Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-26


ysan inAsrvsns bssbrs The next Presidential cleo
t;oa. Ne partisans u Tie dsrsu. asprants are al
rsAAy segiag ~ caains ef their respective favor
ites. The press tesms with speculations. conjce-
tarss, and nomiAationa as though the election
were close n hana. when, in truth, it will be
plenty Of time. two years hence, to have the DIFF
fsrsnt candidates regularly placed before the poo
pie. THIS haste. IL anticipating the future, is
comparatively new thing in American politics.
Oae President l. scarcely inaagurated before We
comusass the campaign for his successor. All
such movements are generally originated by the
politicians alone-ths people rarely taking any
special interest In Presidential election until
the Summer which precedes it.
We have already expressed tho opinion that the
Opposition will succeed in elccting the next Prcsi
dent Solar from having had any reason to change
that opinion. We are the more confirmed in itevery
day Of car iiveA Those Southern politicians who
have olsmorsd % much, within the past few years.
for "a United South" seem to have forgotten that
there nssy b saah thing % United North also
nor have they appeared to recollect that the
"Enitsd North" has an overw helning and decis-
i've majority in the Electoral College. Forgetful
that Limited Soath" would almost insyitably.
by the influence Of spirit Of retaliation produce
United North. they are even yet endenv"rng to
consolidate all parties At the South The effect Of
it 10 a. plain a. anything can be, Although they
impute no lack Of tdelity to Southern interests.
on the part Of the Southern opposition they yet
insist upon yielding Of their position, for the
purpose Of having "the South united" The con-
shs ,.>v al v a al
and the South would be defeated, beyond all
manner Of Doubt
The Demoe~cy viii, ai~css necessarily nomi-
nate Southern man their next candidate
Buchanan, it 10 true, Is suspected Of intriguing
for q re-nominasiou-and the ferocious war Of the
Washington Union upon Senator Douglas is at,rb-
utsd. with some appearance of reason, to n desire
to kill Of theonly formidable Northern competitor
Buchanan is likely to have in the next Democrat
ic Convention Ny . mere accident, Mr.. Buchan-
An may be the man. No other Northern asprant
has any show Of success. But the chances are
very decidedly against him. The Democracy
though sooth to say, not very mindful of their OBJ
legations generally-are under an implied obliga-
ton TO nominate Southern man, as they have
had only one Southern candidate for the Prcsidcn-
cy since 1882.
When we come down to the list of Southern as
pirants, we End them numerous almost as the
saads upon the sea-shose. Since tho Democracy
have inauguratsd the dootsince that obscurty
shall be no disqualification for high Office, horc is
scarcely acourtgreen politician who considers tho
Presidency beyond the reach of his ambition.
The most prominent Of those who have some ma
tioual reputation, are Sldell, Davis OF Mississippi
Brown, Of Tennessee, Hunter, Orr, Wise, Cobb
and Breckenridge.
OF these, Slidell will have the influence Of tho
Administration, If Buchanan himself shall fail Of
securing REORGANIZATION the influence Of the
Administration will 20 long ways, particularly
in the Nerthern States, where most M the dc!o.
gates to National Conventions are ofhce-hodcrs.
Above all. Slidell possesses infinite capacity of
intrigue, and more extensive acquaintance with
she short cuts Of political management than any
other politcianin the Union or all the Southern
aspirants, we should say that Slidcl has. at this
time, the inside track. Mr.. Howell Cobb, it is
true, has an oily tongue, and very convenient
elasticity of conscience. Mr.. Orr has n supreme
affection for the Northern Democracy, or any other
Mr.. Wise has unsurpassed facility in being u
fre-cater and Unionist at one and the time.
Mr.. Breckenridge has most aristocrntic manner
of promulgatng radical Democratic doctrines
and Aristocracy Is q deity. Psradoxical as it
may seem. very devoutly worshpped by modern
Democracy. but when you come 70 working the
wirss-,o astute Political log roliug-to Jesuitisn
and deep and sly intrigue-none of them con hold
a candle " John Slidell In this particular line
Of business, the Louisiana Senator ID, ut once Nh
approached and unapproachable-
Bot yet there is NO telling what the issue will
be. Democratic National Conventions are very
curious bdies. They nominated Polk and Pierce
when nobody had ever dreamed Of such thing.
1--WE believe Mr.. Chastain White, Of Hanover, did
put in q claim Of having dredaAed of Gen. Pierce
on the morning Of the fifth day Of the Convention.
at the Eutaw Honss;thnt this claim is altogether
unsupported by positive evidence) land it is not
unlikely they may again rc-enact the play
Certainly, if there be any merit in nominating
some one Of whom, from scheer obscuity moth
ing prejudi,A can b said, the Democracy are
entitled to all the glory OF the discovery. Whoever
he may Be, We eco nothing in the aspect of the
Political hsayens. indicating probability
that he may b elected The Democracy. howev-
sr. neverforego any opportunity. even the slight
est Of obtaining possession Of the spoils. They
nominated. StsAe ticket, the other day, in Yer
-mont-a State they have never carried since the
-nodsrn organisation Of parties They will nomi-
nate Presidential candidate, with prospect Of
susssSScarcely lees gloomy.
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e,Cincinnai Gazette gives very interesting