Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-19

IS another more weighiy. II has been gully or
double dealing and deceit-n this. that ii at
tempted TO injure, secretly and under handedly,
the very cause which IL processes to espouse.
The handouts which have been circulated in
this District, for the purpose Of exciting public
feeling, by its exaggerarions, agsins, the white
basis OF representation. were originally griiien
and printed in Richmond, aud enclosed in The
Enquirer 10 some Of its subseribsrs--and vet the
Enquirer pretends TO be an advocate + the
white hass is,his fair dealing Is i, no nest I
Not content with this, however, 1t transfers
into its columns articles from other papers.
containing sly and nsidioas ridcue OF tina, sys
TEN Of political equality which is a, once the
foundation. cement and capstone OF republican
institutions. For instance, IN an extract from
the Turf Register, purporting 10 he a dsscrip-
ton Of the Tree Hill race course, (hut which
might be more sp,ly styled lament for the
decay Of arisfocracyD is the following remark:
:" Alas these old manors" Tihe seats of the
Virginia nobility before the Revolntion1 have /
been cut III INTO infinite subdivisions aud mir |
ed by magic wand, waved bv the hand Of a
fascinating genus. y 'clept Equality whose steps
are. by SD many acts Of descent leading down
10 the abyss OF universal sufTl aga and universal
desolatlon. So destructnc has been the pTs-
gress oil this EVIL GENUS" &c. &c.
Here is man protesting 10 be an advocate of
political equality, and yei stgmatzng ii as the
iorernnner Of universal desolation, We shalt
next expect to hear a lament over the departed
eloiies of Wee Regal court, aud its rain of
provincial nobility. Let those who repine al
tho rapid march Of the " Ell Genius of Equa. !
hty.' secure but one step and his magic wand
will be broken forever. Let them alter the
course Of descents-let them give constitution.
al sanction TO a law Of primogenitu,e. and
their wishes will soon he realized. Mammoth
estates will grow up around them. and be per
petuated in The elder branches of families. and
the would-be lordlings of the Republic may
CRAFTY The eye by beholding. on the one hand,
unbounded opulence, and its general concomi-
tsnts, pride and arrogance and, on the other
hand. ignorance, squalid poverty, tie ba semcnt,
and wretchedness, 10 all its infinite vare ies-
to dream Of social equality. That we know 10
be delusive aud unnatural vision. But we will
forever contend Tor that sort OF equality which
confers on all alike political rights aud privlle
gcs. Aud we are astonished that men who
have been the architects OF their avn fame
should be III" advocate, OF a system, which
If il had not been broken down by the Revolu.
ton, would have quenched the fire of their
genus, paraIyzed their exertions, sat like an
incubus upon their struggles, aud chained them
down to perpe'uai obscurity. They should
have left the ungrateiuI task TO the decsying
scions OF the arIsiocraic trunk, who can view
with more complacency an ignorant and debns.
ed people than The decay of mansions celebrn
led AS the 81, ncs OF lavish profusion and waste
ful pfodgaihy, when Virginia was the province
Of King, und the residence of the creatures
OF Court.