Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-12-07

would hear witrsss 10 nothing but ths trrths IA
who would seek for that oAcs, b sbeuA ~ ~
him; and he assured them that the sheaGAtesfss-
pirng to It wonld not cost him nsmssts Assp i
And yet he had heart to feel for his countsy.-
lie thanked God, who had given him ths mlsd 70
think THAT tIe had also given him tho eouyagsto
speak what he thought. and hs would do THAI q
all times. That WAS what his own noble State II
Kentucky had taught him even whom hs was
child, aud he would not now swervs from those
teachings Mr.. Crittenden mart alluded TO the
agitation on . cersin subject which l. now
going Oh in the country, and thought that
the timc had cone when this great agitation for
while should cease il for other purpose 70 give
the people tine to think and zee to whore they
were drifting. What was the object Of this sgi-
taton On subject to which his fsllow-citisens
present would understand him - alludingi He
sick Of it; ay. sick of this negro question TO
his very heart. Would to God he could 70 back
to those days when our fore fathers lived togeth-
er in pence and harmony. and had not word tos
say to disturb them concerning this matter! What
was the result Of It? A sectional line was almost
established between the North and the South. aud
with what would come sectional feelings. WHAT
WIS tho rght-thpt We, whose fathers stood side
by side. aud acted tEether in the councils Of our
country, should be constantly embittered against
each nthers Had we received from them no other
heritage than sectional divisions and sectional con.
tsntonsg What mighty progress wsre wc ~ pso-
pie making! Why IT was enough " make ones
heart swell almost TO bursting to look at tho
mighty progreSs had made, and were still ma
king. We could get oil that any people conld bs
desirous to get, if We wished and there Was meth.
ing To prevent the attainment Of our highest do
sres but ourselves lilo thought The people were
coming RAPIDLY to feeling OF this sort. and but
for tho distinction of party. the people would
have wisdom sufficient to govern Themselves. He
believed in the principle Of seli-government. but
with the little liberty left and with the aid pf
Il 49,
little left Tor tho people to do. When would the
people have control Of their own electionsS Z Why,
tho nominations of n party convention were -
binding on the people now, and they were conn
PEELED To support them as much as they were the
President after the day he WAS chosen. He
into this mat,er. every difficulty would be settled,
and party machinery would bc broken forever;
that was his sincere opinion. and unless they
did this the promises Of liberty held out 10 the
world by the founders Of this Republic would sll
fall to the dust. Iie thought that this right Of
self.government should he rcstosed TO the people,
and he believed that nothing was better for the
Wings than TO initiate movement for that end;
it was tho best way to go back to the Old Whfg
party. lie had got into speech that he, did,
not intend to make. (Laughter.) No! ng!-s-he
wished that those gentlcmon who were present,
the reporterS) and who must report what WIS
done, would report what he now sSid truly HSo
had no object in views he was candidate fur thei
Presidency. and he deeply regretted that his,
name should ever have appeared in the newspa-
pers in connection with so high an once. Tic Wis
not ambitious. and he hoped 10 0s'd some nasn,i
would be elevated 10 the Presidential chair who
would perform its duties much better than; he
could. lie would not accept the Presidency unless
in case Of q contingency which would never ariss,
Wig: that II would he the unbiased opinion of the
people Of the United States that by accepting
it he could saye hi. country. lApplanse,l-
There would be no lack Of candidates: laugh
ter, and there were lew who were not better NJ
ted for the office than he was. But, ~ he bad
snd before, he would say now, it was time that
the government should be brought back TO its
pristine excellence and its pristine virtue..T
Arplnusc.) Let them look at the government
at Washington The sun revolved around ~
hny, and gave his light to all alike; We
had made a constitution, and supposed that
this earthly lumnury would also rsvolve around
ur. lie had nothing to say against Mr.. Bu-
clinnan, but let his government be- contrasted
with that Of Gcorge Washington, and there Was
scarcely family likeness to be observed bstwesn
them. lApplauso and laughter. Let them Try 70
get back TO them as soon as possible. The child
was living to-day who would SEQ this nation num-
ber one hundred millions Of human beings, Only
think Of that-one hundred millions Of free men
in this the mott intelligent and most martial pso
pie in the world Who could imagine such
thing The world never yet saw anything iksit.
Our liberty would bs the liberty Of sl mankind;
our word would be law to all the world, and he
hoped that we would be just enough to ourselves
to make it just law. And what have We to do
for all thisp We must preserve our Union, and
theU Mon would preserve itself and take care Of W.
(Applauso.) lie thanked the Association again for
this welcome; it was kindness such - he had
not expected because no had done but little 10 de-
serve it. (Applause.) lie had hut done what hs
thought was right, and it had not COST him mo-
ments trouble or exertion. tLaughter,) His feel
inv was to support the glorious Constitution Of our
country in its spirit to make this country prospe.
rous, and to make it exceed oil others that sser
existed; that was his feeling. lie thanked the Ar
sociation again. and assured them thathe would do
his best but let him not bs mistaken for candi-
date, f he wasnot one. A Alsugh) Hewould rather
be President maker than Presidents. and BY {
selecting good man to that Office, oanse the coan-
try TO return TO those 6rsi, great grand and G0ri
GUS principles, and go harmoniously % that glo-
rous happiness which was to be its dnal result 70
sN -
Loud applause followed the delivery Of The reply
of which the above is but the outline, and Mr..
Criuenden Immediately surrounded BY sever
nj of his friends, who shook him warmly BY the
hand. After introducing seysral gentlsnsn % Mr.
Crittenden, Mr.. VIM. 7. Jennings said: 49,
Mr. Crittenden,-I thank YOU from the bottom
of my heart, on the part of these Associations for
the words you have spoken. Ifthere was = DOR
mantWhig principle in any Of our heartswe snank
you for waking up that principle; and IT. sir tners
were any which did not need awsking. We tnsnk
YOU for planting it firmcr in our hearts. so
The party remained for some time longer with
Mr.. Crittendep, after which they returned % tner
homes. Ii ss.. y -. =. i