Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-03

Vndsf Ut eaP1<ae. % Hepeetscsa retsss 10 th
arsisls take. iran HE Valley Ds~oera and pub
lifhsd y ouf sslanna day or two sincs. whore
h Il isshasssi thss Judge Douglas wa. instru
rsnAlela ssiiaiag up the Black Rrr-ss''ca" par
u--aad challsagssss 10 rrSss why h'uslas ]. an,
more rsspoasitls Or the re.ulss whioh talowed
Tie repeal Of The Misoasi csmprsmise. than th'
Spsthsrp men who supportsd that measure. The
psoef l. Of hand. Ii time Of profound peace,
W. III whole sssasry hsA acssissesdia the act
tlsnsst of 1ssa. and ~ Dsmosssie party sts'd
p,saksd By . eoisnA resolution 70 'rssi~ oil at
tsnpss y ssns~iaes IN cosgess or css Of II. the
agitation u tie slavery question. sndsr seA'teee~
skpe or color IL sttewpt may BE- made" Douglas.
Without pstitioa or solicitation from the people
NasA o. Sosth. bss imsiissted solely BY desire
70 promote hi s~a sslash and ambitious ends
brought frwsrd his proposition " repeal tina,
timsAeasrsd compremi-s He had previously
been 10 favor Of extending the Missouri line, but
discovered, al al once. that it Inconsistent
with the Compromise Of 1850" Whom a props.
sition, seemingly 20 fair. made by aNorthern
mar. ~ remove vhss was regarded by many In tho
South,asan odioss rcstriciios-was offered to Sou
them men. they dill not feel at liberty TO decline
Il; ibasisg that their constituents would not sus-
tain then In 90 doing. wsknow that this was the
case In regard u some members.
Here then il the difference between Douglas
and the Southern men who simply accepted the
tender made them. They acted in good faith, sup
posing the measure was designed to effect all II
purporteito do. But wheu sagaeous men dscov-
cred and exposed the hidden features Of the art.
fully drawn bill, and declared that it recognized
Seuattcr Sovereignty. and that under its pro'is-
ions thc 5. nh would be cheated, Douglas said
never -1ri. tlher ,urf,srn Democrats denied
the allcga'rar in III. hrar,ug - N" father Of the
bill but he held his reaae. a.u took advantage Of
the fraud.
Boz farther: when in addition to tho SluaNcr
Sovereignty feature, IL was di-covs red ina, ellen
suffrage was allowed. which won!d inevitably de-
feat the object Of Southern men. AMI edrc,ually
exclude slavery from over getting foothold in the
inchoats STATE; the Clayton ameadmcnt prspos-
Ing to strike cot this featur land which was
adopted 10 the Senate. though defeated in ,ho
House--scas opposed By Dougias.'n connection ruth
Seward. Chase, Sumner and the Northern Demo
srate Senators; whilst every Wing and Dem ,cratic
Senator from the South recorded their votes for
The amcndcnt, and against Douglas and his Free
Soil associates, led on By Seward Who called fer
the yeas and nzHa Was NO, this a prof
in the beginning tina. hn insenicI II .Lsss
and deftaud the Soathf And this ia The r-usb,-
man whom our estemposry declare. '-s sac -saa-
thera for he pG0'aiaa and ya1.s Dr~-rsss 80
What thinks the organ of The Tsa,A LAgon TIA
snosrscy, to,b;s charge from trD'a~r Zen. .sr.a
For ourself, We care nothing sSass IA. s-
ing found In tie company winch has A.says A.a,
assigned us and every other Why. b, brcaa7aaa:
joarnals and politicians.
We maintain then, the proposition with which
We started. that a. the repeal II the Missouri {, IN
promise built up the Resxblicon party md Doug-
Ia was chiefly responsible for that m,ssute
hsrefore 1t follows ~ natural sequence that he
aided 10 promoting the growth. development, aud
power Of that nischisvsus cssrnizat-u. Wc have
shown also, that he could not have heen Influenced
BY q disposition To prom0te In any way tho inter
ests Of the South, or the extension Of her nstitu
tions. It is idle. and worse than idle, to argoe
that any motive other than selfish ono, 10 create
hobby than would carry him into the Prc.den-
cy, could have influenced Douglas.
The Republicam Is welcome to all the cnpial it
can make Mt This day, ont of our opposition to the
repeal the Aissensi Compromises. VIZ were op-
posed 10 the repeal because We believed what the
Repstticqn now admits in defending Douglas
Sqastter Sovereignty notions, ,1lst there is moth
Ing practical 10 the question at this time. and
may never be-" There was no countcrvailing
good in prospso to justify the acitatons that wero
fearfuIly forsshadowed In the repeal Of that Com
promise. We believed what We recorded Mt the
time. ''that the action Of the present Congress in
annalling the Missouri Compromise instead of re-
sult;ng in removal Of the disturbing element of
savery from Congress, rin be tm The si9aai for
+encced strife Many Of the libcral-mndcd men
OF the North, who ara willing to concedo to the
South the fut measure IF her constitutional rights,
riu be superseded la the merit Congress By men ~
extreme rieos, anddle mos ultra opiaioas. ,rho mH
stand pledged to their constituents for repeal Of
.tse Kansas- Nebraska Biu and probably tortas al
rrogafioa Of all compromises eRu'tng particularly
10 The dcasft Of The SostA.' Wore our appreAen.
,sions wall fanded Or not. Let the agtations
that lave since followed. and the growth Of the
Republican, pa ty, which could not then command
q majority iaa ingie State. answer And for all this
what has the South gainedi wou'h il not have
beer better had we acted upon the suggestion of
President Polk. IA name that should be good au,
sthority with the Reputtiean,l made in his special
message Of August 4. lS4S; wherein he submits
tho following. with which We shall conclude
'''Ought we now to disturb TIE Missouri and Texas
Compromised Ought We at this late day. in at
tempting to apaul What has been 50 long estab-
.lished and acquiesced In, 10 excite sectional dis
seutioas and jeaioasiss % ALLEVIATE the people Of