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


10 about three weeks this assemblage will taxi
place In Rieamond and, We arden.iv hope. vii
be one of the largest asd most respectable. il
point Of talent and character that has ever been
convened upon the soil Of Virginia.
The exigsncies Of the times demand it-requir
ing wisdom in council, and that calm deiiberation
for which the Wing party Of Virginia, and We
may add, of the whole country, has ever been die.
tineuishsd. We have fallen upon evil times, and
the ship OF State is drifting farther add farther
from those safe channels through which she was
guided BY the noble men who Grst put her on
her course. The eenPests Of fsnate;sm are shrek
ing through her rigging; the dark wares ofeivil
commotion and sectional strife beat against her
sides, aud through the thiok gloom, ia which she
is enshronaed, Only the dismal, ho-rid spectre of
Disu uoa is observed Turing her by its Gi-c gis re.
upon those fatal reefs. from which, unless her
course be changed. there is no escape
The men in power, and The party that has 80
long misrued the country, have brongbtus to this,
so that il il high time the helm were comm tito
to other hands. Wewaut no rgmies in a ra,e
that calls for men nor party demaEogacs, y he 70
the stake 10 the very existence Of nation nc W in
danger Of being rent, p.eled, and broken ,to
atoms The age Of Periclss is not yet past. and
there are men in the country, not only cqua to tho
emergency tina. Is upon her. but who will Ling,
if need be. to sacrifice themselves upon het affairs,
They can restove the govcrnmeat Ia its pristine
slory, and make it what it in the be- ter days
of the rcpablic
Such n work n ths may well occupy our hands,
and ell oar hearta Virginia, IN tlrese troublous
times expects every conservative, nionl owing and
law-abiding member Of the Opposition to do his
duty The cause Of his country, ard he welfare
OF the generations to come dcmaRd it, demand
that the enemies OF the Constitution, aud those
who ore insidiously laboring ov soil to
subvert it in the hearts Il ths people, that they
may build up---what man will ever go in this
or any succeeding aga Southern Co nfederacy.
With 90 many appeals to his patriotism !, can any
Wbigor American he indifferent 10 tho call that is
now made upon hm' Can be,tay quiet ly ut home
when he s needed ia council to COM lder of the
affairs of his country' Will ne. all end help
ing hand to insugurste better era, an era Of
peace and happiness at home; OF respe ct,innuenco
ton are now turned towards Virgin ia, and the
hopes Of many . patriotic heart arc suspended
upon the course sbc will be likely to mmend
Let the representatives Of nearly one hal Of the
people, constituting more than their SHARE OF tho
intelligence of the Old Dominion, show that we nre
true to the Consultation and the Unio,. Lot
them show that the Legislature Of Virginia Ia not
authorized aud will not be tsleraed in any incp
lent sehes,es looking To disuniou.
We earnestly desire that thase counties that
have no, yet selec,ed delegates the Conv, ntion
will do so immediately, aad that tho del egates
that have been elected will boar ia mind Il mt tho
Convention meets on the 22d CT February and make
their arrangements accordingly Let there be
full convention