Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-25

PIC VIM Aiuv al nome hHu MINI their
keep out Of hot water, say nothing against the
sultan or Motif, andtake care non TO get very rich.
are extremely well of IN Turkey. The idea that
The Grand Seignior goes about chopplng off the
heads of harml IS people for sport, belongs to tho
! Nursery IL is oge of Mofhe C;ooses tales. Peter
Parlny is beyond that. When, therefore, We arr
told that people safe their houses and IN Their
streets, under The protection of the laws and thar
we ought ~ be content with tins, | am shocked at
II, as inisef proof Tim, men are beginning to Ia
Indifferent TO the real nature Of Constitute nal libcr-
| ~ that they are beginning 10 compound with those
who have so signnly betrayed their confidence TO
LAY spare US our lives and property, do not shoot
or plumber Us, and iulc US as long as you phase
~ abort, thnt they arc thinking terously Of Esau's
bargain, and selling their blood bough, birth.right
for meas Of pottage.
No, sir the spirit and essence of liberty are very
different from the constitutional forms in which il ls
embodied and even these my De trampled down.
by those who forber any violent a,tcmpl on life,
limb or property.
Practically, tho people Of the United 81 atcs, rs
fur Us tho general soveromcn, is concerned, are IL.
v'ng uhdera monarchy. The Execu'ye--a fune-
ionaky created by tue Constitution Ia pforce the
lnws--bas erected his own will into u law ! he
spirit OF party has 50 completely mastered that Of
pat, lo',sm. that men IN hieh pnces, -men Of name
before the county--legis ators- rcpr. scninlyes Of
WV F'"p's@"'s Sh'J suPpott CHct Vi tHtif rHT-
ty IN measures which they know 10 be highly min
rious. but support him, IN such way, as to make
HIM think they really approve those measures end
Admire 9nd reverence him for pursuing ttcm. Il
Is not going too far TO soy, that The course oi tho
a''n'n'sr'tlonhc last year, was supported through
thick and din, by some Members in Congress tho
admitted TINT II had been conceived III utter igno-
rance Of the effects II was TO produce, md was now
pursued to the dclrImcn, Of The community. What
san, hnta aI... -
not reason 10 despair ofthe republic wbcn the rash
conce'is 'lc personal feelings, tho admitted criora
OF one inan became tho law "fihe land which, even
those who feel and admit their runous OPERATION.
want courage and virtue to resist nny more, which
they are obliged 10 iaud as tho perfection Of Wis
Socb IL Tue state al lungs IN this country. ere
terrific force Of party discipline, the personal popu
larity of the Presideni.bave wrought pruciica re-
vou,oa. The form vi "a House Of Representative,
IS kept up, but is siri, fos tho present Is gone.
ior ia members sustain measures, WHICH the y dis
appose, for fear OF Icing pu, under the ban 81 Tho
parry, aud mourning the J'splessure 81 rs Chief.
There is another symptom Of desencracy which
might well justify despair Of The republic NEAR
The pfost, atom Of tho ssll,respect oftbo Heuss of
Representatives. There is in almost Oh organized
bodies, what the French call tho esprit dD Corps
feeling conmon To the members OF the body,
such - whether the army Or navy, ora separate
command IN either, or "a civil association, --or
geog raphical section Of country, Ia b,nk, COLI
lege, o. even private club there s feeling
| mon 10 ,ls members such, which holds ,hem TO
| cherish tho reputation of the body, and 10 TO
seBsiby ut all inJlseriInpato warf're upon il.
| Patriotism is but the same feeling enlarged In
| high aud dgnhed bodies, clothed with august
functions, in parlamens, IN senatcs, in courts vi
| justice this feeling assumes an unusual gravity
and elevation. 1t rises into principle II is .
source OF strenuous efor, II bids men toll and sui.
| for, and, need be- bleed, that they may adorn the
| name Of some great and venerable organization,
and hand II down. more ilusrious for their col-
oectlon with II, TO posteriiy. II there be bodies
on earth, which ought 10 possess this feeling they
the Senate and House Of Representatives Of tho
United States. II On earth there is body of mrn
who ought TO feel sober, reflective, responsible
sense of station, 10 It not tho chosen Representa-
lives CT the people of the United States Against
any sweeping linputnt,ons on It's purity, this is u
body, enc might have thought which would
he up IN arms Against any Wholesale or genef-
al denunsiallon Of us members, enc might have
hoped that tho whole assembly would nave risen
in indignation And what have VIC witnessed
This House Of Representatives, by maturity of
more than two TO one, passes resolution that the
Public Money ~ safe IN the Bank Of the United
S,ates what none but madman could deny J
and for passing that resolution the President de.
csres 10 his Secretary Of tho Treasury, that d ma
joriiy the members is brbod by the bank uni
that II They bad remained in session few weeks
longer, lwo lbIids of them would have laken the
bride and Tor this reason and in order 10 keep
this POLICY safe beneath the wings Of The Vc'o, he
orders this Secretary, against hls own gicisens,
70 remove the public money from tho place o!icgal
deposite, before Congress copvenes end the Seere-
thry refusing, is removed himself.
Does The House OF Representative nhje the in
hucnce of the feeling have described, resent .lc
lnsut2 Does that portion Of It, friendly to the
A1minisirut'on---lhe portion OF course aimed al -
the Presidents friends, ropei this Insinnat,on, ha,
they are the subjects of corupttona Does soli-
tary Gend Of The President, show that he feels Ell
Their wounded OF grieyed1 Look at the journals OF
the las, session, and see the unbrokeu phalanx
steadily voting in support off policy, which as far
the time Of It's ldortion is concerned, proceeded
on the calculation, tina. they themselves, the men
who support it, within the reach of the Gold Of
the Bank lbeliove, that, il any King Of England,
OF the House OF Brunswick should utter such
language to tn Lords Of tho Treasury. touching
the House Of Commons, the day on which 10
uttered il, would he tho last Of his reign. The
House OF Commons, thus outraged, would
one man. He would be dragged from his pal
ace to the to wer from the tower TO the scaffold
his line driven out ,nto exile his blood attainted
his dynasty extipgushed forever. Or IL m,lder
councils Wero required. as trust they would he,by
the civilization Of the day, Parliament would re-
solve, that he royal intellcc, was impaired - re.
gency bill would pass in hrco days, and tho unhsl-
by monarch would be scqncsercd, as berefi ofrea
rkpef tuII n