Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-03
aThe Ofly Nstional Party

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aFhe Only National Party"
wh.s hss become Of this mythi This fgmen
II IN. eccsnsrie or disordered brainss Thii
q ~ uAisk Ne have long known and contend
a vss anphibioas. and possessed no such natur'
~ s1asihstss - wsrs falsely claimed for IL
Nase.vs ma IN alsae maintained that there wal
IS essential d appssciable difference between
Ner>hsua Dsnesrssy and Black Rspublicahism
That Ne s1ly hond Of sehssion between the two
winEs of Ds.ossaey. was the spcils' That. up
% al othsr questions, including that Of slavery
thsv wsse sspssa,sa q widely ~ the poles Are
not I'll thsss things written In the book Of on'
ehronicIssY Hat Who believed our report, until
he arm Il vengeance. and. We might add retrb
ut;ve jastsss, ressaled Ill u Charleston.
In The faes Of I'll tho declarations made by the
Soushesn 0ppssisioa Press the Southern Democ-
raey swore By the beard Of the prophet, that the
Democracy was . national party, it was q
INIT ;--sAat Il was tbs only party to beat tho
black Repuhlicans and take care Of the South -
that IL alone was worthy Of Southern confidence
and sspport A too eredulous people listened to
this silly syron song. and even some Of our own
srring political brethren went astray after this
false god. We pity them in our nmost soul we
pity them, and will welcome them back upon evil
dsnce Of true contrition, and promise Of amend
ment
So long q the Southern Democracy were con-
tent TO stand with their Northern conireres, upon
platform that meant anything or nothing, aud
that could b interpreted 10 suit every latitude
and 10 rs6eet every shade Of opinion; there was
ssmblanes Of nationality about the party-noth-
ing moro. But when the Southern members took
their stand and contended for platform of prin-
ciples thai would express clearly and uncquyocal-
ly the doctrines maintained by the Southern De-
mocracy, the Northern members refused; frankly
admitting that they could not maintain their cs-
istenoe; could mot carry a single NJrthern State,
nor elect single member Of Congress, and that u
large number Of those who had been their polti-
cal associates would 60 over to the Black Republic
can party. il Southern views predomnated. They
had to separate; and, as a Southern member said,
upon principle.
And here We may indulge pertinent enquiry.
Have the principles Of the Democracy North or
South, changed since the assembling Of the
Charleston Convention? Do not both wings Of
the party hold idcntically the same opinions that
the, have held hcretoforei Certainly they do
Why then should they divide now? Simply rs
before sta ted because neither section could agree
longer to submit to cheat and fraud. This is
the sum total Of the matter. Had tho South
agreed to accept the Cincinnati platform pure and
simple, there had been no division. As it was,
when they came to compare opinions and to settle
differences like honest and candid men ought to
do, they were found TO be rrcconcllably ut issue,
and separation was tho only alternative. This
proves all we have said. And now the grca, De-
mocratic party Tho only national party" lies
bleeding and torn. Its boosted and every where
vaunted claim to nationality, has been dis,ipated
and exploded, rs frost work melts and disappears
before the rays Of the rising sun.
Ii we could believe that this is signi6cant---as
many will teach-of the fate Of the Republic we
should feel sad enough; but we read the lesson it
inculcates far otherwise. We regard it as retrib'
utiye Justice, which seldom fails to oycriake inai.
yduals, parties or nations. 1t is the consequence
of long career of wrong-dong 1t is in the ma
ture of on evil returned to plague its inventors.
Carses come home to roost, ana the party which
has so long nourishedand maintainedits ascendeney
by the selfish and wicked agitation Of the slavery
question, has now the poisoned chalice 10 quan.
Let it drink the last bitter drcgs 1t is fitting
termination Of its career, that the yipcr which it
warmed into life, should poison its very yi,als;
that the mistletoc which it nouriehed, should sap
it's very existence. Let it die, having served its
purpose, and grown to be a monster Of impurity
an1a ha Of tfy
viii, Tor time, pollutc the atmosphere, bu,
there may be some vitalzing principle in it that
will noursh and promote the growth Of n mere
Aealthful and salutary political organization.
We have no timid forebodings that the country
will be ruined because the rotten hulk Of Democ.
racy has stranded and parted amidships, The
cargo viii be saved The conservative, Union. low
ingmen Of tho country must now look to Baltimore.
and If the Convention of the 9th of May shall fulfil
the publie expectation, we shall have two men up
on when the patriotic masses Of our countryn,en.
Northand South. can rally. We should have u
Southern statesman Of pure record. of broad ma
tional views; one who will plant himself firmly
on this piatform The Constitution The Union,
and the Enforcement of the Laws and with
some such associate as that purcminded noble
son OF the North, Ex-Gov. Hunt we shall march
on to victory. I'VE verify believe that the country is
ripe for such . movement, and have no doubt tina,
thousands Of patriotic Southern Democrats. and
Northern gentlemen who have been Disguised Will
tho excuses Of the fanatical horde led by Sewart
and Sumner, will fall into line to aid in rescuinp
the country from sectional domination and u,ei
ruin.
The bow Of promise 10 in the he ,vcns, and nc
party. since the ann irst rose on party Organize,
tions has had higher, more important mission