Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-05

.ahn;tted to Congress, circumference,
homo. and Gen. jackson, IN transmitting il
''s I'D. e1nresses his concurrence IN the See
lows, Mr. Richie seems 70 be nleci-
,..,,,een Benton's plan, and lis own sueee>-
:, ,eJncinc the duties ON foreign imports, in
e...o If the Tariff compromise, 10 which he SAY
IA no, agree, and which o. course is not bind
,,,a payfi.s teho did eoaeDr IN it For our
7 arts. We are opposed to all ol these schemes.
r,,hc Rail Road scheme, we, like the Editor Of
=. r,ouirer, urge the objection, that Congress
-, =, rioht by iadreetio", To get rld of consitu-
"A interlict. To tie military mania, we Oh
,..rau.r, as Secretary tass shows, Il chain of
.;s.,tons in this country are, in the first place,
.,oss. and in the second place, because II would
lin. an overwhelming standing army Of from
:. 100 900 men, to keep them in ordcr-an
.;a.,;on which ought of itselfto outweigh every
consideration, with those WHO bclies" that
-. standing armic, in time Of peace not ON
t,,lrnsonc tax upon the industry OF the pco-
!. b,, tina, they may become. IA a tcpub.
,,cr;allv. Il dangerous instrument in the
,,nJ< Of aspiring dcmagognes and ambitious mill
.chcflains And 10 the Euquirrr'> ivorite
l,n, Of farther reduction Of duties, we object,
II. Compromise bill of 1882 already pro-
,;l.x for its yearly and gradual reduction until
,o,, when the whole subject will be asan taiflg
"A f,yJv open for rcvsal, while prior 10 that time
arr. in honor, rs we'll B., in interest, bound to
.,.,ect is terms, agreed uponin the most solemn
.,,nner and under circumstances calculated to inn
IN il, conditions the most sacred ch4ractcr.-
,,;.o,t,rtpnate that Hr. RHchie was not personality
marry to that compromise. Bot We leg leave 10
.,gre,. that, the Two Houses OF Congress and the
pre,iden, WERE and their concurrence in 1t may be
l,emed of al, least equal importance and oil as bind
M, = character as though he had been specially
.on.,led and had given it his hearty approval Does
NJ Richie rccollcct the Missouri compromise 1!
Woud he not drnouncc .N. Sldde, for example,
if. in tho teeth otthat compromise, that f1natical
,.slot, who was more IA party 10 the Missouri
compromise than Mr. Richie WAS 10 the Tdrh
should attempt to prohibit the liberation of Slave
~ within the limits wherein the RIGHT 10 hold slaves
j, guaranteed by that act Nay, would not Mr..
Richie himself lave been the first 10 object, had
the HIGH tariff party obtained majority in both
Houses of Cenen Is, and threatened to disregard
the terms OF the Compromise for the purpose Of
Increasing the duties Yet if the faHh of the two
mrtcs, (,llbough there were individual protcStant>
in cach,) solemnly pledged u the Observance Of
fine law passed IN 1892, except it he altered or
mulitipd bv mutual consent, TO be trfed with
and disrcgardcd, by one party, for the purpose of
r,du.ing the duties, may il not be tlsrcgardrd by
tho other party also, for the purpose Of augment
ing them
Indc all the circumstances ofthe case, ii strikes
v,,hM Mr. Claws bill suggests the only scheme
wAieleau settle this question terms at once
,ri.tactory and beneficial to all parties and To the
conn,ry-;,nd we hope that THE PEOPLE, who
arc 90 vitality Interested in it, will approach It's
ser4tion, free from party prriu,l'ec, and with Il
determination to be governed alone, in th,ir drci
SION. by the pcrmanent welfare of oar common
country.