Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-14
VOL. XlIT...NO. 81.

10 the obeciiohs which we have hnye urg'd against
any candidate broush, OF and supported by sael,
means.
The republican pariy Of Virginia have been al.
ways siinenlshcd by their strict and literal con-
strucrn Of the Federal Constitution, and by their
jealousy of men md measures which tended by i'm.
rcaiion 10 increase the powers Of that government.
They hive heretofore opposed with united md IN.
ylodlng ress unce, oil attempts 10 enlarge the pow
"rs oi government by construction, decming better
and saf,r that the country should suffer temporary
nvenirnce than that the snnciiy Of written ron
stiutions should be destroyed or impaired. The
steady adherence Of our State 10 this principle, has
contributed chiefly 10 establish that character fer
consistency, dlsln'ersidcness md purity which. has
been awarded 10 Virginia and Virginia Statesmen.
The people Of this State have never yet hesi-
'nted or ieliered IN their choice between power and
principle. They have ocen impecd by the sams
sacred regard for lfcr constitutional rights nv Tim
snmn drcnd of doubtful or assumed power to resist
the numerous nttcn pts which have been nude by
AL the drpnrm Of the federal government, to
tnctoaeh IN the rlnin letter oi the constitution
Tho Funding and The Banking systems the Alien
mud Sedlton Acts, tho Protective Tariff Internal
improvement, thc doctrines Of judicial, Executive
or Legislative supremacy, which have successive
" lonnd favor with large portions Of our country
men III olhe, St1lcs, have been deprecated by tho
people oil Virginia ns dangerous 10 tior righls I'M
der ronfederncy Of limited powers These well
established princp pics hevo been the tests by which
we have iIled the measures and the mon presented
for our appreciation. Without the abandonment, Of
these We cannot acknowledge the claims Of Mr.,
Van i}nren 10 our confidence. Will. II is otempt-
cd 10 EXCUSE his hiblrual disregard of these car.
dnnl principles, by alleging that his opinion. have
recently undergone some change NJ 10 the p0lieD or
expectancy OF some Of Tin mnny doultfu pow
ers winch hnvc been exercised by the federal go-
Vtrnmeh', we are not aware That he has ever aim
ed blow Mt the roo, Of tho evil, by denying that
they were constitutional While no admits iha,
the federal government hns The constitutional row.
cr 10 cnnct protective tarh-to appropriate mo-
ncv iof Internal Improvement 10 interfere with tho
delicate and peculiar citations of the slnveh ollinx
and The free States to create chartered companies
for mixing On Other purposes. TO absorb and annihi-
In'e the sovereignty ofthc States, by judicial con-
stneuon or ohe,Etye force, it aio DIV no guarantee
against tho dangers whIrh npp-obondcd, for hiu
to declare today that llsacs1moleni Those WHO
D6S5osa power will always be the judges tho CT
pc1eneY OF using IT,
Mr. Van Burens political cnreer seems to have
begun in hostility TO lhe administration OF Mr.. Ma
son nj the cvfn,iul period OF 1879 when he was
rc.cloc'ed To the presidency. We find him uniting
with those OF his State who Ind opposed the decla-
Inti3n oi the last war, ~ sustaining De WIT Gin
ION against James Madison noon nfter Mr.. Madi-
900 had sinked his popularity and that Of his nd
on hat measure. As an extcuuaton
Tor this, II is urged TIM, lie abandoned the pnr-
~ with which he thus became nssocloicd, soon ufior
Mr.. Madison wns AGAIN tfinnpha nily elected, nnd
TINT no wrote essays in the newspapers to sustain
he after he had failed 10 sustain tho nnti- war
candidate for the presidency.
M. IL.
Senate of Now York; n body which adopted with
out DIVISION corlaln resolutions, Irsttueing RUfos
K ing ns Senator u the United Soies TO insist on
the admission 81 Mssou, into tho Union oufy os
n Itcc Slatc. soon afterwards find him sp.-
tanning the re election Of Rufus King To the u X.
Scnhlc, under those lns,fucions. While we do
not wish 10 revive the angry feelings which were
excited by the Missouri qlcs ion, rs II hns been
termed, we cannot be 80 blind n. not TO perceive
the dangers which mny mise from similar attempts
on The part Of tho federal government to regulate
sub Zee, of no much d,l,cnty, md VIC nts compelled
to look with cautious disliust at the Disclaimers
which Mr.. Van Burcn's ronficnfinl friends now
mike for him with regard 10 slavery.
In 1922 Mr.. Van Buren member ofa
State Convention 10 amend The Constitution Of New
York, mud without scanning his motives or sen,i-
nsnls us 10 measures Of mere State policy, VIZ per-
ccve dspnsi' on manifested IN his vote to extend
the righi OF sui ago 10 free negroes, totally ire
concld,e with views Of policy Or safety. AZ
ph,Ianlhropisis ms friends to the equal rights Of
man, cannot so far forget our osn social inter
ess NJ to sanction the civil elevation of class of
men, who must always be 10 us dangerous pol,i,-
cal allies. Though the suffrage Of tie fee negro
may be exercised only in the State where he ra-
sides still IFS influence Will be fch ibroug bout
country, mud the time may come when this
disrlrc class of American populotion may
ribae much to turn the scale Of our political dcsti-
uIcs.
In 1921 we find MIR. Van Buren, voting in tho
Senate Of the United States for appropriations of
money from he federal treasury for repairs Of ,hs
Cumberland road, aud for the erection Of toll gates
within the acknowledged jurisdiction Of he States.
So This dangerous cneronchmen, on the const,tn-
ton, mud on the sovereignty of the States, wouli
have become established IS precedent but FOR lie
veto Of the president, James Monroe.
A. Sena,or from New York, MS u citizen Of
tha Stsle, Which, more than my other, has been.
md IA, devoted to the toriG system, We have secn
Nh Van Bmen always n favorltc AMI 'FRONT.'
ucut ugeut IN torwnid'ng l's moporolzIng schemes,
cttef of comm rec Cf manufactures. In Conycn-
rions of m aufacu,r r. at home, AID in his seat in
the s,nafc, We fnd him steadily approving ard
sustuinine the odous terlf POLICY, and imposing
those very burdens upon Southern industry and
ca,iihl winch w,re so inolerable as To erdanger
tar pence AMI Union Of the Siaier. While II is i'd
ni4e1 lilat Alr. Vnn Buren Is, and always has
been, al socate Er tic cons'tutlonslty aud ex-
pcdoGcy Of II pr l~ctiyc tafn il il attempted now
10 ,xrese htn 10 the Son'hern people, by the pre-
tcxt thai he voted occasion under inslruc-
lions. The ,aeueucss Of these instruct rs which
were int hntu as 10 leave Mr.. Van Buren,
at pei feet lbe,ly 10 vote for such bill ns he thought
proper anl tho notorious fact M he was al
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