Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-09-29

We iedfiesslN place TIE Issue oi e'e e"''''S'' ~"
tween Harrison and Van Burrn, upon tins single
question. Objectionable iinrson's rofts may
have been IL the Sodrn, thes were h0HeSt votes,
nrepdl5 recorded. Van Burfn's votes were pie-
cisly as obaoxiou. As HARRISON, but they are
characterized by thai, n,idous, creeping, coward
" course, which invariably marks the parasite tie
.,cnphani and the in,risuer. Their votes beng
dixie and both being required by their constituents
To give them. the pc ,ple have 10 choose between
ii candid aud honest opponent and one, who though
equally opposed TO their opinions, kisses while he
stabs them.
, IL his late letter To the Stanton committee,
Cen. Harrison expressly refers to his obligat' III
to support the tariff, growing ont Of his position rs
the representative OF State which was in tarol OF
that policy. And what say, the Enquirer 10 tbs
principle ~ Iii. course, (sa,sthat journh,) may
have been dictated by his obligations to other COM
munllies but, in the name Of justice, let him seek
hi, reward from them, AMI not from US Let
Ohio wrraihe his brow with honors, but let him
not ask of Virginia the highest honor, because he
has sacrificed the principles Other political code
to his obligations TO other commun ties " II this
lnlc OF action be ut, we pra the Enquirer TO tell
US why it may not be asw clapplicd TO Van Buren,
as to Harrison Van Burens vote for the tariff Of
1923 is expressly justified by the fact that he was
instructed to do it by the Legislature of New York
in other words, that his " obligations to Other
communities" compelled i'm TO " sacrifice the
! principles Of our political code"-Why, then
should Virginia reward him any more than Ilarr-
son 4 Why should he not be content with such
honols as .Ne,o York may wreahc his brow with
! al Will the Enquirer he kind enough to tell IL,
why citizen OF Ohio may not come before the
people oi Virginia, with claims their support, al
least equal To those of citizen of New York, boil
of whom have alike oliraded her, in the express
I SION oi identical opinions, in obedience 10 their
sense of oil alton to their respective con suen-
cesl We pause for reply"
But, we repeat, what We sad in our last paper
thai Hugh l.. White stand, before the people o
Virginia, in reference to thu tariff, with " clear
hands" fthe Enquirer really drcms this matter
of vital importance, - if regards the advocacy %
the protective policy objectionable offence
why does !, rrpuda,c judge White, who ha
nent, and sustain the prctensions of Van Buren,
who, in the most charitable construction that can
be giyen to his conduct, is but i4ie,rar3n auo
suspected friend
But, mos, remarkable tact the Enquirer SAYS
" Oar wishes, as men, are clearly in favor Of Gen
Harrison, against judge White" What! The
Enquirer prefer Gen. II r. son,-an advocate o
Internal improvements by the general govern
ment, friend of The tariff policy, an advocate o
the appropriation of the surplus revenue to tie oh
jrc, Of emancip ,tipn, and, (horror upon horrors =
friend of the United STATE, Bank the Enaui-
rr prefer man upon whom it llburS 10 allix al
these - dun able hrre,ics, 10 Jui.c Waite, who
la, been the nvari,bIe, lnA siblr, uncompromi-
sing opponrn, ol them all 7 Where is the Eaant-
rev, regard for principle W,rrt it, affected APP
prehcn.lon OF the consequence, Of tha. triumph o
the adverse party How can tn, Enquirer jns
If, TIN, descrtIon of its creed 7 Why, it tell us
that II respects" Gen. Harrison, 1--WE are glas
to hear it can rcspeet'' IA man whom some OF i,
deputies have brcn reviIing as "A fool aad coward J
- while the other Dn1ge Whitley is a trimmer
IA deNertcr and cintcr. - 4 trimmer ~ Aal
tins from Van Bnrenite-lhis from the friend o
the most renowned trimmer of the age 4
dcserfer" From what from hi, princiDlcs
No. Judge White, bittcres enemy has neve
charged him with this but dcscrter from Gen
Jackson himself when Gen. Jackson deserted the
" good old Jclersonian Republican doctrines" IL
tire" himself into the arms Of black-cockade fed.
eraIists, and newborn democrats, as the iacobip,
and agrarlans of the present day style themselves
And "a canter," because the Judge made a pa
thellc allusIon, in his late Speech 10 the graves Of
his parents Truly, these are not bic rnason>-
such as falstf might have given, on compul.
>on"-tor the drscrlion Of treat principles upon
the triumph Of which we have been told thou
sand times the pcrpctuity and purity of our free
institutions depend Notable reasons, trulv-jus,
such mig int expect, from onr, who is himself
a"deserter" OF his early principles and tie adyo-
cate OF a man who has none, beyond the oaycs and
ii>hes-the spoils of Office.
e. The Richmond Enquirer deceives itself il
1t snPp"ses our frequent comments upon its course
proceed from any wish to provoke it to a contro-
V"rsN. WeentertlInn no personal ll-will toward, the
+ 'ior 9th paper, but rather the contrar, ~
Its Opinions, however, il not always ablv are gen
orally plau'ibly defended, AMI they exercise great
Influence, over tl,p ,,,hl;r mind 49,