Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-04

i Government of an absolute majority without chez
3 ~ limitation cannot BE- deniel t,y any one VIII
has Invariably Observed A., npcretion
Il IS net nccessa nv Ia trncc the commencement
and gradual progress Of the causes winch have pro
dueed this change IN our system; IT ~ sufficient I.
state that the change Las taken place within III,
last few years What has been the result, Pre
cisely that which might have been ANTICIPATED In,
growth of faction. corrupt ION. anarchy. md. If moi
dcsnetsm Itself lis near approach. as witnessed II
the prov ,s,ans al. this bill And from what hay,
these consequences sprung We have boon IN
yulyed in no wuri W. have been ut peace with
all the world We have been visited Wit, no ma
/ tlonal calamity Our people have been advancing
IN general intelligence and | will add as great and
alarming ms has been the advance of political cor
fuptnn. the morals and virtue of the community al
large, have been advancing in improvement
| What kc would arain repeat Is the cause Ne
other can b. assigned butn departure from the fun
dnmental PRINCIPLES ofthe Constitution. which ha4
converted the Government into tho will of an ab.o.
Lutte and irresponsible majority, and which, by The
laws which must inevitably govern, III al such
malotllirs have placed IN conflict the great inter.
cst5 ofihc country lay a system of hostile eglsa
ton by mn oppressive and unequal imposition of
taxes by unequal aud protusc appropriations
! and by rendering the entire labor and capital Of
tho weaker interest subordinate To the stronger
THIS is the cause aud these the fruits, which have
converted the Government into n mere instrument
of taking money from one portion of tho connluni-
4 10 be given To another, and which has rallied u
round il a GREAT powerful aud merecunry corps
Of oa;,e bo1ae,s oo;.c so,lors md cxnec,,n,s dns
AIM, of n,.e,,I, anal n,,,,,,,s onI who h,yc M
standard Of morals or nonics bn, the will oflho Ex
ecu,ive-tbc viIl NJ INN who b,s the distribution
of the 1ooy,a md 6.hc. lie held i imnoss,llc f.,
any ane ia loci, -, IA, theoretical illustration or the
n,,ur,,o ottc nsol,,, nanio,,tv in the cases Ljsl
bo h,d sunnosed md ma, h s,rnclt with ,l, ,,,,r
ticnl ustrat,on IN ,bo actual onora,,on of our Gov
eminent. Undcr every Circumstance the lsalonItq
will ever have its American syslcn1-(hc mcant
nothing offensive ,oary Senator)-bul the real
meaning of the AmerlcanBysem is, that system Of
plumber which the strongest interest has ey'r Va
gcd, and will ever WACO against the weaker, whore
the latter is not armed with some cthelent nad con
slIutnrnl check 10 auest its acton. Nothing but
such check ON the part Of the weaker interest can
ares, II mere constitutional limitations are Who'll.
" Insufficient. Whatever interest obtains posses.
sion of the Government, will, from the ualurc of
tbinps be in f,yorot' tho rowers and against the
limitations lmposcdi y the constitution, and will ie
sort 10 every cyiae tl can he ma gned TO remove
those restraint On the contrary tie opposite IN.
torcst that which h. had designated us the stock
holding interest he tax payers those ON whom.
tnc system operates vii f'slstt the abuse OF powers
md eentcud 10, tn limitations. Aud it Is on that
ponl then, tia, the contest befwcon the delegated
and the reserved powers will be wagrd but, IN
this contest as the interests III possession nj the
Government are organized aud nrmed by al IL
POWERS and patronage, the opposite interest II mol
n like manner organized md possessed OF power
ia protect themselves under the provisions Of tia
constitution will be as inevitably crushed US would
br "A hand of unoroaulzcd militia, when opposed by
a veteran ard trained corps of fegnlnrs Let IT nc.
yer be to gotten that 40 Wer cpn only be opposed by