Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-25
Tactics Of Bennett,

been ,roe /, uo,LaS but its own .efsh instincts,
and has generally been regarded AS fair subject
OF bargain and saie.-as .uschasable commo-
dity as the stcks that daily change hands in
Wall street. though conducted with great abi.i-
ty. il is the most uncertain Of all public Journals
forever trimming i,s sails 10 catch the populr
btecse,--te-day, advocating Que candidate or set
Of principles to- morrow, changing position as
eHeetually as right and left do when man turns
upon hi. heel. 1t will be remembered that du
ring the last Presidential campaign, the Herald
vas bitter reviler of Mr. Buchanan; un.pnring
in its denunciation, and even descending To at
talks upun his personal character. So much
the present worthy Chief Magistrate incensei
OF the c.nduct Of Bennett. tina, lie inquired IT
his then fugleman. Forney, why ">ome friend did
NOT cut the knave's ears OFF," Brnneu. however,
KEEP, his ears and got tho If the Presi
dent; for scarcely was Mr.. Buchanan elected be-
fore he comm, need coque,tng with him, and
Turning from the sun of Fremont which had set
in clouds and da, kness, worshipped the rising
orb. Amidst all the corruption and pronisacy
tina, have distin. ished the present Administra-
ton and earuei for it an immortality oi ininmv:
bennett has been true u the Presdent,-hi- most
obscquious adulaor; filing his columns with ful-
some fattcry of the man that he had as earnestly
re-led. With tho exception Of the Presidents
h,me organ. the Constitution the Herald was al.
mos, the only newspaper in the country that al.
yocated the reelection Of Mr.. Buchanan. whilst,
at the same time it was leaning towards good oil
Gene Scott; the same man whom it had op.
posed with ma,chle-s severity, when he was n
candidate for the Presidency in opposition To the
Individual whom it ever afterwards characterised
as "poor Pierce"
About The time for the holding Of The unut,
Convention at Baltimore, it was possessed of n
proclivi,y in tina, direction, aud published several
edit,rial articles highly eulogis'ic / the cand
dates named by that Convention. II then thought
then, ioi midahlc. aud entitled to some considcrn
tion. But now, notwithstanding the iact which
every candid, honest observer will not ia 10 per
ceiye, ,ha, The nomination Of Bell aud Everett
has assumed significance ard inn rtance which
II did not portcnd long as the Dem, crccy we,o
united.-abd with abundant evidence thu, it will
VIII mure electoral votes than any ticket 10 tho
field, rave that OF lincoln and iamlin i'm short,
with proof amounting almost to decentralization
that il i. vastly .u.Ig.r ibnn it he day 1t
made, and IL constantly growing in popular
favor, the Herald DOLLY tells that it posses-
ses no strength. aad has no, sill gle State at its
bmkV The H,ia.d hus thrown If all disguise,
and despite its pretensions r. nationality has
cume ou,, as il did in 56.-.aly changing us-
tensilly frvm Mouth to Souih, Tor q sectional
ticket.
Hire is what il says:
m 4. a II
,idency. Only ~" represent l,tg putty organiza-
tons. MIR. Dou. as stands AT IT. TEA ot ~ fag.
ged aud br"ken column; Nj Bpn was Nominated
by convention OF fossil whigs and hr"ksn down
Know Np,h,nr politicians; sam il"uston'. army
L. oi the F&lstafban order. and through the
ls,, up to Breckinridge aud Lincoln. hoh Of
whom are backed by powerful party EXAMINATIONS
and have u certain amount nj d.iinitc support.
That Lincoln will carry the bulk OF the electoral
y,te North 10 beyond peradventure. Tint Breck
in,idge will be equally strong in the South al.
n,i.s If no reasonable doubt. Tho olher candi,
dates are all personal Representatives Of cliques,
and have no strength beyond the support oi their
immediate friends Choose then between Breck.
inrijge and Lincoln.
Passing by the pal,ry sneer.-so different from
the language employed by the Herald at the time
the Union Convention was held with which i,
allsdes to fossil whgs and broke. down Know
will be equally M strong in the Suu,h as Lncul,
will be in the North" Does any maj
south OF Mason and Dixon's line believe this p
10 the present posture Of affairs. aud it is by
this that the Herald and all others must judge
Breckinridgs has assurance Of more than fv
Southern States, il 50 many; whilst, it we car
eorrectly discern the signs Of the tim, in tn,
S.n,h. Douglas is gaining ground and Breekin
ridgeis losing in his own section. the Herald
in anobsr article. adds further.
:. We have four parties in tho feld-the republi
can party, Northern and Southern democratic
party. and so-calied cons itutional Uniun party
The republican party was organized. exists an,
holds its grunnd upon that prevailing sent lent
and those prevailing inherent prejudices, Of ,h'
North opposed to the southern institution OF slave
~; the late national democratic party has beer
e broken into two hostile sectional camps upun th
sectional question, and the constitutional Unoi
party yainiy undertakes ~ ignore this sec,iona
conflict Us q conservative national party. 1t i
Il easy to discover. from glance the field, tina
the Southern democratic or Breckenridge par,
will probably command the suffrages of all rip
Southern Slater, and that the republican part,
will sweep the Northern States or that they cal
only ~ defeated by the cooperation u the con
Aefvatises IN Pennsylvania and other cent al Sta
4 ~ with the s,evkinridGe party.
And wherefore - this Breckenridge monopoly O
the Southern, and this republican Occupation u
shs Norailefn States. 20 strongly foreebai"wed? 2
u y becanss the esershadowing idea in the Nurt
- hostility - slasery, while the vital quest n il
- me South is the naintenancs Of slavery; and il
nscAnse the rerulaican s~sty upon this issue
IS. tht aecfpiej kbrtherp party. asAi 81 the Bftl
3nriass dsn,,crncy. she acc-psea Soath~rn part,
N y Z Weld se.l,. ,ialsy s@gees' hy,e that Is
as;ate rossmy-espry proves srp null. II IT'S 10