Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-15

Recent events in the Empire Stats have excitet
no little interest throughout the country, and oc
oasioned serious approximations to the Democracy
that their forces would be broken, routed, and ut
tsrly dismaysd 1t the approaching election Thi'
would have been the inevitable result had the pro
posed fusion Of the two parties now standing in
hostile array, been complete and harmonious. AZ
it il, We should not be surprised TO see the Repub
licans triumph for, unless the Democracy have
an extraordinary degree Of success in their appl''
ancss Of money and federal patronage, the former
can oatnumber them at the polls II is barely
possible that with all the advantages possessed by
the party having control Of the government-its
total deprayity and utter unscrnpulousness--its
willingness to prostitute the influence Of high of
fee, and to corrupt the electors with federal gold
it may carry the great State of New York; in
which event the opposition may acquire wisdom
enough to manage their affairs with more discrc-
ton the next time. and avoid yielding themselves
an easy prey to the despo.ic rule of a mere minor
ity Of the people.
With perfect conviction Of what We say. and
in full view Of the ordeal 10 which we may he sub
.ject in having our soundness questioned and our
motives aspersed; take the liberty Of expressing
our regret that the opp nsition in New York did
not cordially at lcas, in effect agree upon some
such basis Of cohesion as that reported by the
mittee Of compromise. and unite for the time be-
ing. in annihilating the most corrupt party which
ths.country has known since Washington frat put
the wheels Of government in notion
The compromise proposed. and agreed to by six
out Of eight of the Republican committee. looked
First, to the non-e1rnson and non existence
Of Slavery in the Free Territories Of the United
States.
Secondly, to the ah-oia- non interference with
Slavery in The States with whom rested its entire
and pericc; control.
Thirdly, 10 amendment of tho Naturalization
Laws, so that an alien born citizen should not vote
in the State, after naturalization, sponcr than
American born citizen could vote rx one year.
and
Finally, TO the enactment Of a complete Registry
Law, for the pnrprse Of preventing fraudulent
yoteR-
There il nothing in the resolutions Above given
to which any Southern men could reasonably Oh
.lect. excep, tho arst resolution, which, far
the Americans an, concerned only n tab
thrown to the whale and is Of practical val
ue one way the other sc long the doctrine of
State sovereignty ~ main tancd apd a IL conceded
that the people of State have the clu right
to institute prohibit slavery. which right is
clearly recognised in the Second of the series of
resolutions reported The country has been agi-
tated long enough upen the question u the abb
straet right of the Southern people to carry their
propertr into ele Territories Of the Intsn aud
upon the 6rstsprlicstsu al the prineip le-iuaagu-
rated under Dem ocraiic suslcesit virtual, failed
Of kr... al,
and received ks Suietxs bv Northern Democratic
votes. We know. moreover. TIM. it is useless to
enact law that will contravcne a law Of nature
or, in other words tar.se vain elamor about ear
rying slavery where it eau never he proftably di.
rected. If it can be demonstrated 10 th. people
of Kansas hereafter that the existence oi slavery
would euure to their advantage, We shorj dnd
the proteges Of the emigraut aid societies. and es-
pecally the keen. calculating Yankecs, eager for
its establishment But II, upon tire contrary,
neither soil climate nor productions Aitcd to
this kind of labor it will never he csled int, re-
QUESTION.
II is manifest also, that Mr.. Calhenn's idea Of a
proper equilibrium Of free aud slave States has
been nearly, not quito abandoned, fer the Smth
has fallen hopeles'ly behind in the ~tr1sgle pow
.er. The mere assertion Of an abstract dogma
therefore. will rot the les, inauen,e Of our
section in the councils .f the nation, and it is
useless TO he cSjaea Ion ger With sech sr.euus and
vain imaginings We mus, be content to main
tain our constitutional rights in the MON, or
failing in this, about such ne,redes may DO
within reach.
We do not conceive therefore that siR ,e the
recent overwhelming majority given by the people
of Kansas against a pro-savery CON stitston, to-
gether with the fact that in TO stLer Territory Of
the Union is there the remotest probability that
slavery will ever find loagm ent--the two Parties
should have been deferred by any disagreement
on this question, from formirE temporary coa-
ton for the purpose of wang hing she Dea"ora-
cy, and Of efccting other salntary ends. There
is an evil in New York that calls loudly fJ- cor
rection. in that great anporirnl thou
sands Of ignorant and degraded foreigners lanl
every year, many of whom establish permanent
residence there. and are natlraired and elevated
to citizenship under the hnis ediate supervision
and direction Of corrupt demagoguce, whe barter
for their votes and lead them to the pols the day
after the Courts have granted their papers- For
the want also Of proper system Of registry these
creatures can infiet fourfold injury ay voting as
often On any given occasion. TIE Amerac par
ty If New York, ever alive to the Importance Of
finding and applying a remedy for these abuses,
advocated the passage Of law prohibiting the
exercise Of suffrage by a foreigner for twelve
months after the period Of nntu rsIis atioR and fur
ther, the enactment of such provision as would
prevent the abuse of the franchise by it's rcreatc