Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-16
LYNCHBURG, OCT. IS, Isa4.
- DIR. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NINA,
IFAX-l INSTRUCTIONS AL'
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the above caption, End an Editorial ar,icl, u'ue'
ply TO which beg permission to make. ,b,.m J"
your columns, plain siaiemen. Of facts as
few remarks.
DR.. Atkinson has mixed but Il, tic with H..
pie since our last election. His constituents W.
felt niueh so,iciiuae know whether he consi ~s's
himself instructed by the votes given III The s,,,'
or whether he intended to persist in a course o. ~
tiiy TO the administration, for which Mes.,s
Bruce and Sims of tlaf.x, and Gel Kenr1+'
Mecklenburg, were ,urIed out. Ru,ncr af,,,n
NOR had been circulated, until III. pcop, ,.'
utterly at loss how to calculate upon the D,r,''
He assures Us III public sJd'ess published IN r
Enquirer few weeks ago, that his Course w,,",
be strictly Repatiican-- such as would r,n o19
the resrec. Of all honorable minds" All on, s..
TENDER court he made uis appearance, snd ,,s,..pF
Cd scattering crowd tle said that Some oc]'
political enemss had charged him with the ,n,., ,'
ton Of violating The instructions Of his CONSUME.
In bitter and yisusn, terms, he pronounced ~
charge 10 be fase anj declared that he wn 4.
last man who would set al nausht the viii Of NJ.
people. tie then niormedus that i! hud been tro,
posed, he did NJ. say by whom, 10 hold meei.ne,,
the October courts, fer the purpose Of discussing
matters; and invited the people 10 meet him b.,
be did not say word to satisfy US upon the DOM
about which he knew wa were mos, anxious. IA
w.t. whether he regarded the result Of tie last elec
ton IN the district, as such an indication OF the will
Of his constituents, as to command his obedience a,
whether nc was waiting for oiLer dcreiepmeats
A few warm friends of the administration. fe,l
ing UNIV Hing TO wait any longer, and some them
suspeciing that The Doctor might put If giving
6nal decision, until il would be too late 10 get
instructions, bef,e the meeting Of the Legislature
determined, without any general notice, save sin
gle rrcf amsiion, made from the style, when there
were but few people around, and hey mostly enes
eed in other business to coll meeting, FOR The Dur
pose OF driving up instruction rapers, and appop.
ting committee to circulate them for ssnaur
Several gentlemen who were relied upon to take an
active part IN the meeting, being closely engaged
ard therefore unable to attend suggested lat i
was unnecessary 10 hold an organized meeting, es
It was !ate-not great many present-and most
that were present, Otherwise engaged aud .hs, 10.
draw ur short letc, Of instructions, nnd send CO.
pies TO the different neishborhocds VOC all that
was rsquisr--lhere being no doubt tla, there were
individuals in every nsighborhood, rho would vol.
unfairly attend to the matter, wi,hou. being forfn..
ly appointed Tor that purpose.
This course was adopted, and it affords NE rlsc,
sure, gentlemen, to inform you, that we shall have
no need of " atine'aat pediarS-Roanole arote,.
men-mem wihtont a Standardization" or names
w'lhOut Hstng owacrs." An overwhelming ms,
lorIty Of the " bomn tide roie,s' Of Halitux ca
be procured, ard Will be procured, if necessary
without any other scheme or s.rn.ogem, exec
simply to let !, be knIwn that the object Is 10 H.
struct Dr. Atkinson to vote against B'nsmn
Watkins Leigh, and for William G. Riyes, or
some other friend of the administrator, WHO will
oppose the restoration of the Dsro Ives, AMI he
Bank, and the Bank. men, in good foih.
Be assured, Nessrs EDITORS, that The pcoplc e
Halifax are no, the sort Of people that y,u TAX.
them to be-They are not so eas lily " h0odriaIeg
as YOU imagine; nor SO ignoran, of public con.
Germs, or SO Indifferent about them, us TO place
| their signatures TO instruction papers, merely le
cause there is no morey 10 pay" Neither are they
SO manogccte as 10 be led driven from the ranks
OF one party to another at the will Of party =" lea
dors, or by tie false alarms OF fsc,ious Senate,
backed by the clamor OF Infatuated pnrizans, OF Wy
appeals to their purses mode by stock jobbers,
fo6acco 61vess and commission mtrcAonis.
You talk about the Ignorance and csrecssnsss
OF voters upon The questions involved in these in
sruttous as If those questions had ret been freely
and fully discussed last spring. regard this as
frank Acknowledgment, that on your part the merits
ofthem were not fairly discussed, and tia. tie
themes upon which you, or at lcast your neigh
bors, harpsd SO necessarily upon the eve Of our
elections. were not at all calculated 10 enlis bsn the
people upon these +" Craze and tmpp,tcnt coaalta'
tt6nai qasstt01ss'-" tho pgesSu, Ct 40 mogfy1
Dug tobacco =" Jackson mast be put denn, and
sonlefhang must DC dsnc for 7eiaef, else the aeiak
country wiU beratned = Such you know, gentle
men, were the Arguments addressed 10 our planter,
upon these grave constitutional questions "
Pardonnez moi, Messrs. : but mus, say, that tbs
talk about hoodzoinhing comes with bad grace
from your side VI the house
You say that YOU defend the right Of ins'nc'
ton with as much pcr,inaci,y as any man How
hen, s'rs, can you Il rca.cn Or Atkinson with 'he
dIspleasureo OF many Of his political friends, if N
s'o'ttd hereafter consent 10 7csigD?" Dr'A. knows
that Messrs. Bruce. Sims ind Kennon, were 'urr-
CO OUT last spring Tor pursuing the very cou's
which he pursued, and which you wish him to per-
slst IN. They were turned out for nothing e'se'
IL Is SAID that the Doctor Acknowledges that his os
trIct IS against him-He can't think otherwise
The majorIiles were too large TO dispue about
they have increased, rather than diminished. IhS
being tho case is it rights i. treating bis people
with due respect, to keep them in suspense and pu'
them to the trouble of giving him formal informs
ton Of what he already Knows And are YOU
gentlemen and the rest of the Doctors "pol't'c"
friends who are advising him 70 hold on, &C.
ting IN accordance with your professions Is u
liberai-is just in you, to charge with fraud am
deception, number ofrcspcc,able private chzen'3
who, without any selfish motives whatever, anu
without any personal ill-wlll towards Dr. AtS'o-
son, have VQuntarilv aient cd Tor u, Cor Tho EV-