Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-06
The Spring Elections.

Tne spring 6toCsaous.
The Richmond Eraaiaer, sometime ago, had
dashing, rollicking article, on the next Spring
elections in Virginia in which it took occasion t.
compliment, very highly, the pertinacity and
bcldne~s with which tho Opposition in this State
has year after year contested the palm Of victory
with the Democracy. Such perseverance ana
pluck the Examiner thought worthy Of success IN
any other cause-and, Of course, IRE think 1t emf
neutiy worthy OF success in 50 glorious cause rs
that in which We have been engaged.
When we core to hook at it, the Opposition m
this State have stood up under greater diihcniuc'
than any party whose deeds have ever been re-
corded in the annals of American politics. They
hare had .she wars: luck and the most OF it, ct
INV Marty that ever before struggled for the pos
session of power. In every other State, with the
exceu,ioo If South Carolina alone, victory HIS &C.
casiona,ly perched upon our banner-bat in this
blessed Oil Dominion in every contest. State and
National. from time whereof the memory Of man
runncth not to the contrary. we have been beaten
and defeated anta it is a wonder that there n
breath of lie left in our h~l,es.
We have not only had the bad fortune TO be de-
feated again and again, hut We have Witnessed
every wear some Of most prominent men de-
sorting tc the other side Whether they we're
tired Of remaining in party which ~as IN n
chronic minority, or whether they proceeded upon
conscientious convictians we will not say. though
we have our opinions about that too-but GER
tain it is they have gone of one by one. carrying
their followers and rotainers with them, nnt They
have sweled the victorious ranks OF the pem"r'
racy to an unpleasant unw'eidiness, nad lett
scarcely enough of the learen N Opposition 10
leaven the whole lump.
A party that could continue to hold its head up
under such combination a adverse circumstances,
so lonp continued il must bs confessed must
have some inherent and nndying spirit OF vitality
about it. And 50 it has. Defeat has not slbdned
us-desertion has weakened our foroes -.a'y. and
not our resolution. We still carry an erect irant.
and with our little band Of followers an prepared
again to teler the gage Of battle to uor oppanen's
It may bc asked uhas prospect We have for sue
cess! II may he said that We have been cruc'-
fed over md over again on the issue Of old Nh'g
principles--that we were crushed ON the issue "l
Americanism that We were terribly Slaughtered
on the issue Of Distribution. Such, undoubtedly
has been the case. We canno, succeed ON any at
those old issues. We must try the Democracy "n
n new tack. We must change tive issue and put
them upon their defence. We msst cnll upon
them for justification Of their enormous msdecds,
State and National We must challenge them
before the great Jury Of the People for their nu-
merous sins Of o.ai ssion sndcommlsson. ior their
prtiIigacy, for their corrnption for ,acr radical
e. # lt,lp a tx
dency and for their general short -eomings and
the universally bogus and spurious character OF
their patriotism. We mus, tender the Dcnocrn-
CIV the choice OF defence upon all these points,
or u confession OF Judgment upon Them and
promise to sin no more. In short. We must Dor
row the tactics v the Democracy and pat them
upon the defence, instead of permitting ourselves
to I've put there, Us has always been the casehere-
tofone.
for the Spring campaign. We believe n bold and
fearless man at the head Of forces would. by
conducting tive campaign according TO Tins sag
gestion carry terrier and dc oation int the ranks
of the Democracy. Whoever the nominee may
be-whether Letcher or Edmundson. or Broken
brough, or Le.ke--we believe he would be put to
his trnmps t"aefend the ern,crncy nPen the nun'-
beriess counts II an indictment that could he pre-
ferred agams, them
We believe, moreover, that considerable bead
way might he made against them in the Congress
sionAl Districts Let the RICH, sbrt If men he pvt
up against MuLsos AMI GAR>ETT, and We doubt
not both Of those abstrnctnists glt ln se n,,de.
So also might CAsKiE's hash be easily settled III
the Richmond District, and even ExrkA R,Lly
be made to tremtle in his boots, There is M
question that FAULKNER could he ut last circum-
vented. or that JENKINS could be driven back "a
his original and congenal obscurity. We should
not even despair Of the Red Land District, R the
Democracy. as We hear they threaten to do, pitch
overheard the invincible POWELL, and start upon
the course some new and antried nag.
Let The Opposition ponder these things, and see
if the present be not propitous time to slay tho
Democracy, right aud left in the approaching
Spring electisas- History furnishes abundant in
stances Of SUCCESS browning enterprises OF much
moro desperate character than this. As long as
there il shot in the locker, we go for continu-
Gus cannonade; and il we die let US at least die
game" HagiRg fought unsuccessfully for SO ma
ny years, against soch tremendous Odds let as
not now lay down our arms, and surrender the
field without q struggle. No telling what might
be the result Of bold, energetic and progressive
csmpsigp-
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