Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-27
Our Foreign Policy.


JouS Forsyth, editor of the Mobile Register, Min.
lister to Mexico. For some unex planned reason,
Mr. Forsyth dill not give satisfaction to the Pres
iicnt. Probably he was not supple cnough--not
so Bringing and snbscrvcnt MS the President usu-
ally requires his subordinntcs to be. At all events
Mr.. Forsyth was uncercmoniously recalled
brought back without n moments warning, and
without word of explanation Of such cavalier
treatment. Feeling that some explanation was
due to his friends Mr.. Forsyth has published
long letter descriptive Of his career in Mexico. and
containing. among other thingsthc following tren-
chant observations:
rs it my wonder that our Government has lost
respect abroad and confidence mt home. Is II any
ronder that the Democratic itcsnlcm stands rM
agmC ofcoid dishnst bctreen h,m aniMe Dcmo,1ai-
ic statesmen IN Congressf This is not the ban
quet to which the country was invited in the Gin
cinnati platform. and justice to the great Demo-
cratic party requires that tie responsibility shonM
be Tail at he door whof IL bc'ongs. II will ,nke
more than editorial Of scml-"ihcial stamp in
the Union newspaper 10 convince the Democratic
PARTY that the Administration has not failed TO
cover the high ground. and rc'lem the lofty pleds
Of foreign policy embodied i'll the Cincinnati
resolutions
The "gulf of cold di.trust' docs not exist only
between the President aud the Democratic states
men in Congress" but also between him and
laargc majority Of the American people not less
in reference TO his domestic than his foreign poll.
cy.
We perceive that our ncighbnr of the RsJnlH-
can is calling for the record of Mr.. Gogsin upon
the Convention question affirming that he has
been Uniformed upon unquc,'onablc authority
that Mr.. g. voted against the call Of Convention
that he was Conservative AM that he did not
veto for the adoption of the new Constitution
We have no know Ledge of Mr.. Gs record un
this question, but SHOULD think none the less Of
him, had he acted MS the Repn6i'ca" ai,rms upon
"unqucstionable authority" 1t it DO 81, it is
only an added proof Of his frmncss and sagacity
--Grmncss in rcsistn: the demasoc zeal cry &c re-
form. and sagaci,y in pere"iy'n; beforehand What
others have learned by bittor experience, Of the
working of the most miserable patch work of
Constitution ever inflicted on any people.
We have no doubt that il the vote of the people
were now taken upon this Constitution. the result
would be very different. IT, however. it was n
political sin in Mr. Gpggin to vote against the
present Constitution. If he did do SOL will our
cptemporary please inform u, how Cob" Lynch
voted? We have understood upon "unquestiona-
Bile authority" that he voted against the Con>titu-
ton which he helped to frame. We think none
the less Of him for it, but if Mr.. Goggin is 10 be
condemned for this offence. we not how "Col."
Lynch can be held guiltess. except upon the as
sumption that mans being Democrat entities
him to uncommon charity. and "hidcs multitude
Of sins"
We know that the Democracy have great need
that the mantle Of charity be thrown over their
acts however much we may feel disposed to hold
them to that STANDARD Of strict suitability they
have set up for others.