Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-17

l<tssF ffais ssil FstspatfiSk. & Alabama. where
in that ssalls.a4a ssews. biz purpose to support
D.ngts-ier me Rsssadsuey nominated BY tho
Dsnoeraic c.aivsadea, lseoniesly says: Parry
srpsdieasy Is M sta1ssaas1ip" =
This /, ersat fSsifh, tal which is sadly
los.skShksfS5s s0Sss s;szssa Mod q those who
ct ,hspsslvss - = sss'ssnsn 2. ne present aay'
! isna esshaps lAssr a.ass. Tie dslssiea shas they
= s.sry sss s..ol. are he aefs blind followers u
pa,sy ,xpstil IN ruth they pske the radi-
y vsi asessssa scgspsns Tint rsssssns Hsstr Gem
.i.ss "a aa,sorsias ss.e ,aisresss AID ts iatesr'ty
Of !. ts,.sl.. p.r. AID in thai aloae- Tie geo.
erai anu UNIVERSAL iatssesss 81 the whole country
ss utterly isnsssa IA s'se steady rsrsais "t sOs
isssl - sappsssa party sdsaasago- ss-7 :.
ss. No inoss notabls instance Il dis ssss occurred
th.u N ,hss aisesAbls absrioa Of Mr.. Douglas
z sAsx;n De Kss~as- Nsbraska Dill. Al tin'e when
' x.nsss and Nebraska wcpe both fas beyond the
sonsnss If civilization when therA we're not i've
asndssd whi,s psssms within their iiuits, aad
even these wsys ~ yeruaasna settlers, but mere
= b IsAas sr.sss-wasa no possible ssosssiiy sx-
,istsd Car rariioris Gusespments there. and none
wss iiksly y cxist f,r years - ccsne-.he Illinois
q osaassr iasscdussa bic fstsl Bill Ssm~o"ing
=. ~ eAsk " ais parf5 70 ~ sapsor. be carried it
tkrunek hosh Houses q Congress, and made u The
M Of No isad What wps 'hs cljeets Party
sgpsassasy w. Dc cessrslliag motive. The erec'
t;on Of Terrissrial Gsyssnmsnts In Kansas aud
$ Nebaka ~ssid cssan 3 asoesiv fvr handrsds
a Federal ONCE kslders. The appointment at
thsss wsuld strengthen tho Democratic party and
ssrengthss ~. Desslss hiaself In course Of
tiee, fran rapid sn;esssioa, ssimulatsd by lav-
ish expssdieass Of puh,ic money, these Territories
would become ststes.s and would 30 attached to
the POLITICAL fortunes Of Mr. Dagas. Need we
any further Roy to his motivess And yet there
ara ,hoss who designate BY the name OF states
nanalip this miserable act Of party and personal
sxpedieney. Looking ~ the shadow cf the thing
instead of i,s substance they fall down aRd wor
ship man for deed. toy which. in truth they
should ever execrats and curse him.
That Kansas Nebraska Bill did more TO s'imu-
late the growsh VI sectional party in the North
thnn any other act Of Legislation the Congress Of
the United States ever passed. The peace Of 1850
wss by Il. broken up and violated-the treaty
asnulled, by which ssetional suimosties had been
quslIed and put dovo--and The country once more
precipi,a,ed into an angry brill, which 10 now
producing its legitimate fruits II "irerrecsible
conflicts" and lIarper's Ferry invasionH.
The result should teach lesson " our men Of /
=" expsdiency" Whore Mr.. Douglas expected to
reap henrr. he has reaped diahouor. The expod- /
emit by which he boped to gain. has proved TO him
fruitful Of lo,s. The mine be expected 10 spring
upon his political sdvewories has exploded at the
bottom Of his own fortunes. Repudiated by m
overwhelming majority Of the Northern psople.
and deserted at The South BY all except "expedi-
ency" policians, he finds himself ba6lcl IN all ]
his ent-rprises aud in course of rapid descent to
position If absolute obscurity.
Jr Mr.. Douglas had never madc the mistake OF
supposing himself a statesman, md had coniented
himself with the role Of . follower instead Of u
leader, he might have lived and died an honored
and respected politician. 1t is not surprising.
psrhaps--considering his origin, his education.
associations. and the popular institutions in the
atmosphere Of which he reared. that he came
TO the conclusion ,bat party exredency 'cas states
manshp He IL just the very sort OF man whose
ranpe Of vi.ion 10 too narrow and short to admit OF
his looking beyond the interests and concerns of
party. II he had atudicd the maxim Of Cardinal
Wolsey, that corruption wins not more than hon
ssty"-nor even so mucll--he might have avoid
cd the retribu,ivc jastice which now makes his
sams . by.word and . repr"ach with at least
thses-ioarths Of che American people.
The history Of the country abnunds In other in
stances, besides this which establish the truth Of
the apo.hegm Of our Charleston contemporary
We have neither lime nor space to enumera,e
4hsn. Nor DO We charge tho iaalt Of consulting
s,srty axpedisncv upon the Democratic party alone.