Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-02-19

He jumped Into the bris bush
And scratched them In sgan.
We are afraid to trust eyes that have undergone
this unusual process; and SO must let "honest
John" pass
Prospect OF the Opposition---A Frank Ad
mission
Notwithstanding the extraordinary manifesto
tion Of public Indignation ,hnt has followed the
nomination., by the Democracy of Virginia. of an
eX-abolitionist for the Gubernatorial chair; and
the enthusiasm that prevailed in the late OPPOSE
ton Conycntion-the largest. ablcs and in every
way most respectable that has assembled for many
years it is difficult to inspire all friends with
the belief that victory can be secured We have
from the first thought that John Letcher could be
defeated. aud we think still. There is that in
his record that Virginians, at this juncture espc
cially. cannot and will not ignore Never had
any public man in Virginia such damning re-
cord for, added to his aboli.onism is that which
will cling to him ~ the poisoned shirt Of Ncssu.
No man who favored division Of this State
upon n sectional issue, ii fit to preside it, or
to represent the dignity Of this great, undirhi,d
Commonwealth as she is. from the waters Of the
Chesapeake to those Of the Ohio Supcr-addcd to
all this are the Vices md extravaganza of the
Federal Administrations sufficient in themselves
to drug down any man party that sustain it,
To prove the correctness Of the view we have
taken, and to show what candid Democratic jour
mails think of the prospect, cannot render
more acceptable service than to present the follow
ing from u late editorial in the Richmond Engui-
Ter:
We have laughed at and ridicncd the re organ
ization Of the Opposition long enough; it is time
that sober reason had been consulted, md action
begun. 1t is folly to deny that there is danger to
the Democratic party from the recent enthusiastic
and thorough organization of the Opposition. Let
any candid man look at the condition Of the two
parties aud he will scarcely sny that there is no
danger. The Democracy hold n majority of about
eight thousand in tho State. Under the leader.
ship of such public speaker rs the present Gov
ernor. aided hy the active efforts of warm personal
friends, our ma GRITTY reached ten thousand. But
this il not expected 10y any sane man, under cir
cumstances dissim'lar Ia those of 1858. At pres
cnt there is the same antipathy la Democracy
the part If the Opposition that rallied
them in 1855; the same organization binds them
together without the odous element of secrecy; nc
tive canyassing Of the State instead Of silence
in 1888. Compact organization conironts disor-
ganiscd, divided and quarrcing mass Our lea
dcrs Throughout the Union ARE lighting each other;
no harmony; not even platform OF principles
sanctioned by the Federal Executive, upon witch
our candidates can stand. With one portion of
tho party standing with the President in the re-
Communications OF his tate message; with another
portion o' III" pnrty cpntendlng Tor tho ancient
inith ." our father, we have no test put forth by
the Petersburg Convention by which wo can try
and prove Democrat. Our party is huge, un-
w''dly d'S'rsa'n'rd mas "''h n"elcctors: no eN
az n ri Il
TN the other hand, the Opposition are no longer
Iividcl--nut even has a name been riyon To the