Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-10

tue example he has thus set followed by other gen
uemen Who arr before the public rs candidates =
Tue election next month, moi only in on. district
on' elsewhere throughout the State.
- Cincinnati, Sept. l., 1922.
| 10 THE EDITOR or THE INoUIsIroR-
! siR-in Your last paper YOU recommended ia
! u'e candidates nj the ensuing election, 10 publish
,hr'r political ereeds, that the electors NAV have
iair opportunity ri choosing those whose seni-
nenls best accord will, their own. have ever BIZ.
e'ed tina, every cector has right To make this call
upon those who offer their services 10 the people,
ana That the candidates bound 10 answer il.
might, Ii Is trnr. avail myself Of the Kind Of extep-
! 'on winch You mahe i favor Ell those who have
had an opportunity of showing their political opinA
IONS by their conduct Bot Ms | have no reason
To dread the nnSt minute Investigation of nv u
pinlons, and ll,at my fllow cilzrns may be en-
abied 10 compare my actions with NY professions
oiier You the following outline of my political
creed, wich You may publish II YOU think il wor-
thy OF place in your rapcr.-Ths measure is
the more necessary al this time, as some ot
"em friends have very kindly, in various bnnd-
bills and other anonymous publications, under
taken 10 make one for me, which. III have cor
rect knowledge OF what | myscn 5clicvc) is no,
very exact likeness of that which profess.
deem mysclfa Republican of what is COM
monty called the old Jcilcrsonian School, and be-
I'eve IN the correctness of that Interpretation of the
Constitution which has been given by the writings
OF that enlightened statesman, who was al the head
OF the party, ando,hcrs belonging particularly
the celebrated resolutions of the Virginia Legs
latnrc during the Presidency of Mr.. Adams.
deny, therefore, 10 the General Governments
the exercise ot any power but what is cxprcssl,
given 10 il by the Constitution, or what is essen.
IA Ia a..
On. into effect.
believe tina, the charter given to the Bank Of
the United States, was UNCONSTITUTIONAL being
not one of those measures necessary TO carry any
OF the expressly granted powers into effect. and
whilst my votes in Congress will show that
will take any constitutional means to revoke
the charter my votes IN the State Legislature will
equally show that am opposed to those winch
are unconstitutional or violent, and whicl, will
bring us into collision with the General Govern
mcnt. bevc in the tendency of large public
debt TO sap the foundations of the Constitution by
creating monied ariStocracv, whose views and
interests must he in direct hostility to those of the
mass of the people.
] deem it the duty, therefore, ofihc representa-
tivcs Of the people 10 cndcavorlo cxiinguish il
as possible, by making every rc,rcnchmen,
in the expenditure; of the Government tina, II pro-
per performance of the public business will allow.
believe in the right of the people 10 instruct
their Representatives when elected; aud il he has
sufficient evidence that the instructions which may
be given him come from majority OF his con>if
urniS, that he is bound to obey them, unless he
considers that by doing it he would violate the
Constitution, in which case think it would be his
duty to resign, aud give them opporinnii, Of
elccng another Representative, whose opinions
wo ud accord with their own.
IL. A..
country is the greatest evil that we at prcsen, lie
under and belle, We it 10 be the duty of the non
slave-hoIino States 10 offer to their sister States
eyer, inluccment, and afford them every facility
to get rid of his eosc. But am equally convin-
ced thai upon constitutional Ground>, as well as
those ofexpedicncv and propricrv, all the measures
for the accomplishment of the Important object OF
emancipation, must be begun and Supported by
the States holding the slaves the Constitution
having given no power toinlcricrc in this domcs-
tic concern without the consent OF those most III
tcrcstcd and every step which We may take with
out their concurrence, will assurcdIy rivet the
chains which we wish /, break.
believe that upon preservation Of the IL
Mon of these states, de- ndS the existence of
civil and religious liberties aud that the cement
which binds II toeeter is not Il parcel of words
written upon paper or parchment, but the bro her
" INc anu regard Nn1Cl ne ChXcnS bl llle sever
al States possess for each other. Destroy this,
and the beautiful fabric which reared aud en-.
hclislicd by our ancestors ,rumbles into ruins
From IFS dislointed parts no temple of liberty
will again be reared. Discord and wars will
succeed to peace and harmony-baibarsm will
again oversprcad the land or what is scarce
'y better, some lordy tyrant will promu'gate the
DEGREES of his will from the seat where Washing
ton and Jefferson dispensed the blessings of "A
free and equal government. | believe II, there
fore, to be the duty Of Representative to conc-
rate, by every possible means, the members OF our
great political family and always TO hear in mind
that the union effected only by a spirit of
mutual concession and fnrbcarancc, only can it
be preserved. WIN. II. HARRISON.
Sour Gropes.-Mr. Richie, with that modest
grace for which, he is remarkable, declines the
office of Governor of Virginia Ifhe had waited