Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-11
nrHE ADDRESS, .
.,,,A- Halifar Conuention 10 ne rofers ~ ths
VI Congressional ditrret.

COncTCSStOHdl ufDftt.
large portion of or las, Thursdays paper
- occupied withthc proceedings ofthe meeting
was 9.,,Tar which nominated Capt. Walter
:" "o,es Of Piusylvana, TO The people of TINS District
,s,,lijate for Congress, in opposition To Col.
-. Davenport, the present Incumbent. When
i "o" il. we intended to give tito rea crs
s';,.on, comment: but, on rerusingit, we conceiv.
~, =, he duty obligatory on US to correct some
:. 10 most important errors Of fuct, Into viii ii
-, has uacss ,uninteniion llly fallen, and
'.oh we're inadvertently. we presume, sent forth
,.a ,uldlc under the sanctlon of the respect tile
.s.,;,, that adopted 1t as its own. TINS duy W.
..,a,aed 10 perform at onre, but our remarks
..,.,. ,hon escluded by Gov. Tazeweifs Message
.nd !, the succeeding paper by The Message OF the
President
-. on the French protested bill 10 the
:, ,,,o,e,se amount of l5S millions of dollars
A. ;mncnse amount indecl # this were eorrrci
,,s;n, ten or twcye tunes greater than that
of ,ne proeseI bill itself!' But the writer
II the AIlrcss is mist 'ken. The B'nk only
.,.;msd the damages, usual IN all such cases, ahd
:. Inv ar, iefaed by law-amounilns I" aboli
many kiou,a ads 1T d,ads as II hid sad m,Itt ms
,,;,y pfccissIy as the COVE nmen iis"t nas dnne
:, ,,,nv IN tancss, whcn II purchased bills OF ITS
,,c;z.ns wiirh were nro'esef ihr non ray
'rhec case of Mr. G r,rd has ncrn fro lrnt.
,...;,sd IN shoy tat the Bank has only CLAIM Il OF
r,vs,onnr. il, tins M ctr, the same mea,'re
r;,s,,e, winch the .ov,ramee, 'rue'lV s,etn
y. o,,csd Of that great capitalist; r'lrIsin,, al
il sustained no act raj loss by the fullrc OF
a.n.,s,o uton WHOM it. Gu ard drew the. bil
Nv, oc him by the s. crcary of nc Treasury, to
n,vtatin,turlfy, 10 able oiif c ut ot rs c'ah t'r
fn,,,si AL IS ii iisi-is II hJae1-n h 30
worn ,en, 10 r.fuse To pay 10 Us cz ms i'nia.rs.
,n;.,, tho IA " allows tiicm, al Wttrh, were then
;,;,,s reversed il wou' lake I, ON hem 81 far
,o,, ,bc Rank being censured for demanding dana
%. - tbc government" has subjected scii IL the
eternal rcproach Of bad tai tnf rs cond ic u ms
Transaction an IN TIA t5M VIII tae impartial
mcneil Of II story present nt1 me eyes ~ P's'efy
If /, be rIgh 10 caln damages On i'festc'i "''s,
,hp Bank wasIight IN preferr'ns that claim a2a'nsi
tbs COVER lman. both because the law allows ",
IA hc,au,, the sogernn,cni itself has been III the
b,h;, Of pursuing like course. All II w"hii seem
~ ,s that this SINGLE cansIderaibn. At II could be
influenced by no hi hcr motives, should tave nadc
nh. Government pause IN It's mex tmn'ed attempt !"
,j,o,iye its citizens of that measure of aAife whca
!, has uniformly & rigidy exaced tom them' mr.
could not It seems To as oc '"o oia'ohS on ''>
u.,,io, II REASON, unp+rvcttcd by nary PreJa icr,
II, 1
hui from the 5 crctaty OF he Trashy, and tha'
H., I'm VINE nroested is the tai history ofti.
c,.c aud the law - that, when bills are th9s mo-
,stej tar b,per sh al ,. emitted to deniaui OF the
sci re a ceitain Fer cen rin % the -"hot' amour
WAl-the Bank has dbnc no move ms Is tia
cad and iroat Of ITS "lfendlng."' Al let II: ask
what rrh' had tlc drcctors OF that instltili1n /"
d, 9Th rwIsr, cvcn hnI tlfy been 50 dispose
What nigh had they TO detta'd tbe sockh d'rS,
whose agen's they arr, bF tnIn-, - ents'cc tisle-
al and ,qu table cl an il ID they acted lnn%,
,y,nIJ they not nave bsen fliihle ageais Nay,
IN ,fe wolll they not nave an parties 10 the tnl-
intent attempt OF the gosefnm NJ t, deprive the
Bank OF It's just dues
But says III; Address, these damages were
claimed whilst the full amount of the bill was
aromotly tcndered the Bank fne writer is asun
,,n,s ken. Indeed W. have vi before Seen
heard this state ncni ma l. WI bc sen tat' q
ven the President, ia his late Message 10 Congress-
in which h. SUNS ~, iIa sfYle Al vinoictve Z n
cor, all the charges .a,n>t til, Bank, slys mo- a
word Of this, which, were it so, would have form
Cd a prominent topic Of animadversIon. VIZ
have seen II stated tha. the Bank had IN It's vaults
on deyosI goyernm mt funds suif ;lent 10 hqnidat
the amount. Bu, every tyro knows the Il florence
between IN ,ncy on dsp1sh, and money IN p"Sesstoa
bu had the money been rendered 70 the Bank, Il
would not have released the g)v rnmeni fro II tn
legat claim to damages. The f'ct, the eiore, l.
not only arons but the Inference f.om II Is inbound
81
The Aildrcss nlso crrs in stating that the nix
q" Suffered This enormous 81 nm 10 stand ihro Ugh
.sog,e winters" 1t made lis claim promptly,
,sld with nut the slightest unnecessary delay
though even were the statement correct, we
cannot perceive tina, he forbearancc OF the Ba k
should operate as an estopPcl OF us nights Ii tn
writer of the Adircs val ref CT monent, lie Will
perceive that " some winters had not elapsed
b.laecn the con Ia, an of tho fsm,ls FcencA trci
~, in which the proceeding originated, and the
COMMENCEMENT Of the ms, SIS sion CoaSfoss.
Another Of he errors OF the Address is the as
s.rlion tina, " the go.d-blll was passcI By The ad
nini,,ra,iou"-it was pessciby Congress, ii our
memory serves rs Alright anil ~ The wy, re-
Collection Is frihsi by IN; fact tnas his Is tine or
dnsfy process Of thngs. AND Il should b9 ,ecol-
lsied, HAT, in one bran III OF Congress, Large ma
eriy were opposed to tbs adm nistra,Ion, ard coz
saqueu y the sodbl could not have passed at all.
bad /, been supported by the opponents as Wei
as the frlends OF tha Administration Inc truth is,
ihIs bill supported by two thirds ct the anti
a1mnls, alton party ard though W nave not the
yeas ami nays bnoe.as werisk nHhios 10y asser-
Ing iha, OF It's opponents were administration
members-probablv rs many ot them rs o t'e ON
er party. In making this statement, we arc by no
means ANXIOUS to lain for our ftierdS, or 10 de-
prve Our opponents, of the h2nor which he
gold humlu." IS des med TO confer upon ucni !"
''urc timcs. ANXIOUS as we were that the value
Of gold should be raised 10 IT'S far rcliuvc siani'
aru,we were never wise enou5h TO perceive IN What
manner II could pcrmanenhy increase our sPte'e
CIRCULATION, nor sanguine cuongh TO believe tha eF'
q hn,o Il i,ic1 htp hpn III