Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-19

eladans the Cab.ne, Nanfssto directing IN. remoy.
al OF tho public depositcs from the Bank of the u.
niicd States, on the Presidents responsibility. in
utter disregard of the laws OF the land and the ex.
elusive jurisdiction of the Secretary of tbs Trcasu.
ry, and the Protest, IN which a Construction was
gwen TO The powers of the Executive deoartmeni Of
ms government, 50 broad and siiudnous in its
CHARACTER as to excite the alarm anl Indignation OF
all unpfelud'ced minds. How cana man who dc.
Tended az these measures which con-
Vused The country from Its certre TO lis circumier.
ence receive the support OF the party which de.
nnunced ihem as subvetsye alike of the fundume n.
tai law and of public liberty We confess, it pun.
zles US 10 see how much course can be justified.
II seems TO US that the anti. administration party
cannot support hm--or that # they do, they stamp
all their past opposition 10 those acts and mea-
sures with the uneqnivocal seal of faschood.
Why denounce Gen. Jackson. il we intend 10 Gle,
vete 10 the Office which he now fills man whose
opinions are coincdcnt with his ownl How can
those who shudJer a, the mention ofihe Proclama.
ton, n llft ~ their eyes agha,t at the name Of tho
Force al consent TO elevate 10 the Presidency man
who advocated both 7 How can those who rall at
the removal of the de osltcs. and the reasoning by
which that measure was defended and aus, med as
arbitrary, sindicive, illegal and uncons nut Ito
bestow their su!ffngcs on one who, by his support,
Of the admins ration, 10 tho. IN assure. is guilty
- the head Of TINT admmlsir 'tlon himself 10
aur view, politically, Judge White is az obno xous
as Mr.. Van Bnten there 10 not a copper's dffor.
snce between them.
We admit. tina, we can very we'll SEQ why, as
an alternative, The opposition party may prefe,
Judge White 10 Mr. Van Buren,. All admit that
he IA an abe an an honest man, md they may
therefore hope. from his election what they could
not from Mr.. Van Burons. a publication Of the
morals Of tho government, II we may so speak. But
this would reduce the contest TO ono OF mere peson
al preference 10 tho entire exclusion, nay, 10 the
snure abandonment Of all those political principles
and those doct, ines OF civil liberty, which we have
asserted. over and over again. TO be involved in us
issue. and which we have declared TO be essential
10 the preservation OF free institutions in their
original simplicity and purity. And why, even II
wa should by thu hopclessness Ofour cause, DO ul-
tima,ely compelled t, choose between evls.-why.
we ask should unnecessarily force ourselves in.
to tina, position Why desert our principles, and
the champions Of those principles. before we ore
driven TO that courso1 Why prsmalurely force
Judge White into prom nent position, and there
by produce that very weakness which only can
justify tho selection Of him an alternative les,
odious than The success of Mr. Van Burcnl II
seems to w that such conduct ~ as suicidal as II Is
ncon sslent AM, for our own pars, wha VIC
repeat what we have heretofore SAID, that, II the
contest should be mario wed down to Mr. Van Blu
rem and Judge White, we shall 60 for tho latter, yet
we will do long rs there Is tho aieh1
hop Of elevans ono Of our own party TO tho Pfcs'
dency We will not consent to go into the ranks vi
the enemy for a commanding general, while We
have 30 many older and better soldiers in orr
own camp.