Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-10-04
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AlofMApLG CousrY W.. Sept /.
GcnNcmrn nave the honor 10 acknowledge
The receipt t your circular Of the 2OtA VT bearing
The Augusta post marA Of the 9th You ask me ii
the instance of n public meeting oil my fellow cit
2ens of Richmond County, to communicate 10 them,
through yon my sentiments IN regard To NrLGu1-
o,qloN. aud forward ne the proceeding of the nee
ting as the best explanation oithc acts and motives
Of those who composed It. Such a requcst,so urged
demands for my own credit an immediate aud ex-
phrit answer. The election IS rapidly approaching
and any intentional delay or disguise would be IN
consistent with nay habits, and unworthy OF your
Representative.
| consider notification, as proposed remedy 'ar
thc evils oft Tariff, uusound III theory, and nn.
safe in practice This opinion, probably OF little
consequence to any one hut myself, though nterred
trankly, Is hope without any tnge oiarosanee or
dogmatlsn.
Having answered tho question put to NC as one
IN hc ca 'aioeue # candidates, might Il this we've
an ordinary occasion, be permitted to conclude,
nth the approved lormule of gratitude aud devo
Ton 10 my generous constituents, and to the person
al friends, through whom their communication Inns
been made. But the tmothe circumstances the
great interests at sakcthe danger of the CRISIS 10
oar country and the cause ofireedom a admonlsh
me not to deal IN the common places Of holiday eere
nouy, orto shelter mysclt behind dry and barren
gcncratlcs.
My sentiments are not demanded, on account Of
any personal snspe,en, or the apprehension oipez
cuar danger from notification N Congress They
have been required mos, probably from ilatterIng
/ al, e pdeQlilC influence
with the public aud as IN our day and Iaad, eV-
cry man udges. we'll ot III, Tor himself. you look
not oropuJns only but tor some reasons to support
] them.
Though usually regarding the iusguieanee Of
] mere party CONTROVERSIES with contempt, aud THEN
intolerance 40 maignity with disgust, every pcl.
sonal wish, aad TASTE and feeling Is lost ~ qucs
z ton Ike the plesent.-ltS intrinsic magnitude and
enduring cIferls no one Will dsny and my views
al IT, although neither novel or profound are due II
+ the solicitation OF community among whom th'
best and longest part oimy life has past,in the inter
change of mutual GOOD will, aid 10 you the compan
+ ons of my youth OF boyhood In such an inter
course copcealmen,s would pe pititul--proessioh
m splacc1 Thoughts opened without rcserve--e-
Lions t5r deeper tor suppression, may be safely
commented To the favorable Interpretation OF men
whose cA pericnre OF the world must Gle tins haYt
taught them, there IS always least heart "here
. there IS most tongue.
Il is impossible for me to defend, palliate OF de-
ny the evils Of protective tariff. AT every stage
ofmy political lfa,l have borne testimony against II
But cannot--5are not say, they are uncndurable
-irremcdIable--or entirely TO be imputed 10 tht
grasplng uvarice Of any portion of our country
Writing within view Of our MosTlctLLo, once The
home and noW the grave Of JEFFERSON, may ho
proiane the air breathe with the language Of sub
mission Neither must bear false witness against
my neighbor for his name reminds me that some five
and twenty years ago, the Pattiach OF American
Freedom, assisted by 5ouheu politicians LAID IN
exclusion Of all commerce with foreign nations the
| foundation of protection to domestic manufactures
" We must bling workshops from Europe =
" We must not consume the productions OF those
who iniure and insult u.s. Perish Commerce
let our constitution live Z" Such was the language
which for years found an echo III every Southern
bosom, from the Potomac 10 the Mississippi Such
was the feeling that bore us through the Embngo-
! Non-lntercourse-Non -lmportaton--W ar. Need
| tell you, gentlemen that 1t was Southern votes
which, in eighteen hundred and sixteen, carried
tariff, partly for revenue partly protective, against
the strenuous opposition ofthe navigating interest !
| And must protest even to YOU that tins reeapitu-
| ation is not made to defend accuse the past or
the present, TO incuIpate or cxcupatc, any man, or
party or peope-but simply because II IS The truth.
The thorns we reap are ofthe tree we planted
they may not wound US the less oul surely We have