Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-01-04
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MONDAY, January 4. 1885.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cok-
RUPTlNG TENDENCY.

o,o,,,,.pt Of snili, lent strength 10 enabie IL 10
,,ercso il, conSti utiona functions, while ii should
be restrained from encroachlng onthe Irefosa''Ves
ofns ro-ordinalc Departments, or exercising, ps
;rJ;rection. an iIeeiiimate and controlling influence
over their deliberations and DECISIONS was o.
sidcratum with the trainers OF the federal cohs''''-
,;on. who had learnt Il. we'll from their own eNPe-
r.,,co =. from the lessons of history, that Public
Liberty was more frequently eilectually assa'led
from this than from an, other quarter. Ana ''es
doubtless believed, that, having conferred such
limited patronage on the President, (not ioresce-
ing its rapid and constant augmettation,) ana Ia
wing so Lodged around s powers with RESTRICTIONS
and conditions they had discovered the great secret
which would preserve our liberties nnImPalred' ana
our purity interrupted, FOR ages TO come b"'
how sadly has brief experiment dissIpated the
delu$on, and by le most rrclragablc evidences
convinced al nrprenaiced and rejecting minds
that lie ENecutne Department is, i'll this age and
country, in all oilers, the most fruitful lo-ocd OF
corruption, and tic most deadly foe to free nsll-
tuition, We speak not noY OF h's or OF fhm
administration. We refer 10 the natural tendency
Of certain causes TO produce their legitimate Ell
frcts-iIat Power and Patronage will command
and buy supporers-and that, 50 long as TINS
Power and Patronage are conildcd TO the tu'i
and distribution Of ore man, without Sufficient I'M
ta,ons and checks even representative govern
men, is as weak TO resist his will as the "splder $
most -at;cn1arcd tlroad''-nay, that it may be,
and often is, not only o,erIhrown, but is rendered
Ill eft
of him WHO holds and Yields item.
For fearful illustration of these truths, We might
refer to various incidents in our recent history
We ndg,t advert to tie frequent exercise of the
absolute Veto, Which, conferred on the President
fer wise ends, has been aud VIII AGAIN be perverted
to selfish and farlieos rurreses, ard Which, as
" Use trceds kalit 10th in governments and
in individuals, will hereafter, unless it be limited.
become QUE of the most dangerous engines OF pow
or in the hands Of an ambitious and unprncipled
Prcs;dcnt-We might also point to the manner in
Which the Prc>dalt usufped lhe control Of the pub
lie treasure, in cypress defiance ol tie spirit of TIE
constitution and the genius of our government.
Hoi we pass over these, to cali public attention to
the cofrup, means BY Which Gen. jackson secure d
the adoption Of . resolution il the popular branch
ot Congress, approving 81 tile removal of the de-
positcs, which we haze the most ndnbitablc ev-
dcncc for saving, was condemned by the ludg-
mrut of large minority OF It's members Can
this be true l. il possible that some thirty or
forty members Of the House Of Representatives
false alike to their constituents and their country,
their judgments, their conscenoes and their oathS,
were induced to vote in favor OF sustaining a glar-
! ing abuse of power ~ the President, rather than
by offending that lanctonary, diminish their clam
Cos for tic "spois Of otiicc''--he crumbs Of pat
ronarc, which, falling tromllis table, draw around
, it such crowds of yenal parasites and hcartlcss
/ nattercr, We repeat the question, is His truc
/ And We refer, fer an answer 10 IT, To the speech OF
Mr.; Wise, tie intrepid and talented young repre-
/ sentative from Virginia, himself warm and deci-
Ged friend of tie administration until lis unlawful
seizure Of the public funds, who boldly charged the
fact upon the deljnquents, not his opinion mere
/ ", hu, as truth which lie was prepared TO
tain both by his oat., and by evidence, before the
House and the nation That ii is true therefore,
there can be no question; and being true, the
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ty has Pnblic Liberty, ~lan its sentinel. men
who placed upon tie watcl,-lowcrs to guard
It's sacred fires. and TO cXrl from its Temple The
unhaIlowed footsteps of ti'ose who would dcsecraic
lis aarS and destroy It's lefcnces,-provc falhltss
TO the trust rcposed in them by confiding people,
and actually sell Themselves TO the SPOILERS,
for the palWy Offices wtintheir gift " hat guar
ancr have the rights oil the people, Wien their rep
rc>eptatIv.S, whose duty il is TO watch over their
interests, desert their cause, and confederate " it'll
tler iusidious enemies when, instead of boldly
dcnoupcing and rcpclling Executive cncoroath-
ments, cy become mere tools TO do its bidding :
looking not for the appreciation of their conslitu-
ents but for -" reward from thcir masters
II the fact charged, on the floor of the House,
by Mr.. Wise, were no, 50, why was it not ndg-
nantIy denied by those who were affected by ?
Why were not his proofs called tor3 Nhy did
they submit in silence TO the degrading imputa-
/ ton No. They knew too well its truth, aud
conscious guilt stood abasled and scut under the
rebu.c OF It's eloquent assalant. If, indeed, a
charge SO made, and SO submitted to, needed cor
roboratve evidence To sustain it, it might be found
IN the fact, that Il large majority of the very men,
who, in 1888, pronounced by their votes, that the
removal Of the dcposites WAS Il wise, salutary and
prOncr measure IN 1874 rptiiSpd n, ,o,,,., =; -, -.