Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-20
The Virginia Democracy.

T.r prss.ut pov.,,vn ID tie Democratic party
in Virginia, 10 Illuminating in the extreme ok
month. aru, il would have been exceedingly dih'
cult. 4, buye loud u ueuLer Il This organization
in ,be State, who was NIT willing; nay anxious.
70 on, h..e from the North, aud cease t, have any
intercourse, social, Political or COMMERCIAL, with
the people If that section Of the union. TIE en-
tire Northern population. we're denounced rs p
set Of knaves, plunderers and oat laws. and The
d, mucracy If Virginia assured our people that
there was not the renotest chance Of ever saving
the constitutional rights If our section respected.
while, VIZ adhered " the present federal Union.
The ouly panacea Ior our ills was general Dust
VI" Of the existing order OF things. aud the sub
st,u,ion an their stead, Of u grand Southern Re-
pubic. Uhsa. this happy arrangement should
be contaminated, they alleged, we could thrash
the vlllainous Yankees into proper observance
Of, and respect Tor tho laws, and then, and not
until then, could we ly any possibility of
means enjoy the much coveted buun Of peace and
quiet
The Union Of the States, a mere abstract
question, was not worth ggvat indeed was char
sctelixcd as a fgment--an iasention aud device,
the sole purpose Vi which WAS to oelude. humUrg,
deceive and rob the people ot the Soush, aud fill
the golfers Of the mamnon wor,hippmg Pnrl'ans
That many worthy, honest a"d "eii-na,a"ing Sou
thsrp MLigs, were, ior the time being. Gained u
way by tins sort Of iusiian and i,ousense, We will
hot attempt to deny, aud We have only now to ex-
press our regret that such should nave been the
case.
When this course OF action had produced its
leg,tnate rerplt, AID the ferls oi dIsunion secn-
ed cioes tIand thea, not until inei. dad these
vulvrous. seii-aonsatuted champions ot our rights
e,iorhee o weaAners in Lbe knees, or. US the
Philosopher Gseeiey expresses H. ''nhomeda want
Of backbone" 1t WIS all we'll enough to preach
disunivn when there was NO danger u d,srup-
tvn, Vai when the minds Vi The people had be-
cone inAa.Ied, AID they Lau regard
d,sn,. mberm ent ms iores.ne conclusion, and
had prepared themselves Tor that or almost any
othe, sn,tfs.bcy ~ lien tho lo.nt had G+en reach,
ed, ,he.e precious uI,Asicis lneuiItInentiy took
the Laek uh.k. and leioIe one could say Jn,k
RoLins.n. three tiIe., hey lad made the AS.
founding discovery that the .unon Was not 50
LAD ui,er ali, anu tie Yankee BATON. especially
that potion VI it known As the National Democ.
racy, WAS sadiy prosecuted md strangely mis-
UNDER tooo people. 10 evidence the u,Uroug hness
and s.0pcnsss OF their conversion, they forth
with procisimed themselves the especlul cham
piuns ol.sAe Onion. AID ll.m that time TO the
present moment have hurled their ana,hemas ut
every unfortunate Indi, iuual ho Glanced to dis.
agiec with them, VI who Was not The pussessor OF
the a,robatic art to the same extent as themsel.
YES.
These Virginia patriots now say the Union
is in Imminent danger, and aver that unless the
divisions in the g'ea, Democratic party ME healed
the party will be dissolved, anu then would come
ad,roluiivn. SINE people seem " 10 imprc'-
sed with the notion, that it is strange, but,
perhaps, natural hAllucinatioh for the Democracy
this article that the whole thing is u cheat aud a
traui, it, only object beng to maintain their hold
on the Government Offices.
For years past, whenever there appeared no
least prospect If defeat. the Democracy forth.
with Legsn " talk about dissolution oil the
Union. Recently. some Of the leaders of tho
party went SO lar as to threaten that if Lincoln
should 10 elected, he would not be allowed to
t,he his seat. Yet, strange to say, the National
A>sss~SseesS p"'ty hso NV oho piihcipio ia Soui-
mon. We defy any Democratic press. or orator
in Virginia, to state, wherein the Northern and
Northwestern Democracy agree with the South
srn. upon single point Of principle. According
to the Organization Of tn, Democratic party, "
all questions open questions. except voting FOL
the nominee. NJ matter who he is Do you vote
the Democratic ticketi Yesl You are u gool
enough Democrat Even the two Southern wing
of the Democracy have their own peculiar inter
pretations Of non-intervention and each bring
forward what they wonld have US believe are ar
guments tc establish the correctness of their posi-
tion. but which. to the intelligent and informed
mind. is the mersst sophistfy- The readers o
this paper need hardly the assurance at th
time. Of our thorough opposition to the Presden
tial prstensions Of the Illinois Senator. but thi,
much We will Day in his behalf; be has nevel
changed bis position on that question, but ha
ever been . bold and open advocate for Squatte
Sovereignty 10 its broAdest sense; and the speech
60 made by such prornneu, Democrats as Hunter
Tosnbs. Benjamin, Mason. Brsckiaridge, Cobb
Stephens,apd others. in 1856. went to confirm tn
- Northern mind that the Southern Democrac,
sies ed the question In the same light as did Mr.
Dauglas, and Mr.. D. tells them so TO their faces
The Democracy must thank their own Soather,
leaders fur the tronble and diseord that is no,
uppn their. for If they had been as true in 1875
e they seem 70 b now. since Douglas has mad
aprastical Issue with them, and will not allo,
h my note lodging on thslr psst, or ambiguity
slsnesAgs. ihs question wonld have been settle
II 1855, Bat party considerations outweghs
psineSpssa and pstrotiam, and the Southern De,
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