Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-22

uot IL xsry ablest Dsnoorss;s journal South, ID
net very vol pleased u the prospect of Dougla,
getting the nonination ut Charleston. Several
smss recently, the Della has spoken rather plain
~ on ths subject. and On more than one occasion.
has intinased that the Of the Little Squat
ter d Charleston would hopelssly demoraize the
party and sventuats in its thorough and anal over
throw At The Soath. Il not throughout the Union.
Doaglas" short cut 70 all the ends Of Black Re.
pxsiicaaism" are not exactly suited to the strsghs-
laced notions Of the Della man, who persists in
the old.fashioned opinion, which was long since
ignored BY Democratic leaders,--that a party.
claiming to be national and patriotic organization,
should pay some slight difference to principles,
even. If 1t be at the expense of cxpaiiency. In
this conclusion, the Dsito is Of course, Singular.
and widely at variance with the file leaders and
men Of all work, who have, for 20 many years.
done the thinking for the Democratic masses.
The Delta seems to think that. il the frcesoil
element is hereafter to control the politics Of this
country, the fact might a. well be understood
now, rs at future time, aud that between the
"iIrepressible conflict" doctrines Of Seward and
the "squatter sovereignty" and "unfriendly lc-
gslation" dogmas Il Dourla. the South ought
10 have no choice, she in the event oil the adop-
ton NJ either doctrine, cannot fail to be the loser.
Taking this common-sensc and patriotic view of
the subject, the Beta opeoses the nomination of
the Illinois demagogue. and gives his reasons for
so doing in the snbjoned tcrse, vigorous aud man
~ style -" Rabelais so the s,ory runs.
found himself. on his return from u Journey to
Rome, in the city Of Lyons. With vigorous appe-
title. o consumptire purse and violent desire to
get to Paris possible. lie had not mo-
ney enough even to pay lbs tavern fare lie had
no private conveyance; be could not procure pas
sage in public conveyance. Ills only recourse
was to the mother. Of Invention, and she did not
fail him. Taking handful u ashes from the
fire, he divided it into three parcels, labelling one
poison for the King" another poison for the
Queen" and the third "poson Ear the Duke Of
Orleans" Having taken oil pains TINT these
reasonable agents should be discovered. he found
no difficulty in getting to Paris; he was taken
there by the loyal subjects of France ia grand
style, as o STATE prisoner.
The tactics Of Douglas to get to tire Presidency,
it strikes us, are analogous to those Of Rabclais
on the occasion Just mentioned The game he is
playing is different. however, in its moral char.
acter Rabeais only made capital oat Of pre- |
tense OF treason Douglas would make capital out |
Of tho reality Of treason. lie has been caseiul to
display certain mysterious parcels labeled poison
for the Democratic party" poison for the Union,"
"poison for the Soath;" and his cs-eons; orators
are parading these reasonable symbols AZ pass.
ports which entitle him to plant convey
ance to the Presidency. He has introduced elc-
ments Of disorganization into tho Democratic par
ty; therefore the Democratic party can only DO
healed by supporting him. lie has promul gated I
doctrines hostile to the preservation of the Uaion
insomuch as they hostile to the equality of tho
states in the Union; therefore all the friends OF
the Union nust make haste 10 propitistc him. !
lie threatens to detaoh from the Soath a large |
portion Of her Northern allies therefore the South
sh.uld concede all his demands, take no account
Of her own rights, mpose>ao conditions, bat with
implicit subseryiency and serviIe alacrity, shout.
der him into the Presidency. So his organs and
fnglemen argue. With an audacty as s,olid as it
is brazen, they lnsist that it s the duty OF Demo-
Gratis, oil Union men, Of Southern men, to reward
treachery and crown 1t with the most distinguish.
ed honors; they insist that the Democratic party
should sacrifice principle because Douglas has been
falthless to principle and that the South should
be base because Douglas has been reasonable.
But not exactly satisfied that this bold but trans
parent scheme will succeed, they resort to u sys-
tenn of broad. reckless, unconsconable assertion
They try to mes,nerizo the South witt, IN exorbi-
tant idea of Douglass strength. They pile up
columns of statistics to show how strong he is in
the East and in the West, and how strong hc
shonld be- per consequences, in the South. But
their figures won't bear analysis. 1t turns out
that where he is strongest. the Black Republicans
still stronger, and that those Democratic States
which are called upon to 70 for his nomination at
Charleston. would support soundcr II NOM
mated with ten times more enthusiasm and moral
prestige. Their argument means, in nut she'll,
that the only way for the Democratic party to
elect President ia to seciionalze itself and to
draw in the South to the support of II sectional
candidate. But it is the merast moenshine and
their Presidential calculations in Douglass he-
half are moonshine mixed with thickest fog Ito
is at this moment the weakest man named for tho
Presidency. His coat-tail is not closer to tho
ground than his chances are to Zero. Sectional
CONTROVERSIES are not decided BY few phrases aud
figures. The South 10 not easily to be humbag sed
!. .intothe support of man who has marked out a
% short CIT to all the ends Of Black Republican.
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We see frequent illusions. says fhe New York
journal Of Commerce, to the supposed quantity oil
spurious champagne drank In this country, accom-
panied with worry erroneous statistics Of the amount