Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-01

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select, betrayed. Ani as an encouragement
! 10 them 10 emigraie 10 tho American Colony
on the Coast OF Africa, where believe their
happiness will be more permanently secured, |
desire Not only that the expenses of their EN-,
grafton he paid, but that the sum oil fity dollars
shall be paid TO each one smigrating, on his
or her arrival in Africa
On publishing this extract. the Colonial Jour
nal makes the following remarks
" In our number for August 1927 we gave
some account al plan adopted by Mr. filz-
hugh. for the gradual Improvement of his slaves
and had his Invaluable LIE BEEN spared much
would have been done by him 10 prepare them
duly TO appreciate. aud wisely To Improve and
ENJOY the benefits OF Freedom. We trust that
an example 50 bright bene6cent and exalted as
his, will ever be- loved AMI initiated in the State
which he adorned, and the country which nov
laments the loss OF his talents and his worth. y
IL 1t is again rumored that there is 40 be
change in that splendid piece of Mosaic, vui
carly styled the Cabinet. Mr.. lngham, ii is
SAID, is 10 go abroad IN some public capacity.
perhaps as Minister to England. aod the old
federas',' Louis McLane, having been dyed
rar,ment, thereby furnishing fresh evidence Of
the erciudre JsGersonian Democratic Rspubh-
Gun character OF the present administralon.--
The rumor nay he true, Tor aught we know to
the CT ntrary; but so many similar reports have
formed out to be false. that we shall not believe
ii until we see it. The Cabinet, as at ia, suits us
40 well, that we should be sorry TO see any
change. We want to see it fully tested. wltiJ
what lille wisdona great Nation may be gov
erned.
~ Some of the Jackson prints, in thai spir-
il of kindness and benevolence for which they
are so remarkably, distinguished, advise the
! friends of Mr.. Clay to abandon him, MS there is
no possibility ofhis election. And then, the
reason which they assign why they give us this
advice. is - pery dsinterested they assure Us
that Mr.. Clay cannot be elected and that al
most any other individual ofthe pnrty TO which
he belongs would stand better chance OF sue
cess Strange, indeed. that they should advise
US to do that which would operate against their
own Idol We can assure these gentlemen that
MI Clay will npither Withdraw from the con.
test, nor he withdrawn by his friends. IL We
may venture 10 borrow one oil Mr.. RiiGhie's
hackned quotations, would admonish the -
not to LAY this flalterng JUNCTION 10 then
souls"
II The French Journal, called RerUe de Pa
/ To- 10 !
" The prescnt nece SHY Of calling men of let
ters iuto The management of public affairs. -
/ Upon which Mr. Walsh, of the National Ga
zette, remarks, that nm essay this subject
ght he useful al Washington Quite a good
! hit, this. for a " fence man." as MIR. Walsh is.
We hope he is not getting over on our side.
II Some days ago, IN a few hasty remarks
relative to English Politics, We referred TO the
immense SUN Of money lavishei on the Duke
of Wellington and his family by the British go
yernment, in the shape Of annutles, pensions,
salaries, &c. amounting TO a sum more than
sufficient to meet the demands of our whole
Civil List during an entire Presidential term.
! Every day new facts are presented to the view
! Of the public, which show how inrolerably
grievous is a government of Kings, and Cords
temporal aud spiritual, who live in idleness,
magnfcence and luxury, 90 the oceans wrnn Z
] from the hard earnings of the industrious. but
starving battered, houseIess multitude, whom,
forsooh, they are said to protect II IS indeed
! ~ IN In he
vering, to deyour We have met in the late
papers, with TWO or three additional para
graphs, shedding some light on the blessings
of Monarchy which will doubtless cause the
detuded American people to wonder al their
stupidity ia preferring system of government
which ensures rigid economy in public expen
ditures, aud an absence Of Ill exiravaRant os-
renlaion IN the private as well ms IN the official
conduct OF its oflicers-rrom the Constable OF
a parish up 10 The Chief Magistrate Of the Ma
ton
First, the Fren2L government, during the
reign Of Charles x.
" A Paris paper states that the hunting ex
penses of the ES-king OF france, inclulIog the
salaries of the master of ihe hounds, and the
huntsmen, grooms, &C. were 60. 957 francs
per annum. Thas, dnrfng, the reign ofCharts
X. which lasted FIVE years, the country paid
3 500 900 hancs, merely foi the pleasures of he
chase"
And nov for the play things of" Gentle nan
George" as the lately defunci Majesty of Eng
land has been somewhat tamiI,arIy ST. led
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iest,, George the Fourth, consisting of snuff
! bGx. rings, &c. have been valued since his
death, by eminent gold smiths, attwo hundred
and fifty thousand pounds sterling, or about
one million doliors. The godsmiths offered
TO take the articles at this valuation, bat his