Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-30

and had thereby mado him their victim
tool aud dupe. And yet he submits to 1t! lilo
He told that il this menace were taken on all
those who had thus been imposed upon would rise
up and dcnounce the net. No man had yet stood
up and defended lhat book lie would like to sec
| tho man who would do it, for then he would look
upon n traitor. The gentleman from Ohio, not
wthstanding his personal worth and private viz
tues, could be elected Speaker OF this House
| because OF his connsxioh with that book. Tor 1t
was well understood that II voto for tho plurality
rule would lie only sncakng vote Tor Mr.. Sher-
man lie was ono OF those who sought the paper
referred to the other day, and pledged himself to
! stand hero day and night, drink and eat, and
here if necessary before giving hlshnnction to any
vote upon the plurality resolution while he feared
its adoption would result in tho election OF John
! Sherman.
Mr.. Colfax of Indiana. Suppose an appropria-
ton bill was about to pass which woro satisfied
would be used by tho Federal Administration for
corrupt purposes would you justify us, ms u mi
noritv, in signing an agreement and binding our
selves each To the other, that we would, by FAC
tious opposition, prevent u vote upon IT
MIR. Botelor sad tho gentleman was TO meet
his own responsibility before his constituents, and
he was to meet HIS and when he went back to his
constituents he could go with the full assurance
that the position he hal taken would BIO sustain
ed and endorsed, But he went upon the prcsump
ton that ho had majority on his aide, and that
the other side she minority and factlonst
SIDE. They were sectionnlists, Tor he saw no Sou.
| thcrn man in their ranks, and on their banner he
recognised the escutcheon ofn single Southern
| State
lie rose however for no discussion of this kind
E, but rather to hold out tho oliNcbraneb. lle up.
pcalel to conservative Republicans from Ohio,
! Pennsylvania. md New Jersey, among whom he
met for the first time in twenty years, some ot
his college classmates h. abandon their sectional
arganzntion lie came horo to net with them for
| the protection of American industry, but how
could he act with those whom ho found arrayed
against him uud his constituents lilo Was Tor
the protection of the interests Of oycry man in
this country, from thu waters ol the Aroostook to
| Mexico whether he works in tho mines, in mo-
cbauical pursuits. or is engaged in ngricultaro.-
lie would have the farmer ieol, ms he scatters his
seed that next to God who sends tho sunshine
and the ruin, he has friend in the Government,
! He was ready to stand side by sido with the mon
Of pennsylvnnia and New Jersey. ns his father
dad ON tho battlo field OF the Revolution. but no
found them here rnlyng IN sectional party,
ami giving aid and comfort to that pnrty whose
! leading idea was hostility to slavery.
Mr. iInlc of Pennsylvania, asked what inter
est of Virginia the Pennsylvnn members had in
fripgcd, Had not Pennsylvania acted like sis
ter State? Had she uot surrendered the fngvos
frum llurpor's Ferry who came within her bor
ders? lie dcied any man to show that Ponnsyl-
,ania had ever faed To discharge oil her constl-
tutional obligations.
Mr. Boteer recognised tho fact that tho q over
nor OF Pcnnsyl lvanin did do his duty fully and
fairly and believed he was sustained by tho poo
pie Of Pennsylvana. lie was grnte'ul to tho peo'
plc Of Pennsylvania, but believed they were mis-
represented hero. Pennsylvania members had
nfringcd upon the interests Of Virginin by voting
for II sectional canddate. This John Brown raid
'rok place after the election IN pennsylvania, ana
ha believed the people OF the whole North must
nav zee what are the inevitable tendencies OF Re-
pnblicanism. They had been deludcd by tho as
sor,nns of the Republican leaders that they would
not interfere with slavery in tn" States. Person
ally that true, for not n leader among them,
rom Fred. Douglas IN Seward would dare to como
10 the South 10 interfere. But from year to year
the had beaten the drum 1f abolition from tho
pulpit aud the press. III season and out of scas"n,
tenchinS The rlsirs generation thnt slavery IL
curse. ounE Copide, who was executed nj Char'
lestown, wept at the sight "l the happy sronpsof
negro slaves IN the strrets. and said he had been
taught To- believe they were miserable iil-nsed,
and really g. clutch ii any chance i'r freelom.--
non whose head WAS tine blood # coppic? Not
man Of that party, except Brown himself was
over thirty years oinge, and all had mibed their
mnaticsm from the anti-saycry agitation Of this
generation. These politicians did not care for the
negro but had used this agitation as mere pplit-
neal hobby to ride into power.
When he saw here these Massachusetts Repre-
sentatl,es, one Of whom Mr.. Adams represent
/ ed an hi i'torlc name, he was reminded oi IN Incl
dent in the history Of his own county. lie hal
right to appeal tothe5 Mnssachusetlsm men to the
people behind them, to put down this sectional
party, for Jefferson county, Virginia. WAS tho first
| To send Southern troops to Massachusetts during
the revolutionary struggle Not more than
rifle shot from hi. own residence was the rendez-
yous Of those gallant men. at the base Of hill
where beautiful spring wells up in tho sunshine