Lynchburg Virginian

We are gratified to perceive, by a letter from James Garland, Esq. to the Editors of the Charlottesville Advocate, that we, as well as those Editors, misunderstood a portion of that gentleman's speech in Congress, on the Abolition question. He did not intend to say, as we supposed, that the South would not object to the recognition of the constitutional power of Congress to legislate on the subject of Slavery in the District of Columbia, provided the Northern members would agree that it is inexpedient to exercise it. On the contrary, he contends that Congress has no right to touch the question, and that the South should require of the North an explicit renunciation of such right. We repeat our gratification that, on this subject, Maj. Garland has shaken off the trammels of party.