Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-04

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great NostheTn Light, whose iPhns iiene"s'sa
the gloom of our Western and Southern ior'ss
To the larthermos vrrges II tte hfPyoae'
And If they did 90 there IN tie humble forms
of predsgogues aud sboolmkieis. pfeoept"ss
Of academies and presidents II colleges they
were IT the less beaedcia O. the country iaf
that reason. will hold up ely Their 'Hines
and ihrir patriotism TO the siw Of Missouri
and III can eIol'e inlher youtt, al emulation o'
such virtues aud such palrol,m. shall nave
done mucs for the generaion IA which
live
And ,fth.re be any here wlb can declare thy
owe hem no debt Of graiilud for those b. ne
fits. snail NIL dispute ,he sincerity OF their
declarations II J. mol my dsse. however hum
Bile nv debt may be And ifthsre be any here
sarr nnd with Egyptian darkn -, except
so lar as illuminated by the glimmefng lights
oil rKiraci' from the works of those same IA
fh'rS 4 New England or oher authors. com
plird eHuaci upon esUse', d light upon light,
until they rise uti as high h n modern light
house ~ the SIX es" hayc uns TO say, thai ! al.
mre the industry, aIthapgb may not emulate
The abr Of erecting och al I-rrpublican y su-
pr royal structures
Aud H. 10 all hose early settlements. under
DANIEL Boone, or other pioneers, pushed for
ward. eIiurr north or south Olihe ONO, hes ond
cpnI'ry means of this emhryd Republic TO pro
iec lbPm when II Mas struggling ior existence
m tins Atlantic coast. nnd,t al he obstacle,
arising ftonl war and consequent poverty aud
exhaustion :and as to all Int administration of
Wellington ! will cast The same mantle Of
chatIty over nose epo ;, va cb hasr eXten-
drd ayeT Inc graves OF the Fathers ot New
Euglan', atd this Is the onlyanswer shall Al
trmpi TO all ant has been sad, by The Senator
tr"m Missouri, about the baue Of Blu lick and
Nict5nrkl
Baf. si,. must conclude these remarks. To
know when 10 stop, is among the most agreeable
talents Of n public suesher
The downward tendency Of our coantrymrn
10 prt oil univtrtsl Office hunting, serv,lily
hnd corruption the prelude to The dow mall of
natIons-has been remarked, with patriotic re-
gret. by such men as Leigh and Mercer, and
hers IN he late Virginia Convention, and by
thousands Of others IN our country
appeal To all our contemporaries for the truth
ol such remarks
AMI has not The sdnlteraled state Of ov,
Presidential Flee ions, within The last ton years,
since The race ofthr rev dictionary worthless " rs
exhausted, had bur too much to do IN this sad
fhll oil our conut'ymeu from that high estate of
sr'ne and patriotism, IN winch The Father.
oi The Revolution left the last generation OF on,
men
In this view, contemplate the meiamor-
plo's OF the Secretary of State since the year
1859
II contemplating this we almost inyomntarily
'"h "to arecIratIou OF our school boy les.
sons
hnord fest dniJpuS mltidtqs dictre fOrmas
corpora -aud - an. Inc mrtamoTphusi
ms bee" 'iihost complete in only 40 yea,s
Aud the c,ang las been from smaIl harmless
thlngs'' thugs e,eai and Formidable.
In July, lS9 thai officer was created mere
assistant tolht Prrsiden3--a mere grey goosr
qnhi III his hants 10 wrItr wlth-liable 10 he
spit, olbbeh, pointed broken or drown away
ny the fIes'dcni,s NJ will aud pleasure being
nor 10 perform separate duties oil ms own bat
TO ''clllt"tn The President ~ performing those
dn les devn'yed On Ian by the Constitution a a
dIstlnct Department II the Government, sub.
JecI 10 the personal ohers of III PRECEDENT, and
bound to write down usi such words, srntpn
c"', and phrases IS Ia should dictate ~ all ms
negotiations aud olncrdulies. And what has
tins secretary become low som" duties Of
d't Al hn'e been imposed by statutes, occasion.
ny, but tbs servant al vii, like other servants
deprived oil liberty, has csn'iiy.d 10 make his
tor uhe rther out of lh. line oil his oligna des.
tina iou.
Awaiting himself Of The fan; pas Of Aaron
Bur III the Wee Presidency, he ms shnfflpd
min 81 lnio the direct lInr oil lrccsSiCn, and
now ranks IN public eslimaliu, ia The United
States with the Prince Rnvnlut Sw eden-thr
Prince of Wales Il Eugidud-f the Daupniu
of France tx oiiiLio Candldat for the Prrsi
drncy.
Aud we're the mere page ,nry Of this new
rank I'll, would not notice Tn circumstances.
IN tins
est import 10 the rermanrucy and purity Of
ON liberties are involved IN thus great meta.
moIph0Sls
No sooner is the Premier warm in his De-
p'rtment. than he begins To sent the gale all
around hun 'or votes 10 make himself Presi.
dem nj some future dav
Custom has drvolved the power and patron.
age 81 The department upon hm. Custom has
made hIm Prime Minister If IT, Cabinet Coun-
c'i and Standing thus, W th : loot ON the first
step ni IN throne, and an etenpon the highest
seat u The Nation, he immediaEly hegius 10 pla Y
Absa ON Al The gate. before all Isaac! To
Weld the power and patronage OF his Depart
menl; 10 repress, obscure, aud iimiulsh his uppo.
nrns, add 10 raisr, cherish, AMI muIiipl, his ad
h'ren'', with view 10 reign PRESIDENT himself
some day
You have only 10 imag ne III the other De
par'ments, including tn General Post OF
he of the United STATES, 5 absrrvent TO III.
Party discipline of the Pfomia Department. s
all co'opera ing 10 one main ebd--whe,her that
be tie re-eleclL,n ola Pr, silent. as n stop
pug ~one OF the election Of the Pfime Miois
ter hIm-elf, md the story al the loss of our Ito
cries vii be sad reality
And is there no proof Of this subseryiency in
the other Departments
There is "A volume OF proof and that volume
consists IN the simple annunciarlon--' john
Mclean Is no longer Postmaster General OF the
United States =
And why is he not Because he would uui
prostitute himself and the Department under
his charge, TO the low and corrupt pariy-dis
c'piine aud vote suctioneering of the new dy.
nasty
The custer Of Judge Mclean, TO render
the General Post Office snbservien TO the main
design, and the almost ndiscrimina,e removal
OF every highmiuded aud honorable man from