Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-30
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II.
"'ooe OF communication TO corrcc, H.. -" VI 'hi'
so" uaoer which many of you labor pr'e"e"'
Wy ""e position on the political cbes.
"'ePc. inc Charge Of my having d,,s,,.J" a"u
'"e' po''ical principles. This cho,.. WI
NY "Pposition to the present adm;,;s,r.,,,.
| VIC oa'e OF Inc iar-fam Il and NJ. sdv;so, D.
! "'o we vote, which at your A,s, a..
'on' gave for David s. Garland Esn '' .e.'
inc unrefectias " confirmation s,rons ~ -, WV" W
ho'y viii, fits truth. am fully ..,,I e.. ~
sPec'ousness ct this charge, and of m.
a"" a5ro'hcss OF the Var Buren, av;,,,o,. !.
o'eSs'"g /" up III such coors, as IRE bee, caIo,,ln,
suosef'e The views Of the INTRIGUING NJ,
io'hef ana ha representative in the couo,v !, :.
'"o"h 10 you, my county.men, that when 6rs,
'e"tofeo upon the agated waves of,he poli,,,.i
SEAL announced myselfa disciple of the Jefferson
se"o'' u o'ate H'ghs Repubcans---,ha, had ever
Voc" "c violent political opponent of Mr. G rlund
"e ,o'o"er Oh an opposite crced-that had
'n'a''ao'y, anu on oil occasions, therefore voted
against lnni-and it is fresh in the recollection n
the whole county that few yeors s;,cs nh,
that gentleman and myself Gas no.) were connect.
ors Tor yonr favor, th,t | denounced his W hole
poiiocai creed In no measured .crms--tha,. durino
mat excited canvass, | every where, in private
conversations, rom the hastings, and on all coca
SONS, unequlvocally condemned him as poli,i-
e'a'i ano, being Juvenile and curly las nv Lord
byfon SAITH, with more truth than courtesy. per.
maps, again ard again branded him. Us a black
cockade Federalis,," "bue light Federast." &c
&c In addition to this, it is also known. thai,
from circumstances, attending that exciting cam
paign, and from VIVA, considered the Illegal the
unIustihable, the unpreceden;e ed manner in which
after the election & after had been fully & fairly
been elected over him, 'y a majority of upwards
Of 30 votes as admitted by Ills own friends. he
nevertheless, by the aid Of cx.par,c affdavs sur
repthiousy Obtained caused to be " expune ed"
from my poll sufficient number of votes (many Of
them known at the time, and since to be as GOOD as
his own,) to enable the High Sheriff to return
HIM as elected by majority Of one, and thus
thrusins himself upon the major'ly as iicf Repre-.
sentative in def ,nce OF their known wishes and re.
corded votes, and in dcrogallon.ofmg rights-,ha,
bad conceived strong personal objections to him,
and hid in ous ways freely expressed them-
This Is the whole case and in the revleH Of these
facts, permt me 10 say, Mcn believed all that
said i 50 believed when ueted for him nor
enerthin precisely the same opinions The ques-
ton now occurs-how could l. as a State Rights
Republican, consistently support a man who held
no one solitary p lncipe, IN common with the Re-
publican parry, AID VI no had ever been the jealous
aud ind ats able advocate Of measures which went
to the total pros ration and dcs ruction of The rights
and sovereignties ofthe Staes--ani who was, with
al, personal enemy Twill drop this ls,tcr cl use
or the q,ery-i feel no disposition to rip up old
q1nrrcls nor, in crisis like the present. TO
tanSle principle in the MAJ IS OF a private and per-
sonal fead-Besides, time has cooled down my for
mcr resertacnts, and so far as am concerned,
they may sleep in peace, To understand the prln-
c,ae nnon which | supported Mr.. Garland, it will
Al Of tha, IL,
posites" was the question which then a,i'ated the
country Our Senator in the Senate ofthe United
States WIN c. Riv,s, Esq had efused to obey
the instructions of the VIrsna Legislature, DIS p
growing. of this act Of the Federal Executvr, aud
N resign NJ his seal, in fec proclaimed himself
a candidate for reelection TO the Senate, by app cal
lag 10 the people al their cnsulag electors, TO
tain himself and tho Executive, by rebuking ard
turning ont those meai ers Of he Legislature, who
had had The Independence and hrmness to sustain
the rights of the people, and the principles OF free
government, in opposition to the unprecedented
popuarily of even Gen. Andraw Jackson HIM
self II was thus by tie seeking of he Van Buren,
parry made the test question throughout The State
In Amherst it was the sole aud only topic oiargn-
rnent during the canvass and confesseJiy the pivot
upon which Tie election turned. J, IN common with
thousands of the State Rights Republican party
throughput the confederacy regarded this act OF Inc
Executive as an insdious thrust, aimed, under the
unponulari,y of the Bank, at one OF the great and
y;,ol prnciples of free gove,nment-that it was I
covert attempt to break own the barriers between
the peoples money and their Executive officers,
anil violation of the Con ,titution, by employing
another to do for him, what even the prosuueo
Editor of the Globe never for n moment conlended
the President had a right to do himself. we con
tended that this assumption Of po1er-or to speak
in the mdcsi terms, this abuse of power, by when
the Prcsdcr, constituted himself the custodian OF
the public funds, and laid down the dangerous and
anti.republican doctrine that, as he possessed the
nower Of nomina ion to an ] removal from Office, as
!, consequence. all tho officers Of government are
his Officers, and amenabe only to him, and under
mis- oath Of office, ,hat he ia alone Responsible Il"
their acts, and as farther consequence, 'hey nave
not the right in the exercise OF the Jlhes OF 'het
Offices, to consult their own judgments ana con''c
tons Of what is right and wrong CONSTITUTIONS
or unconstitutional, but must implicitly obey MS
commands and directions, however "lega' '"cy
may consider them, was rapid STRIDE 'o""'"s ""'
limited mower, calculated to exci'e The most lively
oonrshens;ons in the bosom of the patriot, and
which. il tomeiy submitted 10, would necessarily
esuI, in tho utter subversion Of our free ns'i u
,;ons and in the concentration Of supreme and dc'a'
,orial mower in the hands Of the Chct Executive
If tho government believed that this {dc', Ia
L., in roonec;ion with other hitherto unhearo OF
claims to arbitrary power, if acqu'csced M al once
converted our government from Representative
Demor rscy TO an elective Monarchy, and therefore
resisted il. As you will rccoliect, there were but
,,..,, ..,a;d,,,. heforeus One Of them sustained
the President in III. rcrsoval Of the deposies; the
other. Mr.: Garland opposed his riga', directly OF
indirectly, to in ermedjle with the peoples money