Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-28
~Keep it before the People"

city. Inc pouho gene" NY 80 1870
"Keep it before the People"
In times of high political excitement 1t - Gus
tomary for tho journals on both sides to get up
bill Of indictment against their opponents consist
inp Of various counts. showing the mis'lceds Tor
which a verdict of guilty is demanded from the
popular Jury. This indictment generally bears
the imposing caption, Keep it before the people.
The last keep it before the people that We have
seen is in the Knoxville Register-formcrly an
able and influential Wing journal, but late'y
bitter and infatuated organ Of Democracy. Here
is one Of the counts in the late "kcep.ltbe!orc-
the people" indictment of the Knoxville Register
Keen it before the people. that If the Opposition
in the State Of Virginia could succeed IN clcctinS
Mr.. Guggiu. aud by consequence vote Tor hnow
Nothing President in lS6u, II will be adding the
Old Dominion to the leaders and wire-workert oil
tho Black Republicans.
Now, considering that Tennessee, herself, Is IN
the midst Of an exciting Gubernatorial canvass, 1t
would seem nothing but fair that the hnoxv'iio
Register should attend exclusively to the concerns
of its own bailiwick We do not mean to say that
il has no right to comment upon the political NJ
fairs of yirginia--for the press OF this country
generally holds charter ''illimitabc ms the
winds, to blow on whom il please But we con
TESS that, inasmuch the Reg has undertaken
to instruct its readers in the politics OF Virginia,
it is rather unpleasant to find that the editor him
self seems to he wholly at sea in his mmcnts and
conclusions.
Leaving out of view the grammatical sulecisms
Of the above extract and the rather loose manner
in which the sentence is constructed, we suppose
the meaning Of it is, that if Virginia elect Mr..
Goggin Governor, it will pave the way for the
election Of q Know Nothing pres,den, in ls6o.'
We shall not dispute this proposition. !, Is IN
accordance with both our wish and cur belief.
But when the Register further asserts that such
. circumstance would be adding the Old Domin-
ion 70 the leaders and wire-workers Of the Black
Republicans" We respectfully stop ard enquire
the authority upon which the statement is made.
Does the Register r1eao TO assert that the
Know Nothing" of Virginia are Black Repub-
licans: II So let it come out openly and make
the charge. Dues it intend TO declare that the
election Of Know Nothing President in loG0,
would be triumph Of Black Rcpublicansm.
It's language is ambiguous, but we can deduce no
other conclusion from it.
Heretofore, in our State elections, the Democra-
ey have always charged "unsoGndneSs' upon the
Opposition candidates. 1t was part of their
stock in trade. But, in the present canvass in
Virginia, not even the most venomous and reck-
less Democratic organ or orator in the State has
breathed whisper Of suspicion OF Mr.. Goggin.
There are two reasons for this forbearance on
their part. The first is, that charge Of the sort
against Mr.. Goggin would be hoo,ed at the
most absurdly ridiculous thing ever conceived by
the mind Of man. Born and reared Virgnan
unbranded all his life by the conservative nhu-
ences of slavcry-himself large stakeholder
and with record without spot blemsh, upon
this subject-he occupies a position so entirely
impregnable that not even chance shot Of susp
cion has fallen upon his battlements. For once in
their lives, the Democracy Of Virginia are dis
armed, and are compelled to admit that man in
the South stands less in need of defence on the
slavery question than William L. Goggn.
But the second and most conclusive reason is,
the extreme vulnerability Of the Democratic can
didate himself. The Democracy have nominated
gentleman who was, a few years ago, in favor of
dividing the Commonwealth and expclling slavery
from the Western half Of it. This Democratic
P~~.Jf "N's~ @"o es""yc p'oieSccu W DC Tue cepc-
eiA friend and champion of the South-which
claimed an exclusive monopoly Of the interests of
slsvery-which has denied to the Opposition any
regard whatever for Southern rights-which pre-
tended 70 be more Southern than the South pole
itseli-this immaculate party has nominated the
very man, Of all others, whose record upsets all
their hypeeritioal pretensions and false assump.
lions Of concern for the interests OF the slavehod
q. Naturally enough. they are averse. nor, to q
discussion II the subject. When party capita
could BE- msde BY charging unsoundness upon tn,
Opposition candidate, they were eager enough I,
kssp mp The agitation. When the case s reversed
when tho poisoned chalice is commended Il
tseir own lips.-they aasct holy horror of th,
saljsst. They are like the man mentioned BY
Baldwin in his Flush Times, whose brother had
.'danced upon nothing and kicked at the United
$780,. They ere averse to revival Of painful
xsminissaneesi
Nousve d. nat deny that the future position o
reytfsu. i : national point Of view, depends I,
s8ftat apon n issae Of this Virginia cleo
n hsss hsrssofors shown this, rs VI
- arggnsnt that cannot b suecsssfuI
But The election Of Goggin woui
rscissly - ssvsr,s shset Of thas an,ie
patsd y The Knoxville Register. We religiousl
Ac1isss ~ IL sisetioa Of Goggin il the onl