Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-25

f.aii -, hscome TIE defender Of abuses and usur
a'l hundred fold greater in amount and NOR
ps1''- j, character than those which he for
~ civ idlv portrayed and SO eloquon,ly de
1sP Go true is the trie CID maxim, that Prin
'oa-. .h,ooe not, though Men nuctua!e with ever,
5ging breeze j.,
h zach IN 1928. The sub,oined remarks ART
~, and stikinglY applicable 10 the present
.nd IN existing circumstances
ibe, &c = ,bsse attempts, said Mr.. V. T., TO re
~ .onlemned hcresies Of former times were
&c ,S s,.,lves successful they served the pur.
~ r";,;,g countenance TO pretensIons on The
lse =. now in power, which out ileroJ Her
ah u a.. ,anine scenes OF the present Admins.
~ 80 ,o, only been the subjects of intense
5ii0" ~ ,bs;r day. but will mark an interesting
p q 81 81" =" future history. They will stand as a
e. j" w. sncccedIng Administrations waning
~ If the point beyond when Inc Peoiie VIII ne
~ sh' " encroachmen, upon the great charter oil
ID :, rberties The present. Efee"ftte I" aus CT
,;an fine constitutional! poicef g ms sopefn-
., Ia, eoas far Jeyond he utmost tahluas 81
- n lcte,1tor, claimed. And as Tito give
y, y, his sxr giant pretens'ons,to demonstrate
"a ,Ho result Of the last election was not only The
.'',o, Of the men Of 1893 but OF the pr'nc'p'e
~ i',, ,e have seen great portion OF the OF
;ous dos,r,pes then commended for again broadly
M arI( crave matters of which have SPOKEN,
n .,,sb ,,ors of what might have spoken as
N 10 na,,iog before our eyes, arc, as has oecn be-
- faa,yrI identical in principle with those
s,oS ' were 50 empaa,icaly odjudsed oga'nstby the
49, IN 1900 They are presented IN d iferem
- fl, more dangerous form but they are, never
go rhe same The cncroachment has, it is
=, became more wary, but it is not n bit more
,est Heretofore the system was coercion; now
N !. SEDUCTION. Heretofore unconstitutional pow
d ccre exercised 10 force submission; now they
}, ossnmed to pu,eaaSc goldcn opinions from he
4 BE utth their og@ mems.
aIf the views in relation to the power Of this 60
rmnent ayowedby the present administration,
4 tbe true doctrues Of the Constitution, then Was
orca, political revolution OF 1900 founded in
9,s error, If not pslpable fraud upon the people.
Disguise the matter as you will, said he, 10 This
kDmoexon must we come al last 1t was most
anil; ST. he said, that whatever effect the events OF
klt9o and 1870 had upon the Federal men OF
al day, their consequences upon the principles
4 !, fhen prevailed, have not been rs on.ctual as
- bo,cd, and for season believed
But he trusted tho prediction would not be We
S.si Tie people Will p:cvcn, ii. He must III
ed he miserable Judge of public sentiment, who
| mot see i. its daily indication that the same
\ ri which once before rescued the Consultation
on he hands Of It's enemies is at this moment
ouscd Tho eGceSscS ii he iaa Mfse years
| IL Produced IN tts co.entfY changes q p46hc
gf.a rAolv ,ctihoM psccedeW. The time, he
4 Il vhcn into ni,i. /
! "a, winch had been attempted upoa the Cousitu-
&a wlh the wrelcl,ed s3phisms l.. which they
erf sunpurtsd, viii be subjects of severe repre-.
siyn nay, of dcrs'on with the people,. and
en II great po,ti,a n tte talents M4t Rare 6eeh
9i,gcd in lyeapi'.g The nei r'H need .1l4 as 0~n
) a.ll b escape is mcsats.
i H.l Mr. Clay or Mr.. Nj ;Dusfic uttered the fore
\ " scam tnls during the recent session OF Con-
Il s., hey cold MT have been moic aPIllcAD.
i N lnny arc to he measures of this aimnIs'ra.
h. an t, The conseq fences which have followed.
I need not again refer TO the various obIel1ona-
J documents that have omanatcd from the Execu-
!: department. to show The grlsping tendency OF
lu Doctrines, threatening, II not arrested 10 con-
ense all the powers ofthc government in "a single
fad-Thc parallel holds good IN the eGrcts as well
ia the Cause. The excuses OF the last y'ay
h ye produced in this coui,ry changes Of public O.
(non wholly without prsceJent;' eli }nses, which
Romlse speedy reform IN the " men and mea
J les" OF the government; AMI which por,end that
! TINE is indeed not far distant, " whoa the in
! rpol,uols which have been attempted upon the
siNaioG, with the wre,ched sophisms by which
az supported Will be sub ,cts Of severe re- |
frsAeasion, nay, of dcrision with the people, and
aza seai portion Of the talents that have been
Dyed IN weaving the net, wiH," IN truth, need
lis own ingenuity 10 escape its mcshes.' And
, bl9l II Will require all the subtlcty even OF
|lf Van Blen, uphrl and sustained by the !
miserable ina fence OF Gen. jackson, to d. this
r,9u;cJ 70 tn, public as candidate for the Pre-
facy, whtie ne POSSESSES no pretcnsion' TO that
|f.a based either on oxa,lel talents, remarkable /
us Or great services, but resting his hopes OF
tssi sol y on the preference of the present IN
.15tnl and upon the consequent exertons IN his |
|llIf Of The forty thousand Office holders, his
ah 'a,icns " il! be closely and severely scru,n,-
/ And, presenting. as his history docs, "a
ef chequcredby the srosscst Inconsistencies, how
Ian he hope 10 reach the summit 10 which his am
laon aspires : While he was langushns IN
lie shade of Executive nee iect, nc was an enemy OF
Executive prcroga,iye, even when II was only
s1natiously claimad-a and in language which
'ell counerieitcd the deep socuJe VI honest
arotisnl, he warned the people of he dan
eF TO be arprohended from the concentration
power in the hands Of one man But nov,
AT he basks in the sunlight of Executive
Wor, au1 hopes to catch the mantle as II falls
om the shoulders of the present mcumben, his pc
otic solcilu1e is all at an end his great fear
a~ seems 10 be that the Legislative branch will
aAench upon Executive ircrogs,ive and power,
mfloying The stale cal1mny, urged by the cue
1es Of democracy from time i'm memorial, that Tor
y iyrans are more to be- Dreaded than oae,-in
'aIner language, that the liberties OF the people
Md the rights of the states safer in the GUS
oily OF the presidcn, than wncn guarded by their