Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-15

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- - - iGaporeaSt ecpseqaenees 70 the eoun-
~. uin - kassao doabs. from the assem-
Hing q ~ coavsuslo1s II the Opposition party
{ stis Az ons Rsek, h}Ae States of Virginia and
Ks6t1tky. Espsakllt will Virginia be looked 10
= ~ sidsr sslls n The Confederacy, to sound
NE keynote thst hall sammonlhe whole ccnser-
ssasvs Opposite. = tho country Ia the rescae Of
the Csnaitstian sAd HE Uaion, from the peril in
which thsy hsts besd placed by yenal politicians
ana fana(isal .caehera. Our readers cannot fail
% remember the eisct prodaced oil over the land.
] b. the Convention which assembled at Rich
ssnn5na last Fsbrsary--how.it inspired the OPPOSE
ai0n. and s1eitea new hopes in the sosoms Of pa
tfiosic mon who had well nigh dcspaircd Of ever
again seeing anything like spirite opposition In
Virginia, 70 tho r~rty that has long trodden with
an iron heel upon the rights 1t their feiow-citi-
xcus who happen to be in minority. We say
that that Convention changed the current Of
thought aud feeling everywhere, and banded the
Onp.ni,ioa in oar own State 10 suc, a degree as
TO alarm the myrmidcns Of power. and came near
eReciing their entire overthrow. A majority Of
m,re than thirty Thousand melted Ike frcst-work
tsiess than six fhassn nd. notwithstanding all The
appliances Of state aud Federal patronage,
The substantial fui, 81 tha. moral triumph
was the Illustration of n truth long ago enunciat.
oil nv Thomas jefferson. to-wit: thai, the reo-
pie preserve sspirit If resistance which is some
times manifested 10 warn their rulers Of the dan
ger Of -ncrmrhing upon their rights liter
that struggle our opponents retained The spells.
but in ell else we were the vicors.
With the experience we have gained and .he
NV haoes that have been awakened by our late
successful sortie upon the enemy, wc-expect
too much from the Convention to assemble?
Alter what we have seen, will the prominent
men Of the Opposition fail to be present. to lend
their couhtenance and aid May not expect n
Convention that will equal in numbers. intclli-
gence, and moral stamina. my that was ever as
semhled upon the soil Of virginia.
And, whnt glorious results to our whole coan-
try may how from tho concerted action of the
members Of that Convention. and the policy which |
the Opposition in Virginia shall indicate.
We have no doubt TINT it will be WISE consery.
alive. and patriotic and will contribute powerful
to the restoration Of that harmony and good,fel-
lowship between the now jarring sections which.
it should be the earnest desire aud endeavor of
every patriot to cultivate.
We have intended these remarks as merely pre-
liminary to the following from our able and astute
co'emporary Of the Louisville Journal. addressed
to the Opposition party of Kentucky. also to AS
semble in Convention on the 22d instant.
They are words Of wisdom which should be
carefully pondcred BY every man who. in tho pre-
sent crisis Of public affairs is seeking to learn the
way Of duty. Says the Journal
What is the present condition of parties and Of
politics in this countryf What is it but virtual
conflict Of sections tending necessarily md rapid
~ TO become simple and positive one' II is
clearly nothing else TIE Republican party is tho
organized North. while tho Democratic party is
substantially the embodied South. and the iri-
umph Of either in 1860 must inevitably draw the |
sectional lines still closer aud more sharply there
by rendering what oil acknowledge to be bad in
definitely worse. A naked contest next year h,- |
tween the Republicans and tho Democrats. no
matter hsw il might Immediately result. could |
only agsravate most fsarfuy the existing evils OF
the country. Making the South II unit against |
the united North. it would confirm and rcdouble
and exaencrate the strife of tho two seesons to
pitch bordering civil war. 1t would oenyert
our politics into pure aud sheer conflict Of
s.lida,ed sections. 1t would plunge the entire
naten into Jhe black and bitter depths Of section
al>m. Surely no one can dispute this start
Ing fact. The conservatives # the South aud Of
tae North consulate at this In meat. Us they have
constituted for the last FIVE years. the sole barrier
on the verge u tbs awful abyss II national raR
NIFTY Let them disband, let them step aside
t,sta H.. nj 81 .Is lts.,,
ing the msddcned and thronging leslons of lie.
pubieanism and u 1.ocoioruism to press forward
unohstructed and what shall prevent these blind,
Infatuated parties from ieaping into the bottom
less pit and dragging the rest Of u aitgr them?
Broken, scattered, and dlshearte.ei. whit stand.
in suah on event could the Conservative, Of eth
section Of the Union make against the sweep.
ing of the phaanxes # Raiicali>m? We
should be not merely trampied upon but carried
over the brink and buried promiseuously with our
advcrsariss in the nations fall and shame.
Il is therefore not without deep political in
sight that the Conservatives OF Kentucky and Of
the Sonth generally have reiecied Ill thuught.of
surrcnd"ritg the field tu the Republicans aud the
Democrats and VI sinking themselves in,o state
of worse than political humiliation. The resolu-
ton they have formed and proclaimed to fight ut
all hazards both these destructive parties if both
shall remain distinctly in the field consists with
sound philosophy not less than with generous
patritsm. We are correct and wise we'll MS
fearless in our discrimination. And this would
hold equally true, if it were certain as thank
Heaven it is nat, that one or the other Of these
deadly parties must triumph in spite Of the VT
most we can do. Granting. Tor the sake Of the
arcunent. that our efforts would end as they en-
ded in the last Presidential struggle, admitting,
to put the case more distinctly, that by ralyng
under The banner Of the Union agains. the enemies
of its peace and permsncncy in either section we
should 40 far indirectly weaken the Republicans
and indirectly strengthen the Democrats as to
promote the success Of the latter, yet, this