Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-09-10
F." Four HIT, sch july 1882

icnllencN ! nave bsch Hphorcu ny J oH hpH
Of the 9th inst inviting me IN behalf of the Tree
Trade and State IA sht Party offs, Johns, Cole
nou 10 partskc ola Dmncrto he gwen on next
month, On listo Island in honor OF State Rishtc
ard Constitutional Liberty.
Devoted "a am, 20 those great olicc's, sin.
corely regret, thai my engagements, aud tic sea
son uf the year prevent me from accepting iaar IL
gltation HID II beet IN my power 70 attend, na.
sure you that i, would afford me great grdtHsall"n
20 ION on the OCCASION the CT, zcn9 Of your Padsh
who have so distinguished themselves by Them
oarly and euli gicnct zeal, in the stca, struggle
whiehths State has mpinaincd Cor 80 in'nY years,
and under such adyGrsG circumslnucts, IN favor Ut
Constitutional Liberty Never was cause 50
pure and patriotic, more grossly nl5reprcsencd, On
more unuatly nssallcd nor has one, ehder 80 NM
NY ditfcu.tcB, ever been mcrc firmly and success.
fully sustained With powerful opposition
within; with the dlscounlcnancc Of surrounding
States with the whole promise md patronage 81
the General Government against US assm'ed alike
by its patlsans, and It's opponents charged Gh
the design Of disunon and revolution, a"ainsl al
We have firmly rnair'oined oar stand II IS ~ the
order II Providence, thai good causc, ~ol'hilY
slstaihrl never fails in the end 10 prosper and 80
Accordingly find, that onrs has advanced IN spite o
and 50 firmly cs'abli,hed NJ 10 be plnccd beyond
the reach Of contingencies, five but perscsefe, a.
W. have begun In the shor, space Of four yedrs
orr doctrine has oycrspread over our own STATE
and is already rapidly taking roots beyond oiu Inn
| its and We may confidently anticipate tia. ~ Il
few years !, viii be the established political ia}
OF oir coutlry feel mysefauihorised IN speak
my thus. no, only from the rapid advances wh,ct
| Ia al ly a
| yiclion. thai it is founded truh and that thu
cause Of truth, sappouod as it ought TO be- will, II
! the end, prevail. OF ono hing "c may be INSURED
that without the recognition ofo1t doctrine, our po
l.rcnl system must end, aud thai speedily, N cor
rupton and Jespotism. Our danger is the loss OF
Liberty. and not dlsunlon as IS honesty supposed
by many opposed to Us.
So obvious and great are the blessings Of MIN
that all see and appreciate iheo While the enerpach
ment8 ofpo@er and the necessity 81 resisting Il
early. are less clearly perceived aud fit iten'e
any .di cnt effort against arbitrary and de1Nolit
tower. however pa,r tic 90d constitutional. Wi "
opposed by the cry Of dlsuu.onj anG HE dreo1 o
So great disaster, however uniounded. VIII orr
rate more powerfully many, 'hnr the SIN great
err but less ,erccptble danger, Of despot'ta Inc
truth Of which VIC daily witness IN our present
struggle, and 1t viii continue 70 be witnessed ~
every future struggle, in favor Of liberty But rs
great as haye been the dliicalie, encountered IRON
that quarter, our cause and our mol'es are 40"
much better unIcrs'ood than at the commandments
ofthe struggle The ungroundcd fear, that the
RIGHT of State To nterpose in order to protect her
reserved lowers, against the tncroachmenta OF TIC
General Government, would lead 10 dlsnalon, IS
rapidly vanishing and as it disappears II "li1 be
seen that so far from endanserlns, the right Is es-
s-ntial to TIE preservation ofoar sys'en'--as .c"-
scn'la, as tho right Of suffrage itself II the Latter
be necessary u protect as against the abuse Of
rcs.g o. lie par. .! oes rulers ~. !ofH':' 5 ~