Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-10-17
COMMUNICATION.
TO THE PEOPLE OF BEDFORD

! about to be afforded TO YOU OF manfrstin vo,ir
unwavcrhe adherence TO the principles of the
Revolution itself: The 9Th of November next
will witness triumph ofthe Constitution and thu.
| truths upon which it is based--or il will be the
era Tor a revival of the doctrines which were
maintained in the darkest DAYS of the Republic
Who is to WELD the affairs of this Union for the
next four wears Who is to direct the operations of
the government and who is to be the great Executive
head of the first people on earth. arc the nomcn-
'ous questions which then TO be submitted to
you and To the public NJ large. 1t is no ordinary
occasion winch is to call YOU from your homes II
Is not matter OF dut, YOU owe to others, but il is
the great business of yourselves, as we'll MS that
oi the People, III which Won are called To act your
parts.
Judge White, Gen. Harrison and Mr.. Van Blu
rem are the candidates for the high and responsible
office which the People about to I'LL and
one OF the three will, in all human probabny be
the next President of these United States Are
YOU acquainted with the characters of the indi-
vdnals who aspire 10 your confidence 7 Do YOU
know any thing of the principles which have here
toorc governed those who would have YOU to COM
mt To them the dcsiinicS of Yourselves. of your
property and your country Let us camly and
dlspasSIonhtelv examine for a moment into their
characters and their fitness to Gil the highest office
in the gift of the People.
Judge White is cmphatically what he has ever
been called, plain Republican farmer--amiabr
IN his private characicr-cxcmplary in all his de-
porimcnt-unostrnta,iouSi in his manncrs-and
hvoritc with those whe know him best and have
had the most frequent opportunities of becoming
acquainted with hi. private history and the cha
racter he has maintained in all bis social and
political relations. lie is a man whose private
character the shafts OF calumnv have never vet
aSsailed ; and the most cmbcrcd partizan has
never dared to utter whisper to his prejudice as a
man: lie has lived life exemplary in every
respect and might indeed be selected as a model
OF the present generation, to be held up to those
ot our children who to live after him. as worthy
OF all imitation. He has filled many of the highest
Offices in the gift Of his countr, men, and now
snstains with credit the duties of Distinguished
station to which he recently reelected by
the united voice of the people of Tennessee.
Were it not that he had preferred the good of his
Country TO the interest ola Party, he would now be
hailed as one of those Political Patriarchs whose
works live after thcn.--But for party malignitv
he would rank now, with his opponents, rs he once
did, when il said lac was "without fear and
without reproach.' He has opposed the reckless
course OF those vampires who have fastened upon
the vItals OF the Government, aud are now sap
ping the last remnants OF all that once grca,
and commanding in our iusuions-lic has been
""""ihg 10 see inc people y rights taken rom
them, without a strugel, To save thcm-he has re-
fused to pursue that slaviSh course which acknow-
lodges the power of an individual to be superior
TO the Laws and Constitution Of tho countrv-hr
has, in word, looked only to the interest of those
whose rights he was bound to regard and hence
he has become obnoxious to a number of that par
~ which once proudly claimed him of
IFS own. He is candidn,c in opposition to him
who has been nominated BY the Baltimore Con
vrnion.-lc is opposed to him whom the present
incumbent tavours-he will not Withdraw in order
that the regular nominee be palmcd upon the
people. by The dctaton of him of whom it has
been said that he twas born To commando
hence, Judge White is assailcd with most unrc-
leniing persecution, and with bitterness Of feel
ing of which we seldom parallel. He, how
ever, in the midst of the Storm which has been
conlured up to defeat him. and in the midst Of
the conflict of party which RACES around him,
stands mistaken, conscious in the rcctitudc of his
course and of the unwavcrng principles by which
he has been governed. He is BY birth North
Carolinian raised and educated in the old fashion,
ed way--He emigrated many years since to Ten
nessee, where he now resides, dschargng his du-
II 10 the people, regardless of the interest Of any
political party. The great leading subject which now
aeitatcs this Union from extremity to the other,
is that inrcgard to the power Of Congress over the
question of Slavery This is the hinge upon which
must hang the dcsncs of the whole South and
whatever Judge White now is or may have been
on any other subject, he is now, as he has always
been on the side of the Constitution, the firm
friend of the South liz is with His inter
est in every respect, is identified with ours and we
may safely conide in him who has conceal
ment MS he has no wish TO mislead and no miofirc
to deceive.
General Harrison, feow-cirizcns, is a Nrg-
L., ,,,i,c u,I
American He occupies a stand which entities
him to rank as the followed citizen of the whole A.
mcrican people and he at this moment commands
pcrhaps a larger share Of public attention than a.
ny other individual in the Union. The good feel
ines Of the people, every where manifested to-
wards him, prove thai they not prone to for
cc, ther hanclactors, and ,ha, the lapse Of time
cannot c1ace from their recollection the mpor-
,ant services which he has rendered their common
country. In the most trying moments, in times
of difficulty, when dangers aSsailed us on every
hand, they have not forgotten that he stood forth
the defender and protector of that country to
which he owed his birth. When British agrees
sion on the one side, and the Grrccncss Of savage
" arfnrc on the other, combined to make us sub
scrvien to a foreign power, William II. Harrison
was foremost to fly to the rescue oi his country,
ready and willing sacrifice all in its cause. When
British fleet pouring its hcrdcs ofarmed men
upon our Shores threatening to ovcrrun the whole
Continent whcn the sea ping knife of the Indian was
raised and ready 10 be imbrucd in tho blood OF m
nocent women and children. General Harrison was
among the first to leave his Preside, and to lead
his counrrvmen to battle. The victories which
! be achieved over the combined armies Of the