Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-18
IyyCHBURG. JAN. rs, 1890.

=. .vreed to memorialiEe the general govern
,ns., on the subject of opening an outlet TO
,bo ocsao from Aibemarle Sound, with iustrue.
,;oos TO their Delegation in Congress TO use
..st efforts to obtain an appropriation TO effect
,ha, object. One Southern State. then, at
,o.s,, and she the next door neighbor and
,o.,erchild of Virginia, and until now In lea
din. strings, following ~hilhersoever Virginia
God the vay, not only admits the power OF the
General government to appropriate money for
r,,no,es oil internal improvement within its
limits. hu, actuslly asks for such an appro-
,,iation. What will Mr.. Richie say TO this
should not the Legislature Of Virgiaia awake
should uoi North Carolina be admonshed
If her alieeation from the household OF
n,,h 7" Should she no, be warned OF the fatal
gulph OF cons oidarion to which she 10 bfindly
urging the general government We are
firmly Of opinion that soothing bat another Re-
rort and Resolutions, from the present Legs.
1a,ure Of Virginia, can preserve The chartered
rights Of the States from .he rapid and all.con-
ouerng march Of federal usurpaiion-whch
,nrpaion consists in granting things asked
for. We hope North Carolina will not imi-
fate Virginia IN one thing-f,st take the boon,
and then abuse the giver for granting II. Vr-
.snia received help from the general govern
men, TO complete the Dismal Swamp Canal.
and as soon as that was finished, she most wan
S,alg, I've beg pardon for unse1ing her) deni
ed the RICH, of that government" to afford assist,
ance How very prudent she Is in h er wrath
BE il understood, here, once for all, that when
we speak Of Virginia, in connection with this
subject, we mean MIR. Richie.
We observe, too, that while the Legislature
of South Carolina are suddenly jumping from
t,e extreme Of iaiiiudinarianism TO the oppo-
site extreme Of imitdianism, thep:opic Of that
State are taking did'eren, ground. On the Let
of January, a meeting was held in Charleston,
(saa 10 bs The largest ever convened in that
city) at which the following resolution was
passed by an overwhelming majority and
committee of IL appointed to memoriaIiae
Congress on the subject, viz -
Resolved, That We recognize the proprety
R,,d expsdency Of inviting { ongress to take
Stock in the South Carolina Canal and Rail
Road Company
The resolution was opposed by Messrs. il.
Wilson, VIM. P. Finley and James G. Holmes,
aud supported by Messrs Thomas S. Grimke,
WIN. Lascey, Charles r, Carroll, and Benja.
alin F. Hunt.
We are not in favor Of extending the powers
OF the general government too iar-bui we had
rather see that doctrine prevail, shao the fsna,i-
cal creed of our political pur,ans-which is as
ruinous as it is bypocrirical.
The Giant Of Retrenchmeni--W have here.
toore alluded TO Mr.. Chiffon, a member of
Congress from Kentucky, rs enc who sspires
TO the title OF " watch dog Of the Tressury"-a
very useful Office when ii falls into the hands of
competent and discreet men, but most ridicu-
fous and contemplate one when such men az
Mr.. Chiffon usurp it. He makes merit of
sppoS'ng every appropr iation OF money, how
ever just and necessary it may be, and thus, by
waste OF time, subjects the Treasury to tax
from which il would otherwise be exempt, and
which frequently amounts TO a larger sum
than the appropriation which it Is intended TO
prevent. few days ago. he opp osed, in set
speeches, full Of ron and fume, false meta.
phor' egotism and hypocrisy the passage OF
D"'s granting pensions 10 two infrm and deere
pld soldiers Of the revolution In one case, he
stood alone in the negative. notwithstanding
hs grandiloquent defamation on the poverty
ct the Treasury and In the other he certrived
20 win over four others (includng Davy Crock.
y TO his standard He found I" rich consoIa.
usn'' however, for the awkward pred cament in
which he stood in the first instance. in the
"a' that Mr. Madison was similarly situated a
'e" weeks ago in the Virginia Convention
rom which Circumstance Mr.. Chiffon very
"oaes''y and syllogis,ically argues that he is
"a '"'"e' Madison. So. too, in allusion to his
ha'i"g been caled-(or having imagined that
ne WAS so regarded. which is he same thing
oemagogue and an advenlurer." he was
.pua'y happy in detachine from these epithets
'he'r opprohious signiGcaton, By referring 10
renowned and venerated names to which the
same apPella'ions had been applied. "Wash.
'"g'o" a"c Franklin (said he) were called dem
sg"gnes' and Christopher Columbus an adyen.
''''' ergo, he, the said Oh ,on, having been
"Ae"'se termed demagogue and an adven-
'ufer' deserves to be handed down TO poseri,y
W INC same page Of history which contains
''e names Of those illustriou. men Test il by
syiogism, tMr. Chilton's faYori,e mode of
'e'hoh''rai"n.) and what can be painer1 We
'eere'' however, that Mr.. Chiffon should des,
~" VS. II would seem from the tenor Of his last
'Peech thai he has done, of yet effect,ne some