Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-02


ancc is requested, as important ln'ta'"fy n"'e-
ments T + he canvass are II be made
The New York Herald on tho Virginia
Election
We have no particular sympathy with tins Jour
nal having ALWAYS believed that its principles. II
il has any. were NJ shifting and unsettled as the
trade winds Il is governed by no ixed laws,
save those Of self.interest be NJ found "hr day
ranged under the banner of Democracy. and again
its most unreentng scoursr. 1t has heen more
frequently found, however, with the Democratic
party. because that party i generally the dom'-
nant one and wherever the carcass Is, there Will
the eagles be gathered. 1t has been the ardent
supporter of the Buchanan administration, and ~
not very we'll satisfied with the course OF those
Democrats who have deserted this dynasty. Still,
with that wonderful instine, and sagaci'y which
have always marked its representations 1t IA
looking about for the elements ot new and com
manding political organization. that will nnnihl-
late the rotten and dlsme inferred fragments ct the
once great Democratic party The article there
fore, to which we yield much of our editorial
space to-day, will commaLd attention; and batting
its ful>ome adulation of the President, the posi-
,ions assumed are pregnant with important truth,
to which we invite the careful attention oil our
readers:
1t canno, be denied. says the Hraid. that,
in abandoning the safe eon,er'au'e admin
istration Of Mr.. Buchanan. the Presidential
leaders and Southern managers Of the demo
cratic party have substantially reduced that
party, for nil practical purposes, to mere South
crn pro.slayery agitatmg faction. The governing
wing Of the democracy have Illus cut down the
party to n spurious organization as thoroughly
seetionalizcd as the republican camp. Nor, on
either side can We detect any symptoms Of amend
ment. The last speeches by republican leaders of
Congress endorsing the revolutionary abolition
manifesto oy W. II. Seward. and the still more
recent ultra pro- sla,ery declarations of the leading
Southern freeaters Of the Senate, have apparently
fixed the position of both these section" factions
on the slavery question. Between them the issue
is decreed to be no slavery or pro-sasery issue
which arrays the North agans, the South, and the
South against the North, with all the embitered
animosi,ies of the various spasmodc slavery agi-
tationS of the last forty years.
Between these two sectional factions there is
as yet, no broadly organized national intermediate
party; but there are abundant materials atoat for
such party, ami the cxisency for its orsnniza-
ton is emnently favorable. Nor is this all. Ger
tain initiative steps, in several States, have been
taken 10y the opposition elements of the South in
the right direction. Their late State Convention
of Virginia, in particular has resulted in fusion
OF their forces, which has already very much opc-
tho anil alarm If tho ,,lin.,
and demon allied local democracy Indeed, the
chances for an opposition victory in Virginia this
year are infinitely better than they were in
1855, when the mysterious Know Nothinss threat
ened there to carry everything before them,
they had already carried everything before thcm
in Massachusetts and in some of our large cities.
After abusing the Know Nothings soundly the
Herald enquiries: Now what DOVE see? \cor-
dial opposition reunion in Virginia upon those
broad. national, practical constitutional issues up
on which. at this day, there is the most inviting
field, North and South, for this identical party
movement
In this view, and in view Of the present disman-
tied craft of the Virginia democratic party, there
is very good prospect for an opposition victory
there in May, in the election of Mr. 0oerin as
Governor. The present Governor, Mr.. Wise, has
gone of at tangent from the circle of the gener-
al administration camp. He. through his central
organ, lthe Richmond Enquirer has fatty and
indignantly repudated the policy of Mr. Bucha-
nan, foreign and domestic, upon every important
specification of the December message The Gov.
ernor too has doubtless faction at HE back cana.
bic Of DOUG mnch mischief in an election involy.
ing the support of the administrator. Thus
should Mr.. Letcher, the democratic nominee for
Governor, proceed. after the Virginia canvass. he
will Doubtless be required to show his hand. Iii,
opponent. Mr.. Goagn able and experienced
campaigner, will be on the stump. and will com
pei his rival to speak distinctly concerning the
general pulley Of Mr.. Buchanan. Should Letcher
endorse the President, Wise and his faction will
give him the cold shoulder; but. should Letcher
sustain the views of Wise, then the Hunter Presi.
Dental clique may fail in their duty.
But there is reason to fear that in PLAYING f.s,
and loose between Wise and Hunter. MIR. Letchs,
may ALLEVIATE the managers of both factions. and
also the friends Of the administration who care III,
tie or nothing for either Hunter or Wise. In ad
diton to these intestine troubles, there 10 the mar
smount difficulty to Mr.. Letcher of the ssctiona