Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-29

1no xo0l4Z 81 ~. Aouston-
Sises the wsa1efsl lsisapA end political re-
visissasiou q 0ea. HoUsFsz IN ,hs late sleesio .
= TIA asssS;os - azissa e = shssH ne hi.
poiilisb. 1ks kY. Hvsia Dot oaly clsias him
y a,dsmcssst bas srsea from day - d.. in lie
peculiar sad dashiHg styis, that b is The mos,
available man the Charleston Convention can
bring forward for the Presidency. Tho Washing.
ton Consolidation also regards him rs a reliable
Buchanan democrat: the N. Y. Day Book and 9TH
or josrnals sehoing these, set mp the elaine.
But u 10 fact that most II not all the democratic
organs in Texas opposed him mos. bitterly dur
ring the canvass and ranked him and his supper
ters constantly rs Opposition. They have not
changed their tone since the election. the fol-
loving extracts will show. The Ssatc Gasette. Mt
Austin, the leading organ Of the party, says;
In our opposition TO Sun. Ho-ston. we have
maintained that be has not reiraeted single po'
litical principle Of his life lie 10 NOW elected,
aud We shall re whether be will yet do It. Even
In regard to the Know Nothing issue. he declared
in his scat in the U. g. Senate, only Inst April. tho
fact of thousands Of fore gners being In Texas who
could not speak the English language. ~ reason
for frightening the term Of probat ton. lie dc.
clared that decent foreigner could liveyery well
them the better All this convinced US that hehad
not forsaken his Know Nothing principles, and
we know that some OF bis presses in this State will
not disguise their opinion that such il the belief Of
many Of his friends"
II has been also stated in ncco counting for the
defeat Of tho democracy that tho Germans sup
ported HousroS. This the Gazette coutradcts
and makes il the subject Of an extra VACANT eulogy
Of Comal, which has an almost exclusive German
population gave nearly Is to ag ainst IIousroS,
aud is held up as tho banner county of the demo-
cracy. The Crockett Argus an organ In the Eas-
tern part Of the State, plainly confess tho success
Of the Opposition, and speaks thus Of Gen. llous-
toms position:
perhaps the annals Of popular caprice do not
show moro complete change Of front thnn that
accomplished by tho people OF Texas within tho
last three years. SO lar ~ national politics arc
concerned, they have Just passed upon the dent-
cal issues which were submitted t, them in 1856
when their verdict WINS overwhelmingly in favor
Of the Democracy. Again. in 1857, the samo ma
tonal and local questions, with the same men to
represent them, as now, we're before the people,
and Democracy was largely in the ascendant.--
There no prcence that the representatives Of Ell
Their set Of opinions have changed Runnes is
AZ purely Democrat to-day M he was two years
ago, and Gen. Houston il as purely a Know Moth.
ing To tho extent that principle Of any sort
nrc involved 1t Is an out and out Know Nothing
victory. But in truth tho contest did not turn up,
on principle, rs IL evident from comparison Of
the votes given for tho different candidates upon
the same ticket. To much greater extent than
most people imagine. all elections are decided up-
on personal rather tnan political considerations
In tho present Instance, n lingering kindness
which the people ha ve always entertained for Gen.
Houston, despite the efforts of rival politicians
and personal foes, and Notwithstanding his many
grave errors, hus broken over all obstacles, aud
carried him exul,insly into power. II is a rare
instance Of recoperative energy in n man Mt his
time II life, and one who had 10 all appearance,
40 rresovsrably fallen under the IAN Of public
opinion We shall not attempt to acenun, for the
change which has come over the spirit Of The peo-
pie. There have doubtless be II causes Mt work,
bat IL IL useless to seek them in the present de-
feetIvs stase 1T our information Besides, WHEN n
great party Is defeated efforts to explain the fact
lea'i 80 charges and recriLainations amongst its
members. which as improbable us they nre
unpleasant