Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-29

.isis believed that the Opposition candidate will
beat him easily. The position # New Jersey u
q very important one. and the result OF her cleo
tons viii materially affect The prospect Of uniting
tho Opposition next year upon = Presidential can
didate.
Our neighbor the Douglas organ, calls upon Us
10 state our objections to It's pet. and even de-
mands that we shall do %: 10 which we reply with
honest old Falstaf that If reasons were ns plenty
AZ blackberrie.. we would not give one on compni-
sion" We have not been sparing in our denun-
citation Of Douglas political course; have frequent
" ventilated bis record, and shown the garing in
Iconsistcnces and dishonesty which have marked
his career. 40 that his organ 10 mistaken in sup
posing fiat after being 'drivsn to the wal' by its
searching inquiries, We have taken refuge behind
the single plea that he is a ''demagogne" And,
even If II were so. does not this term comprehend
all that is required to exclude any man from the
seat once filled by Washington
When the immortal Clay. writhing under the
pain inflicted upon his noble spirit. by the base
and groundless charge Of "bargnin aud corrnr
ton" ventured to make n speech or two in his
own defense on his way from the capital to hi'
home Gen. jackson denounced him M n "roying
dcmngogue;" but Douglas. who ia clcctioneering
for the Presidency. can substitute llarPer's Maya
zine, and rove over tho country without any other
aim than to make speeches to promote his chances
for tina, high Office which. by common consent. IA
mot to DO sought nor declined" Think Of con
signing the Presidency to the hands of man who
could make such a speech as that delivered Mt
Woosterl
| We claim that Douglas is not only donegogue,
and traitor to the section that confdcd in him;
but that he is sty lie of man altogether nnaniied
to tho high dignity BETTING the occupant OF the
Presidential Office For tho present, however, We
must content ourselves by refreshing our neishbor
with Democratic authority upon this allabsorbing
topc-Douglas and the Presidency Says the
Valley Democrat:
1.-The truth H. Douglas has inflicted greater in
jury on the Sonth than any othor man IN tn"
Union, for he really created the Black Republican
party. Before he began his demagoguery we hal
half the free States, and now To recover these
States he manicsts Willingness to Acll and de
grade all the Southern States. During the last
Gve years Douglas hns contributed more than all
the Abolitonists put together to build mp III"
strength of the Black Republican party. by his
tnrbing the peace OF tho country, and alternating
the two sections of tho contcderacy. But for hi4
aspirations tho Democratic purity would he har
monious and united. and thcre would not he on"
half Of the hate TINT cxnsperntes the two sec'ions.
Stephen A. Douglas is tho most dangerous man IN
tho Union. lilo should be driven from the coun
ellis of tho nation
Tho following is from the Memphis Avalanche ;
There in no practical difference between the
doctrines Of Seward md Douglas, for both look 80
the exclusion Of the property Of southern cii,z'ns
from the Territories Of the Union There can be
no mddc-ground Tor the South Tho alternative
10 presented of taking the Seward Douglas dc.
Urine. or the doctrine ofGuv. Wise aud tho SUI
preme Court of the United States Southern men
cannot longer be made to bow TO cxpcdiency. DE.
feat is preferable on the platform ct Gov. Wise I"
triumph with Squatter- Sovereignty advocates -
When tho South surrenders her interests, her des'
Tiny aud vital being into the hands of nero sP"i--
men, and for party purposes ignores her great
constitutional rights, that moment her doom Is
scaled. her honor furnished. and she will sink in
10 the sea Of infamy and disgrace, 'unwep',unho"-
cred and unsung
In respect to Douglas refinement and elc-
gancc of manner. the Richmond Enqu1tr discour-
ses thus:
Senator Douglas Wooster (Ohio) speech is i,
very bad taste, ~ we'll M bad principles. He
stigmatises Judge Blacks Pamphlet as Black
Pamphlet Of malignant ialsehoods," "pnlpabl'
insehoods," "misrepresentRtions," and "un
truths" emanating from gang of anonymous
conspirators.' Such language from Senator OF
the United States. aud candidate for the i'residcn
cy. applied to the Attorney General of tho Unite,
States, il well calculated to bring contempt upo,
+. a country whose press and people pormt suc'
languagclto pass unrcbukcd. That the pamphlc
Of Judge Black has not mcrited such epithets. ",
i Al Il
has almost universally published and commended
it to its readers We know OF no political essay
more courteous in language and style, or NOR,
polite in reference to it's adversary.
The arguments employed by Judge Black wer,
worthy OF polite language, much from the EN-
dorsenent they have received from the press an
people of the country, rs from their Inherent
weight. To stigmntise MS ''ialsehoods, u pam
phiet that has received the commentator OF tn,
press, is to charge by implication, those who have
aided in its circulation with abctting talsehoud
Judge Douglas must learn. that in free coun
try men have the right to differ from him with
out rendering themselves liable to the charge u
'falsehood." lie will never recommend his ptinci
pies by the exhibition Of such manner; for we bo
1.-Two both to be equally repungant to the Amer
can people. A gentleman ceases not to DO n gen
tleman because he is n candidate for the prcsien
cy; and when advancement is sought by denoun
cling grave political papers emanating from higl
officials, as "falsehoods," such advancement vii
never be obtained.
Such unmerted dcnunciations tend to Strengthen
rather than impair tho force of Judge Black ;,
pamphlet. All rules of prcpriety would not hav,
beeu violated il argument and reason could hay,
accomplished the overthrow of the pamphlet
Denunciaton and epithets are weapons nsel waer
argument ard reason will not serve. lie wh'
gives precedence to the former over the latter cvi
dences the weakness rather than the strength o
bis position. We, therefore. regard tho Wooster
speech as far more Objectionable than the Harper
essay for it contains the same principles and is in