Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-08
From the Baltimore Patriot.
Pho CInvf "a in virginia.

l. affords IL cnruu, and very instructive illus
trait II ii the maxim .,,tt . xtrcmeS meet, to
the interest taken b> the National Era" the Alb
"lfi"u organ ut WasI'ngtn, in the success OF Mr..
Irtrhcr the Democratic candidate III Virginia.
the 'E,n" desires tie defeat of Mr.. G"ggin. for,
a. It says, ~ NJ. Lficher, WITH HIS SENTIMENTS
u mNKNp>y WITH Orr own, Nnccrtds, ii TiH encou-
ue k}e 0i-Sidrcyy jnifg 10 make rcnered crertioHS
IN Hcrampaign 9, lSbo;" and it ia well known
,lilt the !hcrents Of the Abolition party in Wash
ins,on now urging their trends particularly
in Western Virginia, to vote for MI. Lctcher.
rhIs is pretty condition Tor candidate of Vr-
gioju d mocrucy- be luudrd by the Abolition
organ "a, entertaining sentiments in harmony WIN
it, own. This, of course, was one Of the rcas'ns,
the suspicion which. true or false. attached to Mr..
Lo,ohcT, why the Richmond Enquirer" opposed
lis termination. lie entertained ut one time
tajnly, if lac does not still entertain certain no
tins upon emancipation and the policy Of Virginia
with rcGad 10 slavery. which 4, there by the
name "i "Rufnerism," but which, it there lie any
truth in the statement OF The Fra" that such
are in harmony with its own, are generally known
ly another name and are thought to entitlc
in Virginia to serve the State in q different way
i,om that pop ,scd To- Mr. Letcher.
Ii a candida @ had been nominated by the dem.
o'ratjr parry in my Of the Northern States it
Il no. nc supposed TO render him at all less
ct Joe to ind that he was tinctured with sen.l-
i.t> on the subject akin to tlI,sc charged upon
Mr.. fletcher. In the Northern Siaes. outside Of
toe Custom Houses nnd P"stOilicrs, which absorb
all the Dem Gratis to lie found therein, and Of
wuich few, some are required IN many instances
to uurrg exti>ion Of opinion, be!o,e jusitiration
anl adoption. no man can be fund who is not
uni, t.ncturci, but deeply dyed with sentiments
akin ~ those attributed to Mr. Letchcr. lleucc
the necessities Of the circumstances and the still
greater es>ity of holding ofA &c. have allowed
latitude in those things which onlv the last mem
g., H. II 10 E,rl, lon,
men of some creeds tn partake u: particular klnls
of food Mt particular seasons. and yet has been
found necessary to permit some indulgence to the
weakness Of humanity and the proneness {" ali
men to obey their necessities. So in the Demo
cratic congregation. which includeth all nations,
peoples, knlrels color. and tongues, it has he
come Indispensable by reason Of the weakness Of
the Democratic nature to pardon something to this
in favor of the general oneness and the universal
dove.ailclncss OF the faithful in the matter Of
Office"
To that great fundamental article of the faith,
all, without exception, yield an implicit obedi-
diercc. compliance and DEVOTION and are always
ready and anxious upon the slightest, or without
any, occasion to justify their faith 10y their works.
Yet hitherto no such indulgence "a We have men
toned was allowed in Virginia. There II man was
accommodated upon the slightest doubt of his
s.unIless, and the democratic snnhedrm requ cd
their candidates to be, like Caesars wife, above
suspicion. But there is a part Of Virginia, lie.
yond the blue Alleghaues, in the valleys and Dor
dcrs of the streams which empty into the Ohio,
where certain alarming doctrines have their adhe-
rents. Shall the congregation not. therefore. by
n timely indulgence. prevent the rise of a hercsy
in her own borders? Shall they not take man
vino has two aspects-fud out some Mr.. Facing
h,th-ways booking both to the East and to the
West Just rs the General Council of the faith
full has preferred u have one who looked both to
the North and the $ nth?