Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-08-18
Mr.. VAN BURE.N h THE WAR.

which We do no, believe 10 be true and # we
information, be gully OF doing. We shall
not fail, TN discovering the fact, to make all the
aonement or power Tor the wrong thus inilict-
ed. Without adseftins particularly TO the history
OF Mr.. Van Burens course during the late war,
NC recently remarked, that .Mr. l'an Buren's
name ras incorporated in the proceedings Of the
Caucus held in Albany in Spring of 1912,
! for the purpose of nominating Dewitt Clinton a
candidate for the Presidency, in opposition 10
Janr, Madison. This WAS our impression at the
time but the research OF the Lynchbmg De-
mocrdt' ha, satisfied Us that in this particular We
mistaken. Attorney General Butler, (Nlr
Van Buren's protegee and eulogist,) declares that
lac /" WINS no, then a member OF the IN. ! y Legis-
latnre, he III any way connected with It's
prooeedinss.' But we beg leave TO add, that thi,
IS merely an Incidental nppendage of the charge
brought against Mr. Van Buren,, and not the
charge iiself-which is, not that he was member of
this that body but that he opposed the recollection
OF James Madison to the Presidency in 1912, and
thereby identified himself with :" the iedcras,s of
Clinton, the i;lvoritc also of Van Buren,! That
Van Buren, did supper, Dewitt Clinton and oppose
James Madison, in 1872, is the git of the accusa-
tion--~heher therefore, he WAS member of
the New York Caucus, which nominated Clinton,
or not, is evidently u matter OF no sort of impor-
lance, il this main fact be proved. That this is
true, Attorney General Butler admits-and there
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was opposed 10 the recollection of Mr.. Madison, and
Of course to the War of 1912. But We prefer tina,
Mr.. Bailer shall speak for himself. Immediately
after rc,narking that Mr.. Van Buren, was not
member OF the n. Y. Legislature in 1912. nor in
any way connected with the proceedings OF the
Caucus by which Mr.. Clinton was nominated for
the Presidency in opposition to Mr.. Madison, he
adds:
liz, however concufrcd in the proprietv Of
supporting the nomination thus made and ac-
cepted--and at the session Of the Legislature,
held IN November 1912, in conjunction with ma
|orlty OF the republican members of each branch
he took a decided part in the support of
Presidential electors who voted for as friend
" 10 Mr.. Clinton, and who ultimately gave him
the Vote OF the state"
IN the -" proceedings" of the Cautus, (as we sup.
pose there was, from the anxiety OF Mr.. Van Blu
ren's friends 10 acguit him of all connection
Herewith by the certificate oths friend Bu,lcrD is
not Van Buren, Just as cupable for afterwards
concnrrins III the propriety OF those proceedings,
as II he had been "A member of the Caucus ?
What substantial difference is there between ma
!
made No, particle.
But Mr.. Butler, seeing the dilemma in which
his acknowledgement places Mr.. Van Buren,, en-
deavors 10 show that his anxiety for the election
OF Clinton and for the consequent ejectmcnt Of
James Madison, far from beng dictated by
hostility To the War, originated in quite an oppo.
site motive Speaking of the nominees of
Clinton, he has the unblushing erontery to assert
that . the great mass of thcm SO far from being
opposed To helligcrent measures agains, Great Br-
tam, were IN favor oi IA more decided policy than
had been pursued towards hcr''-and that " in re-
laiion TO MIR. Van Buren, this was peculiarly the
case He must have IA capacious throat and an
ostrich stomac h who can swallow and DIGEST so
monstrous an assertion, unsupported as il is bv the
iedsi shad Nv Oh evidence, and conradctcd both by
facts and probabilities. Without pausng to enquire
what "more decided policy" eouHhav been pursu-
ed towards Great Britain, than declaration of war,
we would ask, who docs not know that around Mr.
Madison the War party rallied, with perfect and
entire unanmlty, IN ererp State Who that knows
an, thing of the history of those times, is not a.
ware that upon the result of the Presidential cleo
ton, in November, 1912, hinged the important
question whether the War against Great Britain
commenced in the June preceding, and to that
time, prosecuted generally with the most disastrous
results. should be carried on with increased vpor
or the subjects in controversy between the two
governments Yielded as the price of dishonorablc
peace Who does not know, that, in ererv
state, the advocates OF vigorous War hoisted
the Madison flag, and that the Peace partv, "the
federdt,sts Of the Boston stamp" hocked to the
banners OF Dewitt Clinton And shall the public
understanding be now insulted bv one of Mr. Van
Burens toad-eatlng ccrtiyers, cndeavoring I, give
10 his conduct on that trying occasion an c.pana-
ton conradiced alike by truth and probability
Suppose, some twenty years hence, some one of
the opponents OF Gen. Jackson at his las, election
aspiring TO the Presidency, should have the imnu
denee 10 aileee that he supported Mr.. Clay in or
der that " more decided policy" should IA. =,