Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-10
From the National lnielligencer
Modern Democracy: Where Is it and What
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| Our esteemed contemporary, the Richmond I'm.
Quirer in some recent friendly illusions 10 this
| journal, for which tender our best acknoxleip
ments, took occasion To express the hope that MT
future ifnoi early day. we might be found mr.
rayed with 1t in the zealous support Of the Demo
! cratic party That we may not be suspected of
any Indifference to these good wishes. (ior we are
| sure they considered by the ENQUIRER,
however differently they might he construed by
others. we have &" say, as the most that we can
promise at present. that We will take the subject
into consideration serious and deliberate rs the
JOuLcrersemeni We are expected Ia accomplish j.
radical and novel. Having arrived at an age
which naturally renders US cautious ofsudden and
precipitatc movements, and perhaps. in oar
younger days, having never been wonderfully
endowed ~ some with capacity for the perform.
ance IF startling feats in political noxibility" we
must mt least he allowed to ponder seriously the
precise duty which would be demanded Mt our
hands in the event that we should find Ourselves
disposed to make common lot with the Dcmocra-
cy."
We may say. then. that even if animated By the
best intentions to hasten a speedy realization Of
the kindly wishes uttered by respected friends
Of the Enquirer, we fear should find oursclye.
greately embarrassed i'll taking the initiative steps
towards such an aifiation they designate; for
we candidly confess that do not fully UNDER
stand the nature Of the obligation under which We
expected to come. or the degree in which we
are asked Ia desert the principles and measures
We have heretofore espouscd. in should
proceed to Justify the anticipations Of the Enqu
rcr. Before "ioin the Democracy" We must
at least bc permitted u inquire what sort of De
macracy it is 10 which we are invited to give our
allie glance for shurc that any one who
should now vet out in search Of the Democratic
party" would return from his wanderings not IL
little mystifel and puzzlcdLy the Proean shapes
he had encountered under that name. For so,nc
cause the Democratic trumpet no longer gives rth
Il certain sound aud we find the broken sIualrons
Of the faithful not only going to battle under the
conduct of different aud rival leaders, but even,
through mistake or what would be much sadder
to cpntemp latcJ through the bitterness ofher di
visions. actually firing upon each other in way
and with an execution that makes service at pres
ent in the Dem ocratc ranks no very engaging
pa, tine even in tie eyes Of one who might other
wise be tempted to Offer himself ns a recruit.
What. then. We ask, is tho "Democracy" which
our friends OF the Enquirer would commend TO
our adoption. In many Of the Southern Demo
cratic journals we read much Of what are called
".Sonttrrn RiIiiS Democrats" rs contrndistin-
gushod from ".Naionoi Democrats With the
ME" shades of difference between these schools,
ia wiki the brnal lnc Of dcmarcaliun that appa-
rcntly dlyI.rs them IN such rrecpuciliah'n hosil-
i,y not n thoroughly acquainted we
sh' ull deem necessary before assuming to pro
npunce upon their respective claims to represent
w l"'' "'''' ''''' '"''' l''''N 80 - ,.'H
NAL party, If we turn our attention To the Nor
hrrn States, we there fad still more sorry spec
tarlc Of unira'crnal STRIFE nnong brethren of
~" same political h"h.'""''. inN"eu nna suphi-
h''i mo 'nS' Wn''" t'" I" "",c ''',c VI COM
" III saw" W" 'n'''"' "''i "'",' "ouS'' Pn"'"s
me I'll III" tanliH W'y present the slr''acie 81
Administration ,''"'"Fa'S' nnI Anu. he'",hl-
ton Democratic D'm rrnt- who hold fha Eng
l,A conference l;l,' +, boa "Hna'y" a,ain-, the
speedy almi,,io of kan>a-. and Democrats who
sf'rn til" Thought 81 prospecting W" 'c"ihrf"m'-e'
Indeed, 'rth"!h democracy III us Prrmu'a'i"h'
ahn combinations mas com" 10 "''''hi '"r us '''
s'riitN" '''l'' ann ~ IL ha'y names rs are com
monty attached TIA Spa"iSh i"'ai'ta, i'r have We
t"Anti- ir''nl'"h F.n-''>h-r"h''r'nc"b'ii Dem
"'Fh'S an Democrat Wn'WeFe once Lrtoihpt"h'
bat now unfortunately 'AntI'hnEi,.h-c"h'eren
hlH lmrin1"'d wrni 'i'l US toirl"i Democrats
VIII" ar" III invor "' lf'r trade nna direct taxa
t'"n; Democrats III LOUISIANA VINO are IN iav'r "i
both 'h".' ""''d'r"'a b"' nevertheless 'hihk sn-
EnF rhti'I'l TO- "'"' rf"trc''"n' democrats III
Itnh'yN"Na Wh' nave no 'i9.''ioh " hr' p"Sc'7
report. n pointing TIE goa! "t Dem 'cratic pro-
EreS@, but VIII" ask that IN consideration tor snch
concession, the duiN should DE raised on IRON
nnd made perpetual Democrats III hehturky who
tmhkthai Mr.. Gay "Amerlcan system was Il
frfJ mistaken Theory 81 p"l'tica' economy, but
who hold that tax on imported hemp Is highly
rNPrnient ana 'nhNu'htiohai; Icm"crats IN Ne"
England (iminod'rate IN their demands because
modest IN their numbers} who think that the tex
ne fabrics should be treated with some consid'
Grafton by those VIII" patronihe sugar IN Lon'sia-
ma IRON ~ f"nm>yMn'''a ana hemPih h"htuckv'
but who are stu wiling to sacrihce large per
centage Tor tn" sake o' harmony AS that term
Is understood IN Dem cratic parance The intel
ilgent reader Will easily comprehend on TINS neal
the theory nj Democratic unity III diversity, ny
tn" same is capable ct hr'nS inferred from these