Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-28
a Patriot In Trouble.

A Patriot In Trouble.
We have been deeply affected BY the plsintivs
jsesniads which our neighbor has INDUCED ever
sincs TIE attempted .'fusion" in New York. "Fu.
zion" i ths tsrfibls Appartion that confroats him
in his xslks, and the phantom that disturbs his
nightly slambers. The troubles Of Johnny Hook
on the besf question, were not to be compared to
those Of our neighbor and when his confidence
shall have been perfectly restored, and his SORROW
full approximations ailayed BY the discovery OF
some snsidote tor the fearful tendency to fusion"
tho easet Of which is to put the spoils in jeo-
pardy--ws shall expect to see the farce Of Archm-
Sdcs played over again. and our neighbor. with
uplifsed hands, and joyful countenance. shouting
Eureka Eureka. Being now partaker in his
suHerings, we shall then, Of course. make merry
at his rejoEei6s
Our nsighbor, we are sure, does no, understand
our sympathetic nature, but iseviden.y impre.s-
ed with The conviction that We are wickedly and
obetiuately bent on wrestling the spoils from tho
grasp Of thuse to whose sacred right and behoof
they properly enars. Not SO neighbm not 80
We have held one federal Office and never wat
another-prefcrring infinitely the position Of an
independent journalist, to that Of ono fettered by
obligations expressed or implied-to defend an
Administration whose greatest merit. Iii il have
any other) is to take Of its friends and pun
ish its enemies. We are animated then, solely by
q desire for the public welfare. and If we favor
any policy that Looks n the defeat aud annihila-
tion Il the Democratic party. it is because We
believe thai such . result would he vastly bcnef-
cial to the country. We have no ether motive.
As tho Republican has been inclined to lecture
as in several successive numbers, we trust n few
plain remarks by way Of rejcinder villa not be re-
ceived anissL
In its issue Of yesterday the Relsblscd~ says:
Even the Tirpiaias Of this city, heretofore re-
markable for its conservative temperament, no
longer hesitases to express its 'regrets' at tho
failure of the attempted fusion Of the Aueric ans
with the Black Republicans of New York, up
plank: TIE NoN-Kx1ENsioN AND NoS-ExIsr ENcE
OF SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES OF rus U'slrKp
STATES
Who could have Thought few years agt that
failure oftws parties to fuse on such sa o dious
platform % this could have elected the c,.pros
sion Of respectable Southern organs regro.s?-
And vet, it is even ~, and the climax is ella ppcd
by the astounding declaration that such tar ms OF
coalition arc honorable To the Americas party
And what southern organ, pray, has advocated
fusion on such a llatformY Not this journal,
certainly and wo challenge the proof Was it
accident or mere disingcnuousness that rrOrnpted
the Repub whom paradipg in garing capitals
the evidence Of our degene reoy, which it ~ much
laments-to omit n very important qualihcaio a
found in the resolution above quoted? We ref,r
our readers to il again, and ask them to find, If
they can, the word FREE. before TGRHiuosiEs, rs
the resolution was originally adopted and report
ed in the Lrg,nian it shnnld have read, the mo
extension &C., Of slavery in the EREE Territor cs
of the United States" We will net accuse our
negbbor Of design to do us injustice in thi mat
ter but we really think that he rs anythn ~ else
than accurate reporter, and alter leila boring
with might and main his man of straw, should.
in all candor. admit that bis hlaws were lot well
directed, and that all the time he was in igno-
rance of what he was driving ut. And no W. will
our neighbor permit to inquire what ~ meant
here by Pre- Territory?' The immeusc domain
of which Texas forms part. is nut incud cd; for,
according to the joint resolution of nnne xaton,
Slave States were to lie carved out OF that whole
Territory /, duubtless does mean the Ter tories
embraced in Washington and 0rey'n- for they
we're devoted to Freedom by the term upon
which they organized undera a," oc,dfic
Administration before the unconstitut'on ality of
this doctrine to be understood by the Democ-
racy The Territory north of the Nilsson ri Com
promise-lne, was also included; for, sltbo' Ugh the
faith of the government was pledged 30 protect
slavery in all the territory coded l the Lo uisiana
purchase--the people Stood afterwards, bo und 10y
the agreement made through their represe itatiyes
TO partition it sf for the North and South. respect
lively. 10 the abrogation Of this Comrroi Mise we
were always opposed. believing that the Kansas
BILL with the odiuus squatter sovereignty feature
(now acknowledged by It's antiorl would deprive
US of the rhch Of that domain. The RS ult has
justified our appTehensions, and the hghc st Dem
ocratic tboiity may be cited to prove that the
whole affair was "a cheat and 6 fraud upon the
South" We opposed abe Kansas Bill, D. 'th upon
principle and policy From principle, bes 'auscwc
werefor standing by measure that had given
peace to the country, and desired ,on&tstain good
faith with the North; and from policy, because
we believed that we had every thing to lc Sc. and
nothing TO gain. An abstraction that su deserves
no goddend, and secures nothingin aractss able or
tangible way, is not worth con.ending for So We
lhssc,uiewed this Kansas agitation from the FIRST
and HaseAlways maintained that the relative posi-
tons sf Ako North and Ssn.h, Pon tina. question
should have bsen,changed; the North being for
it, and the South against it.