Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-30

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81 rssslss ii Il sppears 70 ss. however. in the
Shaps q string q resolutions, long enough b
furnish man With rssdiSs Tor q whole day
Thess sssulasioas orc not sslv lpsk. ~ strong.
A. Ii srasr sthas - ssadss may kIow some,
ine of As vi 81 he political sasrent In that far
q NsssAw Stats, Ne propose 20 expose sonie
: q skssr rsselutiaas % Ne popslss ere.
: lAs INST one asssrs that u States Of the I'm
in sss sovereign ana equal. and tAsss6sy retain
oh pewsrs not delegated 70 the Federal Govern
ment---A pisos u Information we weald be much
marc xssksfsl for than we are. were it not that
the ,anAe fhine ID asserted and declared in tho
Coustitut;on uf the United States. The Demoerai
ev Of Munssosa are. therefore, not entitled 10 the
r,dt Of bang tho original discosercrs OF this pro
position. The Same thing has been declared be-
lore. and We are surprised that, out OF a commend
able regard * economy Of words. they ad
uot s4ops NE entire Consultation at once. as part
of the Democratic Platform, instead Of taking de-
sasl,sA portions u " They would no; violate tho
Coust;tution in the Platform, any moro tl'nn they
nov hsbitually do with IL ont Of It,
Number two If the resolutions declares IN lavor
q sqsasssr Sovsreiguiy-and as II to make the
ueoposas;ou sill more emphatic, number thrce de-
clares h over again II says the citizens OF ter
ritory havs "exclssire" Jurisdiction about every
thius. lost a. . State has--which doctrine. though
nropoaadsd BY Mr.. Buchanan in his letter OF ac'
cep,ance. and held BY Mr.. Douglas at this time"
NOT Supposed 10 sit very lightly upon the somaoh'
of the southern allie. Of the Minnesota Democra'
~.ey. We submit il to their digestion, merely re-
marking that We hope they will have a good ''mo
OF H.
Thsfoarth resolution d concerning the reopen
iug Of the African Slave Trade. and is exceeding
" bilioas and red-pepperish in its character IL
declares that ANY attempt. to reopen the trade
"is die graceful to the ago and country IL tho
mere ostemp& be 60 disgraceful VIC would like to
know how Ahs MINNESOTA Democracy would relish
the sctual execution. We SEQ it stated. upon tho
authority Of Douglas himself, that fifteen thou
sand slaves arc now surreptitiously imported from
Africa every year. and landed upon the coast OF
Florida and Georgia, in tho midst OF the Southern
party allies Of these Minncsotians. How is that'
Iuasmuch as the resolution further asserts that
..ths advocates Of this inhuman traffic are enc
against the Union,' the circumstance he'okens
slight cloud Of unfriendliness between tho hormo-
NOUS Democracy. We know that many of tho
prominent politicians and leading presses of the
South are in favor Of tho rcopcning. We trust
they will appreciate the handsome compliment
paid them BY the Democracy Of Minnesota
The next resolution consists OF back handed
NJ I'll lati do triu
ing the rights and liabilities of na,arallsed cit'
sens--a very ungcnerous thing, we think, in view
of the fact that Gen. Cass has backed down tniily
and squarcly, and eaten his own words with nm
sqasl amount Of celebrity and voracity What
mean these Minnesota patriots By annoying Gen.
Cass thus unnecessarily Is ii II tub thrown to
the whale Of the foreign vote in that blessed land
Of Indians, snakes md Serbonian bogss Very
likely.
The sixth resolution, saying tina, al laws ought
TO be obeysd unless declared unconstitutional by
the courts, Ia very sensible resolution, and we
note il a. an encouraging circumstance We trust
1t did not slip in accidentally. As the great llo-
mer sometimes mods, 1t may be, conrerso that n
sensible thing may be occasionally said by even
very insensible people. But willing always to
give the prisoner the benefit Of doubt, we al
lew the Minnesota Democracy full credit for their
sixth resolution.
Number seven claims the Homestead Bill as
Democratic measure Not only this, but it ndg-
nantly repels tho attempt Of tho Republicans i"
10 appropriate II o. their thunder. Considering
the infamy Of this measure, we expected to SEQ
both side4 attempting to repudiatc it. But it is,
no double popular with the denisens of the North.
West, and hence the struggle for the discrcdiablc
patronage" Of it. The distribution of tho pro-
ceeds Of the public lands among all the States is
pronounced TO be "a despoiiiag of the public land
- States for the benefit Of the older States of tho
Union which we canno. but regard as the most
unapproaohable piecc Of cool impudence we have
ever met with yet These lands were given away
by one Of the odd States" virginia-and yet it
. is declared 10 be "despoiling" them to return to
the common owners their just proportion of their
own.
The next resolution protests against any more
sales'of The public lands by tho General Govern.
ment. These Minnesotians want 10 get land
for nothing. This is the position of California
They object TO the Government selling its own
property. Their reason, almost openly avowed,
il that they cannot'stea land that is sud.
But we have no doubt our readers are tired
: enough Of the Minnesota Democracy.-it not dis
gusted We therefore passover the remaining res
olutous -thirteen in all, with four codicls to the
last one. They are sweet set are these Mime
sofa Democrats. They are, it is true, tho natural
: allies Of the Scuth"-that IL, the Southern De.
mocracy tell rs 20. But We would prefer some
other sort Of allies for ours. If they hold sim
&c sentiment in common with the Southern De-
"moefasy, or the Southern Opposition either, upon