Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-13
THE VIRGINaAy.
LyNcHBuRG. JUNE Is 1881.
MIR. njcpUFFIE's SPEECH.

Dn(Iie's late imtemperate AMI Objectionable
sneeob AT Charleston We shall make few
extracts from il, however, in order TO give our
readers " taste of its quality" and shall ac-
company Them with b,ief commentary.
But before wa commence our extracts. it is
proper O say that this same George McDufie !,
who now SETS up on behalf ola STATE, a claim
to fearful power. which. i'll be conceded. puts
virtual end 10 the Union, WIS not more than
ten or fifteen years ago, himself the warm
advocate Of The very system OF measures which
has led TO the " :, rsnny" of which he and his
brother Nullies now complain, and which las
resulted in this outrage upon common SENSE
this hideous bantling of Faction, begoiten Of
Folly,-caled Nnil,icat,n. That George
McDufiie, the author of One Of the People"
in reply to the =" The Trio" should have the
pH-r1niery TO pretend that the States have any
rights at all, except off merely municipal aud
local character, is sufficient to excite unmixsd
surprise. But that he should 20 farther in his
claim Of sovereignty even than that genuine
State Rights party, which acknowledge Tho.
mas Jefferson aud James Madison as their lead-
ers, and who profess to derive their creeds
from the Virginia Resolutions and Report of 90
that party, which. few brief moon. az %. he
assa,led with all the force OF argument, of sa-
ire and even of ribadry- exceeds all belief
Iir may we'll exclaim, to the party Of which he
was once an active and efficient member, aud
which assumed the generous name OF Ptodigats,
10 their anxiety 10 create as broad a line Of dis.
tinction as possible between themselves and
the Craa lordles, whom they siigmatzed as
Rddicdfs-he may we'll eselam 10 them,
"Piesume not that | an Tie ding | nas,
For you must know, shall the wor1 perceive
+" fhut have turned away my former &c l."
Aud no only do Mr.. MeDule's past opin-
'ons tand Numerically arfnyed against those
which he nov agows-but his present creed is
irreconcil4aLe WITH itsrii, efbr',iiug him, as
IT does, in the Janus-faced character of an ul-
ua latitu marian and an uItra-liiniiarian, al
the same moment. What, Tor example, shall
he Thought OF him who denies tho constitution.
al right oil HE general government TO impose
protecting duties on ioieign imports. although
trainers AMI contemporary expounders oil that
instrument. and although ii has been exerci sed
from the first foundation Ct the guyerument,
without dispute, until the eagle eyed South
CHrolinians discovered that there was no war.
ram for in the federal compact while, at the
same moment, in his marvellous wisdom, he
aiIrms the existence 10 the general government
OF n constitutional rightto charter National
Back, which has been denied from the first mo.
ment il was organized until now, by party res
pectable alike for Numbers aud talent. & which
has been trembngly exercised, under the infu-
ence of weighty considerations OF expediency,
by a statesman whose constitutional opiH-
IONS The people of Virginia ara aceustom-
the people Of Virginia were called upon. 10
morrow, to decide, by legislative vote, they
would declare that the ACT of Congress, char
tering the Bank, WAS unc0nsiilutIonai--and
that George McDufiie's opinions on the subj eel
are erroneous and heretcal But has Virginia
the right to nullify that law 10 pu, sudden
stop 10 the operations of the Bank Really, thr
doctrine OF Modification, when thus fairly sta.
ted,appesrs to US to be so supremacy ri icuious
and absurd, and the consequences to which it
leads are SO disorga AIMING aud runous, ,h, we
are lost in astonishment when we see how many
men, contemplate in number though they be,
have been deluded and carried away by the
sophi.ry which ts more designing aud cAlca-
,I,,,,
But, lei II. advert TO All. McD lfi IS Speech.
Tie says:
alt is mnrIifying 10 our pride, rs the cili-
zens OF ree State, to contemplate our or
PRESTON in another aspect. We are actually
reduced to y condition OF colonial vassalaee
The very bonds that were snndered By Ire pat.
riotic energies OF our ioreiaIhers,--ar again
last ened upon us by a-w and more severe
taskmas Our ancest rs " ere comptiled
trade with the mutner country,a restrictions
which they scarcely felt because, even with un
iim,ted Freedom thy would hardly have ira
ded any here else. We are compelled under
heavy Custom. House peAaiti ., Ia trade " it'll
the lar II States, who have no claims of pHtsr-
nity - sanCtioh such an txerclse OF authority
| over US, or to insure moderation h ais tx
ercise restriction which We feel 10 be
utterly ruinOus, because It xcludes lis from thu
very markets to which our IN erests mot
strongly lead US"
" IteTe is no form of despotism so utterly
i"toleI"b e. as an interested majority &C lug
upon the pc culiar I, adverse Interests Of the
minority. They acs without any control, mon
al or puhicai, and are utterly des itute OF til,
! sympathy winch wo1ld be tel by the most ali.
solnte sfstocracy, when residing among their
subjects. We are, IN fact, the subjects OF the
very worst species Of arts ocracy in the world,
an nps'a't mercensry a'isiocracy, oil absene'
| landlords, who know very lntle about our sui
feiings, aud who, 81 far hon being actuated by
feelings Of kindness, are notoriously influenced
by the most bit er feelings ot poiircal luminosity
and prejudice. Indeed, the whole OF the plan
ing States may be Justly regarded as constiu-