Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-09
LYNCHBURG, OCT. 8. 1894.
POLITICAL POLENICS. .

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| POLITICAL POLEMlcS."
| Althou Il the enormous flnins u power and pre-
sozativa sci up for the executive department Of The
federal government, by the present incumbent, ma.
tnrslly arrayed against him and thos- Who suppor-
ted his pretensions. every man not blinded b. per
sonaI or political predictions, yet It never did
have the eicc, Of oblItct ating the lines Of denlaT-
| cation by @hich the various individuals wLo uHi-
| Ted in condemnation Of those prctensiJns were pre-
yiously AMI will be forever separated ii suited TIE
PURPOSES indeed of the administration party, 10 re-
presen, that unhoy alliance had b en- formed
between the Nationals and Nu.lifycrs, whose only
bond of union was common hatred Of Jaeksonisin,
although thcy knew as v ell as We did, that there
nsd been no such coailtoa-thal these i"o parties
we're as widely separated Us they ever had been,by
antagonist ncples-ahd that, If they agreed TO
suspend hoslIltes for period. j. was only because
Of the hangers which threatened the puriy OF our
government and the stability Of our institutions,
irom uro' her quarter, to avert which ii was apPa-
rent her united counsels and efforts were requisite
nd ahai do NC nov see! l he organs Of tins
.aIne administration party, which invoked pubic
condemnation Of c0alltt2n," that never existed,
now turn around, nnl chucks al the Signs OF the
tlmes," winch potcnd It's certain II not speedy DIS
SOLUTION They before called upon the people TO
condemn alliance Of parties, formed OF hctefoSe.
neous and dscor1ant materials, though they were
we'll aware that it would be temporary IN its ddra.
ton, being based enIrely upon hostility 10 doc
trines and measures which both believed 10 be la
tai 10 the public Liberties, and now they RAISE the
shout Of Joy thai this baniing Of their own brains
- vanishing, as they knew IL would, INTO empty
air We clam no credit for more than ordinary
,lgacity when we suy, that, moving the causes
~hch led to this concert Of action between the old,
steady and consistent supporters of Jacksoni0m,
| and the former Jackson men TUNED Nulliyers, we
Clearly foresaW that it would cease nstanter With
The motive for it-lhat the Jackson party defeated,
| each of he subdivisions OF It's opponents would
gam rally TO their respective standards with iccl.
lugs somewhat sotened towards each Other by the
remembrance Of :hcif late cooperation, but never
theless unilinchlngly determined TO maintAll their
respective crecds against each other, well as
sanst Their recent enemy. THIS misrepre5cnted CO.
atlo1 between the Nationals and Nnics indeed CT
we may use a borrowed comparlsoa, y may b. llkcn-
ed 70 water and oil, poured oscther IN phlal and
strongly corked-They were bound together, but
they never asslmilaled. A ieeiIns of hostility to
the measures OF this administration, stronger than
their mutual antpathes, marshallcd them in the
same ranks but those an,ipalhies were always suf-
hcieny repellantto prevent cordial union OF feel
| ing and sentiment. Nor is il surprising that it is
80, To the same cause is attributable the hume
rous assertions from the ranks of the party that first
elevated Gen. Jackson TO office. That party was
composed Of men Of all crecds-lrom the P.msyl.
vnna tariIite TO the South Carolina ullfycf-from
Hartford Convention federalism to Virginia rcpub-
licanism- Bank und Anti Bank men friends and
enemies OF internal improvement by tho general
goyernment-ln one word, of the uras of oil par.
| Ties. The consequence was, that when in the
practical administration Of the goyefnmant offence
| was gwen, a5 must needs have been the case 10
some one of these conflicting parties many of the
members oflhe disappointed secs naturally uban.
doned HIM
! While, however, the administration party are
congratulatlng themselves on the divisions which
they see sprnsns up III the ranks of their antpgo-
nsls, IN relation to the Presidency one branch
of them Preferr'ns Mr.. Clay, another Mr.. Webster
thlrd Mr.. Mclean, fourth Mr.. Leigh, and a
nth MI Cplhonn, do they no portents Of u
like character IN their olcA political horizon Are
| fheg moving on with a spirit of unannity aud CON
! cert, winch might serve both u rcbuke AMI OK
ample 10 their opponenis7 Far from IT. very far.
| In Ohio, large body of original and present Jack
| son men are decidedly ia favor of Judge Mclean
IN other portions OF the g,ca, West, illinois Ind.
ana and cntucky Col. Il. Nj. Johnson is the ia
vorlc OF the day-ln Virs inia, and many parts of
the South, the friends OF the administration ure eyi
uehly IN a qnandary, the leading men prefauins
Van Buren, but afraid to avoW that preference and
Therefore holding out the delu5ve idea that Z. T..
Barbour IS TO be brought into the feld-in Tennes-
see, Judge Hugh l., Whites pretensions are pres
sed with warmth and carnesiness-and IN New
york. rev Hampshire, &c. Van Buren, IS lord OF
Inc ascendant May 2ce not ask, in the language
Of The enquiries addressed 10 us, how are these IL
walls to be driven from he foll7 " When did Van
eurehs ambition sleep or when did he cease 10
work. mole like, for the consumma,ion of his
schemes When did Judge Barbour dsabuse
h'mset OF that last infrmity of great min is Z" Are
Col Johnson, Judge White and Mr. Mclean
wiling TO abandon their aspirations % But nd
| mt 'na' 'hey are-whai becomes of polaicH rrn-
c'Ples How can Mr.. Van Buren's rrctended
o'a'o hsh's principles agree with the latitu lima
ran doctrines OF the politicians OF Pennsylvania
U emo, Indiana, &c. ! When the people Of the
West are clamorous for internal improvements and
bank' no" can the little Magician who is
sad to be opposed 10 both ask them for their votes
ana on Inc other hand, how can those who are op-
posed 10 these things vote for Col Johnson should
| 'he W est force nm INTO the field These remarks
Us our readers will perceive, are made for the l,ur
pose OF showing that divisions exist in the ranks of
the administration well OF the anti administrn
'oh p'f'y-nhd that they have difficulties TO get rid
OF as well as we. 1t woaId become them therefor,
instead OF exoItlng over our dissensi, MS as thew
are pleased TO regard them, TO devise means to
neal their own.
The Present and the Enturc-A WASHINGTON
| correspondent of the Charleston Courier eynoses
very clearly the manGuvrcs of the editor of the
washington Telegraph, and the party of which he
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