Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-03-11
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Permit me to address you as the Editors of val
liable & widely circulated ncwspaper,on the course
you have thought proper to pursue, III regard 10 the
momentous questions that are now agLatng our
country. The deep and anxious feelings. that
have, in comm IN with yourselves, and every lover
Of civil liberty, must be tho apology of SO humble
an individual, i'll obtrul;ns hmsofupon your no
ice But rs deeply and as anxously as feel up
Oh these Qucstisns would not for one moment
dcign to appeal to you, if believed that you be-
longcd to that base AMI miserable corps Of editors
(among whom Thomas Richie holds SD conspicu-
GUS place. who willing 10 sacrifice the liber-
ties Of our country tor the advancement of man or
party with the base hope sharing in the spoils
of victory. believe yoI arc actuated by nober
md purer motives that, in the course you have
pursued, you believe you are acting for the public
good. Now, let me ask you, wha, should be the
course Of the conductors fthe public press, when
the best and mos! patriotic OF HE people arc sta
ed by questions af vital importance in relation
the government Of the country, and who dlfct SO
widely as TO the means by which our common
country is to be saved from impending ruin You,
IS the conductors OF lie PRESS nave the Sht to en-
force your views with al! the abilities you possess,
aided by the reasoning and Arguments Of all those
who advocate the same opinions ut,-shoult
you no, also publish the reasons and opir ions of the
y
is luborous process, and most men, rather than
undergo that laoour take up the opinions Others,
np0n trust, without reflection. Hence the slow pro-
srcss of truth, and the bisotry and intolerance of
parties in religion ami politics, You must be well
Az are that large number Of your subscribers, in
the country, never read any other newspaper than
the one published by you, unt that they rely upon
you for candid exposition Of the political affairs
that interest and agta.o the country. With a
knowledge Of these importan, facts why is it that
you scarcely ever publish in your paper the speech
cs opposed to the doctrines Of the Presidents proc
lpmaton, aud the opinions Of the great and dis
tinguIshed men who the advocates Of the ghts
Of the States =? If am no, mistaken and if am,
beg TO be corrected) you at one time, not many
moons since, confessed yourself to be on the fence
in relation to the doctrine OF secession. we'll know
that you have gotten down butts not possible that
you have gotten down too soon, and that you may
have perchance leaped on the wrong side mere
y recall this Circumstance to your recollection to
show you how unsettled were the opinions ofthe
best informed of the people when the Presiden.
| nounced his new chapter Of revelations from the
throne. II the doctrines for which you contend are
true, you have nothing 10 fear from placing them
| IN your columns il jnyaposition with the reasons
ana arguments OF the other party. Truth is like
the diamond in the hand Of the lapdary the more
it is rubbed, the brighter it will shine and sparkle
or, like the golden ic the hand of the chemist,
comes forth from the ignied alcmbic, purified and
refined from the dross that surrounded it. think
the public have claims upon you, as conductors Of
widely circulated political paper, that you presen,
the reasons and opinions OF both parties, so tina,
they may be enabled calmly to investigate and dis
passlonatcly TO form their opinions. l trus, tina,
these suggestions will be received in the same spir-
in which they vvpre dict ,to,I lfJCIIS
L. s. 1t would altoti pleasure to a, leas, part
ofyour readers to the very able address oJudge
Upshui in your paper.
REMARKS.-by the Editors.
We speak it not by way of rebuke, but merely as
fact, which, in discussions this sort ought to be
known, that our TREND Amicus.' who takes US
80 seriously to task, Tor our course as the conduc-
tors of public journal is himself not subscriber
| and consequently, whatever may DO his 0pinion
with regard TO this matter, he has no rigb to ar
raIsn US al the bar of public judgment, Y, We aye
by no means unwilling 10 give HIN heating. be-