Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-24
THE ~VEsSElNgAN.
LYSCHaURG, MARCH 81. 1881.
Mr.. CALHOUN AND MULTIPLICATION.

= " NV 'F"'h| ~ SHS'H oA"'''' - y
la'ion to the r'gGt of s."gle state 10 dissolve
The un'on, "a beginning 10 draw down upon its
authors almost universal ezeci alton The Van
Buren, portion Of The Jackson pa,it, through
thei If organ, the " Globe handle II With just
seyerty-and make il one Of the strongest
pnin,s i. their assaults upon Mr. Calhoun
while the paftizans of the Wee President. GU,
of South Caroline Indignantly deny that he
has participated in the efforts which have been
m abe TO inlame the public mind in tina, State,
and 10 mislead it into the adoption of this novel
and dauserou. here.y. The Washington Tele-
graph which may be regarded as speaking
Mr.. Calhosn's sentiments, although il says 1t
has " no authority to speak on this subject
we presume il means special authority, as
serts emphaticslly that MIR. Calhoun has
never written or uttered a word favoring dis
unIon." Aud again, II says. " As 20 Nullli
cat ion, ue ave authorized 10 say, because we
hare frequently heard hun declUe, taat Mr..
Calhoun opinions conform to those Of the
Republican party Of 49,, as expressed in the
Virginia Resolutions, drawn 10y MIR. Madison, y
&c. This is we'll enough, As Tar as II goes
But IT stops, al the very point where the public
ill require Information, before they can MAX"
up ,hdir minds to support Mr.. Calhoun for the
PRESIDENCY, Rs many OF the opponents OF this
administration may aud probably will do, II II
can be demonstrated that he has had no con
n ,ction with this second edition VI the Hart
ford Convention. Tho Nulliyers themselves
profess to find Their Justification IN MIR. A.adi-
sons ReSaiutfons-but Mat venerable sage
declares that tn ey were never designed TO give
counieuancs TO heir monslrois d%oct'ine. Will
Mr.. Calhoun, or his mouth piece, Che lelt-
graph inforn the peoplr, ,rhich construction
OF those Resolutions lie adopts-Mt. Madis"n's
own interpretation of them. or that OF hessts.
Hamilton and IIayne I Aud sill farther, uhen
did Mr.. Calhoun rrnouncs his once openly
aynwed, ABLY defended aud dearly cherished
lattuJina,ian doctrines ? Is he uot even now
IN favor o. re-cbartering the L. .. bank-ihe
advocate oil a Bankrupt La"-and the supper
ter Of iniarnai lmpIOvemPntby The federal GO
y.rnmpnt1 Or Is il only in relation TO the
FARM system that he is beset vi h constitution
al sernpies And how long, after his c-lebra-
ted Speeches in favor Of tbls very 81 stem, was
il, that he began 10 see that 1t was not Only
unequal and oppressive ia 's operation out
that il was ionnded in a violation oil the federal
constitution , We confess, that we sh Juid be
extremely glad to see the fact OF "A disconnrt-
lion between Mr.. Calhoun and the NuIlIiyers
nroyel-lt would revive the lingering and
almost extinct partially which We once ielt
for the eloquent champion OF our national
hopor in 1912. Bal it h be IN truth a N"lt'ly-
If ne entertain the opinion that a single
SIT. h. "a ,isht TO set up it's construction Of
The Constitution as an lnfalliole rule, by when
sister ties are to be guided, as the altet-
native of d,ssolying the Union, his strength
must Of necessity he considerably diminished
We Womb az snon vote 6r H. G. Otis, OF
G Gorge Cabot or Roger Sherman to whom
tn q od,um OF the Hartford Convention still
clines. like the poisoned shirt oil Nessus Mar
tin Van Buren, has ne place in our esteem. We
regard him rs n mos, paltry pplllicIso, IA PET
tilogger in politics as he was in law before
Hind Fortune showered her fnVors upon his
head But even Ann we would support sooner
Ia an a man who could coolly Sit dow" aud
- calcuiai Q toe value oil the lninn who could
balance is blessings by an avaricions compn-
,af;,n of dollars and cents-and under the
inf uence Of lancied grievances, aud dlssppoin-
ted ambition, like he base Judean, throw awey
a pearl ri,h-r even than the imae nation oil
man can compnts. Intrigue IS more ondura-
HE han d,sunion-and if John Z. Calhoun is IA
NuIhfyer, Van Buren, is by SO much 10 be prt-
fenred to him,
nrThe Stage in which Mr.. Calhoun was
tr.v.lruv home having broken down, that gen =