Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-10-20
POLITICAL.
Address of the Wing Central Committee
No. 2.
TO TllE pEOpLE OLE VIRGINIA.
l,llow-Citizcns :

~ lie fEoiL E VIZ Nih'iNia.
Fellow Citizens:
In pursuance of the obligations which rested
upon us as the organ oi the Convention thai pro-
posed Judge White and MIR. Tyler, we bad the
honor to address YOU on the 2;id OF August and
imperfect as the task was performed, we would
deem our functions at an end, II the canvass pc.
scented no moro than the usual spectacle ol an
active and determined effort by one division oil
the people 10 obtain an electoral triumph over
another u .Suth were the character oil the M
pending contest, we WouId console ourselves With
the reflection, that the loss OF the election did not
involve the N"cilncc OF I"r cherished principles
oil the nation, ana that, uudcr the adverse eooH-
sels "hicl' would dltend the astead'neN oi men,
whom We deemed boIh incapable and nhul
..'t "l'"u' SI''' VI ''o 'cI'"o,'' "''ia i'Nn'-
We would not permit ourselves to apPel1end
that Tie triumph OF porhoh ol tle people over
smaller DIVISION oil themselves "oo' be Sieha-
llzcd by the selfish and hccnilous employ ment ol
party advantages. 1t Is not that We d'NtraSt The
motives and designs Of the great body oi those
WHO dissent from Us IN our opinions oil tie Nah=
ddaleS that We regard tnc bocuah Is eflsls IN
our national existence. pl these, as DISTINGUISH
cd from the ph1IduN oI Ulr GnNtiHHflli, winch
would toleStu! AMI 'Ihd ib' 15''t tdoi1e, We
cherish unirIgucd respect ANA good VIII anu II
is precisely because We conIdc IN the disposition
OF the whole people lmparImIIy to consider every
question which may allcrl tlcW country, or then
postelity, that We again solicit eli dispasslonatc
attention.
II the duty of the Pr, Sdent to obs rye the
most cautious neutrality IN respect to WHO Should
be his successor. That was the course oil the IL
lstrious men who have preceded Inn. Mr. Jel-
terson, to whom he has been compared, but with
what propriety let the contrast, IN tins instance,
among many others, answer, declared that he sui
lcrcd ''no one to converse with linn ON the sub
ieet." SO far from avowlng In, predlcctIon 10
the public, he was careful to conceal Lis opinions
even from the candidates and maintained pn-
Disturbed his friendship for each Yet MIR. JET
lrls0n wds not man to behold presidential elee-
non with Indifference, or to Suucr II 10 pass AWAY
without decided opinions. No one khe" better 10
whom the important trust could he conllded with
the qreatcst safety, for he knew thoroughly aud
with accuracy the modification, ct the eandldaies,
md nnnr could Inc more solicit0us hat Wise
saa ,,,S, splecrion should be- made. But respecting
ti. d.Iiearv of hi, uo.Iton the ,lelcirnee which
H., ou..d to iIe unbl,r. and sensible Of the etcat
,,;vrb;d. which would result from the opposite
example, he withheld ms upInlon> ~ let ms coui-
tr,nen 10 decide the election among themselves,
G.r. trbm the suspicion OF olicua Interference.
no,, ,B0sreut and uubrcUmine his lugA station.
s the to,Ir,o of Cen. J,cNSon Il Wis 10 llN
been axnectcd thor respect for the memory ol 6is
,,o,t,la.sors v,ouId have rcsuunci a departure
t,,, tbir ev,n,pIc. when there WIS 10 motive lor
!, Inn, the qualification of his own private personal
-; hos and inclination. If there be tbosc VIC
.,.,,,.,.,,l tho farce, Of that consideration upon
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