuiag The good people Of Memphis under
the psarosaxs Of Ex-Governor Jones. Whether
he viii succeed in turning his excursion to the ac-
count he desires, remains to be seen.
The truth il, Douglas 10 about the only man in
the nation with whom the Democracy have tho
slightest show Of success at the next election. The
Frecsoil Democracy of the North could not DO in
duced, under any circumstances. TO vote for a
sound Southern man like Hunter or Senator
Brown They must have one of their own kidney
like Douglas. or they will desert ingloriously to
the Opposition. Some Of the Southern Democra-
cy begin to appreciate this fact, and are already
raising the banner Of the Little Giant that un-
der which they propose to march in tho next can-
vass.
1t will b curious circumstance, though. to see
Southern Democrats voting for a man with whom
they do not hold single political sentiment in
common. Very refreshing will it be to see strict
constructionists sustaining man. who advocates
most prodigal system Of expenditures for the inn
proyemcnt of Western rivers and lakes-to see the
enemies Of Distribution voting for the great chief
of the landgrabbers and tho leading advocate OF
the swndlng system of railroad grants--to see
the peculiar friends Of slavery supporting the
champion oil the most dangerous sort of Squatter
Sovereignty in the Terrtories-to tho stick
lers for State equality and conservatism shouting
the praises Of man who is in favor Of granting
not only the right Of suffrage to unnaturalscd for
eigncrs, but Of giving them, without money and
without price, homestead Of one hundred and six
ty acres of the public lands to boot. All this will
lie very curious, VIC saybutit is almost reduced to
acertainty that it will happen.
The Giant, himself so the report goes, ns Caesar
did upon tho Lupercal, declines the crown
averring that the Presidency belongs of right to
the South At the next election. So it does. But
tne 0iunt, ike = Coy u'"iuch, me""s yen WIZ" ~
says no. Under a magnanmous pretcnce of
yielding to the South, no tenders another fecler
for Southern support. Besides. he claims to be
not of the North. He has set up another geo
graphical distinction-the West-and it is upon
the issue Of his being the representative Of the
WEST that his friends will urge his rretensions.
The Southern Democracy had rs well make up
their minds at once to gulp down the Little Giant
at the next election, disagreeablc as may DO the
idea They will have to take him with the smell
Of SquAtter Sovereignty, too, fresh upon his gar
ments-for he reiterates, in his Memphis speech.
his former sentiments upon the snbject, tryingon-
ly to whitewash them by. protesting that they nre
not in contraventon Of the interests Of slavery
As he gets South he tries also TO dilute the poison
Of his Squatter Sovereignty by pretending great
anxiety for the acquisition Of Cuba and Mexico
but he will hardly proptiate the people Of the
South by this sxp"dient unless he promises be-
forehand that his theory of Squattcr Sovereignty
10 not TO be reduced to practice after they come
under our jurisdiction. We doubt much if South
ern zeal for annexation would not be considerably
cooled down, if the Territories to be acquired
to be made Free States, under tho "unfriendly
legislation" and Squatter Sovereignty theories of
the Illinois Senator.