Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-22
Tn Ho.orab,s Frederick P. Stanton. a native

TIE Honorable Frederick P. Stanton. NATIVE
Of Alexandria in this State for eight Of ten -
the Democratic Representative in Congress Of the
Memphis Tennessee District, and more recently
| by the appointment Of President Buchanan. Sec
Rotary Of the Territory of Kansas. and acting
Governor Of the same il at this time. as we learn
from the papsrs stamping the Snie Of Connecticut,
| in behalf of the nominees Of the Republican par
| ty. Tho facts as above set FORTH afford in them
selves a striking commentary on the utter worth
lessness Of the professions Of Southern Democrat
10 politicians. This Mr.. Stanton whose record
we have briefly summed up, was, during his ser
vice In the House of Representatives. one Vi the
most ultra fire eating, Union hating aud intense
ly Southern Democrats that could be found in that
body. Ills daily diet consisted Of red-hot Goals
taken three times day, and oftencr. when Yam
kee CHANGED TO come within the range OF his vsn'
al organs We remember that on one occasion
when tho Democratic members convened IN eau
Gus for tho purpose Of nominating candidate for
the Speakershp Mr.. Stanton introduced series
Of resolutions, which were 50 ultra in their
character, and reflected 40 severely on the North
section of the country, that some Southern
members made speeches opposing the resolutions.
and taking tho position. that their adoption would
be regarded as deliberate insult lcvclel Mt the
Northerp wing of the party. and would evcntu-
ate in driving that portion of the parry into the
ranks Of an opposing organization. Many Of the
most influential Democratic journals throughout
the South t,ok like view of the subject, and
some Of them beratcd Mr.. Stanton in sound terms
for thus endangcring the unity, and thereby weak
ening the strength Of the party His course was
characterized as lactious and understandable, and
it was further limited, that fer the snke of asser-
ting mere abstraction, which could in nowisc
sulin bcncf. to the $ nth he was wiling to udans-
az the future well being Of the hen great united aud
harmonious Democratic party. Wi'h all that
show OF yirtuous Indignation, 81 characteristics Of
II patriotic Southern Democrat. the Tcnnessean
most defantly hurled back the mputatipns # his
brethren, and at the same time told them tina, he
wusa Democrat from conviction, but was nl.o a SOU
ihron by birth. education. instinct and affection aud
that although he loved the gorinns Democratic
pnrty with all the iervor Of his SOUL he loved still
more strongly, the land in which he owned n birth
right These afcctonate and patriotic ebullitons
of the incorrupible Stanton served in measure to
molliy the wrath Of his party associates, but ut
THO same time he did not succeed in coaxing many
of them into the support ofhis sectional resolutions
which were, of course, voted down by an over
whclming majority Although Mr. Stanton was
somewhat sore, and gave evidence of slight resi-.
iveness for short tmo thereafter, still he was all
the time regarded rs IL Sound" Democrat and
was always counted in" ia the thousand little
arrangements looking to the future glory aud veal
of the party.
This was his status when our venerable
President sought him in his digniGel retire
ment,and commissioned him. in connection with
Ex- Secretary Walker, to proceed to Kansas, fur
tho purpose of allaying tho strife aud civil war
which was then being wagei to rrghtlul extent
IN that distracted and unfortunate Territory. |,
was also confidently expected that, ms both tn,
distinguished gentlemen Commissioned to Kansas,
wero known TO DO earnest. able and faithful Sou
thern Democrats, they would exert themselves to
the end, that tho property OF Southern men cmi
grating there, should be protected and respected
and that their personal influence aud character
would 60 very far towards making it the abode OF
slave institutions. How far these expectations
were realized, is fact patent to the public, and
it would DO the sheerest waste OF tmo and labor
for us to reproduce the facts in connection with
their administration of affairs in Kansas. We
will only remark that their stay in that Territory
was only prolific of evil to our section, and was
ominently satisfactory to the Black Repubi.
cans Since the expiration OF his official conucc-
ton with the Territorial government, Mr.. Stan.
ton has been somewhat Of cosmopulito-oeca.
sionally looming up in that elysum of broken
down political hacks, Washington City--nnd nj
other times boar Of him coquetting with the
Black Republicans in Kansas and his name asso
ciated with the high aud honorable ohre OF Uni.
ted States Senator from that State ,cAen it be-
comes State. The lust time we have seen met.
ton OF his name, was the announcement Of hi.
foray into Connecticut in the capacity Of Black
Republican orator. Need we say more? 30
think not.
Judge Douglas is denocrat--as good n dem.
ocrat MS lives to-day"
SO says Gen. Cass, the venerable Secretary Of
State. The Nashville onion, the organ Of Ten.
nessee Democracy, sayshe is n gambler in poll
ties Gov Wise says his doctrines are "a short cut
to all the ends Of Republcanism We can gath
or from all these views. very aptly observes tho
Nashville Patriot, what constitutes las good a
democrat as lives to-day" Judge DouGLAs is
type Of the democracy Of the day. The article
may have been good in its time. but it has been