Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-25
LYNCHBURG, SEPT. 25, 1884.
MIR. VAN BuREN's OLD PRINCIPLES

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brief political career, be guilty of the most garu,
moons ls,encies ofopmIon, in relation To Questions
no, OF mere expediency orly, bur involving Wit.
ard enduring principles We can very well ina.
one ,bal a man may have been convinced by e..
ne,icnce, (he best, bot the least REGARDED Of al
,eachcrs,) thai a certain measure is lnexpedem
and even ruinous, which, a, former period, be
had believed would be productive Of the most 10,
fetal consequtnccs-and in such cases II would b, ,
foolish and criminal no, to change his opln,oa
Bu, when statesman, who has uttered sage maI
isms, affecting settled principles Of government
with all the lights Of experience before him 10 Old
the conclusions Of q mature judgment, tf,rgard,
rcrudiatcs those maxms, and advocates prncDc,
of an adverse chara:er, he must be able To adiuca
The most powerful reasons TO justify the dcstrtoo
of his old creed ond the adoption of new It lie
would escape the imputation of impure motives
And especial, is i, incumb, ut on him SO TO DO #
it be apparent, that his present or his future sny
tous designs may be accelerated and promond "
his conversion to the new faith. Lei Us apty
this obviously jus. rule 10 MIR. Van Buren,, and
see how he will stand the ordeal
When Mr.. Van Buren,, disappointed a, not Ie
ing called to a scat in Mr.. Adamss Cabinet or r..
ceiying an appointment 10 some one of the leading
foreign courts united himself with the patty in On
position TO that gcnlltmnns administration he
WAS among the iolemos. of the gigantic men IN tho
Senate, who incnlcaled u alonsy Of the power Of
the Federal government, AMI especially OF It's ES
ecn!ive branch. tie incurred over the los; tgas
Of the States with most Iusubrious tloquence-de.
clarins that " the snake was scotch'd, not killed
by the civil revolution Of 1893 1900 Sec Tor ex.
ample, the ceaIncss and force with which, in his
speech in the U. 8. Senate IN 1928, he traced the
distinction between the Federal and Republican
parties. lie said:
They are in truth mainly to be aseribed Ia tho
struggle between the two opposing principles thai
have been IN active operation in this country from
the closing scenes Of the revolutionary wa, 10 M
pres nj day-the one seeking TO absorb, as far IS
practicable, oil power from ts legitimate sources
ard 10 cendense II m single head the other na
antagonist principle labourlng assduously 10 te.
si.l the enc oae hnenIs aud limit the extent ofh,
executive authority. The fo,nier (tnc Federal hos
Er1t1n out 81 deep and sriaea dishn st ofile Eeo.
Pie and Of Tie Sates. Ii consequently regards Us
ealn, every thing that can be dawu INTO the vorax
Of federal power, and as making that power sul
more sale IN proportion as II is Withdrawn from
Ibe popular dePalncnt OF the fcdtiel goyelnmelt
10 those that ate further removed from, he control
Of the pubic sentiment The anfua0aig nina
pie (the Repubcdn) has as origin il. a ja!oagy {,
power, justified by oil Auman eap0aeuce il =.
founded ON the assumpilon that the disposition OF
man 10 abuse delegated au,ho,ny is inherent, aud
neorrigible II Therefore seeks It's only s,cury in
the limitation ard distribution of those trusts nhic
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feeiod to b, d.s5,irailr .4a5n,si
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consulting it's cons,;.n,;ona1 "'"','' "'"O1'
same time dlsclai,ninc MI ;n,a,.,; - ~ Wv
the power which he TINS .sso,,aI ", "e'''''''
was forthwith in ONE l,lszc If o;,,.
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Mr.. Van Buren, and others ,b o,,Lo .a'''.a
were supposed to have bern ro,.,.r ,,..-,l w.
the defeat of tie elder Adams No., ti'
oil their odousness Inv tho """ oee,, revived
fell with the first Adams, i, wa. said AMI sn2e IN
the Senate Chamber in '"'o anu sung !"