Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-06-06

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I'D Of the ci,adcls oflhcrtv. Other aentr.-
L,I made predictions and he would ventrr,
,hat was, that if these military projects wcnr
g. ,hsy seemed TO have begun ii our coast ot
,bou>and miles we're 10 be irownne win far
inns and coudcd with cannon; If our hilitnrf,
G,l country were 10 become a great milirar,
-. if every State Of tic Union wrre# 10 L.
,a,frrr hristling with bayones, and covered with
mails. arnories ard defois, lie predicted We
lt m the course OF a lew wears, take the narch-
=, mon which our constitution was written
:, r,yer drum head with that, for all the u>r
,bould have for it as an instrument 10 define
Ia principles upon which oar government IS 10 he
mustered. Every thing would shortly he SET
Thy the sword, the truncheon and the baxoncnt
.o;nora and his guard would soon be NOR rc-
,.c,cd lhan the Chief Justice and his associate,
And ike another great nation, which had Ialel,
..,,ulonizcd in the name Of liberty, hut n if.
cd name, with "A peace establishment of llO
Un,n. peIpeildles every species of nrapn,
4. prison would, with us also, become the nuril,r
,f,1s press, while the bayonet settled our civil DIS,
a,es lie therefore gave notice that he >houId
,o,c against all the vast projects for changing orr
,em into an expensive military government
fast as they might be brought forward. And as
. - Tie forts in question, why push them on MS
,aAo.i ts,imales Was Maine in dangerl He
npcd she Coz sustain herself another season -
anst the Brnnswickers. John Bull seemed GOOD
atnrcd at present, and had even kmdl, in,ericrcd
aeilc dispute for us with bclligerem ncigh-
mr Bat we were tod We were refusing appro-
9lons whilst the lndia'.s were cutting the llIroats
| allr people Indeed; aud were Notifications in
p East intended 70 protect us against Indians in
. fr " est ! No appropriations for the West had
. pcn delayed moment Wien asked fer: and the
hanger in the South and West was anolherrcaSon
'by"e should direct our wlAlg' attention thcrc
or the present, and not be diNling The attention
| fIlc War Department with the scacoast. where
here was no danger pressing"
50 impressive are these views Of Mr.. hme, that
is impossible to add any tling to their force.
/ they should, i any thing ran, awaken the re-
eciiog and patriotic friends of the administration
plnSr and enquire whether the time has not ar
wed when they CO no longer give it their sup
orl or Their suiiragcS TO men who sustain its a.
dPoIcy. We cntrcat them TO discard, for mo-
/ aen, all parlizan feelings, and to look at this sin
subject IN its true aspect, as presented 10 them,
not by us, or by any other opponent of the admin
'nuon' bat by an able and sagacious politician
Ithcn own sect. Let them, too, LAYING aside tie
Nyllaby dangerous character If this measure.
9th in pceuniary and political point of view,
mparc the past pledges of Tic party in power
occonomISe the expenditures the governments
| D. simplify its operations and to check its cor
apIing tendencies, with HE lavish expenditures
or openly advocated, the complicated schemes
blCl are daily brought forward to bleed the trca-
ory, and the tolid corruption which already in
Gets the political atmosphere, tainlinc all within
ar"ach, and threatening the speedy death our
ec Institutions, unless tIe rotten parts can be cut
inm the SyStcm,-aud they cannot surely. as re-
,cc'os men, who love their country better than
their party, hesitate to unite with those WHO are
fdeavorlng TO arrest their destructive policy.
In closing this article, we invite the attention of
our readers to second extract from the speech Of
Mr. King, in Which we concur no less heartily rlan
Mlhc former:
Mr. King could not tbin, that many of his
democratic friends would ever have thought of the
enormous appropriations at the present session,
a ,r TINS among them, but Ter that fatal surplus.
Inc surplus = " the surplus !" ave, that WAS at
nv bottom OF all our troubles. 1t was tie root
VI al the evils that, hc feared, might grow out Of
't proceedings OF the present session. He ac-
N"o"edged lis possession gayeus much embarrass-
"''' ana surrounded us with perilS but he ho-
IYl we would 1--we through them. He cared no.
nng Tor the surplus Would TO God fifty millions
o. the treasure could be thrown into the crater of
,esNIls or sunk in the ocetn. unless we could
oe'lSe some means to get rid of it that would not
MA permanent and growing upon the coun-
n.y. lie cared but little for land bills distribution
oils, Oh graduation bills, which had been referred
lo' and as TO the surplus, gentlemen might do
l@l what they pleased with it, so they did not
'dn' IT IN prodigaty, that it might grow up, and
'''Ch oil INTO future expenditures that would ulti-
"", ; oNelSiadow and impoycrSh the land
y useless expenditure, he said, was not only
Ge loss OF the amount thus expended, but was the
Iu''ol seeds OF other and greater expenditures
grew up and branched off like a polvpus. Iiav-
"s Wee taken leave Of the rules of necessary eX-
tg"ul'ure, we were soon governed by no rule at
waste hegat corruption, and corruption be-
sa' more waste, and thus by a rcciprocaling innu-
vice. useless expenditure became both effect and
,ldoSe' and ultimately led to that system which
% was anxious to avoid; that was, the expenditure
money as an end, instead of a means. If no
SUIT distribution could be made then, he implorcd
gentlemen, after after making necessary experd-
I'es' TO let the surplus alone But it was said
VIC banks wonld break, and we should lose the
, %O"cy unless we got rid of it. Well. then, let
"eln break. He should shed no tears over their
''S'or'nhes, or mourn over the losses of the Gov
s""eh Better that thousand charters OF prl-
I 'e corporations should be forfeited, and millions
I Is' " ule Government, than constitutional
p'a''ef should be forfeited and our liberties lost.
w., er submit to the acknowledged evils ofthe sur