Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-14
VIEWS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

III VIEWS Or TIE ION f.RNMtN L.
Gaming events arc said sometimes to cast thcir
h,adovs before; and we presume We shall not be
mncb at fault we infer from the following para
Il ,,.ol in late Washington Globe the purport .
oor,ions of the forthcoming Message ofthc Prcsi-
1 dent:
1 Ave will most cordially unite in the effort to
fannihllae the surplus at the next session Of Con-
crcss; and will, with that view advocate
In reduction of the tariff and the price of pub
ElIr lands aud limitation OF sales to actual Settlers
Fuilh view 10 that object We concnr entirely
/ IN the conviction. that NATIONAL DENT and IA
h NATIONAL SURPLUS are the tAr0 greatest evils this
Government has to apprchend.
We can fancy to ourselves much greater evils
Eamn those which seem to Loom 81 large " in the
Gobe's eyes such, for example, as the de-
pravily ofpublic agents, and the seeming nscns-
billy ofihe people TO the rank corruption thar
raily sends forth its ipid stencil from all the par
licus of the government o0ices--ihe violation of
treatics-lhr disregard Of constitutional limitation,
snd legal rnactmcntS-lhe concentration of undue
power inhe Eyecuivr-the parver>ionof the SUI
tpreme judiciary to low plrti2 IN de>igns--hr sub
,id1ng Of the press, whereby its vepaliy is render
ID great an evil that it is predetermined whether
biz blessings Of its unSlmthlel freedom are not
hore than ountcrhalanced-and manv cthcrs
eha migh be cnumeratcd \ national dcbt is on
#sy an evil when it surpaSsrs the ability Of the GOV
frnmeni to quidatc tied a surplus, only whra
b is ACQUIRED by injulicjoas legislation, or when,
sccrung by wise measures, ii is sqaandcred on
h'lschleyons projects. such as hcnda's raiI-road
|scheme,o 3enton'S system OF for,lftaonS, or be-
Bowed, as the "spoils Of victory upon the pro-
fsate DaIghertys Of tie day.
There is no reason whatever now TO apprehrnd
Z National Debt. The remedial measures of the
.l,lobc, therefore, point to the humiliation of the
= WHICH, if all the parties to the Compromise Act
assent, there can be no objection but which
ould not be attempted, in violation Of the faith
pledged by that Act, in opposition to the wishes
either of the parties to tho more than the
Missouri Com, ,romsc shoald be disturbed by the
Northor by the South. And the second is, IA re-
cucon of the price Of the public lands, which is
Piready low enough, one might suppose, from the
fiapdlty with which they sell. This proposition,
however beneficial 1t IN ght be in reducing the
fevenue would DO destructive to the old States, by
Offering additional inducements, already numerous
powerful enough TO emigration. The d" limitation
sales to actual Settlers" for some years at least,
night be wise policy, ifn nothing else, in break
ms pthe hosts of SPECTATORS vino now, like the To-
gusts oil Egypt. are inlestng the new States, and
|sho, worse than the locusts,are corruping and de-
|horalIzng public sentiment in that region
The Wings have been unjnsrly charged will, a
disposition TO raise surplus revenue for the pur-
pose OF distribution but, for our own parts, we
70 not know who would not rejoice to see the
revenue OF the government reduced to the stan
pard OF an economical expenditure both because
Y would diminish the patronage and power Of the
general government, and lessen the inducements
well as the facilities TO speculation and roguarv
pn lie part of public agents. Any measures.
therefore, having this objcct in view, and which
S"l not produce greater evils than they cure, will
po0oless meet the sanction and support of the
wings, as party.