Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-11
MR.. Of Dlucnye.

II Will BE- sea, by the ',,llo ~ln. leltcr, that Mr..
Clayton, the accomplished Sena or from Dclaware
has W withdrawn from lie Naioral Counciis-aldiny
annher /, the list fable men, who, eth r disgust.
ed with the prof icy and corruption of political
life, or tcsrairlng Of stenmin the tide Which
seems bearing us onward 10 the gulph Of Executive
desporism, have abandoned their posts, to m Ike
roam for oilers, less sensnivc or less despontiog.
Whatever may be the motive Of these gentlemen,
The fact is deeply TO he regretted In such times
as these, the country stands in need of just such
men /; and it is truly disheartcning TO see them re.
tlring from the ranks
TO Tie Peopte If the Sntc Of D2laware.
Fellow. CITIzENs-At Inc c'osc of the last Con.
gress, | should have published my desire not 10 be
c"nsi icred u candidate for re election to the Sena:e
Of he United States, bat for the extraordinary 20
siilon then occupied by the Executive. in relation 10
the Senate, The Pcsident, by hts Protest against
thc Scna,e's resolution of The 27th of March last,
virtually appealed To the people III The several STATES
and lnvok ii their n,iemnation of u vote which
Iien hal, and st.il has, my hearty cpncu' rcnce aud
oplrpbitlon. | mad joined w,th those WAC dec'ar
ed that IN their judgment the then reccut proceed
'ngs If he Executive IN regsrl to The public reve
nue. were in dcrogatIon OF the Consult iilon anc
Laws OF the coun ry. My senatorial term was IA
bout to "xplra, 81 the Executive Foote's, tcnlered &c
iC tN'I'iC III ia ' wv -b W pug Nv" b'tS'A 10
SUE. as to tae p on iety OF my v"e. My n,me was
recorded On the JpIrnals u. the S'nate as a supper
ter oftHe 'esoimion wlirh injured his ccnsure, ant
Us re -is'crrd Oh his Protest IA coninnctlon wnl
those nf al. The others whom that strange 9th 'iai pa
pr denounced. UI1tr such circumstances,
thought II IN ~orihy oil me 10 shun The ttiai a hici
ic desired, aud contend UnlY hy substitute tot tn
principles which had COVE, ned my official coaiuct
| tlonght II due lam as well myself, and stll more
10 the people, To stan at the post which was the
obi eot of his assault, meer the question whici, lr
h d raised, aaI abide the delormnatlon fIlc lribu-
nal 10 winch he had Appealed. Hal then announ'
ccd The desire wh'cn | nai Iong lelf, Ia retirc iron
public iifr, | might have been regarded as o iefrean'
20 the . lifted faith with wGlc' | entered yout ser
vice, and with which, 10y The Llcss rs OF God, | vii
1--we and die.
The question between us is now decided, de.
cid d by the only authority before WhIch | wi
cow, OF to which | have ever been ann nable,-ihr
,u,horry Of the fee citizens of Della Twt
thi, DIS OF each branch of ner Lcgisla .urc are avow'
eGly OF posed 10 the principles of the administrator
having been on that ground elected 10y the peapi,
on the lIIh day of thus month, AMI they are G,et
whom no machinery Of the Executive eau ~iniuenc,
or control.
| am, and under other circumst'nccs, | shout
have been suninltrrced in my present course by
the determinations Of other States. II the currcr
Of Executive power ia uther sections OF The count
lns;ead Of beng resisted as 1t has been, had set on
ward l;ko the pontc sea which knows no re.rln4
ebb.-stil true TO The intefes and principles OF tie
State, | should have been as ANXIOUS to feprfseh
her, had other considerations permitted 1t, as II sh'
had been sustained by the whole nation. But now
after five years Of public servlcei during the create
part Of which have been necessarily absent iron