Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-02
ANDKEW JACKSON.
The Rev. JAMES Gw,N Nashville, Tenn.

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secns, rhs. /" dscardng all per sonal prcfcrco-
cas-" the President considers II the " true policy
# the parry send delegates, fresh from the PEG
pie 10 a general convention. for the purpose OF Sc
lecung candidate for the Ples icncy and V &c Pre-
~ideney This might, indeed, be true policy un-
Il SOM circums auc s. bat viii the decs res nr
pointed to the Baltimore Convention oe ire n from
tue People 7 VIII they be appointed by the peo-
pie 1T ali No. IL almost every State IN which
they have yet been appo,nied they are tn, nseIses
the rgcn's of small ;,oitcal brdIes-drp9tz ty
l0cai caDcHSss 10 cons ilute general caucus
& Fresh f. on the pcoI'la' lndeed Way he pcofl
Rerer take any interest, and not one in III of them
cpeI participate IN thcse lncPent measures. And
yei told by Inc President, that, to resist II
no ulnation mad, by II body thus constituted IS
beg attention to me Startling nhsnrdty--i1 u to
a sail he virtue ofthe people, and IN eiecf, to op
pose their r,gnt to govern" Was there ever
such paradoxrcal hcresy uttered by mortal man ;
few men, selected by active political par IL ms,
for the mos, part office holders and ohcehunters,
meet in Baltimore, and nominate certain lndVi.
duaIs to fill the high offices of the Renubllc aud
Gen. Jackson tells US, that, if we & resist their
nomination, we "ossa the vrtue of the people,
and oppose their right to govern ! Monstrous
docirlne-the odlousness Of which is only equalled
| and the unbushlng impudence which made II pub
lie ! Why, SIR, if the peOpte successfully resist
hat nomination, p1H they not govern,-a thus
give pt ncticnI refutation of your absurd PROPOSE
ton 7 And, IT they are not even 10 " hIsper Jlso
bedence to the mandate of King Ceucus, is not
the elective franchise effecually snarched from the
| people, and " their right TO govern usntped by
thls selfconst,utcd conceived So far, indeed IS
the Presidents proposition from being true, that
the very # 1t is trnc. SO far is
to The d,ctation of the Baltimore Conven lou hos
Utility 10 the rights Of the people, that 1t IS he on
! ly means ty which those rights car b, MAINTAIN
| ed, and preserved fom the clutches OF the " telc'
who are by these nsldIous means, always steal
ing power from the mann" So far Is the riyht
OF the people 20 govern from being ident aed with
the success of the nominee ofthe Baltimore Conven.
tlon that IT IS 'nsepataby interviewer with the de-
feat OF that nomination. 1.-THE nominee of the Bal
tlmore Convention is to be elected, because he re-
es that nomination, the peoples right 10 govern
is transferred to that Convention. If they are mol
tores'st IT, their only business at the polls is to ratt
~ h--and when this new doctrine Of trenSon 10
! hing caucus becomes the " order of he day, we
mad as well abolish the agency OF The people in ccc
tons altogether, and transfer the whole machinery
into the hands Of the few court-grecn and har-roon
Drawers upon whom dcvolves the duty OF putting
ui' Pa'usbh machinery IN motion.
IL is evident, too, that the President has indcn,i-
ned himself with Martin Van Buren, as the hel,
apparent, and has openly entered the arena as ar
ciectoneerer IN his bchalf-because he knocs thai
he nomination ofthe Baltimore Convention vii
IAN upon mat individual. 1t the people are true IL
themselves, they will {" restA' this first attempt o
President 10 dictate to them in the choice of hi,
success
We must defer farther comments to another or
casion
ss' In Fauquer county, delegates have beer
appointed to the Baltimore Convention.
T. The Legislature o. New York has passed Q
law prohibiting The circulation, in that State, OF
oapk notes, of less denomination than IS, aftc,
the Isl OF September noxt