Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-05

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only IN be head Of In the declamaiions Of
politicians, who esinoe both ignorance and IN
gratitude when they talk oi the suffering Of
community who are ~ the en- ioynent If bles
sines and cpmtort, uneunailed IN any ether ma
lion. You talk If distress, aud suffering and
oppfessinn--vaa have bern travelling 10
this state, sad he. presume for sometm-.
have YOU fonnd one single instance 10 support
the iniimaiont that distress prevails in this
land Have You found one individual suffer
tug or ons complaining, or ona who Informed
you be had any cause of comp ANT II the cnun-
\ try m which. or tie government under which,
he lived Nhv 81. said |. Ia be candid with
YOU, have mol found any ease of suffering or
! distress "a any Of my travels through your
n"iehbnheod. nor have heard any complaint,
except from single individual, who was LAYING
IN the road about twenty ynrds from dram
shop passed IN anyway here, and who being
too d6nnk TO walk, or set np was stretched ont
on the ground, and occasionally ultering a
menoionous complaint that he could got 10
more whnkey. Except him, ! confess have
found no one complaining of any suffering he
experenced-hui cont lnded that there might
be suffering which was borne in secret tor,
from The vivid descriptions of distress that had
beea gwen, concluded something OF tho kind
was somewhere 10 he found. Nv entertainer,
alter smiling AT my remark, replied. YOU will
| not, SAID he, have very correct idea oil the
! county Won arr in. if You make mp your
opinions of Il from the descriptions of those
restless politicians, who are ldboring IN make
| the people dissatisfied with the blessings they
en'oy. and the prosperity they experience.
fhonld not know the country live IL II were
Ia sci Out IN seek one corresponding with the
gloomy picture which has bren 50 fancifully
IafaNn oft by those who hnye presented i, IN
MAJ IN
speeches And il TIE spenkels, on several late
occas'ons, wish 10 find any reality 10 CORES
pond with the delirealion4 of ihrir own pencils
they must seek II IN some other quarter Of the
gobe. Tor this district Of couany 40 more cor
| responds with ihei descriptions than the glow
Of n reJ-head"d wood. pcckcr resembles the
brilliant hrams Of the morning sun. The dis
iress talked of can have ~ IL istcnec herr--not
on fiU,Ily or one midi, dual can be touni III IN
state Suffering in The manner. aud from the
causes our politicians desCrlhe. Go yourself,
an. with Que Of the Late speeches IN youi
hind. nnd 'ee II ynn can find any wherc are
Hhlv corresponding with The desC,iplion there
gwen.
But, my friend. said | yon win at least own
thai your earnings are almost cEhaustei by the
esiraragHnI demands OF the government and
thAty oupdY IN duties of one kind aud another tor
~ per. cent, upon what YOU make, thai Is forty
b les oil COr'oD OF t vrry hundred sou take
market. No, sir. SAID he | vii own no such
thing. took one hundred bales oi cotton
TO market this year, which sold for cash. The
whole amount ! expended, Including all the
supplies for my plantation aud family, only
cost me the amount OF what twenty two bates
came 10 # those twenty two tales Of cotton
purchased All my n"Crl snrirs, aud pockeied
the cash Tor the remaining seveniy-sight, how
| | Iaxs hal bunIrab In he
cash received and IN the few articles
purchased, obtained The full amount Of oil my
Cotton.
Among he articles purchased, | found, on
accurate tyalninsilpn, there were TO the n
mount ofnne bnudrcd aud thirty seven dollars
winch wrt' s.tGJrrt 10 thr Tariff, or Govern.
ment lax ara OIL VIVA linsrquence was that
10 mr. The Bciual tax pad was only on ons
hundred M ~ fty Ne"rn dpl'nts, aud even
hen, with thu tax on them, | purchased all the
s,tIces lon er than had ever done before
There is isS nelphbor over III" ~Ht who is but
small pIlnier and whose crop sold this year
for 500 6obars AID las told ne he bad laid
out 1915 only far supplies for hrs faml y what
ever he WAITED beyond that, he made within
himself and every thing he furnished for his
plantation, he remarked he had bought cheaper
than he had eyer before got them in his lie
plain in a country where every man prospers
IN proportion TO his Industry aud reatzes a,
much from his rxeriIons ms ever he did
except, perhaps. in that memorable period
when the exnayngant high price oi Cation had
nearly ruiaed many Of our Planters, and
actually ruined many OF our meTchants with
hem.
But said l. my friend, your lands are aIleg'
ed, in msdy instances, 10 be deserted, aud
large districts are. Ina manner desolate aId
waste, in Consequence of the oppression 10
which their owners are subjected. As 10 lands
deserted SAID he know Of but two insfanc' s
of this there is my honest frend 5prgg'ns.
and good Mr.. Moderate, who have each Of
them ca hivatrd the same spnT Of ground above
thity years. without ever m'nu,ing On acre,
for YOU know lew people IN this country md-
nnrp Iand-wei, these no individuals having
! fairly worn oni their grounds, have gone to
| seek fresh lands, ~he'e. they expect 10 make
better crops than on an old worn out place.
! But mol one measure ofGoVernmepi had any IN.
Guenee upon Ihfir movements they would have
nlade the change they did II they had not It,
! we'd within the reach ni n civilized cpinmuiA
! ~. They do not trouble their heads about
taxes or farrH nor coud they be mahe To be-
/ lieye their Government was 'yTaunicdl because
| they have never seen any evidence OF u. Jhey
/
mos, adore the name Of Washington. aud are
amongst the unshaken advocates Of the p"rpes-
nal Union Of the States. | asked one oil them
the other day what he thought Of the lnr'H
he said ha knew nothing about il, nor cid i've
remember ever having seen II in thai quarter.
| Seen il, said l. why the Iauh Is II tax or dn'y
laid by Congress on certain articles oil nirrchan
die, panty for the purpose OF revenue. aud
partly for the purpose oil encouraging the man
nlaciure OF similar articles by our own ci'iz"ns
II that is the Tariff. he replied, like It very
much. have no objection to paving little Tor
the support of government, aud always WISH
ed TO see due encouragement given 10 cur own
manufactures, let them be placed wherever
they may, in atty part OF our country. bdi
some persons. SAID /. oppose these m"asures,
and rather than submit to them, talk OF II sepa
ration fine UGlon. II were 10 hear man
talk about a separation of the Union. sad he,
! should bpg,n 10 talk With him about applying
the separating process TO his own carcass, tof