The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-03

ton, said the beautiful writer in The Enquirer,
" We have Just seen the victories OF liErroS, VI :
LAVE, RiDGLEY. and Ellis, and ns,w we see
tia, Of VAS BuREsf This was pr0h6nnced to
be " result emipeRtly gratifying" II was the
contamination hope, and the climax of felicity.
" The Senate says the same article, becomes
the controlling poloer of the Government. A
pretty sort of Republicanism, or Democracy,
truly, is coming into vogue under the influence
ofthe concentration" gentlemen, who exult at
the choice OF Federal Senators, and rejoice that
the SENATE is TO control the two Popular branch
es ofthe Government! This is patent and lin
proved" Republicanism. This from the Enqui-
reri Why, IL is the very error of the moon {:
and we need not wonder at the singular votes of
the late Legislature of that State, by which the
existence Of a General Government is made a
questionable affair when we ind its oracle SO be-
side itself.
II is high time that the intelligence Of Virginia
should throw of its yassalage to the Enquirer,
whose false doctrines and political heresies inno-
| cent IN their conception, but fraught with danger
IN their maturity, are pnngine the State, deeper
and deeper. into the most inckricable contradic-
tons II is fortunate that, by the natui al Ope-
ration of such Inconsistencies, the opinions Of
the Virginia Legislature have lost much of their
weight with her Sister States: for we say il with
we say. that the predomnance of the Virginia
doctrine among the States would be the over
throw of this Union. For we ask what sort of
interest can the People of the transmc ntane
States and Territories feel in the duration of this
government II they are TO have no knowledge
OF ITS existence but through the medium of tax
gatherers, traversing their lands. numbering
aud registering their horses and their oxen, their
farming utensils, and their household effects and
exhausting ingenuity for sources ofrevenue, and
objects Of taxation How long would such op-
preston he borne by an indignant People7 To
this undoubtedly, we must come, if the Enquirer
doctrines prevail; for, if the duties on imports
be repealed materially reduced, direct taxes
necessarily lollow--and ifihe Government have
no license TO expend money ON the improvement
OF Our internal communications by land or wa
ter, or upon any other object whatever in tire
interior there is no way in which any portion Of
the public money can be expended for the bene-
TIT OF those from whom, III fact the bulk of il is
collected
The " Signs fthe Times" continue to be full
OF interest The organs of the Opposition con
tnue TO boast of the Organization" of their
Party: they still hold the language of menace
and intimidation to those who do not choose to
be harnessed in with them, to drag a halra doz-
en- aspiring Politicians into power. But there
are also signs ola reaction among the People
the voice of reason, heard in whispers al first
gathers strength as it floats upon the gae-all
ready II is distinctly heard, and ere long will
pronounce Ia a voice of thunder the sentence of
Condemnation against the league established here
during the Winter for the purpose ofimproritg
the condition ofthe Press, aud giving drec ion
10 the public suffrage by the force of political
organization and party combination.