Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-01

that portion OF inc Union pe''y ""o ~
friends. ID, =
+. M, v,nr Senator for a Bank, net ne Bank
VS. Aud your Ex-Senstor, now Secretary oil
S,.,.1 Yes And did not your governor so'e
e,r M gank F, Yes. And are not 'sree NUMBER
,s,,o,,selyex for a Bank or The Bank i 6. NO"
;f.va. .urpon all these senilemen, VINO are TOT a
% - and bayc been Tor IA. Bank, In 10th which
resn.ets many Of your party nsrse WIN mem,
,houeh they vote against NC, risk, II my poaacai
consistency on this point may not DC leit 10 we
Guardianship Of my State Rights friends who par
don ifihey Do no, Justify me Ihey hno'e maj
Tho chirf fault OF the Bank was, not beng New
y,,,, Jaelxson-Van Pufen Bank and That by ana
bv those most camorous against It, II they ma II
- her interest, will net hesitate TO make nnather
nj, which being New Yo'k Jackson Van
p,r.n Rank will consequently be very good one
Ru, on This subject to you, whom | especially az
drese need say nothing Rad YouR owS MIN
onf,f. On the currency question, appear % tiNt'
Surrrs,so and EXPERIENCE viii al length DO me
JUSTICE WISDOM has olrendy acquitted me ! "
INV rejection on that ground If you choose. am
satisfied Fiteen lines in my possession, from one
whom will not name or designate, are worth moro
n me than the seat of any member elect hoy
contain y, promise of any Kind and ace not signed
by Nc BfppLE either. Indulge me IN ms NV
niece Of vanity it is probably the last with whlch
| shall trouble YOU
ara, WHY were you so tmprndeat as TO reject
the nomination OF the Union party = I'D not
reiec, il. for they did not nominate me, bus you
refused The pledges they demanded My answer
was the same 10 both parties, and has ever oecn he
same 10 NIL q" prefer relying on the confluence
Of nv fellow sttiz ens 7raoisf ts-stda. 10 nfoen-
rins The support of particular eombnaIions by "s-
s.raaees that will aot with them. will
pledge passive obedience and implicit faith 10 no
l. tNft IL 1,ta
o, times exact OF its members what honest man
ouvh, aud no gentleman can do = The eon6ataee
on which rested failed M. B1, at least ESCAPED
pledging myself to the Union party 10 act piA
them" in turning gu, al the Judges, and my rea-
sons fo refusing pledges are jast as they were be-
fore. Tie position is undena5le, You will rendi.
IN coneedc iis truth as TO your adversaflcs. Your
alscrsnrtos admit Il as to you. Zach panty believes
IL Of the oihsr-and | Ct all. Here is my grcn, OF
fence " No no you arc against Van Rurcn rs
President | am Are You for HIM 7 have
found scarcely any one here gu! Of Office who says
yes " Blu, who you for, then = 1t matters
very little Il viii not be my duty to vote for You
in any event You have already chosen thoas who
will II yon wish to keep him from getting the C.
lccoral vote OF Georgia, however, III tell you my
opinion. Hcou l.. Wn'TE OF Tennessee IS your
man.
But this is talking poiatcs, and intended TO alb
stain from thrm. " You mean then, TO ablure pc
llics hereaaor1" BY no means, my friends. There
are CERTAIN politics expect TO carry with me 10 my
grave deem honesty the bos, policy, Though !
have not tried both ways. think the compromise
better than GIRL 'ear, tho CLAY made it, hold
the straighlest road TO be the shores reckon
two and two for four and think Modification the
same ,hns both sides Of Savannah river On the
TWO las, points am no, quite certain. If there Is
=. L -. IL. Lib.
age when all the world argue, and every enc car
count five on their fingers
L., me beg you TO keep these opinions 10 your
selves Its time was cured of my mama for rca
stning with p0oer aud you should be aware, Their
is no dispuing with thirty three thousand voters
who, saving iFe hundred all think alike with res
psci TO two tickets of nine members each presenting
at least screen AU1adrcd and tlocnfyHtHe ds,lnc
questions of comparison and preference none of
them depending on arithmetic or geometry.
lf,his should happen To leak ont through any in
discretion, trust ten thousand of the Thirty Ae
nophons ten lhousand-wlo nude tho famous re
teat--may we see II repeated Ia our day y will
take me in good part When-a SovGaEtGN turns al
old friend into subject by the cut direct, he should
,clsc a Joke in return
Idon't qaoie the unecdoie for fear my taste shou
be thought oxotic or lcst some of the ten thousand
might suppose compared them 10 Ne most perfect
genllemon Of his day IN Europe, or myself 10 the
King Of Dandies, which would be great presamp
ton. | only moan 10 hint rs dangerous TESTING
with soyercisrs and accordingly, | shall abstain
from it hereafter, intending shortly 10 be soyo
reign myself. Let one take alarm don't mcar
10 dethrone Nh Kendall aud usurp the Govern
ment." My purpos3 is merely to beeone-volun
tarily or nvoluntarily, as you please" ono ofiho
people !" bat there will be nothing foreign IN my
politics and no danger from thom to any ono bul
myself.
And now, my good friends who 10y this evidenc,
Of your regard and patience, have afforded nt
opportunity Of pouring out, what tho wistiest ant
most in lulscnt of our edyersares may consila
little subacidulAled b.lo--snce you see | do no
need quite SO much sympathy as you thought, lie
me offer you word or two of consolation in nc
turn Your regrets arc in part, at least for me
b licys me they are unnecessary. Whaeve
causes Of dependence | may hovo-if hav,
any-iho loss of place can hardly be countct
among 'hem know i, is whispered | secu il
myself AMI bear defeat badly. Pray don
contradict It. The charity Of the world will IN
stantly discover worse reason for my real sup
posed blue devils. To those who have few
thoughts they can endure, retirement is nsuiiera
ble You cannot convince them that any one fnd
II otherwise. Consider, if you please, however
,haipubc Office, with all is and fame, is CT
ther burthen or benefit. If a burthcn, ! huv
borne ii long enough. If benefit It's time some on
else should share IT. lhavc spent ncarly fifth of M
hfc and fortune in your service. A few yours lon
ger might consume the residue of both My chill
drcn will profit more by what's left than nay coun
try. ! do not state the per contra of the &C
count. Every body will rate The doa0r | have &c
qlired at what they please llno greater than ou
opponents assert, II may be represented by cy
pher.
Receive the assurances of my gratitude 70
all your kindness, and allow me 10 add 10 them Il,