Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-10-06
ANARCHY AND AG1ARI\NlSM.

Oar lat accounts from M,r,l N are significant
of rtrolafoa in piblc niniaa, which We hope
will ovcrwhcm the nineteen Disorg ,nizcrs,
who, after soliciting an obtaining the suffrage, of
the people for an Office of specified and limited du-
ties, have only dared refuse to perform those
duties, bul have srrogated To themselves the right
TO uninr tine banner of Ditcord, aud to dictate IN
the people the manner in which they may rebuilt
the government, which, for f,orious purposes, they
are seeking to overthrow, AMI to escape the prr'
into which, with a criminal rashness, they have
plunged the community.
We have alNeried to thi, subject with re-
quency a1l warmth which perhaps som, of our
readers may consider disproportionrd to direct
interest in II, ln,smnch as ii ia matter which, pc
euharty concerns the people Of Mtrylanl. Bat
his view Of subject iayolvn, such momrntnu|
principle, IA too narrow AMI contracted. Whri
we see that these dsprganzing and anti social doc
irnes are not confined TO the State of Mtrvhnd-
VIII wa hear a distinguished Leader OF the Van
Busrn part, in Pean, Svani. bodily proclaining
the ri ht of "A Sae Convention 10 implir the
itati1n of cppfr,cts,' in direct deGlnce Of the
cn1,iitulinn of tn. l. ltrl S.,tce. and sec this
reasonable a,slnpioa boldly m,int lined by
the sahordialr"s of,hr samr partv--whrn witt
ness IN other Nartit IN States the advocacy ofdnc-
trinrs which strike the root of all government,
aHI enl,lsr the security Of prrso, AL property
When ) Societies org ,njze and par les form
cd BASIL op,t priacipc, as destructive Of the So
ci,l comn,c, as ". r. the Agrsriaa Laws of Rome,
/ H. of The,
lumam,ry and bloody epochs of her Revolution,
and when, for the mere ensct'2tlon ofparrv
triumph. we such srrlnrnis. not nul not IN
di manly denounced, bnt received With n~. alive
appreciation by the oraces and organs Of the same
party. in other States, which. as vet, are exempt
from their dangerous influence, becomes a
question deep AMI universal interest, winch calls
Tor the prompt aud decisive reprob,tion Of every
lover Of peace, order, tranquility and security.
The only ground assumed in the Address of the
nineteen Maryland Anarchists. ,, defence of their
abandonment OF their posts, is utterly untenablc
and II. dangerous as it is sophis,ical. Ii is this :
that the 81 Wing Electors represented u nnmeri-
cal minority ofthe people, whilst the 10 Van Blu
renitcs represented the minority. While we al
i
be corrected, not by the wanon violation, BY the
agents Of the people. of i, presc' bed duty, which
by passing through the formaltes of an election,
they pledged themselves, as men ei honor to per-
form bat by those peaccable and constitutional
means, the existence Of which, in elective govern
ments, renders appeal to Revolutionary rrn,r-
dues alike odious and criminal, AMI but onc re-.
move from tre,taa. Ii Is utterly rnp ,s,blr, by the
most perfect system OF representation which TN.
wisdom of MIN can d 'vi>. 10 guard against lr oc-
currcncc ofth"sc inrql ,litirs. Lrgi.itvr and o.
lcctoral m ijories, il the very ni,ura Of things,
must sometimes represent popular lninori,irs.
We might show this, by example, even in thi,
State measure might be adopted by major
uy of some three or fnar IN both branches of our
Legislature, when, BY comparing the relative
strength OF the counties represented bv the MAORI
~ and minority respectively, it would be seen that
a large majority OF the people were inimcal 10 the
act OF the ma ort, Of the Legislature. But who
ever dreamed of subv, riin. tho authorit, If con-
St'tui'ona representative m1jnrlcs by revolution
airy means, because they may enact laws to which
numerical mal"r'iIe' OF the people may he oppo-
SEQ Dht the Wing Electors of NJ lrv md, in
their able lrc>s ia reply to this post on of the
Anarchists, nave, by exactly parallel case.
shown how utterly destitute it is even Of p,a,S;bi,.
nv. Abridged, IT stands thus: Suppose New York.
tenn>F wanna, Virginia, kortuckv, O in, Ten,es.
sec and MasSachn'ctts should vno for Var Bnr,n
:" President he Womb receive I5S ,l.c,o,.,
'"''s' y more than are nec"ssar, to e1ect hm-In
e'eh OF ines" States, we will put down the major.
ny for his ticket a, 500. which would mako a,no