Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-08-20
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Thurscar AUGUST &C, !sss
TIE ADDRESS
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We have read this word, docnnrat-an Ar, .
'eroisin for which we take ~ credit TO ,nr..1
seeing that il was done. no, of choice. I'm,
'ampuIson hot as a literary trent, bun a.,
lively in the way OF brlsine,s--ls an ano,b..
iabbles IN assatortida as we'll as in bcroamo,
rider to complete his assortment.
The Address commences by an attcmn, to-,
liy Notionoi Conrt"tion with Congy.,,o.",
caucus; imagining, We presume, that if III.
,lmIlatlon of inroneruitcs could be made n,,,.,
the rcpubi'a paternity of the former would pof
to dNcst lis bastard successor offs obnoxioux o.
tiles. But there is no simililt de between IL.
conclaveS, the manner of their orusniz,,;..
in the character OF their members, in the c,...
stances which respectively called them into ho;
or in theweight 10 which III, ii decisions ar. n,..
,icaily entitled.
But il Conventions were Tic fgai1aate xu,...
,orN OF CaucuScs, what then l--ConercSsion.I..
cuses were limited to, only so long as ,bo,.
mated II office individuals to whom publ;o
iin'rnt had already pointed too plainly -,
II animouslv to be misunderstood or d;sroa..l
FhcN did not dictate 10 the people when, H..
should support, but mcrelS uttered the public ,o..
n a concentrated form, which had already ho..
indicated IN the most unques'ionablc and aull,or;
alive manner. But the moment this cnonc ,h,.
harmless in its origin, began TO dcviatc fran, re-.
9inal design, and, instead Of being tic ecbo o.,
public opinion, attempted to control it, tina, M,
OrOt WAS pNprthrnIIn and bac nc, .,,.z
peat the Outrage.
NaftonW ConrentioRS have been sub,itn,,l r.
these Caucuses but, SO far fom resemblinp than,
IN charaete ,theyare decidedly more objectionable
IN whaevcr ,,oint of view they are regarded MIN
b'rS OF Congressional Caucus, though acnc II,
an moliie'al character, we're nevertheless held a,
+ responsible by their constituents fer the onn,,,,
avowe in those bodies as though they had hon.
ting ia heir rePlc>, n,atvc capacit,-wlileda.
egatcs 10 a National Convention arc wholly r,
'cnshlr. Each mcmler of a Caucus l,,,e,,,,,j
e al portions OF he people: while mrmbcr, At,
Convention may each represent ) or 5000 5sd.
case my be; Iii, credentials never slouino,f,
lumber Of the constituent body which appon,,d
lim, hut simply stating the fact of hi, selection ia,
the duty. Nay, it was clearly shown, in the l,c
convention, that even tbs was not nccc,sar, g,
Ncral delegates having been admitted to fakeSc.t,
from terrtories, which have no voice in the ,l,
ION otPtcsldent and Vie Presidrn,, and in n.
n'tance, at lcas., man having been picked up,
he streets, TO give the votc of a whole St,,.
which had positively refused to pafticipae in IL
scheme at all: an ac', the ridiculous character
which is more torciby shown bv the fac,. thu,
was by hi, rote uioac. self appointed delpua,.
as he WIS, that the individual nominated as Vi,|
Press lent secured the requisite number Of yor,
to OBTAIN for him that high distinction Sorc
suc1 a nomination, 50 procured, instead of bcin
entitled To wei ,hi, should he secuted Nv every il
dependent man, even Of the party which was tn
cheated and ,wndr1.
We do tot intend to follow TIL, windy Addro
through its elaborate defence Of the H,l,;mor,
ConN 'ntion defence, which it seems tan,
very inapplicable 10 the occasion, and which va,
certainly not anticipated from them. W. h1|
thought that ii was their duty, not to how that e
mode Of nom'ndtto" was right and proper, but tia,
thcir nomh'tS were suitable persons to fill the FIST
AMI second Offices Of the Republic. And yc
strange to say, to this latter object is devote
only about hair OF Il coiuma, in AN adlres, vhrI
fills nearly eight columns of the Richmond Enoui
rcr Why, il may be asked, did Mr.. Andrew Sic |
vcnson, (who may be regarded as the author of The
Address, thu, avoid the very point TO which his
chief attention should have been directed Wis
does he tell us much about the cxpediency Of
the Convention system of making Prcsidents-Hey
beneficial effects of parties in free governments
the value of the nion-thc impropriotv of e,,.
ting jealousy between the North and thc Son,A-
weakness of the Abolitioni,ts-tbe d,,oer
the " Monster BmA-and the wisdom of the prpI
sent Admin tratlon-we say, why did he cmplmt
nearly eight columns in tescantino imam absroaE
propositions like these, while he could snare oOy
the bret space OF half column TO recomment
Martin Van Buren, and Richard VI. Johnson TO ,r |
sui'ages oitIe people Ii shows, clearly. in Oh.
humble estimation, that whatever confidence n
may rcpose in the soundness of his notcal cree
as iald down IN this Address, and in the streng
OF the reasoning upon which it is based he was to.
CONSCIENTIOUS to assert that that creed is idenfo
with the opinions entertained bv the nominees
'he Baltimore Convention: and still farther, that.
he could honestly say but little in their behalf an
was yet compelled to produce the Address, he de
lermlned to devote the greater portion of it to
r'la'e1t matters, and merely to INFORM the peop1
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