Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-03-24
Ef.s'EFsETRG T.fRGEs.,,
Thursday, March "a, rsas
MIR. VAN BUREN'S OPINIONS

~" ~ 'e'e'ehce 10 'he important question If
aiSht oil congress to cmanopae the Sl,o. WE
District Of Coumbia-than which in H.. ne
aspect OF the Slavery controversy. no,o
more interesting to the Southern nocnI.. ' ne
ton to the collateral topics discussed in Mr. D..
letter, we shall have nothing to say. IEx..,.. -
upon these points will be generally rcoar1.,
'siactorv, especially with those who l,,. VII
dcnoe IN the man-whioh, we confpS< nj
-beIIeslne. as we do, that those oon;,,.
be unhesitaringlv discarded lo-morrow# =,
directly anripodical avowcd, we're >pet
deemed essential TO the advancement, oei;
tious views. This beliefs not the c(;..,., ''''''
or personal prejudice, but is the re,ul, If
ny examination Of the past history of the ,m...
can Talleyrand ''''
But, Mr.. Van Buren, has at lcnot, cs,.,,;..#,
himself. lie comes ont with decidca ex,ro.
OF his opinion that the constitution coaf.rs
Congress the right, if that body deem i, o.,'I.
ent to exercise il, to contiscate the Sl,v,#
oil the District Of Columbia and to wa,e.,to A..
negro emancipation ON the borders both If r...
land and Virginia ! And it becomes the >ou,l,..#
people 10 enquire whether they can, either c,n.;.l
tenly ors safely, support for the Presidency q nm.
entertaining such AN opinion. It Lcheo,rx Ia
people oil virginia particularly, Just at hi, ma.
mcut, when they are about 10 select raIni,J.
gents for the next twelve months, 10 determine.
whether they will confer lcir >ptfragc> rpoa ,.,.
WHO are determined to sustain the {. l.if,l. W.,
can," with lhi, ayoWal Staring diem in lie f..
1t vii be coatrnded, SIC arc well aware Ly
those who have determined to SUPPORT Nj. Va,
Buren,, he lis opinions, on this or any otter >,.
lcct Whit they may, that he has acconnanicI II. /.
declaration that Congress possesses the ri,lt +,
lcei>late on the subject of Slavery uali, tho
District OF Columbia, with an explicit avoual of
his Misrepresentation of the exercise tbat rist. and
with a sort Of pledge, that, shoald he b, elected
President, he will pat his veto up,l ans act which
may be pas, ed by Congress conti>catino the Sl,,e
property Of the District. This !, all ,crnga
fair - bul it should not recommend the po4,c>,or
OF such opinions TO the confidence and supp,rfof
slhvcholdng community. NO NORTHERN
MAN, 1rho comedies Me right Of Congress t3.ae,
upon tbs subject should be trusted by tie Souta
\ Southern man, entertaining this opinion, would
be harmless because his interest, if nothing clsr,
would prevent him from giving il a practical re.
cogntion: But we have no such guarantee in tho
case ola Northern mar. His interest would lie
in the opposite direction-and interest dadopnion
thus concurring. who can doubt Which way the
scales will incline, in a nearly balanced state Of
parties Who can doubt, if the Aholitjonsis
were strong enough to pass law emancipating
the Slaves of the District, that Martin Van Barren
as President believing that they had right 10
pass such law, would dare to encounter their hos.
tty by the application of the Veto Who be-
lcvcs that he would dtsire to do 50 : lie must be
ii more crcdulonS believer in the sincerity and viz
tue of politicians than We are, WHO supposes such
thing within the range of possbty-lnd as for
Mr.. Van Burcn, he is the very last man whom We
should regard as being capable of such AN act, IN
der such circumstances. lie Las lccn treacIrrou'
TO more dan one engagements, willout any 1hng
like the same motive to inStgair the Ireason-and
4" What has been, may be again But even were
his sincerity unimpcachabe we repeat, that no
ton, and dependent for its qualification mainly
upon Northern influence, who comedies the rtbt
OF Congress to en!anci pate the slaves IN tie us
nict, can be trusted by the South, no matter ho"
strongly he may protest, whiie he is bidding f''
Southern rotes, against the exercise of tine right
II is trusting too much "pon a single eo"f'ngen-
cy-a contingency, in this case, as feeble as =" the
spiders most at.enuatcd wcb'
Mr.. Van Burcn's past history furnishes us VIII
just to dread his official action on the sub
ject of Slavery, in any aspect in which II may DC
presented to him. In 1920, he opposed the ad
mission of Missouri into the Union unless sh'
would bind herself to forbid the existence OF aa
very within her limits. In 1921, he voted, IN 'h
New York Convention, for the extension OF III
right OF suffrage To free negroes. And IN loZ2
he voted TO clog the introduction OF s'a't
into the territory of Florda, a., if he had hee'
successful, would have filled up that then ne"
~ acquired region with free lborrrS, ana =
vcniually made il a Free State" and an n on
ton Factory, ON our Southern frontier All '"'>'
facts prove that he has ieaaiAg tomdrds '0o"'
tionim-and al least furnish reason enough WY
the South should distr,sl him.
We copy the proceedings in the Florida ''se
they being less generally known than his soi'P''
of the Missouri Restriction and his vote for RE
Negro suffrage: