Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-24

90 vsssIzzF Win q - hoas, and crawl 10 the
dust 81 ne fess Of ansi-slssery fana,ieism. What
nth can be or ou<b1 10 be repested IN sues po'
Hsiciani Would Il matter even IL his ccns'c-
NINA ware sonnd q lie sstznds ready 70 betray
sssry c5zxf1t;on IS eherishes ut the hiddngof the
psnple. What wonld itmatser il his. policy were
| Is iusk and wise 81 Il il wrong and sbsnrdf iie
4 rrepared 10 eurrsnder his tcst mstsrd policy
a. apy moment TO the clsmors II his constituents
/ lie 10 . selfproclaimed tool Of the mob. There
10 no element Of truth. no basis OF confidence IN
| him.
IT. A. . Senator VI the United States, Douglas
| felt bound to vote for the wimot Pfoyisn in DEF
| esence 20 the wishes Of majority OF the People
Of Illinois, be might. the President Of the I'M
ted States. feel bound. out Of respect for the
wishes of the majority Of the people Of the Union
70 sign that Proviso and to enforce it, aud II the
course pro,nsed 30 advance his interests. he un.
quesipnably would do both without hesitation.
Nothing is too atrocions too Infamous to be ap-
Unattended from public man who acknowledges
thkt he sets the voice of the people above the die
tates Of his Judgment and the inspiration OF h's
conscience. The acknowledgment itself IL mia
nous, and ought 10 consign the Acknowledged To ey-
srlasting obscurity and contempt
The New Orleans Delta holds the following:
The main reliance of the Douglas Free Sellers
North, and their allics in the South, is in keeping
up an exaggerated idea Of Douglass strength be-
fore the Convention as candidate for tho nomi-
nation, and before the people rs candidate for
the Presidency. In both his strength is vast
~ overrated, His followers-omnis duroe popuid'
ris captores-cath ut every breath that comes oat-
ing through the political atmosphere, from North.
ern Conventions. and imagine each one to be the
precursor Of approaching triumph. They forget
that even If he should obtain majority Of votes
at Charleston. they cannot make - his calling and
election sure until they succeed in overcoming
the dcepseatcd and relentless hostility o tho South
ern Democracy. The two-thirds rule stands as an
iDsuperable barrier TO the nomination OF any man
whom the South chooses to reject. Its abrogation
by Northern majority would exhibit so pail able
o determination to seize on tho organization of the
party, rule it by sectional influence. pervert it to
sectional objects, and so fragrant disregard OF the
rights of tho South and Of tho Democratic States
that il should DO followed by an immediate disso.
lntion of the bonds which unite the Southern with
the Northern Democracy As 10 tho Democratic
party, it would be precisely analogous with the
decentralization OF the Government BY the over
throw Of Constitutional guarantees and restraints.
As in the ono case the proSimate result would be
tho election Of sectional President, in the other
case the proximate result would DO The nom nation
Of q sectional candidate. As the one the ultimate
consequence in tho absence OF resistance aud rcyn-
luton, would be the suijugation Of tho South, in
tho other tho ultimate consequence would DO the
subjugation of the southern Democracy.
We, therefore, take it for granted that If tho
South is sincere in her opposition tothe candidacy
Of Mr.. Douglas. rs the representative Of Northern
sectionalism within the Democratic party, she will
insist on the maintenance Of the twoihirds rule.
We take it for granted likewise, TINT if the two
thirds rule be set aside, the southern delegations
will refuse to submit to exercise OF p0wer so
arbitrary and tyrannical, will retire from tho Con-
venticn. and make soperate nomination. Nor,
in that event, would the condition Of tho South bo
so helpless as might be imagined. At all events
she would occupy lar more commanding position
than If she suffered herself to DO bound hand and
foot by tho numerical power OF states which can
not give Democratic vote Mt the election. She
would at least retain the chances even though
the dubious chances, of stshgglc with her adver
sares in place of the certainty Ut humiliation aud
subsection. should she submit.
1t will thus be seen TINT the Data regards Don.
glns "as tie representative Of Northern scct,onai,sm
'cth'n the Democratic pnig." aud in the even, of
his nomination being forced hy siinp NM ority,
in tho absence OF the two-th,rls rule in,ors the
nomil alton Of an independent southern cnndi-
date, and oven declares its Willingness to run the
chances OF the House II Repre- ,entntiyes sh lull
tlcrc be no choice in the Electoral College. In
the conclusion Of long article, for which &c have
no, space, the Dcid. after referring -tn the chief
r,nllate supported by such influences, represent
ing sectional views aud ideas, and forced forward
BY sectional ambition, cannot exert any moral
strength in II Convention in which seventeen out
of tho nineteen Democratic States are hostile to
his nomination.
We are not 20 sure that the conclusions of the
Delta arc correct, respecting the moral strength
of Douglas in the Convention. for the Southern
politicians in that body will wheel into tho Dug
las ranks almost to II man. il it can be made tn
appear that the "littlc giant" has the chief merit
they scek--ayaa5ii,y. We trust that it will so
appear to them; though to MS, the nomination of
the author Of the Freeport speech, who frs, poin-
ted out 1.-THE short To Nil tho ends Of Black Re-
publicanism," will be regarded rs the signal Tor
tho disintegraton of tho Southern Democratic
party, and complete separation betwecnits Nor
thern and Southern wngs,--for which blessing
We should forever remember with peculiar graft
tudo and favor. the Charleston Convention.
With the feeling evinced in tho extracts WI
have made, aud the deep rooted opposition t.
Judge Douglas in the Southern States, how, W,
| ask. can he be expected to carry them Upon tht
other hand, il he be thrown overheard at Charles
ton, after going into the Convention with ma
joriy Of votes in his favor. and moro personal pc
| pularity than any other individual who has beer
named for the Presidency by his party, is it rea
sonable to suppose that his friends will acquesc'
patiently in the sentence of ostracsm passed upol
their tayorites We think not; and the result will
be the loss Of Illinois and Indiana Mt least. to tn
party. In any event, it will be found more diff
cult than it ever has been to unite tho party
from which circumstance the country may deduc
the most favorable augury.