Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-30

nu.t b oar apology for giving them mnre af,cn-
!. siss sk.a. pesisaps. shsy ,sesis a. our ha9ds,
sun. beiag of sonewhas Plaeabls satarc. we
are willing todo god 10 oar enemies by hOia,ns
up thsiENxamrle Cor the edifcaien Of an sdHa''ias
void
Oar l=fss, telerraus Shes thai the kasseon 10
NOT rel passed, and that We ara likely % base not
oaly ihfss plaffssns. bat sAree aaa ,sa'y--'has
I Is . sas. sas ~ essry Ss,s- Oar ADVICE 'c tho
bsesArea ef atAs ssly sAsiea.l parry" would he
% give - /. nss;snai p,saxssm ain,ge,her seeing
how diEesh d b 70 eaassr1ss one. aud lie, every
STATE make sss ezra plasfsra. aud Sight on its own
hook. We - sos how slse the difheuily that now
tAreaseas the party caa be removed, for it 10
raain n the anse On mans face, that there can
ssac aaan;mity at Charleston in this respect.
Mr.. Payne, az Ohio, when Submitting one OF
the minority reports to the Convention on Friday.
quoted from eminent Southern nres to show that
they recognised S4uasser Sovereignty lie stated
further. that the South ws&st lose all The sympa-
thy and support q The NertAetn Democracy It
they rejected platform sasesa,ing this principle
that il the majority report was adopted, they
would not get one single Northern electoral vote I,
and concluded BY saying that "by the help OF
God the North would never abandon this prinei-
plew -meaning Squatter Sovereignty. We take
this declaration in all its length and breadth and
endorse it n being. in our opinion. tho real scnti-
ment Of the Northern Democracy, headed by Ste
phen A. Douglas. And now, with this declarn-
ton. made Ia opsn Convention, in the presence Of
all the Northern delegates, not one Of whom essay
a, contradict team Il be longer claimed that tho
Northern Democracy are practically any sounder
than the Black Republicans
The latter declsne that they do not seek 10 in
tersere wi slavery as ii exists in the States. and
are only committed against its extension. They
desire. BY prohibitory legislation on the part OF
Congress. to exclude ii from the Territories. But
the Northern Democracy, whilst exrressing.a will
liugnsss TO throw the Territories open 10 settle
ment by persons from the Slave as well ~ the Free
States. and to ALLOW the inhabitants thereof To
choose their own domestic institutions and regu-
late than 10 their swa way; propose u invest
than Wills. get in their Territorial capacity, with
powers greater than Congress can exercise. In
other words; Knowing that tho Territories can be
filled up more rapidly by emigration from the
North and from Europe, than from the slavchold-
ing States Of the Union, and that by Mr. Dou glas'
system of "unfriendiy legislation the status Of
the inchoate State can econ be fxed irrevo ,ably
hostile to slavery, that the institution sha II not
have foothold when the time arrives to adopt
State Constitution preparatory to admissi IN in
to the Union,-they rely upon a less direct, but
not less eHectual means to exclude the South from
any share in the Territories. which are the com
mon property Of the paion. And this is 50, latter
Sovereignty in contradistnction to COM ress onnl
legislation upon the ssheet Of slavery. The
Black Republicans propose to exclude slavery
from the Territories by act Of Congress: WI lisa
the Northern Democracy propose to secure th e
same end by means no less objectionable 40
equally as efectual, What is the practical dif',r-
ence, then We again enquire, between the two .
There is no difference. And vet the Democracy
claim to be par excellence. Southern PARTY; tho
only national party; the only party that can sc
cure the recognition Of our rights. and the main
tananoe Of our domestic institution! Out up
on such pretensions Away with such aonsonse
When member Of the platform committee rse {.
in his place and 10 the presence Of Northern m Il
Southern delegates alike. tells the assembled d e.
mocraey, that "by the help Of God, they wiN
neuer abandon tais principle. and if he South 4, G.
qarc it, tae Democratic Party riH not ge, one eie.
soral cote, nor one sympatAisiss menber Of Co,.-
gress Jiom he Fsee Statesr'
Are we to be cajoled longer by the empty pre-
tensions Of this partyi BY an ambiguous plat =
form. varieusly interpreted North and South, the,
have succeeded in hoodwinking tho people with ,
the outward semhlaace Of national principles /;
but Ne fraud has been exposed, and they can win
nol61sef at this game.
TIL have reached the end Of their rope. ant |
can nsither deceive themselves nor anybody else
further. What We desire now, is to impress the
declaration Of Mr.. Payne, lwho was the last
Democratic candidate for the Governorship
Of ohio,) npon the hearts and minds of
the people; that Southern Democrats and
oppositionists alike may SEQ what the vaunt-
edpsetsasions Of the Northern Democracy amount
TO. Net an electoral vote. nor sympathixng
member 4 Congress North, can Democracy find
If il repudatss twhak the South loathos and des-
pisss) SQustser Soyersignty!' That will do.
Prsstieslly. nAsa, il makes no difference to us
whse1ss Biask Republication or Democracy lie
tziumpAant; rhsthsr Seward or Douglas shall be
elected 10 ~ Presidsaey. We shall see how
Payne's progranns will BE- received by the Sou
thern msmbersof s'the only national party"
TEE North Amssicuu calls attention to the ra.
pidity with which the West j. icing psopled.-
Very recently Il sAys, We had news from the paci
40 coast that The population Of the Territory o.
WaahinsAon was sstpassd At twenty thousand i
and now COMES . t1laera phio dispatch saying that
soch i thsrsss n ssasasnsnt in The Carson Val
ley mining rseion that IN two months til ere would