Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-22
The Opposition and the Future.

- not rede5toc DIV the more rabld OF the 1ournai'
in the interest Of the Republican party. The
conductors ol these papors--like al persons IN
der the influence ofstrong excitement-are betray
ed into an unseemly exhibition Of resentment
against their supposed sntagonists, and counsel
such violent measures as world not only be repn-
dated in their moments Of cool contemplation,
but would defeat tho very object which they desire
above all others. We prefer 10 accept the deliberate
declarations Of suchrcliable orgaus ofpubiic opin
ion as the Philadelphia Inquirer. rather than
the heated couusels Of the extreme party papers Of
the North. And VIC doubt not We grin clearer
insight, thereby, into the true state Of Northern
feeling. than from any other source
Referring to the future Of tac Opposition party
that paper says;
ave are approaching an impor artpoint in our
political history--a poiat when desires aud amb''
tions of q personal nature must be laid aside for
the public good. Ifthe country should deceive
ITSELF it will be with it, eyes wide open. for the
merest tyro in political tartics can perceive where
the two factions Of the crazy Democracy
stand, and where the stiff Republican party can
not hold its ground A union OF the Opposition
for the sake Of the Union may scatter the ragged
fragments Of the false Democracy into the holes
and corners of the land. and permit wise connsels
hereafter, ut least for time. to guide the eonn'
try. A battle Of sections will not be permitted;
and that is precisely what We shall have to nnici-
pate If the attempt be made TO sustain the kepuh-
lican party as distinct organization. Without
drawing all the elements II the Opposition togeth-
A. u.,a,u fha raf
needs aud demands. The willy political leaders
belonging to the Democracy will not stand where
they are ,dging to-day when they become rats
fed that the only ATTEMPT to dcicnt them Viii
come from the Republican party. They will Goa
lessee with an oily facility that is no strange rhe'
nomenon in their system OF organi7atan' Doug
lass is driven to the wall and to throw hun over
Il will only bc the work Of n moncnt Broinrick
has zone 10 his last account. and California can
easily be mon over 10 tho nea Platform that Will
be ready fcr It at Charleston. Tho materials ior
the movement are in the process Of ''"''on aud
vo must unite in one unhroken phnanx rs nh OPP
position for the sake OF the Union at large. 10 es
tablish things ON the old and sure basis Of the
Constitution; which has been violated not only by
the dogmas Of Buchanan but by those Of Douglas.
Buchanan and Douglas are not =" far apart rs
they seem. Both turn away the Constitution
One gives the territories to the Federal Counts
rather than to Congress and tho other gives item
70 the people dwelling in them, and not To be the
representatives of the people at large. Dangerous
doctrines both! The former puts the Judiciary
above the people, aud the latter would artra!atc
backbone through Mormonism. We cannot tray
el along the road that Is marked out by these or
ratio political knights. We must return to the
original charter Of our people, and maintain our
Congress as the interpreter Of Constitutional
law.
As necessary step toward tho security II tho
future. we would urge the right minded repre'en'
tatives Of the people to direct every energy toward
obtaining n Speaker Of the right stamp for tue
House. No Democrat can occupy that p5st Nth
out danger to that common cause which the peo-
pie have at heart--the overthrow Of the enemy.
Only with Speaker from the Opposition ranks
can We get committees to sink diving bells INTO
the seas of corruption that hnye been swelling un-
der the auspices Of the Administration. by or
ganizing the House with determination to cx-
pose the evils under which the country has been
grooming, we will effect much good in that way,
while We shall prepares course for 1850 that may
be followed certain to ineuro the defeat Of the
Democracy AS party it is like the hydra and has
as many heads. The Opposition must prove To
be Hercules, aud must not only strike them of.
but seal the roots. 80 that there may no len ger
spring others equally hdeous aud danseiou, to
carry ON the work of destruction. Our Washing
ton correspondent anticipates, as will be seen by
his letter published this morning that the Oppo-
sition will unto for the purpose of making the in
iatory step toward tho triumph of 1860 We trust
that he docs not hope in vain. We shall regard
failure to do so as an irretrievable blunder.--
Men have so much individual pride to gratify,
and so many selfish interests to protect that they
too often overlook the plainest principles OF ae.
ton. To promote the proper feeln, toward bar
mony IN the ranks Of those opposed t. the sham
Democracy, all we have to do is to begin our work
at once. Let US commence in the House OF Rep.
resentatves. There the entire Opposition may
safely join hands against the cymmon e,emy, and
give the countryan earnest Of what viii be dcne
in 1860"
The Washington correspondent If the same
paper-a veteran politician, and II gentleman If
irreproaehaale character. thus refers to the same
subject We invite attention to his declarations,
believing that, in bis calculations of the future OF
the Opposition, he is reilecting the sentiments Of
the great mass Of the party, and in fact Of ali ex-
ccpt few deludod followers Of the extreme ultra
lists of the Republican school:
'..The Presidents organ. edited by srrg o,
Irish nobility, is quite jubiant over the result in
Pennsylyania. They are we'll pleased. too, Mt the
result in Ohio, which tie Administration Demo
Gratis aided to bring about. simply because. had
the Democracy carried that State. il would have
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