Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-17

mor' hadsia3tnig f'solu'ioa 5sL'ns Conxre,s
Tor an appropriation of money to assnt in open
'nE The Roanoke inlet: and yet, with this fact
spread upon its Journals, aud published 10 tbs
wotld,h passed few DAYS since, by a respec,a.
BILE majnrrt,, resolution denying the raht of
Congress 10 make any such appropriation
this ia shameless piece Of inconsistency.
fei. we are wiling TO overlook H. IA eonsid-
efanon Of saether resolution Passed by tina,
body. They have denounced the new tangled
doctrine of Nuihfcaton by "a yole of fire to
one We are glad 10 sse that although North
Carolina IS 50 neat the ihsatre where this poison
has been most freely disseminated she has not
hrcsmr infected witty it. & we may safely say,
That although she vas the last 10 come into
The uniou, she will he the last to lay The are 10
III roots" The resolution against Notification
was supported by hicssrs. tlenry, Hill, Castor
Barringrr aud O'Brien, and opposed by Messrs.
Bynum. Sawyer, Bragg, spsieh, and Blair.
Mr.. Henry, (saysa correspondent of the
Fayetteville Obsrrver) was truly eloquent. |
shall never forget his manner when he ndig-
nantly eSclaimed-"Nuihf cntion, Sir, is 1red-
SON and lie who advocates IT is a traitor 10 our
dearest rights say it on my individual res
ponsibi,ty. and gentlemen may make the most
OF It He who endeavors 10 foster The spirit of
dlsrnion, deserves TO expiate his crime upon
thr eailows ; aud thus go down
To the vile dust. from whence he sprung
On"rpt. nnhonorcd and unsung p
We need not surely despair OF The Union.
while the spirit of our fathers burns thus s,roug-
ly on the very borders OF the dsunionIHs
camp We no, hey will read in ta premon-
horv lesson ~ beware how they attempt push
their theory INTO prac'icn, The moral sense oil
the community isnot yet ripe for the desuuc
ton OF this cuadel of fre sdon.
iish Tourists. St.-Wa see il stated. IN
one OF the late New York papers, that "a cele-
hracd British novelist intends shortly 10 make
he tour Of the united Slate,--and already, ia
ducct soiicatbns are thrown oo, TO him that he
will give go1d report of us--pf our customs.
mariners, Institutions, Laws, aud nIorals-in the
Book Of travels, winch he vii OF course pub
49,
8nursh OF 'ramprts did some Of the bankers al
the heels OF would-be great mn. he,ald the
and progress Of Capt Basil Hall
mud IN like manner, we suspect. will their scr
vile conduct be rewar led that IS, by a nara
tive, full Of insulting reflections upon
,ional character, misrepresentation Of facts, and
downright Gsehond, Bnr, OF what conse.
quence is il, what British tourists say OF
manners and morals that such ridiculous efforts
are made TO prUptiate the N III advance We
sensibiIity we manifest nj Their gibes aud ar
casms, wien moments reelection should Con
vince that they are equally harmless Il com
plimrntary us not making Us I'll.
dcm savage they p"'ni-and complimentary,
nv evidently proceeding from jeal9ay oil our
growing strength and prosperity.
The only tang 10 he deprecated by us, as
growing Out OF the false views gwen Of us b,
British travellers, is the ign, france in which II
keep, the great body of Foreigners with regard
to our true Stuat,ou,-lgnorance from which
pycn many Of their lending statesmen arr not
exempt. Mr.. (now Lord) Brougham, Tor IN.
stance in a pubic speech. remarked, "Wash.
ton vas raised 10 Tie supreme po,0er, By the
mbought .yoic- Of the country he had served
and savei-lnd after having hsen lifted 10
that proud em,nence. he t1m do'caHe lccpire
which his country had given hrm. unen he
found he could nor wirll 1t con'istentIy with
the lherty oil the country We see what
confused ilaa even Brous ham has ii on" Of
the m3.t striking aud beautiful events in our
history.
M G ,oper or novelist, observes, that
q the American even now litde suspects how
completely his country is without the pale oil
European thuught--and Justly adds, that III
ignorance in which she has remained of a.
merica aud American character from thu d'y
her pilgrims first touched the rock Of Plymouth
10 the present hour, has been one of England's
great misf1rtunes
To show sill farther, the extent Of this igno.
rance, we copy (although somewhat out of
date. m extract oil a letter from an American
gentleman in Paris, written in September last,
aud then published IN some o or papers
avon would br astonshed to witness t1e ig
porsnce that prevails in Europe, with regarl 10
our country, and its institutions. Its extern
and resources are beyond their comprehension.
Our goyernment is a perfect pnzzle aud they
cannot understand how twpnI, -isnr sovereign
ties can tom one, aud yet each retain its own
sovereignty 4 surgeon in the British amy,
,skod me what was the general language Of the
county. Ireplied that thu Moha'ok was the
native language, but that those who were caught
carly. and tanned young, somelInes talked
English. To another Rioglishmdn, who asked
the same question, replied we taxed The a
mericsp IanpuaPe--a KIND ofaniqnr English.
such ,s waswritteu by Addison& Johnson. aud