Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-06
MESSRS. VAN buren, & CALHOUN
A cores pondent sends rs the suO]pIned snecdotH,
with the assurance thar is in sGb,ance relation
# facls from, beginning to mi:
Mr. VAN BUREN'5 DEBUT:

Mr. VAN BUREN'5 DEBUT:
OR his FIRST ESSAY At isTRruaE.
Ire folio wing singular rclalio is 40 strkngly
Characteristic of Mr.. Van Bnren's character, and
.hs SO sro gl, cor uboraied by a personal VIII
ne.s thai am constrained to ask an insertion Of II
IL your paper:
When Mr.. vsn Barren first determined to come
b. fore the psbhc, as a candidate FOR Congress, in
the city # Hudson and lis vicinity, he had to con-
tenl with one Of the most popular men in he State
Gen w llams a. deemed hi, foflorn hope
tu, he set his wits to work. in order TO compass me
great crd he had in view, VIZ to get into he PUT
lie councils Of the country. This cunning man
va, no, long in devising scheme, by which he
com ple,cly defeated his competitor The Bank OF
IA 4dson had been recently cs,,bl shed, in which
Gen. Williams Was greatly the largest stockholm,
and Of esurse, mos. interested 10 ma in'dn s credit
Mr. Van Buren, went to New York, catered INTO az
sg,eement with $. & Nj Alien to collect up the
paper Of the II Bank aad oreckly make runs upon
i, for sr-cie, with a view to break il. Gen. VII
Hams seeing how matters were going on, md rot
bring aware of the cause, a. ecd nth the Bank oi
Month America, to furnish him weekly with specie,
to mai tain the credit of tho Il. Bank. us une
was so completely cnsrossrd n Attending TO the
concerns Of his Bank that lie had no tune 10 spare
TO attend 10 the canvass which was gong on
wnlls, Mr. V Buren,, his opponent, rain d every
nsrye 70 secure his rlcct,on, nd succeeded by a
large minority, owe. the most popular man IN the
State.
This same man, Mr.. V. B is in correspondence
with many Of the most popular men u p"gtH'@
canvas.lng for the highest Office in The git of the
people They now playing game mat :" III
Nuke our ears hngte. would now, under my
rrt sent lmpre -slons, greatly rather vote r } =.
Calhoun, for President of Tie U. States, IMAM fo'
he orch-intri DER, Nj. Van Buen
uONEsTUS.
For our own parts, we do not doubt that MI Van
Bulen IS entirely capable OF the dishonofaoe con
duct therein attributed to HIM, 1t he m'y ihcteoy
promote his political Advancement even though he
may not have ben gully OF the offenct Ps'ucu
la,ly specified; and So, We frn', are too m'nf OF
our politicians Eur, tricky and unprlnclped IS II
proves hun to be- We, nevertheless, cannot arrive
a, the conclusion 10 which it has driven Homes
tu,n No consideration could induce us, as al pre-
sen, advised to support John c. Calhoun Tor any
,fir, Whatever; and " mish defend the proPfetY
# his drtcrnninaton not xclusIvrly Ny reference
n old oninions abandoned ana denounced, aaa 10
new and dangerous principles espoused WIN me
fery &c I " hch al \ avs signatzes the apos'a'e
from ,nteres, ratter than from convictIoni ou also
Ly 4ssertIng what MS conduc' author'ses US 10 as
ser,, that Mr.. Ven Buren himself is not more
fin hej lnuigucr or more unb!ushing ehansellng'
We believe tina both Mr. Van Buren, and Mf. C'd'
houn are dangerous men-and we are therefore
opnosed both Were they rival candidates Tor
the Presidency and the Only candidates, we should
quietly look upon the contest, unnteres'ed spectators
Nether our pen nor our voice shall assist IN eeVa-
ting either of them 70 the Prrshent'al ehs"-
though, os we once before remarked, II we were
conpcllsd to choose between them, we shouio prefer
the New York to the South Carolina ln'r'sueri not
because he is more urtpo~s, but because ne - Tess
dangerous