Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-12

shaIl Grst be obtained by the President from
the Legislatures of the State. agreeing tina,
such surveys may be msden-.qnd Gen. JACK.
son roitd against lha also And yet he IL sup.
ported by the ultra State Rights men, when no
man could have given votes more decidedly
hostile TO their principle,
Another glazing discrepancy Is made mani
fest. by comparison ofh,s Senatorial With
his Presidsatiai opinions. IN both of bis An
nual Messages TO Congress, the President has
urged With great earnes,ness. a proposition 10
distribute the surplus revenue alter the psy-
ment Of lhe national debt, among the different
States, agreeably TO The ratio of representa-.
ton. Yet, strange 10 soy, while he was in the
Senate, when MI. Holmes moved to amend
the celebrated surrey BIZ. by providing that
Il tho faith OF tho bniled States, Is hereby
pledged that no money shall ever he expended
for roads or canals, except !, shall be among
the several States, and in the same proportion
as direct taxes are laid aud assessed by the
provisions oI the Constitution, Gen. Jackson
| voted again st II
How are these mutations aud transfnrma.
tons of opinion To be accounted for, unless we
attribute them 10 The operations of an r1ttane.
Gus and sini.ter influence upon his actions since
he has been President, from which he was en-
empt when he was mere Senator, aud pos
sessed no patronage, to draw around HIM tho
edf-~igs who infest aud m,slead weak and ca.
PRECIOUS Rulers 7 That such is tho true state
of the case, We have not The shadow of n doub,
and SO believing, we cannot think that such a
man Is qualified Tor the high station TO which
The people have called him, or that the Con.
s'itut'on itself is safe IN his hands. Asa I,m,ta.
'iahi we nave no confidence IN hun nor have
we ever had, since we discovered him comet.
hng with all parties, and endeevorins TO woo
them 10 his standard by a" iidieiou," reyeI..
non OF his opinions, suficlea,ly expressive TO
enable men of the most opposite creed, 10
claim him as Of their sect, while il va, go mn.
b'g"o"s that none could convici him of pln,ipe
false, whether he threw himself vi Ultimately n,o
The arms Of his quondam friends, the Nnllif,.
sfs OF South Carolina, or his still more z,,lo,.
advocates, their antpodes Of Penns, lyanis.
W We find II d iicult TO record the Public
Dinners which are now a.days given Ia mn,
great men. rs last ms We hear of them. II We
were TO attempt TO publsh the proceedings
at all Of them, we should have room for little
else Our hope is, that the disease will cure
'tself-and thal their frequency will in time
'enoer the custom so ridiculous that il will
be =" more honpred in the breach ibno in the
| o6serrance.' Recently. drnncr WINS given
to Mr.. Gulian e. Verplanek, representative
IN congress from the City of Now York, by
the literary gentlemen Of TINT city, rs "A mark
| OF their APPROPRIATION Of the zeal d,splaved h,
nm, IN procuring thu passage Of a law Sc
curing TO authors the COPY rights oftheir works
And 8nothrr,by many citizens of MARYLAND
to Gen. Ezekiel +. Chambrrs, Senator !,
eohrreSs AS token OF respect Tor his tai.
enis, and for the dignity wher.with be Ia.
represented that State in the Naliansl Le,is.
l"tufe.'-An' another, by the merchants aud
other citizens OF New York 10 the venershI.
MI Mauly, our ls'e Consul at Liye,ooaI
an evidence ofiheir respect for his virtue. md
we presume because he is victim of m.
proscf'ptlve policy OF the administration
We have no room for the proceedings.
W The news ofthe explosion Mt Nashi,o.
ton caused great amhzement nj Cinci.,.,;
Que Of the papers of TIM, place .evs Nv.
have not witnessed moIe excitement on an, or.
casion since The French Revolution"
J II The Richmond Compiler, Of tho 7,b. .as,-ni,
would appear from Mr. Bonens etter to tho
Of Savannah that he attends 70 retire To n,v., .,
ton"-Ihe Compiler docs hot contain the letter t.elf
nor have we seen 1t in an, other paper
Ir The President Is no doubt thank ,i cr ,to ,;.
OF his friends IN this season ofconfts1n and c,,,,y
| and not few OF them pr0fer 10 him In. eho,n c,
dity Que of them in tho interior of PennsvIvon nd
m0nshes hun IN this sublime strain -" Il, Inn, linn, -,
great political excitement aud party contesnnJ bc,
the political sen seIpens are stitching on tn tudJer nj
our Tree Institutions let Us be on the lookout for talent
ed aud to fiji such high stations 1T. ,oo,
advice--and hope 1t will hago due weight at W ash
| ington.
" The Wars Of tho Pfass are now confined almost
exclusively 10 the two grand divisions OF the late Re-
publican party aud 1t quito amusing see the aspe
rty with which they nssn each othor. The Telegraph
''''uies 'nf hdllprlbls OF the Richmond Enquirer IN
"ihcoheront and ungrammLlicnl" and styos them un-
genuenlany inycctiycs" Dun even speaks with gron,
rudeness Of his quoH9am friend Mr.. Rilchic person
nlyas "carc -eraled, suporannuatod tesiy, elderly
gentleman" Of an unonviablo character-and snoers
18th immediate purity" aud this too la reply To
au article, IN which Mr.. Il. mado honorable mention
Duff, as his " norihy cotemporary" Notwitt innding
this inSraitnde and lll-nannors however tho Lpluror
seems rouctan, To part with It's old shipmatc.
|
II The Globe announces that the Postmaster General
and Second Auditor Lewis have left Washington for
Philadelphia; and thai the" Heaven born Fourth Au-
dlior Amos, or, as Duff calls hun, " the Ungratoful
Hypocre," has gone TO Massachusetts, " TO his aged
parentsna very pous purpose, but very unnecessarily
aunnlncel 10 tho nmhllc who. mncIne Lats