Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-25
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MR. EvERE IT'S SPEECH.


by this company, are Indications of public s,nti
neni, too clear 10 be ms aiken Fiat wo hav'
touched csliital periol, In Tho state OF pablo af
fairs - too apparent 10 need 10 be- formally stated
Did not place unbouoJed rellanrc on The stability
and good sense Of he mass of the people - ~
no know that the Pilgrim stock Isnoi run OUT chat
the blood of our {, bors still beats warm aud nhde.
generated IN the bosom, Of their children did moi
above ali feel and see that the Wang spirit ,he
spirlt of tbs aroused aud abroad IN the end !
fshoud be almost ready, confess, to begin 10 des.
pair Of the republic. And when say, Despair ~
Tie Republic speak TO The subs ancc aud splrt OF
the 70, POSITION mean that there il reason fcr a.
arm, AZ to Il continued operation and away of
the principles of republican government and lib riy,
protected as well "a regulated by law, which wero
embodied by our fathers IN ths Constitution l do
mol mean that ~ my oplnion there ~ any danger
that the Forms Of he Constitution will be subver-
ted presume that, 10, What will bede, VIZ shall
nos'inslly have President elected every four years
--Secro,arios Theoretically amenhblc 10 Congress,
although holding their Official statons al The brea h
Of the Presidents mouth and n Senate and q
House of keprasc natives 10 90 ,hrough the iorns
OF legislation long after tbs familiar oil ths Pe
10 shall have reduced their action, all ,mpor ant
questions 10 mere firm. This is a lessen Of hlso.
ry.-The forms Of the Common wealth in Rome
were many OF hem kept up from the first to The
her proud liberties into the dust. did under the
veneroted name and ancient dignity of the Rnpub-
lie The Emperor who caused his horse ~ ks rui-
sod to the highest honors Of the state, dared moi ds.
card the letter Of the mag isracy as WINS admin
Ihiered by the Catos and ihe Seipio, lie gave his
horse an Office, but it was republican office Rome
could not be deprived Of her conrals, although The
eonsuls might be occasionally provided with an ex-
ira par Of legs.
Ia, n
states AZ of men which never wsnr out | take IL
work aud III ,ai nome"ciae ., -: - ""'"o
! Will he abandoned. Even Napoleon, after he had
IN fact ihough not m name ,nnde himself the Dctn-
tor OF France, thought expedeni . have u put 10
the vote, whether he should be consul for life and
carried il by III jorlty of more than thee millions
and half against u handful, of whoiD our own
| Lafayette the only man Of potc happen TO
! have IN my pocket something like ocular illus.
troton OF those pr nc'ples. Some body, lu Tory no
donbt, has pumcd oil upon my Wing simplicity
dis very day for quarter OF dollar, Il French
franc piece certainly worth more than nineteen
cents at BEST and goo deal he worse for weor.
- Whai do we behold upon II On one slds tho
oaken garland, emblem Of the civic hlumphs Of
regeneratcd France surroun led with the anspcIous
legend Rpuiitql,s Fraaeaise. Aud whose image
and suporscrpion hink you on The olher3 Per
h,ps the smblcmut'c form Of the goddess of liberty,
as we ses her our own CONS. Perhaps Gen
Bonaparte the hscho tsts Of the youthful hero
fresh ON I'll. battles Of Msntenot,e, Niilesino, and
Lodi Alas, no SIR, far different vissge but your
lean Cassus grown into your plump Augustus
the well known round ard nuiocrac features Of d
later date, surrounded with the lofty inscription
+ Napolc0n Empe,.H,.
They therefore, Of all the deluded are the most
wsfllly deceived, who sumber on ia conGdng
| .,I III oh Ia liz nfe lccu
organic form, ora no, IN appearance subver,ed
tell you, sir, that # Napoleon himself could burst
the rock oil ST. Helena where he lies walled and
clamped down, fathoms deep IN the oyerlnsiin gra-
mite and IL, with hini, could burst ,nio life the
ghasly millions, hst fell upon all his battle felda,
from the frozen cots OF Russia 10 tho baked mud OF
the Nile, IND land IN one rcsistless host upnn our
continent and subdue 1t, he would leave you the
forms of the Constitution he would sraeiously al
low you 10 he the agents Of your own subjeclion
and shome an,i when he had De oIut your cities,
wasted your fair fields plundercd your substance,
torn your sons from your arms, ana dtenchsd your
hearlhs IN blood, he would tell you lie came for
good, that he came to rssehe you from arsio-
rats and monoposts and to bring you happiness
aud glory.
Neither, sir, Let il be Thoughts lhai Le republic is
safc because the private ,lghs OF the people have
as yet suffer nothing, from the direct encroJch
| ns yet IN danger Of forced loans OF iaxcs levied
without authority Of law. There is no ground Of
apprehension that The farmer, as he brings home
a night the return Of his industry fom he msfkh,
eill be stopped by sergeant guard snd made TO
pay half Of II 10 he govcrnmcnt. II man has y
sdi, ia csuft or mattel II private ght, nc y
sy ceft.ia lhat justice VII DC doNe hun. To be
sure arJ so he s IN Austr.a--In Russia When
therefore, The advocates ofthe administration tell
US that the county III not blight d, as with pre-
sent curse, that private Industry VIII cara It's re-
ward, unsh red by The government, -thrt the orb
nary march Of scrupaton Is not wholly obsitucied,
| nd would hence argue that the complaints against
the sdm n,slration uniound' d, feel my com.
] mon sense insuod. Why sir, this Id subs aniIa
ly the STATE OF things III all other counrios-ln oil
clvscd countries, Political communities could
mol otherwise be kept together I here IRE certain
ly points IN which u despoism produces practcai
encroao hments private rights, bat II ~, II, least
under vrtuous dsspoi 10 O less extent than might
al first be supposed. tke 1t, pure, pcrfecl a1es-
ton of menm and tnnw 10 decit d os promptly
aud as ,quitahIy at ST. Petersburg at at New York.
And pretty boast truly for the people OF tho UNI
ted States Of America, thai we arc no worse Of
than they are IN Siberia.
Neither, sir, ought ii to he any consolation 10
one who understands and ptizes our Consu uton
in is purity, thnt lew bloody violations OF personal
right and liberty have been attempted that men
have no, been dragged out OF their beds al night,
mmured in prisons, or hung A member of Con
grcss to be sure occasion lily has his bones b oxen
on the Penns ylvania Avenue or IS sho, at on the
steps ofihe Capitol but we are in no danger OF
the Turkish bow string, or the Russian knout, OF