Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-16

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slavery in the Territories.
We sx.rac. from the Washington correspondence
Of the philadelphia Press the following
WAsnfsoros, June 10, 1859.
The returns ofthe late Gubcrnator'ai election
in Virginia, which have now nearly oil been re-
ceiyed. show that while Goggin, the oPpositlen
candidate candidate gained largely On the vote of
tie Cppos,lion candidate for Governor in 1855 in
I'll The eeanties where n large number OF slaves
Are held. in the Western and Northwestern coun-
ties Of the State. where the number of slaves is
very small I.etchcr gained largely over the vote Of
Governor Wise in 1855.
This 10 accounted for on the superstition that
while the famous Ruifner pamphlet against slave.
ry, with which Let,her was closely identified ana
which contained one Of the strongest arguments III
favor Of the abolition of slavery ever Published,
injured Letcher very much in the large slave-hold-
inn counties il exercised an equally powerful M
Auence in his favor In the small slavcholdihg conn
tiesand the votes thus gained by him probably
cuual in number his majority o,,
It's something new for Governor OF 'he wa
Do,niniun to owe his election, even indirectly, To
freesoil sentiment. Surely after such nm ind'
cation of public feeling. and the forgiveness OF Mr.
Leteber's former positive%ommttal to ultra Tree
State sentiments by the party which Nominated
him and elected him, there ought not TO he the
slightest hesitation, even among the most acc'heh
6reeaters Of the South. incordially acknowledging
AS political brethren the sturdest of the nnt'-e-
conn.on rebels if the latter should consent to M
alliance with them on any new questions that may
arise The Southern journals that rejoice over
Letchers triumph, and yet deuonncc ant. Lecomtr
ton Democrats as men who have committed an I'M
pardonablc sin, strain at agnat while they swallow
a camel.
| recollect reading, few years ago, in an odd
ncyspapcr file, long and able Address ola Dem.
ton af
issued more than thirty years ago, the burden OF
which was a dcnuncafion Of the Opposition cnmai'
date for Governor at that time. for having endeav-
ored 10 obstruct or eyade the emancipation al sa-
very in your State, on account oi his pecunary
interest in slave property, 1t appears to have
been considered perfectly Democratic then whh-
taconixc slavery in pennsy lvauia. presume that
it would scarcely have been considered m oi'cee
against Democratic principles 10 have advocated
the right of the people Vt any Territory to decide
for themselves whether slavery should or should
not be allowed TO exist among them
II will be observed, from the above, that the cor
respondent of the Press, which is "A ponslo' IA
per, considers that the election Of Mr.. lctehcr,
with such record as he had is sufficient ex'
cuse for the readmission into the Democratic par
ty Of those Northern Democrats who broke with
the Administration on the Lccompton question.
And we quite agree with him in his conclusion --
The offence ofopposing the admission ct Kansas
was not half 50 great as that committed by Mr.
Lctcher in endorsing tho Ruifner pamphlet and
as Mr. Letchcr has rcpented OF the deed and been
freely forgiven, and been endorsed by the Virginia
Democracy, il does seem IL little hard that the ban
of exclusion should be, so risidly applied to those
Northern Democrats who voted against the admis.
sion Of Kansas as slave State. in ordor to save
themselves At home.
However, it is none Of our business either way.
Regarding oil Northern ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
or anti Lecompton--as being tarrcd with the same
wick, it is, in our opinion, mere question Of
pride whether the recnsants be admitted back IN
to the full fellowship of the Democratic church or
mot. They are constantly begging aud implorins
to be taken back-and since portion of the Sou
thern Democracy have come upon Mr.. Douglas
Platform and endorse bis peculiar theories with
regard to slavery in the Territories. we can see no
valid reason why the utmost measure of charity
and forgiveness should not be extended To those
weak and erring brothers" of the North.
What will strike the reader forcibly in tho above
extract, is the concluding paragraph. wherein it
is announced that a few years ngoit was consid-
cred sound Democracy in Pennsylvania to ''on-
tagorise" slavery. Wing candidate for Cover.
nor in that State, it appears was opposed and de-
nounced for having cndcavorcd to obstruet the
emancipation Of slaves. So violently nti-slaycry
were the Democracy that they defeated all who
were not in favor Of emanc patton. This was
some years before the time Of the Ruffner pamph
and the doctrines Of that pamphlet were proba
bly, borrowed from the Pennsylvania Democracy
Evidently, however, the writer We have quoted
10 anxious to restore the Democracy of Pennsylva-
mia to the anti-slavcry position they occupied Mt
the time he refers ". There will be very little
difficulty we take it, in such an enter Use as
that. They are in truth, rs much anti slavery
now as then. For the purpose of helping their
party allies in the South they may consent to
blink the question little--but, in their hearts,
they feel as much antagonism to slavery as ever.
If there is IA Northern Democrat who is honestly
In favor Of the extension of slavery into Territory
now free, We have never seen or heard Ct him
and we have in our time had abundant oppor-
tunities Of finding him out. if such parsonage
were in existence.
But this correspondent is giving himself unne-
cessary trouble. lilo is fearful that the Dcmocra-
cy will repudiate the theories of Douglas and his
plan of making Free-States by "unfriendly less-
lasiou." Let him dismiss his approximations.
ThsSouthern Democracy are wheeling round to
the support Of that doctrine with extraordinary
alacrity: The candidate of the Democracy for
Governor Of Kentucky openly announces his APP
prevail OF il upon the stump. In Tennessee. as
we'll ~ Kentucky. most Of the candidates for Con-
gress have declared 10 favor OF it, In truth there