Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-04
Paulus Powell on the Witness Stand-Con.
dennis his own Party.

ing through fierce tribulntons aud uttering Bit
ter jeremads over the ingratitude Of his party.
IF an enemy had done this thing" quoth Mr. Pow
ell, II could have borne it. but mine own familiar
friend with whom | took sweet counsel, hath
lifted up his heel against me- o! how sad the
experience. the anguish Of one whose foes are Of
his own household. Verify since the days of
the patriarch Of ux. no man has been torinented
like Mr.. Powell, and he may well exclaim. in the
language of that same old worthy: ~ mn the
man who hath affection"
Mr.. Powell is now flooding the District with
his3 complaint against the chevalier Lcake and
fricnds-particularly against 'the calling tyrnn.
ny" with which the INA ority" in Albemnrle have
treated him. We have taken no part in this n
tcrnccine" war, bu, feel right glad that Mr.. Pow
ell has had the poisoned chacc commended to his
own lips. lie may write talk he does not) glibly
about the calling tyranny Of the majority" and
the Acknowledgement Of my this) friends, but
he has been deaf to the appeals of scventy-o!d
thousand free citizens of this commonwealth,
whom he nided to "dlisfrnnchire Tie roice
Of The minority" Ito use his own language
"migM be hampicd mndtr .toof." His own Dis
trict is striking example of TINT pal pable viola
ton in spirit and letter, of the Constitution Of
Virginia, which declares that the Congressional
Districts shall be formed respectively of contign.
Gus counties, cities, and towns be compact, &c
Does the Shoe String District answer this require
ment? Or was not the infamous gcrrymandcr by
which it, with many other Districts, was construct
cd 80 ms to deny the Wings n voice in the selection
Of their representatives. and ctlcctually impair
their eligibility to office, tho most calling tyran-
ny" ever praciscd by men claiming to have any
regard to the rights of free citizens of free gov,
eminent? But. thank Heaven, there is rcrihu-
tive justice even in the present world.
Mr.. Powell also complains Of tho discourte>y
with which he hus been treated by his opponent.
Snys he: |, is duo to myself, and to truth, to
state that nj no period in this canvass. has Mr..
l,eake conferred wM me or any friend IN regard
10 he manner IN mhirh II shoad be- condncted. -
o. say you so Mr. Powell. And yet we doubt
not, you sustain your Gubcrnatorial candidate,
John Lctcher in his dscourteous treatment Of
Mr.. Goggin!' 1t was discourtcnus in the chcvnhrr
IHake to make his appointments without conlrrr-
ing with bis opponent but it was all right Tor
"honest John to ignore Mr.. Gos.ins claims to
such ciyility.
Now we submit whether Mr.. Powell has not
unwittingy condemned the conduct Of his own
candidate. by expressing his disapprobation of the
very policy that Lctcher has pursued toward his
honorable competitor? Nay, more. he condemns
himself, and his whole party, whilst in,cghng
against 'tic u"paro1'C'oi dfY'o'ism Of hamp''ny
Tie roice q The minority n.trr .toof'a thing
that Mr.. Powell and his friends are doing every
day. o. shame, where is thy blush
We leave Mr.. Powell where, upon his own con-
fession, he has placed himself and having turned
States evidence against his late nccomplices. We
trust that he will cultivate feeling IF pcni,cncc
for the monsrous wrong he and they have perlc
trated upon their tcllow-citizcns.
Sweet are the uses of adversely.
While the Southern Democratic leaders are max
ing desperate efforts to throw dust into tho eyes Of
the people, and raise a terrible cutlery about tho
coalition of Know Nothngs and Black Repuhli-
cans" it would lie well for them to remember
who arc the leaders Of the Republican party A
little retrospect will show that democracy has no,
only laid itself nj the mouth of Black RepuL-
canism ready To I've swallowed up" but it has ae.
tualy been swallowed by the awful monster
Martin Van Buren,. the once tru ted and honorel
leader of the whole democratic party, was the
architect of the Buffalo platform upon which the
Republican party was subsequently erected
John Van Buren, boosted that he had laid the
cornerstone of this abolition structure. Through
out oil the North the living. acting, and most ia
natical leaders Of abolition Rrpublicansm are
men who only little while ago were acknow-
lodged expoundcrs of the true democracy,
men whose fidelity to principles was applaud
ed by the whole democratic party. Among
these the New 70 k Tribune proudly enumcrates
Cows. Morton. Banks and Boutwell,, in Massachu-
sets; Senator llamlin and Gov. Morrill,. in Maine;
Gov. Cleveland and Wells. in Connecticut; Sena-
tor Preston King, Lit. Gov. Seldom James Wads-
worth, VIM. G. Bryant, David ID. Field, Judge
Edmonds, and hosts more in New York; David
Wilmot. John NJ Read, A. H. Reeder, G. A. Grow
&c, in Pennsylvania Gov Bisscll Senator Trum.
bull. John Wentworth, &C., in Illinois; Francis
+. Blair in Maryland, and his distinguished sons
in St. Louis; Judge Spaulding in Ohio Gov Bing-
ham in Michigan, Gov Randall and Senator boo.
littlein Wisconsin. All these, and others like
them, who are now tho acknowledged leaders of
the abolition wing of the Republican party, the
representative men of Northern anti-slavery fanat.
icism, were democratic leaders. They were class
| cd among the pillars Of democracy as they are
now pillars of Republiranism. 1t is from them
that Republication received its strength. and b,
them alone it il now maintained as militant anc
aggressive political organization.
| A facetious friend Of ours thinks that the lie
nocrscy will make no serious opposition to