Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-26

~" w wv "eNt ihtrr"sts,bY nuNocnf1ng hcr dls-
memhcr'nent into iustns many fragments ~ might
best satisfy this reckless and aspiring revolution
| ist and modern Calalinel
Is suiddngs mn A boiionist ? Is Hale s--Grce
ICY = Sumner ?-Beecher Docs the North, not
without Its thousands Of patriotic. loyal, Union
loving men. TEEN with abolitionists Have not
their abuse OF our Institutions. aud their TRADE
anu ianaronate been poured down upon us for
twenty years! How many bowshots have they
gone beyond John Letcher. the Democratic nomi.
nee TOR dosernor Of Virginia Tell us yc Ave
ioaves ana two fishes men--yc that nrc "held to-
gether by thc cohesive principles of tho public
p'under '--ye that for your own nggrandsemo
are trying to ride this good old Common weal lth--
tins glorious Republic tpo--,o tho devil under
the eternal Glamour and pratng Of your own cx-
elusive disntcrcstcd patriotism Tell ns, how
many bowshots his Northern allies have ever gone
beyond Htncst John Show We AM, compare
with the record that follows! Can you find. in
th's wide Union, amongst the waol-dyed Abolition
ists OF the North, worse aud more n,rociohs de-
banchery OF Nirsnn spirit, and Southern rrnci
pies and Southern spirit than you find here in Nir-
s'na, IN the very heart of the South Look at
the record Of John Lctcher There s no getting
over 1t. II stands there, in its damnniny propor-
tions. out-Arnoldins Arnold.
John Letchrr was not satisfied with inhaling
and exhalihg the poison Of that Upas irce here in
the heart Of Nirglnin but must scatter the pesti.
country Nth the common poison. Nor
was 1t the impulse Of day, but after the
lapse I'll months, that prompted hls call for
that famous inrrnainry address, and his On
dorscmcnt Of it
Aud in tlc,cry first sentence Of That call hc
especially and tlinmplnntly refers to "thc nbc
and nnaiswcia'3lc argument" oi tho nd lress in
favor Of the renewal orthc negro population fom
Western NrtlnIa says the crise has come for
settfing thai momcnteus question. and goes un to
desire the mIh'r Of the Address T. sprcu himself
III preparing i for the press, "nor to eonlnc him.
self strict, the III" views tho e2tGessed"
Aud the author Of the address, responding goes
On to say IN tie very first sentence OF short
sponse, that Nr, Lctcher Of course could not but
have read, that h" has long bccn opposed in feel
ing to the pcrpetnnion OF slavery" afterwards re.
iers 10 the :il The had derived from tie nrgu.
nents of several ol The sirncrs If the CALI nllules
To the Importance OF the subject to the welfare of
the Country, and ha, already, be says. proeccled
immc iatcl, to write ont an nrgnmcn, in favor of
n gra1na' r-morH Of Siorrg from my natirt soil,
om dcar u " IdY'ua- a-and he proceeds further,
and says "'',nc months ago, sou privately
pr'ntiy ",isuihrl desire thai i. Nigh, be
printed. atd have row formally made tho request"
And then thc author Of the uldrcss promises tn
prepare the address for the Press, comprising
the substance of tue argument MS delivered by
him, enriched and strengthened by some Of the
selves.
BE it. that John l.ctc1cr & Comuany, contrary
to their pine pies aud purposes, can separate
John Lctcicr and the rest, u sect, from tho
northern sect oi abolitioniss, ~ n sect, tho
sponse cssaNs to d does that make the ntrocious
heresy Of raul nholilDnism here in the heart IF
Virginia more tuciablc? Does that make the
man u fit and rT,pcr Governor Of Nirginiu. to
watch northern nho.itionists, whom northern abo
litionsts would hr ready 20 reward with homage.
and besiow the highest honors upon him, for his
having in pro-elavery Stnte-"bearded the lion
in his den" throwing thc Giddingscs. aud llales,
and Summers, and Grreleys. and Stewards. and nll
that race, iato the inck ground and standing
AMONGST them, Ike S,ul amongst lsrael's Kings,
''n head aud sh1uder above the rest 7. None OF
those mcn nor her bittercst enemies anywhere.
could wish ggcaier calamity to boial Virginia;
than TO het cnt in twain, and her disinemb ber-
cd fragments erected into free State and slave
State along side Of each other
And let it he borne in mind that this was not
the emancip patton question OF 1852, before aboli-
tionism had rcare! lis hidcons head in the land
TO abuse and menace our Southern institutions,
but the real ".oImoa Pdre," unmiigated aboli-
tionism itself. in the days OF abo ionism--ah alb
olitionism 1Ark and ranklng to be shuddercd at
by the most iisl,ynl Of the observation-disclosures
that would rob this Old Commonwc calth of her
fnir and stately proportions, and dismeniber her,
hostile Fragments !--abolionsm that but echoed
the language and slang in full chorus Of the Sew
ards tho Grcelcys, the Halcs aud tho Becchcrs.
and that whole "sact' of northern fanatics and
freedom shriekers!" Was such the abolition
ism Of john Io.chcr solemnly proposing to sun
der this ancient Commonwealth into such frac-
tional fragments Of Il great whole, as to give him
at least f,oth,ld in tha strongest citadel of the
South aud that strong citadel overlooking and
commanding the strong places throughohe Union .
Listen t. the sentiments of the Democratic NOM
inee for Governor of Virginia--Listen all
The Vest on due consideration, conclude that siape
~ is a pc,nicious Institution, and mast be ren0r.
ed" This was the text itself, on which hung the
law and the prophets. upon which that great Lex
ington ''scrinon on the mount" was preached; and
Mr. Lctcher must have remembered the text, ut
least, if he went to sleep during the sermon
He subsequently speaks with triumphant salts
faction of h. vews--how, if the emancipation
question OF 1872 had been carried, it would, by
this time, have wrought a most happy change in
in the condition and prospects of the country.
They, the Wcst,) were generally and warmly y in
favor of it; and zeaously advocated it through
their able and patriotic delegates. But, in spite
of their efforts, it was rejected by the all power
full Eastern majority though several Eastern
delegates Joined the West in it's support" These
are Struggling shots with the small arms; the big
guns will boom presently
In the next paragraph, he freely descants upon
the "unforiunnte' and "aggrieyed' condition Of
Western Virginia, in that "an Eastern majority
in the Legislature dcbars the West from obtain
ing measures conducive to their welfare because
sthe same measure may. not suit tho policy Of
Eastern Virginia. Getting along here, quick
STEP apace and quite hopefully, towards the mani
fesily cherished division of this good old Common
welth!
And then we are told, "though defeated for the
time, the frierds Of gradual emancipation were
not in despair. There was n general acknowledge
ment of the evils of slnYerY. md strong hnpea