Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-10-17

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iraied, Mr. Van Buren, thcn becamc also its friend
The most .anecrou. enemies ri thu country arr
. those " ho encourage divisions and array poliiica
parties in opposition 10 each nlhrr when the lbcr-
ties Of all are threatened hv m "nemy from with
out--yct such WIS the course of Mr.. Van Bnrcn
on that occasion. Tie who will no, assist his conn-
Try in Time Of war, is unworthy In be trusted IN
n time of peace.
Mr.. Van Buren, on lc evcr-nirmornhr ocea-
sion Of the admission of Missouri INTO the Union,
was found arra,rd against the interest of the
South Al that serious md alarming crisis when
the whole Union seemed jus, ready 10 tumble IN
To atoms hc was found fighting IN the ranks "i the
party which wished To impose +, stric'ons upon her
admission, in regard Ia slavery. III" people nj
Missouri had formed /, Constitution, IN which they
had recognized the existence oi slavery. When,
however, they asked 10 he admitted into III" L
Mon as u member oi the great family oi States
they were told they could not enter, unless they
would make the abolition Of .Siarrry an " ,nd,s-
pensiblc oondfion' oi their admis ,ion--a c"nil-
ion, whereby thousands of oar entcrprizing Viz
/ ninianS, who had gone 10 thai country with thor
Slaves, would have been compelled 10 leave il, and
to have abandoned their homes, or have surrender
ed up that property winch had been transmitted 10
them from their fathers IN the land which they
had left Strange rs II may appear. Nj. Van Bn-
i rem advocate for this measure and sirah-
ger still, he is supported hv some Southern men,
as a ft person for the Presidency, aud as the great
advocate of Sonhcrn rights Could man who
had supported such measure hnNr been elected,
fifteen since IL the peitlrst ohcc IN III" s'fi
of the people And will Von now aid in clrva-
ting such To the highest office yon can
confer 7 II the general government could have
imposed such restriction rs that advocated by
! Mr. Van Burcn, what would have been the result,
If the power had been exercised from its 'ounda-
ton We should now h,ve among MS all the
Slaves which have been carried 10 the West and
Southwest for the last 30 ycats-Ihry would have
been the most worthless property We could pos
scss-and that immense tract of country 10 which
they are now sent, would have been wilderness,
inhabited only by the savage Indian and the game
which he hunts. Those very Slaves which are
now selling for ST 900 would no, have command
ed Sl0O--Wc should have been compelled to g.
mancpalc them N scli-dcicnce and finally their
superior numbers would have made them the mas
tors of our lives and our fortunes. That immense
and rich country in th. South, 10 which thousands
are now cnigratinc, would have been closed To
Southern enterprise, and our ncighbors and friends
would have been compelled to 1--we here IN poverty,
instead Of icaplng the rich harvest winch Is now
before them.
Those of YOU, fellow citizens, who supported
General Jack son, because vou belize ed lrc was OPP
posed to the Tarill and 10 Internal Improvements
are Won prepared To vote for Martin Van Buren,,
who has supported both VIII you support
man for the Presidency who voted Tor the Iar'h o
~, and ,ha, Bill of Abomina,ions, as it was cal
led, the Tariff of'2S VIII YOU, WHO believe the
general government has no right TO make roads
and canals through the conntrv-wlll you support
for the Prcsdenc, n man who has gone farther,
and voted to erect to-gates on the Cumberland |
road An this Mr.. Van Buren, has done ; md II
indeed =
empty name at last.
Those of You who were opposed to the United
States Bank, will YOU support him who - the pro-
mo,cr and protector oi,he Safety Fund S,s-
tenn" in New York, which is the most extensive
lcapuc Of Banks known in the United States or III
any other country
All ofus, trust, desire II sec our country pros
per NJ home and that it should be respected II
broad. Can We then, respect the man who has
degraded n. asa people, by intImatng to our MIN
s,cr at the Court of 81. James, thai he should ask
that. as a favor of the British Cabinet, which we
demandrd MS a matter of right, and which Eng
land could not, and dared not withhold Tins
MI Van Barren did, while Secretary OF State, IN
regard TO the West India trade. lie has nrnish-
ed the fame of his country, vet Inc asp'res no" I"
the very highest office, and to the confidence OF thr
very people whom he has BETRAYED Ilo"ho could
thus forge, his duty to his country, might well he
cncc the votes Of the Catholics in his favor, through
his IIolness hc Popr, a. he is repeatedly cal
ted bv MIR. Van Buren, IN his correspondence with
that Potcnlatc.
Fellow Citizens, are YOU prepared to give your
support to a man, who, in speaking ct the President
of the t. States, declared that it was " glory e.
nouph for hmto have served under sn' ha cl''eif
VIII Won confer such Il distinction, and will You
cop6,lc YOUR dcsiinics TO ono, who thus speaks,
himself the language of slave I! Is such man
Gt to manage the affairs Of trecmcnl Is he wor-
thy To be trusted
"Goyernmcn nj is, or ought to be, instituted Tor
the benefit Of the Peopc"-yct a Pdrfy has got
ten possession of all the offices of the country, IN
der the doctrine, now openly avowcd. That they
are a portion Of - the spois," and that they be
Iooo 10 the victorS Under the operation OF such
svsien thousands ofpcrsons IN the last e'eh' years
h,,,o hoo, consigned to poverty. MIR. Van But
ron too ,,h, rides in his English Coach, with
H.; G,;oJ sorvapis is one OF those who havc con-
,;ncd 10 carry out the system, as ono ol the ted-
tvr,s If the present administration. lie, too, IS
called the Democratic Republican Candidate
-hr. with his splendid equipaee, imported from
abroad. is the candidate of the Democracy OF itc
country, as it is said, whilst Judge White, ana
General Harrison, who arc poor, and travel IN
plain republican style, are called candidates oil inc
Arisocracy
But again, fellow -ci,izrns: Mr.. Van b'fcn
has been called on repeatedly to give to the world
his real sentiments in regard to The powers OF Com
grcsS over the subject Of Slavery in the District OF
I Columbia. He only answers that, "mHh the
! Hehts no,c before him, he could not feel himself
| e =. ,.,a,,r;,u That Inn DrpSS has mt the