Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-01
Mon, Not Platforms

Platforms drag down more parties than they
rr hold up. 1t takes II Hercules now n days to
uphold the platform Of any party-a platform too.
only t" be kicked over, ns the Cincinnati platform
was. the moment the party using it got into pow
cr,-N,m Iorh EIprcSy.
There is much oi truth and wisdom in that
An able and true man. whose character and ante
ccdcnt4 are known to the nation, is the best plat
form that an honest party can ndopt. As for the
Democracy they can set up any sort Of platform
TO suit II temporary purpose. giving no more
thought To the thing afterwards than If 1t were
sentence written with walking stick upon last
Years sand..--LouSrMe Jo"raai
We should r" produce the above with less plea
sure doubtless, had hot already time and
again, gwen utterancc to the same truthful scnti-
meats. The great hIndrancc To the way and will
Of the people the heaviest trammel to right NOR
al action The great drawback upon the freedom
of the popular irnnchisc-thc most toi midablc OBJ
starlrs To social and docrlnal progress. that now
lies directly in the path Of the onward advance of
the people. is thia miserable and degrading sys-
tenn of platforms and crecIs, and such like dia-
holi,nl machinery Of inlbrcile and toucring par
ties. This very practice would have caused the
dcstiurt,n and confusion oi the Democratic party
irsef long n.r but for the fact that in that organ
ization. nn adherence To belief in II formaized
platform i, hy 10 means required Of followers.
1t makes platforms aud constructs catcchi>ms, but
has no penalty for such reputation and re- ection
Of their declarations n may suit the cxgcnrIes OF
occasion or the canrccs # ATTITUDES and localities.
No platform that was ever made Is worth ig, in
comparison with the higher purpose of selecting
for every official position in the control ." the poo
pie. - able aud true men, As We have before
urged upon the people, put forward your best men.
and let the platform builders and crank-turners
SHIFT for Themselves f,nfianat Times.
Row Mr.. Bowen, tho baptist missionary. gives
the following description of iorubiu, an inland
African country la winch the attention Of negroes
III the north ~ being called. ioruba is situated
west of the Niger and north of the Blight of Benin.
"l'rtwecn Ahlcakuta and the Niger that is with
in distance Of 100 miles. there are more than
dozen large towns. some Of which popu-
lnus than Abhcokata. Central African houses are
built in Moorish style large and low. with many
rooms opern. into interior court. The walls
are made Of clay, which lakes hard i'll the sun.
and the roofs nrc generally matched with grass.
In respects the Soudanesc considerably
advanced from mere barbarism. Whether heath
ems or Mohammedans. they are clad in trowsers
aud TUNES. They remarkably courteous in
their social intercourse. Several rude arts
commonly practiccd, as the smelling of iron, aud
F.! in some places of copper and lead the manuiac-
turc of hoes, axes, AIDES, knives and swords the
| spinning of cotton and silk weaving and tailor
ing both of which regular professions dycing
| blue, yellow and red ; soap-makng brewing corn
and millct making palm and grass hats, also sad
boots. Three towns in Nufe have the art OF work
| ing on glass. But the great business of the peo
| Pile is agriculture, iii which they far
skillful and industrious than have supposed
The principle crops are Indian corn. the same
our own. and the tropical yam. But they also
plant cotton sugar-cane. beans and peas. sweet
potatoes. cassaya, ground peas, ginger red pepper
&c and the country is admirably adapted to cot
fee and other tropical productions Of great value
to the civilized world
''Yoruba is healthy and fertile region that it
is well adapted to the Gotten aud sugar culture
that it il the key to Central Africa, and the yet
visited yoid regions Of Soudan; that it is wide
open to missionary influences, and that there is
room for hundreds of thousands Of entcrprsing
coonists."
There seems to be decided disposition in the
public mind especially at tho north, towards IA
revival of the doctrines Of n protective tariff
Judging from the proceedings which have appear
ed in newspapers in the last five or six months, of
democratic meetings in reference to the protective
policy it would seem that the democracy have de-
cided t, use the language Of the National lntcli-
gencer ito administer upon the estate of the old
Wing party" However this may be, We are graf
flied at the return to system so essential to the
prosperity OF the Country Our past experience
| has shown that the imposition of duties for rev
enue purposes alone" is inadequate for the pro-
| to ,tion and encouragement of our domestic manu-
| features. n tariff for revenue, discriminating in
favor Of American industry was the doctrine Of
our republican fathers, and under such system
the country prospered. The languishing condi-
ton at present of many of our industrial interests.
may be attributed in no small degree to the alb
sence of proper encouragement by our General
| Government to these branches of enterprise
| The day is not distant we trust when shall
witness a return to the landmarks of fathers.
-Aier. Gazette.
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