Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-30

government contin les to refuse TO pay cent Gas
have no doubt II wili,) and brings forward Mr..
R,vcss letter, as proof thu, the clam 10 aa unjust
one, and ha, too endorsed by the Chief Executive
officer of our government wha, can Mr.. Livingston
do--nr what can our government door under wiat
prelext could We 90 10 ser with this evidence OF
our dishonesty staring MS in the face The claim
is jus, one md should be paid, but this accom-
pshed dlplomatst has virtually destroyed IT. The
I'll zens whn hoi the claims must submit to the
l1ss-ihe 10 odd thousand dollars of the peoples
money, which they paid 10 Mr.. Rives TO give away
ms 50 millions, mus, remain in his pockct--Mf.
Living ston mus be paid 40 odd thousand more on
this ihrftess errand and the people (that Jackson
ASS IN addition 10 all this, must also be addict
with the damages the protested bill But Tho
worst t-ature in this transaction Is that Mt K
mas dishonored the country, and brought reproach
upon our fair name. Through his agency we now
stand before Europe and the world IN tho attitude
Of a detected swindler as a nation who knowing
ly prosecuted unjust claim, and fraudulenily al
tempted 10 6lch millions of dollars from the peck
ct of old fuend and ally, when we were perfect
ly aware that there not one cent due US. II
he President should determine to go TO war for II,
as he once threatened his ground would be taken
by he French and the tgencss of the claim and
smalIncss OF the sum agreed 10 be taken by Nj. r.
fetal" thereon, would DO evidence conclusive TO tho
world of the incqu,ty of our CT i'm Aad tho ut'er
ccrruptness of our government. So that the lctofe
claim is gone-and We stand IN the morl,fyihg stu
.,ion o. not only submitting 10 be robbed but atald
10 cry thief, becaase, through Our agent, We nave
been so perfectly over reached, that, II The hue was
raised, we should BIZ found the cr,,llna, who was
attempting the felony. Yet, for looslng tins 40 odd
or so millions of dollars, for which he has been
paid upwards of forty thousand and for bringing
obloquy md disgrace upon the hitherto nnsnllied
came OF eur Republic Mr. Hl,es modcs,y asks TO
be dubbed great man, and 10 be ioisted INTO the
Senate over the head Of one of the pures and most
talented men of the age So much for the French
lreaty-whlch myself have heard urged upon the
honest yeomanry of the country as the evidence OF
this gcn,laman's ialenls, and for which they owed
him deb, 1f gratitude, whic'. nothing could repay
bu, The first Office in their gift
Next ii arder comes the Procl amaion. The IL
mts have prescribed 10 these numbers fofoid ny
| entering INTO the merits Of This .t'al o"cuh'cn''
Suffice it say that # the principles co"sh III
il be correct il al sweeps by the boaro every
vestise OF =" State Rights and Safe Sovereignty
and reduces us TO consolidated despo'ism. For
all must admit, that It Is perfect farce TO talk u
bout tho rights and sovereignty Of the States IT. as
m,ona al rights of the President a, any moment to
lei loose upon them power which can crush them
in an instant. In coanexlon with IN stands the
Force Bill. Under those two alarming usurpaons
of power, the President claims for himself the
right, a, his.nere pleasure, or uron the digestion
or some petty Collector Of he revenue, without tho
assent OF Congress, 10 declare war against sove-
reign Sia,e--hrow her without The pale OF the u
nion-pronounce her in state OF rebellion de-
clare her citizens traitors, and 10 march the army
and navy of the u States into her borders and ra-
wage her territory, burn her towns, slut up her
ports and hang her citizens, when and where he
may think proper In pursuance of this exorbl-
liant AMI hitherto uhheurd of claim TO absolute pow
er, the President has already mooreJ his fleet, with
lis cannon bearing upon the metropolis OF gal.
Ian, State, ready TO batter down lis houses and
slaughter its inhabitants because, ms freemen, they
had dared to question the cons,tu'onalty of mea-
sure of his administration. Under these two fatal
usurpations when innocent and unonendin &
man had been shot down IN his own yard by a
hrelns soldiery, and the authorities of the State
" ere dboat IN enquire why one of us citizens had
been hus lnhumaniy bulchere1, he has SET tho
troops from Virginia and elsewhere in motion
mar he'd them TO Alabama, and enenlnped them on
the SPOT 10 brow-be4i h, witnesses, oyerawc the
u,ho.ltes, and il need be, sustain the murderer
with the sword -Yot, Wm. G. Ryes is the un.
bounded aIulatot of this President, and firm sup.
porter OF these measures, for which the people of
Virginia are gravely asked 10 be false to them
seycs their friends, and their principles, IN order
that he may r'dc INTO Office
Next comes the removal Of the deposites. II is
almost needless for me 10 observe that the comblna
tion of the sword and The purse constitutes dcspo.
|usm, wherever and however it my exist and
that in all freeze governments, the great beside
am Il ways has been to keep the peoples money IN
their own hands, AMI by every guard which inge-
nuty could invent to prevent their Executive Off :
GERS from touching it without their consent. This,
in fact, is the grcaj land-rofe oflbcrtyle go this,
abandon your money 10 the keeping OF another, and
YOU are al once a1oat upon wave which mna lead
TO slavery. The control Of the money power by
he people is the ground work, the basis Of all free
governments and will hazard the assertion that
there is not farmer in Virginia who hos ever
connected three IDEAS together, Who II no was now
called upon TO frame a government under which
himself and his children were to live bu, the first
deo which wodld occur 10 him, IN the distribution
Of power, would be-" Give me the money-lct me
nave the control Of the purse" II naturally occurs
10 every m n tina, can be Independent, If his
mnuey-hls means OF support and powers un-
der the control Of nnoher 1t is equally needless
for me 10 remark that the Proclamation and Force
3 III yield 10 the President the sword without re-
strc,ion-th tina, in his Manifesto, Re claimed the en-
tire control of the reasury-hnd IN tho. removal OF
the deposes, he practlsed the right he clained H.
has thus combined the sword and the purse and
to say no,hln. bout the dismay and ruin and con-
styfnaton which tend d the act-ihe public ant
private loss which accrued lhcrefron he ha,
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