Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-23
LYNCHBURG MONDAY MORNING. JULY %. 1860
Daily S)irsiuiau.
Noble Sentiments


We notice in the Memphis Enquirer. n cores
pondcncc between Mr.. j. j. Hooper. editor OF tho
Montgomery tAla,) Mail, and the Hon Jere
Clemens late editor of the Memphis Enquirer.
Wo are sorry wo cannot find room for the whole
correspondence. Mr.. Hooper has long been a
Whg bu. has recently gone over to Breckinrdge.
iIc laments that Mr.. Clemens is tho advocate Of
Bell and Everett. and expostua,ep with hun upon
tho subject. In reply to this Mr.. Clemens -nys'
Never for ono moment allowing myself to
aursti IN the purity Of your motives, | have yet
thought. for more thnn two years past. Tint you
were gradnatcly adopting Opinions which could
lr productive oi nothing hut evil to tho party in
whose ranks vou had bntted 80 longnnd NJ faith
fully: of nothing but disastcr TO that Republic tn
which your a'tuchmtnt am sure, IL nS strong ns
mine and il nothing but discord aud DISSOLUTION
10 TINT South which claim to be NJ ready To de-
end II. the most uncompromisng fire eater IN the
land certainly did believe that nnnunriation
of these opinions lhy you and him) caused tho de-
irnt ol Tom Judge in tho Montgomery District
last August, aud thinking have doubirss re-
errcd 10 Your course In terms OF deep and serious
regret. ltis this to which suppose y"u nllndc
in referring to my readiness To give You IN punch
wherever tho opportunity occurs. You must
pardon me-, my dear Sir, for suggesting that there
il II wide difference between punchmg II mans
political principles. and pu"chiny HIM N"u are,
mud hnve been doing my party in the state ot
Anbnmn moro hnrm than all tho Democratic cd
/ lturs within it, limits, and il would have been
| unreasonable tn expect mo to sta,'d hy aud wit
all this without making some effort to nnllGi,e
or correct IT. You have led thousands Of tue nnd
| trcd opponents Of u corrupt and clrrupting Do
| mucrncy into position whict compels them to
! become the allies oi apoilsm.n, nud turcrA them
10 suppress tho expression Of their honest indI
nation ut their frauds, bribing. inter iorenrc with
| State ectians. pecuatons low Intrigue, and
! sordh meanncss by which this Administration
has been distinguished You arc Yourself IL
state of mental yassaage. You have rl,cn up
everything To- HE one idea of slavery protection;
/ aud the public interest aud thu national honor,
claim your care only so Tor Rstltcy NE nhrcted
hy this uselr,s. senseless and niisuhievons dog
mn. Worse sill, 1t hns So far bllndci NuHr ren-
son that you ncrert N holy truth, wien com,ng
from tho Seeding Convention nj Charle.tan, the
| very doctrine which you rejected with scorn when
coming irnm Mr., Bell.
The following in the second resolution adopted
lay the receders Mt Charleston, and rca'hnncd Mt
Baltimore:
"Heso'red. That it is the duty Of the Federal
Government in all its departments to protect,
| when necessary, the rights of persons nnl pro-
! r"riy in the Territories. wherever else ia cpn-
siiruonnl authority extends"
Now this !, precisely the position taken ly Mr..
Belle more thnn Ten years ago 1t was rc-'taad
language too Jnin to admit Of doubt nscnn-
strucrlon which letter was published we'ks ,n
| are the Cha a"lesfon Convention assembled. IL
did not then attract your favorable notice | nm
not aware of any peculiar snncty which hns been
! thrown around it by the endorsc,nepr Of the
/ Charleston sccedors. and find myself VIII lily nn-
I able to understand what excuse il can furnish To
| you fr dcser'ing your own party by whose chri
II was first enunciated and ranging yourself an nr
! the banner of IA man who has never approved it
! in the pat, and who gives to it now ony that
| qualified approval which is 10 be i'm plicd from
| his acceptance # the Baltimore nomination.
Mr.. Breckinrdgc was tho advocate at Squntter
Sovereignty in II, most offensive shnps IN 81 mud
/ 30. In the latter year, he said in tpeech Mt
Tippccanoc:
j" The people Of tho Territories under he Kan
sns- Nebraska act, have fall rghl to esta bAu or
rnonInIr slavery. JUST ASA STATE wouLp. which
principle is as old as Republican Cover, ment it.
self. "
You will concede that this language is capable
of but construction: and if Mr. Brec ainridgs
has ever rerened its utterance hc has ger con
csscd it. IL several other speeches and 10 tiers he
used words Of the same import. 1t il also stated
upon authority do not question. that he was nm
cmHucipntiunst when that question n ,inted
in Kcntuckey, and that last winter he 81 sned
retition for the pardon of Old John Brown. This
il n curious r"curd for the candidateof Of an ex RENE
Son'hcrn rights fnrty and places ynu IN puei-
ton FIR which vonr lest friends land claim to be
rne of them) can offer apology, except that nn-
der the influence of high political excitement you
have refused to look the truth in the face. aud
hlindiy followed the lend IF those, who have
ranlly assumed the guardianship Of South ern
honor.
You regret ,ha' | should be found among the
I'd, ocntes oi Bell and Everett Where else conli
| <? Yau would not have me support Lincoln |
repudinte Sqn,ttcr Sovereignty. NJ advocated DO n
by Dougla s,a nd Bfeckinrdcc II could be Undue sd
10 vote for either II would surely be f,r ug hs.-
lie ut least is n statesman whose fame extends 20
yonl the continent 1t ia conceded Of all hanc's
that he South owes him debt of gratitude for
jealous and effective services in the past; and the
only sin imputed to him is one thnt is shared to
its iull extent by Breckinridge; or, if hc has
nhinred it, lie only did when the temptation uf
high office was placed before him. Such changes
are liable to grevous sussricons and rs | can find
nothing else which especially commends Mr.. Breck-
inrdge TO me he cannot get my vote. lie is
clever, high toned gentleman, with many excel
lent qualities, fair ability, and a tolerabe educa-
ton. But all these are possessed by thousands OF
others who have never dreamed OF the Presidency.
1t is doing him injustice TO say that he has
rendered no extraordinary service to the nation.
lie has originated no great measure nor has he
been identified with any. except as an advocate in
the third degree of the Identical here.y which you
esteem a sufficient cause for disunion.
do not agree with Mr. Bell in all things, but
do agree with him upon these questions which
esteem Of vital importance. / knew him to be
sound safe, able. and conservative; and / should
hail his election as tho dawn of better and
brighter day for the Republic.
You are right in supposng that if the worst
comes shall be found on the side Of the South.
| mn here now am labourng for her interests
with zeal quite as fervent rs your own, and. ns
Think, better directed. II. however. fail. and
you, and those rho acting with you. ''precip.
tla anttn tafa infn Int | rIah n
distinctly understood, that am not noncombat-
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