Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-30

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~ 49, .-s,,a GOOD sfmy eooassy required TIT
-. -, ekrorf;,)ly, and exported and require NO
s 49, cn than the consciousness Of having
performed ny dn,y.
!. sSdi,ios y he sbsve, have s'rons objections
IA ~. a.. esesse 1as, winter. His hrs' sei wss
NJ, esssaescue vsse Tor Banks - Sresker. ! nave
heard hin au1nps tojusiify that vote OIL y es"no'
,,e slcna He Wa the representative ora shoro"ee-
49, e5h;. r..,n,v--ihe eontesl between the two
s.,,;s. W elSe, and doubtful throughout The u
r.;l,ertv Or De.potism, ~ the Wings conten
All hunv a. the event. Virginia possessed great
;n6asnu. n The ConfeJeracy- was claimed ny
hmh .;.Irs and her frst acts anxlonsly looked
6,r>otl 10 say the least Of it, the crsis required
shst every Wing should DO his dn'y-A true
WINK. (Cscn. Parker,) aeknc wlcdgcd to he eompe-
tan, to the ofkce, aud thorough going Van tursn
go vcre The eandidsics---h THE state OF doubt
Ard anxiety, Mr.. Garland and few o,hcr qnondsm
Wh;se. 10 the sursiss Of both friend and 'oe slip
- o.. into the enemy csmp-by fAeir votes
shrussa Van Barren Speaker upon an An,i-Vnn
nusen Legislature, end the election Of Speaker
Banks was hailed q, distance asa triumph OF
Van puvenisua, and may have hsd-no eoubt did
h.ve-eonsiderable influence on tho strugsles Ct
her States.
Bot icsa upcn the General Road Law as sill
nsoss objectionable. have hoard him also txpsain
shst but the objectionable fes,urss Of that law can
not b explained away. Il clothes the county couus
falrssSy too powerfully with almost despotic pow
e.. and makes the magistrates (hinseRa msgis
uaae, little petty kiagp and lyrsn,s. ifthey choose
- Be so-and IN granting discretionary power, VIC
should always eonsiJer me gran, Us iii would be
abused. [, ele,hss the court, indirectly. with the
power Of iaxat,cr, ADD takes away from . portion
81 the csaers the RICH, of,rial by Jury--r'akcs
them liable to be kned s,rrped Of thcit property,
and imprisoned al tAs discretion Of justice 81 tAe
sses, and indirectly extends tho jurisdiction Of SIN
Gle masis,rsses, In short, according to my humble
Judgment. il 10 mos, ,niquious and oppressive
law, and nav .s used 10 harrass and oppress the
people /, an enormous extent Mr.. GARLAND, IN his
Cisea,sr, seeming TO spptehcod 1t might not be
psla,abls to the people, land we, or portion OF U.s.
have sean and fel, enougI, Of road magistrates TO
nnaks rs sensitive the subject in general terms
aluJes 10 the law, without mentioning lis details.
and blandly informs u.s. IL we do not like !, we can
very easily have il repealed. As one Of his late
constituents. destined TO live under tho operation OF
THE Law this information fell upon my ear as might
be supposed would the voice Of a physician, who
having, for the sake Of experiment, broken one or
both Of my legs were thru very kindly and softly
10 tell me I" never mind, they can easily be set ],
for one, had much rather he hni no, done II. pro
test against the law and am in hopes the good poo
rio Of Amherst will dosirc whoever they elect 10
uso his best endcavoss 10 have it repealed though
IL tho same, a majority If the same, LcgIsa-
,ure, 10 elected. I presume 1t cannot probably be
done.
So, fellow. citizens, under every aspect OF the
ense I eawnot-- and, whs, 10 more, iciH not with
draw. 4 hereby na,t my colours TO the mast and,
whether defeat or victory awaits me, shall hght AS
long 40 these is slot in the okcr. wus neither
e.ucussed sxt nor will be caucussei Of II may
defest both Of tho opposition candidates though
deub, il. 7Ae Van R1yen DemJeyatse Fcpabtiean
Peoples Exclusive Democrats know they urc IN
lauk minority in tho county singlc-handed
uag Whic can beat them; yet such is their devo-
.'"tn fa,i,ttInu tnat me m1Juriiy
should rule, tina, they hevo eagerly nvacd them
selves Of the sfAit in tho majority to attempt to
fo,s, minority candidate over the heads Of the
majority They may do so--,hoogh | repeat a
rsin do not think IT, Bnt ir,hc worst comes To
the worst, and they should slip in q true blue Van
Bureni'e, why, rho drcs'ed majority will only
Rave 10 Tn Van BWsn,ae my worthy friend and
competitor, Mr.. El.--tic him up, hand and foot
with instructions, ('aking il for granted he wiIro.
hey and tins give him practical Illustration OF
the Rcpnbleaa Doctrine, that in despite Of all tricks,
the majority nil ruls.
AsI have no doubt, fellow citizens, wear
ej you ms well as myself vii, proceed as ra
pldly as possible to eivc condensed outline Of my
political creed, such as !. is, and not perhaps suc
~ some Of you have heard it was. And here, be
fore forget it, 10, me observe that | have written
this in haste. am not conscious Of having said
AIRY thing calculated to open afrcsh old wounds or io
iaRict new. Sure am DO not desire il. | am
pIsin, blunt man, and am apt to call" n spade--o
spade !" but have endcavored only TO speak pot,
cay, and no farther than | considered ntccssa
ryto the Justification ofmysel and my cause.
To proceed / hold the doctrine, that all power lc
ultimately belongs TO the people-that, ts consc
quence, they have the right to form governments
-laat il Is at Ill times perfectly optional with them
what form Of government they may select, and
whatever the form they do select, it is their righ,
delegate TO il 90 much and such portion Of Their
power and sovereignty us may seem to them good
that ours 10 cOnledcratod government formed by
the union Of certain sovereign Independent, states
that at the confederation Of tho States and by the
constitution or compact Of union each State dele
gated 10 tho common government, thereby formed
acenain portion ofits sovereignty that AS express
Iy stipulated in the constitution Of union Ill tho
powers and attributes Of sovereignty which they
sach then sevcraly enjoyed, es separate and indie
pendent government, cxcept such as are expressly
enumerated in the constitution, as having been
granted to the federal government formed by that
constitution, arc reserved TO the people AMI the
States respectively, a. fully and absolutely as
though such union had never cxsted-lhai, as q
consequence the federal constitution should ever be
strictly coas,rucd and the government formed an.
der that constitution should. in no case, or by any
implication, exert any power which is moi clearly
laid down and enumerated in the constitu,ion, and
such ss are obviously and indisrens'lly re-
csssasy to carry into effect tho enumerated
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