Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-15

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tkss fhs ezfiseas dtd NOT vote ~ the lat
q IL shas CITY. Hsaid TIA. Tiers we're for
r. thes5And yoe1re sDsrs who did not g 3
~ & II and Il rad tleua . sharp lecture
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4 -. $3.50 rss.pAsss rs,iis.. 'arsasA .l'
IT II ~ 1uilsai1s mapners ! E 81
-. LEN . ihink shsf tbS sosty thcusaed ~
s. - ~ - atame: = one Ct tae.. 90 uss
e = III yaa. hass 40 essndsnce n sithsr
- ~ IN . uot pin - sho.sss kstween them
Fiji o1fuioh, snd II SEEMS 70 - sebe toiiy fof .
4 ~ nan . wasle he dns ID favcfing either
- $50 ss,s o. ss.ssse1' y y > "a.
80. y IS csy pol'iio.i Am . ii.sls i.ssrss.-
II -. Or my sJsps two thcusand dollars
49, -. Bat What en- Do further than vote
MsssA septidstss ~ ! pssspsaliy saos 20 e
go sai Pr0%isss s ne r ,!p ~
Sscvea I therefore ooucludc that tho safest way,
r 4 general nile, is 10 WISH ny hands OF both
pasties. - :, q sa,.
Nv. =, eli thsa uan, whoever be is,' ssns.
" ran. In saying this. we do not disputs the
e,ner.i proposision that ills the duty Of every
.usn % vots in IN siceitH- that iS every man Ut
sssss, sud Of eapscisy y soss inssuixibly The
~ % vote. crdisArily. b nj merely privilege
= b sxssuised VI not at ths pleasure Of the elect
q. Bot il il y duty which sppcrtains to every
yoesr. - citissn 81 the community. charged with
IL slliesiion, In psrt VI protecting the rights and
inssrssts Of his neighbors.
Dua dare are certain ossasions when man
~ wsll hesitate between two parties. or two cam
d;ds,ss. both no,oriously ecrreps--and whom no
~ reev propsrly deeliue 10 give m indirect en-
ooaragsmsnt to rascaliy and fraud, BY even choos'
iss che less Of two evils. Such We suppose to
-Asvs bssn the late contest IN Now fqra. There
vss che Dsuooratie party on the one side. and the
Blaek Rspublican on the other. neither animated {
~ solitary inspiration Of patriotism, but both |.
equally intent upou grabbing the polls OF victory
The issne between them was ute Of spoils alone
~ candidates on both sides, old chronic politi
elsns, who cared not straw about the public F.
epods bat we're solicitoas only for their own porso
nal Advanosmsnt. We can very wall understand a
low "a honest, straightforward, well'meaning d
,itiseu should become disgustcd with both sides,
md determine. in the indignantsanguage Of the -
lbove writer to "wash his hands u both partiss'
Bot what commentary upon our system CT
Government Is here afforded! Here is q man
who pays two thousand dollaps year taxes,
bat 10 afsaid to VOTE because he feels very we'll a.
snsed--aud with good reason--that, no matter
which ticket he sustains, he will be voting for
ct Of corrupt knases ind unprinciplsd's
Since the establishment Of the rule that official
position IN to be the reward Ct party services aud
peouniary sacrifices, everybody knows that It Is t
Re practice Of officials to reimburse themselves I
from the public money. the expenses of the polit-
cal canvass. Itis difficult. indeed, particularly in
the ci,sr to vote any ticket Of any party. without
indirectly sustaining . contemplated fraud and
pscnlaton, in the event Of success.
And vet in the special case above cited, there
may be TWO thousand Irishuaen. :pnyug dollnr a
piece whose combined taxes d. not exoccd the
amount paid 10y this correspondent OF tive Herald.
Al the polls, these two Thousand 1fishmen cast
two thousand vutes---the tax. payer, il he chooscs
70 vote at all. cast. butone. the same amount 1t
tax u paid or 10th sides--but these is slight diff
ference In the re.uit in this respect that out Ut
the two thousand aud one sotes. there Is msjnri-
b Of only one ,housaad nine hundred and ninety.
nine on one side. t-.s4-.
Now. TINS sort OF thirg IL not enough W ere
aas disgust for politics ard political parties. and
cause honest men " forswear all connection with
Them. wssEe very much mistaken. And hence it
h that IN al the large eitiss acst Of the decent
quiet orderly citizens have repudia,ed party obli
CATIONS altogether and rarely go to the. rols at
~. The management Of auch things is in the
haads Of trsckssers and swindlsrs and quiet PEG.
pie prefer 10 keep sloof from all parties, well
knowing that they can sustain none without being
accessories 70 fraud. They prefer to stay AWAY,
pay their taxes. and get along the best they can,
hoping for that suspicious day when there will be
change fo~ the better Ratrin our opinion. they
afe hoping against hope. The d.!eet Ii radical.
II lies At the bottom, and IL will became in
stead Of better Il is the fault Of our popular sys-
tenn Of government whereby two much power is
given 70 tAepeopie II Is the ianit Of oar extend
ID system OF Suffrage. whereby everybody ia al
iexsd to vote. Its tho result Of tho election Of
allcsosrs. political and municipal. by the people
We nust 60 back 70 Arst principles before We can
axpecsa change for the better
Prentice on Seward.
he editor Of the Losiayiiie Journal, referring
y Stewards knowledge Of Brown's conspiracy
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