Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-11-08
1gatabars airsiaian.
lIonday llornins, 49,. ........Nov'r g, 1855.
Doueias in tho South.

VI
scarcely D>mocatic Journal or indeed jour
nal Of any description, which makes any
apology for the unexampled and shameful
conduct Of Stephen A. Douglas in the last
Congress. They do not even extend to him
the negative mercy Of silent displcasare-butt they
lononnce him roundly, and in terms of ex'raord'-
nary severity With the exception NJ tho press OF
New Orleans alone The representative Journals
If ia. s,pth have repudipted Mr. Douglas as 4
iaa-efons and unprineiplei Politician NEE
man Of cxpeiieney subtle MscnIAvri., whe un
der capacious cloak ~ fair dealing coneeals his
ubnrn ssltishness. with lis eoncom.tant aud kin-
drcd vices IF malice unsc'upulousnoss aud vim
di,Ei,encss.
T. IS no, alone a distrast Of thc mort is not
merely Il spirit Of jus recruitment tor nj conduct
last winter--hut !, is the absolute hcre>y ct the
doctrines he has been daily enuucp ting from tho
s,ump in the eamnaign which has ju't been closed
in uIipsis Thus n H. .ton speech which h.s
friends are sauasius a. 'io urossI.m ~ sound
principles, 5hi I'm again ''V'rl"G Rec d'''''Az
Die doctrine fieat 4 TER -rtat Lc-ish.ure may
expel slavery tr.na y ri. r. by u@ffi'ndiy leS
isIation. As well mice. a. i'i' com pc''tor Lin
coin answered hnl Nigh. CuurGns. root"r inep-
erai,e. h, unfrieade latj iu,ion. thc Gpnsli"'o va.
Al rcquirenacet or tn rrpltior fugitive s'I'r'
Bu, our q, lee' At fHe,ert D, oriy I" cSh','!thc
light in which Il, conduct is We'"l 'o '"n''
Carolina. a. appear q 80 3D. :No"''- "..'r .
the Charleston Hrapf1 1t WI br '.r'r' '.'
thar paper without any quibbli"g, fr'''At' admits
the rcspunsibihi, 4 Douglas aud h~ niheren'S
for the failure Of the admission Of kahsas into the
Union as Slave State
From ne Charleston Mercury
"Cu,RirY NEVER FAILErn.
This NAV certainly be said OF Southern polit'
cians towards Northern recusants. IN all matters
in which tho South j. CONCERNED. This rcmarka-
bio and noble feature in the Southern character
WAS never more beautifully exempliRcd than IN
the late generous aud disintcrcsted sympath'eS
EXPRESSED in the South for Senator Douglas Four
Southern States had committed themselves to Z"
out of the Union if a State, with n constitution
tolerat;nc slavery, was refused admission into the
Union Kansas applies for admission int" the
Union. with a Constitution tolerating slavery; but
from the condition of the territory, IL is clear that
she cannot continue slave State. Her appllca
ton therefore. afforded to the North the milies'
and the best possible test whether they would ah
NIT any more slave Statesinto the Union; ~ was
A mere abstraotion-without any possible loss oi
territory or power to the North. Yet Kansas was
rejected from admission into the Union. Who oc-
casioned the rejectonY Senator Douglas. And
upon what pretext? Why, that although the sla-
very clause in the constitution was submitted Tor
acceptance or rejection to the direct vote OF the
people of Kansas the whole con sti tution madchy
the people in regular convention, was not sub
mtted The Southern statesmen IN Congress re-
undated the pretcxt Us false and absurd Yet
Douglas prevailed. lie went over to the black re-
pubiicans in Congress- and with those whom he
carried OF from the democratic party he defeated
the democratic party in Congress, tho south, ana
the administration which upheld the rights OF the
South He leaves Congress triumphant. and goes
into Illinois and there denounces the of the
administration and the South. md claims re-
election to the Senate of the United States ON the
ground nf his hostility to both. lie declares has
intention TO violate the Conference Act IN the only
feature which conciiatcd Southern support lis
adhercuts in California, Pcnnsy vania, Ohio, lnl-
ana-throughout the free Sates-toiiow ms ex-
ample in Congress, and unite with the black re-
publicans in the late elections, for the overthrow
Of the democratic rarty, thc rights of the South,
and the administration. Now comes that exalted
charity from the South which ''nevor ialIcth. =
Members of Congress and newspapers IN thu ~'u,h
are found WIN let Loose the full f,untainf of thcil
sympa HES for this noble cxcmplar II sound de-
m ,crscv '---ts faithful champion Vt the rights oi
the South, And not content shat tho Arathcuran
current of their generous Npprohatj'u and mr."
affections should how On un,ulewup.e1ly, with It's
sacrei and III rn murmurs. they turn round on
tho administration. So powerful aoi 50 pure IS
their charity - hanglas that a"' drop is left
in their hearts tar the ,iulnt-r0l o'' l"t asinglc
emotion for the OUTRAGED Nlud;. J he lmn'istra-
ton i denouteat cs~i!y f'A iA'-.-a. nit
king war on Douglas --ps "hith less o. Ia tcn.' =
cratic party" whit he- I'h MP ~ a"lruciae-
tor Of te South. II sound democrat HUl a NO
bic patriot" Nov who will loui, nIr 'eela'a-
ton Of tho gJsa. At.ustr, That charity never
faiothr' With sssr.. t,rcakcnrijs", St"phrnS.
its sacred balm u enerfycr tho naAc'ire-s and
alterations OF all Northern Ori-sIayery, anti
Southern democratic lcpers.
Iu the ioint discussion betwce,. Judge Douglas
and Mr. Lincoln at Alton, the latter gave express
sion to the following sentiment
Now. have clearly, and upon all occasions,
declared as strongly as Judge Douglas, that VIC
have no right to interfere With the Institution OF
slavery where it exists"
Practically, the above position is as good as
Douglas. The latter, for the purpose of deceivng
the South, declares that he would vote for the
admission Of slave State if the people so desired
it-but when he had chance to do SO in the case
Of Kansas he was the first man TO retreat from the
position. and to defeat the South in cherished
object. Moreover, if it be new impossible, ma
ny Southern men assert and believe that slavery
can ever be extended, and as MIR. Lincoln declares
that nobody has any right" to interfere with i,
where it already exists, in what respect is Doug
las position any the better' Its worse even
for he declares that by "unfriendy legislation
slavery may be expelled from Territory "wher,
IL already exists" by virtue Of the decision in thu
bred Scott case.