Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-13

SELECTIONS.
JUST REFLECTIONS.
ram he BoSion Daiiy Adre,fisey.

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qoent perils, which experiences teaches free Gov
eminent TO fear, Is the debastmen, or p.rsorsion o
the moral feeling Of tho people. That feeling is III,
! pillar which sustains the social cdfces - henevcl
II bee mes onsonnj or is yielding 10 decay, tie
whole building IN not Far from ruin. II sou would
have men look with indifference ON slavery, or that
which leads TO slavery, and 10 lows their golden
chains, you have only to degrade their moral feel
ing, and poison their moral sen ,cnt, aad thure is
nothing moro 10 do. They arc slaves already
chained 10 the galley Of sordid aud ignoble
spirit crushed beneath the ,gnominioas bondage OF
unworthy passions. The manly bearing and the
dignity of treemcn gone +" ihcir eye is on the
ground and their step slow and reluctant, like that
| OF him whe obeys task mastcG"
| Is not this peril now mpcnding over us las
not tho moral sentiment OF vast bodies Of the people
undergone great and neancholy change, since
The present administration rose to power, and by
reason OF its nlnenaoi Is our confidence in pub.
lie virtue strong, hopes of the long dura.
lion OF our Union Us sure, us they were six years
ogol Arc not thu regrets of the good and the mp.
ptehensions Of the wise more deeply felt and moe
earnestly expressed than ever aud elt and express
ed, too, moro IN sorrow than III arger, that great
and porplexng change is heaving up from the
horizon like the black cloud dat bears the tornado
IN IT'S vast and swelling masses 7 Sar,ly oil this
Is no secret. The influence, To which we have nj
luded, hangs over u.s. like thu pcserous oxholutlon
over the Eternal City, threatening, at no remote re
rod, to CONVEX, II into city of tho dead.
What, for example can be more debasing ihnn
to make office and the hope of Office depend cxclu-
svcIy on the devoodncss of parry zcal-- TO convert
IA solemn trust into a recomponso Of "A political I'D
hcrcni, and tho punishment OF political foe To
think as he pcases To spenk as nc urases to net ns
he ne,ses with, Tho l,n,,,s ,r tho cons,,t,,,on o,a
,hs law ,,o tho ,o.,l;,r n,,,,,,,os az fsoo,,an .
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a,e co,nn,l,,d hy a., s,,o,. ,,d,co,,on,s ar Lona
ar tho equally sir.,,, co,s,,nin, az Con, i, ,h,nl
and snenf and ac ,cco,d,n, IN ..maod.,os If ano
the, 1 When snch n et,le Of ,b,n,a occurs !, il.
tented nv ,yoov,ls tho de1assncn, of nv. ,n,,I;e
sentiment is one the nuomen,o,ion of ,ho mower
tina, "a Enabled thns ,o dictate 10 ano,h,,
preeiselv ,he same or eta ,,o n,,ro,,,ly u,oa,,
cod whom s,,nde, ia ,mna,.a 40 ,h. ,ns,,,o,.o, ~
evil /, ia i'm, ,oo ,,,e iLa, ,h. l,i,,. ~ oo ,a,,
IN on, country a,e ,yhIl I've. r,n, lila noll,,;,,,
bu, !, assumes m osncc, Of mora than ord,n,rv .e
riousness vten /, 80 M, o,ly ,oto,,,ol h,,, an,
ploved az m cfiieien, cn,,nc Go, the nroni,i,,on
and maintenance of nowcr Win, ,,us, h,,bansh,
of an ADMINISTRATOR Of which tho wnsh;n,,on
Glole ia ,ho ovow,d and chotish.l ORGAN n. ;o,,-
nal wboae bahi,u,l ,ono md ln,gu,9e cno oy.i,o
m o,be, fcl,nes ,la ,boso ., ,m,ri's and ,a,,,a,
s,rn,is,, Ma, ,La Li,i, ,o.a.. ,v.,,,,,,,, -.
c,oson, limo IA be ,o,r,.an,.,, ,,1 ,sa,., H.,
,hc c,oa;, or RI, CIT 49,, 49,, ~ ,h.;. 49,,
Germ. ,hcv sho,l bo nd,e,.n, Il, ,,c e,od, 81 ,,,o,
eonn,,v |, "a In, , 6ow 49,. .inca 10, ,ha .1,.
duc,or nj ,h,s ,on,noI ,,n,,o,, -, .oa,;,. n h,,
,c,d.,a IN, .o,,o ,f ,hoso ,,,, ,; .a III, 40.