Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-24
The Secret of Northern Sentiment

The Secret Of Northern Sentiment
We copied. yesterday. from the National Ern,
the Abolition organ in Washington city. an nnc-
auivocal declaration Of preference FIR the election
of Mr.. Le,cher. ia The approaching contest in Nir-
ginia. The ground upon which tbs iayoritsm
was placed was, that Mr.. Lctchcr bad Mt one time
coincide in sentiment with the an,i-slasery pnrty,
and tina, the worst that could I've sawl Of hun now
was that be was "a weak and erriug brother"
This is one If the reasons. no dJubl-hnt there
is another which, in our opinion, Inns equally ns
much Influence in determining the preference of
the Abolition organ. 1t i'. tho earnest desire of
politicians Of that class To see the South conso-
dated into one party-flly and thoroughly COM
mittcd to the bcmocracy--so that there may be
similar consolidation in the North, aud thus as-
sure North cru triumph in the Presidential cleo
ton Of 1860.
twill be rcco..ected that in 1853 the New York
Tribune and all tie oihcr Abolition organs warm
" advocated ,he election of Mr.. Wise fr Cover
nor, in preference to Mr.. Fl"urnos. -, Also in
the famous contest for tho Speakership Of Con-
gress in December ls55, the Northern men did
not hcsl tate to avow n preference FIR the election
Of a Democrat rather than Southern American.
In like manner in tho Presidential election Of
1856, the bitterest and most INSCRIPTIONS cppo-
nents of Mr.. Fillmore were the orators aud organs
of the Black Republicans All the experience of
the past goes to show that the Observation-Disclosures
are DESTROYS OF breaking down any third party,
in order that there may be square hand-to-hand
contest between Northern party purely and
Southern party purely feeling well assured that
in such an event. victory would perch upon the
Northern banner.
In the Electoral College The North has already
a preponderating majority, soon to be increased
by q rcarportionment of repre- cntation. 1t is ev-
ident that If there be- only two phrties-a North
ern ind Soathern--the Northern party will
elect without the slightest difficulty. This North
ern PARTY has, already nearly all the Stntes of
the North. Let the third rarty--,he Southern
observation-disclosures extinct, and there will be no
trouble in eecting any Northern man that the
Republicans may nominate. This they know full
we'll, and hence their efforts to crush out this
third party. and their desire to see every Southern
State thoroughly Democratic.
They know that the candidacy Of Mr.. Fillmore
in 1856 saved MIR. Buchanan from defeat. They
wish to destroy MI probability of having third
candidate in the field in lS60-and tn know
that he best way to do this is to break down tho
Opposition in the South, and get every Southern
State consolidated in the interest of the Dcmoc-
racy.
Hence their desire for Democratic success in
dersood. The willy and cunning and sagacious
Seward is at the bottom OF it. When American
ism was sweeping over the North in 1854, and
nearly all the politicians were crowdng into the
ranks of the party, Seward persis'ently held out
in opposition. In truth, he denounced the party
from The beginning. In this he only showed his
characteristic sagacity. lie knew that there was
a nationality about AmeriOanism that would break
up all his dreams of sectional parties. He knew
that if Amerioanism were successful in the South
AS it ought to have been.--al his schemes Of
sectional division would be frustrated. lie strvcd.
his party is striving at this day, to drive the
South into one party only, which he knew would
suon he followed by one party only at the North.
In this endesvor, his most Efficient ally, strange
as it may seem, was the Democratic party Of the
South. For years, they have been begging tho
Southern Opposition to lay down their arms-to
coalesce with them-to present united 'front.'"
rs they call it. to Northern aggression. They are
continuing these appeals no~-every day. is
the reyy thing that iSescard rcnts II is the object
for which he has been styising for years. 1t would
at once secure his election to the Presidency, and
the installation Of his party in power A united
South could produce united North and tho object
for which Seward has struggled for years, rould
be at Last att0iaedi
. Now, If Mr.. Letcher be elected Governor Of
Virginia, it will destroy the spirit, and break up
the organisation, of the Southern Opposition not
only in Virginia, but in Kentucky Tennessee,
and ali the other Southern States. 1t will consol-
idate the South. and by destroying any third
party. lead to the easy triumph Of the Opposition
in 1850. The surest wy to create a strictly sec
tonal contest in 1850 IL to elect Mr. Letcher Gov
ernor Of Virginia, and thus break down the South
ern Opposition. A strictly sectional contest in
1860 is exactly what the Northern Opposition
~ant We are at no loss to discover the secret of
their anxiety for Mr.. Letcber's success.
On the other hand. let Mr.. Goggn be elected,
and what will BE- the RESULT The result will be
4 that Kentucky. Tennessee, North Carolina, and
ether Southsrn States will follow the lead Of vir.
gaia, and ws will have the nucleus Of grand no.
fisssl party in 1850. which will upset all Of Sew
ards sqhemeA obiitsrate sectional discussions and
Akpatss, and PIT the Ship of State upon ar
entirely - tssk. There will be no sections
partiss thsnrrist = National Democratic par,,
- . Makjsasl Opposition party, both free from