Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-18

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assigned to Of those-a position the highest
| in this Governmcnt-in tho hope aud in tho trust
that. through me, with the will of the people they
should re tore harmony to this distracted country;
| cloud cheers y that should bring bnck the
| Government to it's ancient character cheers
and thai party discussions ot questions OF domes-
hc and foreign policy should be natioual.--
! Cheers i: | should regard IL asa hopeless under
! taking to atcmrt tn restore harmony TO this
country, I'LL did not believe ii to be fact that the
large majority Of the people, both Of tho Domo-
cratic aud Reuublican party, are conservative in
| tholr feelings, love tho Union. and will not do
any thing willfully with rromeditation that
! may tend to It's destruction, or to tho introduction
l. of anarchy and the overthrow Of our glorious Con-
stution. Applause trust that the masses,
! that the maiorides of both parties aro sound
| that they love tho Cnion a. do, both North and
South. There are extremists. however, in both
sections, who, though they may lovo the Union.
! havc most unfortunate mode of manfcs-
ting it. . Laughter mud applause | wish to
say nothing that could disturb the oomposuro OF
thoir feelings, it there be any ol them in this
sembly Tonight, much less their friends and nd.
yocntcs, But regard tho minority of tho Re-
publican parry and the majority of the Democratic
party de,ntcd to this Constitution and this
! lnoH; and whou | come to tho conclusion that
this is to be ddubted, then shall conclude thnt it
is scarcely worth effort to preserve tho safety of
| this country. The struggle that mako is
! Tho gentlemen who have been present and pnr-
,icipated in the proceedings Of tho Baltimore
| Convention have supposed that the contest grow.
ing out Of these sectional issues nrc not worth tho
mschefs they have pro1uced-that II was not tho
| purpose for which this great Government was in
| shtucd tn settle abstract questions further thnn
| they are settled 10y the Constitution, (Applausa)
In the spirit OF the Constitution, md In tho deeds
Of our illusricua ancestors, as exompliied in the
| organic period oi our Government. should all
| these questions be considered. But not beyond
| that. And the Baltimore Convention hoped to
inaugurae party that will banish those dstrac-
thug issues from tho public councils aud from tho
| hustings Of our popular elections. They.hoped
that the people would open their.eycs to tho mis-
chiefs hat hnyr flowed aud will continue to flow,
from them. This il their hope, and it is mine.
Whether successful or not in the approaching eau
yass, ii We cun introduce u new era in tho affairs
and administration of this Government in relation
To the questions, we shall have not labored in
vain. Applnuse
Fcllpw.clizcns will not enter into n discus
sion Of these topics. My course in regard 10 them
for the Inst twenty years. is we'll known; aud not
only are my sentiments known in regard to these
questions, but IN regard 10 every other question of
domestic policy, well IA of foreign policy, far
NJ concerns it, general principles. Loud ap-
| pausc. tender you my cordial thanks. and l
trust that the period is not very remote when tho
glory aud tho honor md tho true interests of this
HrNt country Will DC Ihc ony lHut uctuhto
tho great parties that will exist hereafter Loud
APPLAUSE:
The.New York Post Onice Dofalcation.
| The 7,ibunc. has tho following in reference to
the most recently discovered Locofoco roguery
The Treasury Department claims recently to
have discovered deficiency of 1855, ,554 81 in his
accounts but lthe truth were known, 1t would
be found not only that this deficiency has been OF
| a. - luuh haot, IN
present Administration from tho outset Accord
ing to rurnor, Mr. Fowler entered upon the duties
| Of Postmaster under Gen. Pierce with n load Of
debt, the result ol TINT generosity which led him
to squander his private fortune on political ns-
socintc.. The debt he is said to have liqui lat.
ed from the l'ost.Oflicc funds, borrowing mean
while, tight aud left, to make good tho deficiency
thus created.
Through the assistance Of friends in and out Of
Tammany Hall. he was enabled to carry this debt
for years; but his exirnyagant habits aud liboral
! entertainment of brother politicians from oil sec
Ii ms of the country. TO whom he extended the
most generous hospitality. daily augmented the
heavy burden under which he staggered. In 1856
when it became necessary to carry Pennsylvania
for Mr.. Buchanan, he labored nssidiously, as u
member OF the New York Hotel Committee, and
drew heavy drafts upon the funds Of his aepart'
ment TO mid in his election. How much he iuvol.
we'd himself in this wny in known only to him
sell and the gray haired public old lunctionary
nt Washington: but from what we can learn twas
very large sum.
We believe that this fac..was known to Mr. J. B.,
mt the time.nnd it for this reason that he was
rcappointed Postmaster. There was. We think, u
decided opposition to his confirmation by the Sen
ate; aud he wasInot carried through until Mr. Buc-
hannn had exhausted all his endenyors in his be-
half and his personal friends in this city had lent
him funds enough to cook his accounts up SO that
they would pass muster. Knowing as he did how
L ,l,, he lad kAuo fl,ua
embarrassed, Mr.. Buchanan could not then do
otherwise than reappolnt him, and labor for his
confirmation. II he had not done so, the crash
must have come at that time, and Mr.. Fowlers
downfall would have fastened stigma upon the
new Administration.
From thnt time to this Mr.. Fowler has been
leading n life OF misery. Conscious that he
was heavily behind in his each accounts, his ut
most endeayors have been directed toward making
fair quarterly balance sheet IIe is said to
| have managed to do this by borrowing, here and
there, of bis friends, often times at most usurous
interest, large sums of money, for few days, to
be repaid FROM the Income Of the Post-Ofice. His
expenditures at Charleston were heavy. lilo cast
everything upon the hazard OF the die, and his
fnvorite Douglas failed. OF course, he fell into
disgrace with tho Administration, who have long
known his desperate situation, and he found, that
| in falling from grace, he had lost the means of
| making good his deficiencies. Like the rats who
desert the sinking ship, the money.lenders saw
| that be on the wane. aud when he besought
them for the accustomed usurious accommodation,
they were "short." Hence he was unable to meet
his liabilities. This is one story.
Another story have heard: In the election
| of 1859, Mr.. Fowler drew largely upon the Post
Office fund to favor the success OF Mr.. Buchanan.
When the latter assumed Office means were found
to cloak over the New-York Post-Ofice deficiency,
in view Of the use to which the money had been.
put Bit, when in the course of time Mr.. Buchan-
IN found that Mr.. Fowler and his friends, instead
nf lahnrinr thrlnph all timo for the intorests Of