Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-26
From the Augusta Ga. Dispatch March I'M
The Contest in Virginia.

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in the Old Dominion. Both parties are wei organ
xcd their candidates chosen and every lying por-
tends an animated ron,css upon TIE iss"e "' "nsn
very important results depend. IT the oplosl'on
should be victorious in May, THAR snc'es VIII "dd
confidence TO that party a over the lnen, ana e'-
neciaIlv throughout the South. A,ietoi,, then and
The re- will unite all the diverse elements aud fractions
of parties In the South upon the platform OF tue 'r
Rina OPP osition and when uniIed u iofm!"pse' u
not irresistible party will ars". The opponents OF
Denocrucy are by no mca extinct md though dis
ed by reprute defeat the hgs AMI Americans
need only thorough organization to make hopc'ni
struggle. Even Georgia. 10 winch hem"'t"'y o'm'e
wears has claimed almost fee simple tue nlRh, DC
revoutoniIed by a little more e1er"on hnn active
iy of the opposition politicians and press; aud the men
who triumphcd under the Harrison aud 1hi lor BAN
ners, If they would buckle on their a'mor, might do
successful battle neat October, against M. 'anal1"'e
favorng the policy Of the present administration or
apoog,zng for its conceptions
Both parties in Virginia are, or pretend /" p''ohh
dent Of success, and i, imposhe for II" "">'a'' 10
conjecture what will be the issue. II Is evident how
ever thnt both know that the Mny election viii df-
eide the fate Of parties no, only in that state tut N
the South, and both will Put iot' thrr utmost 'Ae'-
tons in the canvass nov opcaing' 10 -, nre success
The condition Of the political parIieso the country
at the present time. very much resembles the state
of affairs in 1910. With proper excrt.on and man
acement the glorious victory which the Opposition
achieved in that memorable year may be pral'
leIed in 1860. As prerequisite toit, however, it
is almost essential that VIC should carry Virginia
in the Gubernatorial election of 1889.
The extract we have quoted above from the Au-
gusta Dispatch furnishes tho key to the whole
matter. A victory in Virginia would consolidate
all the elements Of opposition in the South. and
lead to the formation Of National Union Party
of the Opposition which would he 'n''ne'ble IN
the next Presidential election. The whole policy
Of the country for the next hse wears, II not Ion
ger, hinges upon the result Of the contest we are
now waging in this State.
We have said that the state of affairs now is
very much alike that which preceded the unpar-
alleled political revolution of lS40. The points
of similarity are marked and distinct. The auto
cratic despotism of Gen. jackson in taking the
Constitution into his own keeping, and Subie ting
it to his own construction, has been inflated
fecbly initiated, it is true-by Mr.. Buchanan.
The corruption and proaigacy Of Nan Burcn's
Administration have Leen infinitely exceeded by
the corruption and profigacy of MIR. Buchanan's.
The reign OF weak men aud venu men in the
flush times Of 1910 has been rcinaugurated under
the Administration Of an old member oi the Van
Buren, regency. The exatation to power of the
"rogues and royalists" who made the Administers
ton of Mr.. Van Buren, infamous in the eyes Of
the people. has been again brought about-except
that the harpics who now plumber and prey upon
the Federal Government are far more vorac;ous
and unclean than ever before in the history of the
Government. In every respect, the occasion for
overturning the existing dynasty in the Federal
Government is more urgent and pressing than it
was even in the memorable days Of 1870
The Opposition in that day as in this, consisted
of men who differed upon minor articles Of faith.
but were united in the grand purpose of toppling
over the gigantic fabric of corruption whch had
been raised under the auspices Of Van Buren's
Administration. They recognized it as the first
and most imperative duty Of every true patriot to
expel from power those who had shnmelessly
abused it. 1t would be time enough to settle up
on some common policy of Government after the
country should be rescued from the imminent
danger to which it had been exposed by the rcck-
less plunderers who had crept into the high places
Of the nation.
And thus it should be at this day 1t is essen
tial to the political purity Of the Government and
" the preservation Of our institutions from demon
alisation and decay, that popular rebuke should
be administered to the party in power. 1t is I'M
portant that the spos and plumber policy of the
Administration should be pronounced against by
the emphatic. delberstiye and overwhelming
voice Of the people. And here, in Virginia, should
the good work be commenced.
The time could not be more prapitious than i, is
In 1910 the Democracy. demoralized us they were
were united upon a common basis Of principles
No4quarrels about Tariffs aud Pacifc Railway,
and Thirty Million Bills and Squatter Sovercigut,
disturbed ths harmony of the party. and im,aired
its ehcissey. They were agreed in principle and
Homogeneous IN organization. Ifthey were defeas
ed then. simply upon the ground of proAig AcJ in
the administration Of the Federal Government
still more should they be defeated now, when
prohigacy rims riot with more brazen cffrontery
than ever, and when the party itself is rent in.
70 innamsrabie factions and fri nents, with n 1t a
common element Of party organisation, except ar
insatiaae thirst for public plumber
The obligation 70 displace the party in power
n stili more imperative now than in 1870, in yicv
q the Ghct thas BY 70 doing we destroy sectiona
l1stiss and bring back healthy spirit Of nation
aijB aasons no people. A triumph of the d.
mocracy 10 the Sapth would inevitably bring ab.u,
purely sectional contest for the next Presidency
A triumph Of the Opposition would lead to the 70,
nation, once more, Of National parties, and thu