Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-09-22
Thursday. September AZ. 1896.
GEN. HNRRISON-TIIE ENQUIRER
VAN buren,

The Enquirer has favored Ms readers WIN
/" No. :" of" Views upon the Rubicon" which,
We presume, will exercise ~ much, influence upon
the Wings of Virginia as the warnings OF the TIM
! id Romans did upon Cesar when he stood upon
the verge of the Rubicon, celebrating whether or
not he should cross the line. II is apt phrase,
however, and one well suited TO the periIs that be-
set the South Virginia and her slaveholding
confcderaies will indeed have " crossed the Rubi-
con" of saietv when they shall confde their most
sacred interest, and their most delicate rights to
the trust and guardianship of man, who, from the
ayit tion of the Missouri Question down TO the pc
Rod when he became IA bidder for Southern votes,
exhibited towards those interests and rights fierce
and unrelcnling hostility.
But the obiec, of the Enqurcr's Views" as
far as they are dscernblc from 81 No. |, ~ is not
so much the defence of Van Buren, the dcpre-
citation Of Gen. IIa,rson-,hc assault upon whom
is prctaccd with the usual quanum OF hypocrilical
cant about the dangers of an election by the House
of Representatives. and the unfairncSs of COM
binins the whole Anti-Van Buren, strength against
! Van Burcn
In relation election by the House, whatev
or apprehcnsions the Enquirer may now teign,
in order to rnd men from the fearless
ercisc Of the right of suffrage. it is well known that
il dill not feel them in 1924, when il pushed Mr..
Crawiord's pretensions in the tect, Of the utter
hopccssrcss of his before the people, and
with the pal pablc dcsign,-nay, with the avowed
| Eurpose,- forcing his election by the House
Not content, BY clingng to Mr.. Crawlord's hope
less cause, with forcing the election upon the
House, which, would else have been decided b.
the people, the Enquirer even laborcd earnestly
to secure his election by the Uouse after it was
demonstrated that he the weakestoftl candi-
dat before the p ople, between whom that body was
privileged select; having received less clccto-
raj votes, by half than were given to either the
! two Zig hest of his experimentation receiving
SO, Adams 81, and Crawford II Yes the
Enquirer urged the House to clcct Crawford the
lowest of the three; and yet has now the shame
less eroncry to affect to dread an 81 ction bv the
| House lest minority candidate" be chosen and
the will of the people be- thereby defeated And
this, too, with the full knowledge that the election
IS to be decided by the present House of Repre-
seniatlNes, of IA majority of whom ii may be said
that the - born-hras of Cedric the Saxon" were
no, more scrvilr to llcr mastcr dian they are to
Gen. Jackson!
Let the dangers ofan election by the House be
ev'r 50 great, the + litor of the enquirer is the
last mln IN the world who las right to urge then.
and, constituted "a the H. of r.. now is, no Van
Bnren man can feel any solicude to its tcrmi-
nation, who IS not even more ignorant than he is
timld litle election should 90 to the House, The
chances will be 90 to in favor Of Van Buren,
Whv then should The Wings wish to devovc
the choice upon that body They desire no
such tling-and it is because they do not that
they have fallen upon the plan of concentrating
'l" str myth OF all who are opposed TO Martin Van
Buren, in each State, whatever may be their per-
sonal preferences, upon single electoral ticket.
ny tbs means, while the entire opposition TO
Van Buren, is embodied and rendered effective
winch would otherwise be scattered and impotent,
the great question will be tested fairly whether
Van Buren, is the choice otthc American people.
II he is, let him be invested with the sccptrc. If
he is not, no honest man should desire his triumph
gained, not by the wcdkness but by the divisions
OF ms opponents. The great question to be de-
c'ded, is whether Cesar, in dofling the purple
shall throw on the shoulders of his avorite--and
every man whose soul rebels against this ambitious
attempt of Cen Jackson to wresl from the people
the right OF selecting their own ruler, free alike
from Executive and Caucus influence however
widely hry may differ upon other points, may
meet upon this ground. 1t is TO be determined
whether our elections be free in practice as we'll
as IN theory-and every man, whatever be his per-
sonaI preference, who is determined to yindica,c
tins great right of lreemcn from mercricious con-
hecton will, the office giving power may rally
under common standard, and do battle against
The common enemy.
But the Enquirer is specific in its charges a.
gaInst Gen. Harrison, who has been forced into a
prominence, in this State, which, but for the a.
buse OF his enemies, he never would have reached
we propose to follow the Enquirer in its histori-
cal researches, not SO much to criticize facts as to
correct 'nierenccs, and to supply omissions, which
we perceive II is guilty of perretrating, even in
No. ", OF its puerile - Views
l. The Enquirer acqus Gen. Harrison of be-
my IN iavor OF the Alien and Sedilion lawsuit
asserts that he was in favor of one of the LEADING
measures of John Adams's administration. TO wi,
me maintenance of an increased standing army.
o TINS we have onlyto reply, that, at that time