Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-25

Black Republican President. What thea. re.
!. | mains bot dissolutioaf Are not these reasons
sufficient 10 stimulate 10 the organisation OF con-
stitutonal Union party. in which ell lovers OF our
country may unite. and giving 20 saen see,o.
what its dues. call back the people TO the love
of that copnuy whose Gag 10 now the passport q
the Tree inevsry cline. Applause Why, then.
| should We DO expested to join ths Democrats in
their sectional canpaignf l. not the entire South
already closely united on NIL important questions !
When Gov. Wise ealedfor volunteers 10 put down
the conspiracy Of John Drown, did not men Of all
parties respond to his call And If he had called
Tor 100 thousand volunteers, he would have
bad them. but this 10 not the Union the Demo-
Gratis seek. They seek Union Of oil the South
with their party Away with such Union let
us have none Of IT, threat Applausp.i claim
! 10 be as strong q friend Of slavery as any man
can he, bu, dissolution 10 not the way protect it,
! The onion can and will be maintained, but it can
! only be maintained while slavery exists. Ap.
plause. Blot out slavery in tho Soath, aud in
the place Of the 5000 900 Of slaves substitute that
number of white laborcrs, and what i,ccones OF
| the cotton, RICE sugar and tobaccoI Will white
! laborers make those producisf Never. Then
abolish slavery. mud yoh blot out cotton. md what
! then becomes Of the manufactures Of the North,
| md Of England, and Of the thousands Ut laborers
! who earn their subsistence in those factories p
Starvation will overtake them the poor.houses OF
! tho country will be oyerrun, dissolution Of our
own Union will follow, and England ITSELF the
next freest government in the world, Will be dc-
sroyed. Great applause.
The institution 81 slavery is the strongest fabric
tina, senents our Unionits abolition is the surcst
! means Ut dissolution. The day it is abolished,
tint glorious Union goes to pieces, and confusion
worse conloundcd will pervade the land. Great
God, what n spectacle d., we here present on this
the anniversary birthday Of George Washington.
! assembled in council nd endeavoring 10 wo,k out
some plan for the preservation OF the Union.--
| Thar we should have to sound the ALARM and
! tell men If every section. your country is in
danger rally to it, rescue" Applause. Danger
! from the love Of power of the Democrats and tho
| reasonable designs of the Black Republicans
| Applnusc.1 The Ilo,spurs of the South tell us
II is time TO counsel together aud rrepare to take
steps for tearing down this beautiful fabric. Tho
! Black Republicans Of tho North, how have driven
the poor Indians To the verge Of the 10 ct
| their lnnde tell us they ready to destroy this
/ lninh to tcc the negroes. The conservatives st
! all sections tell these fire eaters b let the fair
fabric nloue-to carry out the provisions Of tho
Constituion-nnd thus preserve the only Tree
government known h the world Applause
some talk Of general convention to amend the
Constitution. Mr.. I. derided that idea us ridiculous
declared tho present Constitution, If strictly
n1hrrrl 10, was good enough for him uraed the
South to demand lis rights in the Onion, and to
MAINTAIN them ut all hazards--to demand the
iflchl ~ an oi1tttiohhbIc laws, anu give. hS MS
oplnion, that the conservatives Of the North would
and in securing those rights. Ileclosed by hand
some euogv to the Co stitu,ion, to the Uuiun. and
to tho Father Of his Country, which was received
with bursts of applause.
JouN JANNEY, Esq, the Pro ,ident elect, next
took the stand, and addressed the Convention
substantially ms follows:
Gentlemen Of the C0Hrentjon and Members of
! the Constitutional Union party of Virginia
! trust. to he embraced in q National Union party
tender my thanks to YOU FOR tho honor conferred
shall have no difficulty in preserving order in II
! Convention composed Of gentlemen. Though we
ar, not blessed with sunshine. but the sun, hine
mny have been withheld to-day, that the rain
/ may baptiz" the work we come 10 pcrfrom. Ap.
! pause We have come here to take counsel in
our countrys cause. In abiding to Washington,
the speaker wove IN n compliment to the women
ol the country for their noble action in purchas.
ing Mount Vernon. This was no secIiunal tribute.
some wish the day to come when visitors to that
! shrine shalt feel ~ strangers In II foreign land
but he trusted that Edward Everett and his child
rem might never feel 81. Applause.
They were called here to day because of section.
nj strife between two great parties, who dis
tracing and dividing the country, on a question
too, which was settled in lS50-Who broke tina,
pledge let history tell. All other great question,
have been smothered in this. The present admins
trat'on came into power with $40. 900 IN til,
! Treasury. They squundercd that; have expended
SI0,00oO00 annually, and now have debt Of 500,
Uoo,00O to be hearalter provided for. lie rclcrrer
To broken faith in respect to PostOhcc contracts
and 10 the Presidents asking $50, 0000 900 to truH
ie with Spain about Cubn, and that, too, withou
a right u make treaty. lie ais, spoke of thu
ircSidcnts negotiating II treaty with faction il
Mexico, against IL ma ioriy Of that country Ifre
liaurc is 10 be placed IN Democratic authoritity th
Cove nment il tecming with corruption in ever,
denartment. The timhers are rotten aud worn,
...l.. .
arc new nnd snund. tAppmuse) We have bee,
charged with giving aid aud comfort to he North
Tue charge has bern made and repeated for tween
~ years. 1t was n'ade against Gen. Harrison. H.
tar same party VIII suppn,cd Martin Van Buren,
then called the Northern man with Southern prin
cipes
The Speaker alluded to the statue of Henry Cl,,
which lately arrived in this city, aud eulaczsd tn
patriotism vi the women Of the State which IT,,
them to pay this tribute to the memory of n ma,
whom poscrity would say was one of the bcneiac
tors ot his age.
Mr. Janncy said he was opposed to laying dow,
their arms 10 order to enlist in the ranks Of tb
I Democracy, with the expectation of being able L
4 | carry slave property into the Territories If
i was not known before last Thursday. it is nov
4 known, that the flag to he carried hy tho D,no
v cratic party will be inscribed "Stcphen A. Douu
y las and Squatter Sovereignty" lie then gave
definition OF squatter sovereignty, and proceedc,
~ snow that most OF the migration to the Terri
Il tories would be from the North and from Eur,nr
!. and composed OF people opposed to slavery nm,
. that II they laid down their arms and went owe
1t to Democracy in this expectation, they would fin,
II that their hopes had been wrecked Tho Mort!
c has done US a grievous wrong. which must sooner
or later be redressed but he would say that there
e had boon no action ~ Congress which justified ,
@ dissolution ut the Union. Applause
o The speaker then traced the pro1ress of M
n lit'oal events. aiuding to tho action of Demo
$ cratic Presidents, touching the Wllmot Provi