Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-08-05
I'DIIITICAI4.


TO BENJAMIN WATKINS LEIGH ESQ
The people of Virginia particularly IN the east
ern part have moie confidence IN yon, than They
huy, in any Other man within Der limits fod
have sustained IN private HE, character without
rcpIonlh AZ Lawyer you have been tue 10
yoNr dams aud may be justly called master OF
you, profession. As representative OF the peo
pie, both IN tho Legislature and the Convehton,
TO form the State Constitution, you MAINTAINED
aud enforced with ability mud gcnl all just and pro
per No osuros for the good Of thc Oh DomthtoH
Ms Commissioner, whether q Kentucky o. To
South Ca1Qlu.a, you gave general satisfaction 10
your employers In fact, may with safety say
TINT you p,,ncY'eS GEM ally, 50 far as thry have
been derei prd by speeches made, or by ESSAYS
written. are IN accordance with ours But Sir,
there are several suhlcots yl'ly interesting, no
only to our ORR Stotc, but to the Union NJ SAFES,
on which You have not gwen an opinion. For
your Silence ho@cfet YOU are not censrable, MS ro
station to which YOU have been called foqurcd an
utcrauce in relntlon 10 lI.,m-lndeed, while noting
as Commissioner nea, Tie Goeernmem of SouH
CGfotinn, iiwoud have been highly inpphllc 10
adopt ANY contsc 9th than the one you did, winch
was TO lem TO neither side Silence aolr, though,
IS not cali I'd Tor BY any c'tcnmstatce connected
with tue welfare Of ihr country and SINCE IT Into
been proposed y many IN the olnie, 10 translate
YOU from retirement, 10 the he0d OF the 1me'ifdn
.\qtion, must desire YOU 10 bfoah the seal, ana
let us hem from yon.-lt is not my intention To
Go,ter vou Ia THIS letter nor viii use word, H.
tcntiorelIy that could wound the feelings OF the
mo delicate scnsibliity. 1t is my purpose, with
out uuknd intention, to put few questions to you,
which hope you viii answer, for the following
reasons. In the first place, you have, H'0"Sh
cho,cc o. Vonf omn, been playing rarts 6tfoe me
ob,hly of the oetpf ard thereby, have done afe-
taii wheu YOU Had the means ol dolns rhoff'die
tns,nc'i. For you know very well, TINT some OF
your friends have long wished toilet your light
Shine out Of the limits Of your native 9tpe, ana en-
treated you from time to tune, to let then Introduce
you to the American people, by sending you to the
senate of Tn | s, which you refused to do. IL
will be impossible lhen for them 10 be graiifci
IA their urirat ris4 70 make you President Of the
UuiteL States, unless they can 81 your opinions
De fore the public, on sulJ cts CONNECTED with Ihc
General Government
If then yop are IN favor Of that prefecture poi"Q
which has produced 50 much discomfort OF late
years, ii is due to lie people, for and dsa'n" That
they should know IL
If Won believe II constitutional fof Congress TO
appropriate money for making loods and canals, II
shod bc known.
If you think tina, Congress has constitutional
risAt to charter a Bank, similar 10 the present u
5 Bank, say
If YOU arc opposed, to dividing the proceeds ofthe
sales Of pubic lands among the states, az vas pro
posed by Congres, at the last session, tell to the
nation You are stranger to the people OF tue y.
s. and in uour case. they will not Il mean out OF
this Statej vote for the man, tut, on knowing MS
princinles man vote for n M. Ga the foreSo-
ing subjects monosyablc for each Will DC suth
clent
NOV come to the main reason for making this
call ON YOU You stutc, 10 which you hive al
was sh,wn the q. Attest devotion, IS much eYi
rcd bv marty ieclins, produced by the South Caro-
lima difference with the General Government aud
il IS very riohallc you may put down lie dscon-
tents that now iritatl and divide US. on can DO
more IN ACCOMPLISHING this desirable obect, than
an, other mnn for it is my ol1non, land IN 1t
,t, not stand alone } that no Other individual IN the
whole state could have united, UNANIMOUSLY, The
different pa,lles in the Legislature when com
missioner was selected to request D Carolina to
STAY the execution other Ordinance. Those who
had becn opposed to the election Of Gen Jackson 10
the Presidency, were wiling to trust you, because
YOU had voted against him yourself, and they be
Iieyed you had no pycjudice IN his favor Those
who set up themselves as the rtctt5ipe S'@fe r'shS
men, preferred you, because, they looked on you
VERY properly real Trglna' IN every res
meet and would If called on by her, go TO the de
,,,I f,r Virginia. Such us DID not think the acts
ofby Caroline, were so oppressive as 10
Justify yepointion, having COT idence IN your pru
donco, good sense, Judgment and known attach
meo, 10 ssold things chee,iuliy united with the 9th
or ,wo parties, in sending you to say, "Mat V'T-
gin,a dues mot regard the resolutions of '9S and
so as saaa,duing The proceedings q SVuh CA1o-