Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-04-28
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pears III tie Wing, 1.-THE Enquirer, with character
lstic uniarncSS, having refused To insert it, tri-
umPhanIly ,iudica,cS himself from the charge ri
Inconsistency, preferred against himby thai journal,
based on the fact that h. refuses TO sustain Mr.. Van
Bnrens rFelensions to the Presidency, in ls56, after
having, IN 1882, advocated his election 10 the ice
f'tssdeaep We regret that the pre-occupation
OF our columns by the EApanging debate, will
compel us 10 defer copying Mr.. Browns admra.
Die letter for few days Like good wine, how
ever, ii viii not spoil by Keeping
Mr.. Brown shows, by cotcmporancous evidence,
that, IN 1882, he preferred T. Z. Barbour for the
Vice Presidency but that, like many other OF his
party, AZ that day, he consented 10 relinqush that
preference, and TO sustain Van Buren,, after that
gentleman had obtained the nomination OF the Bal
tlmore Convention for that office because he per
ccncd that no other man of that party could con
cenirae lis vote, and because he believed that the
election OF either of the other candidates then be-
fore the people would be greater evil than the
success of \ an Buren himself. lie states thai he
then objected to Mr.. Van Burcn's opinions on the
Tariff and Internal Improvement que,tions-and
that those objections have been since stro gtrnrd
by the views Of Mr.. Van Bnrcn on the Slavery con
uoScrsN, which AT that period wcfe unknown, aud
which, ii they had been known, from the absence
OF The excitement en- that subject, which has been
since hinlled by the movements of the Abolition
ISIS, would moi have been regarded rs OF such vital
importance. And he contends, very truly, that
ven had he supported Mr.. Van Buren, for the Iiee
Presidency, cordially and without reservation, a
gainst the candidates for that Office who were then
IN the field, that circumstance would not, by any
means, have constituted pledge To vote for him,
four years afterwards, for the PRESIDENCY, acains,
such man as Judge White, whose interests are i
Identified with those of the South, and whose prUi
ciplos generally III accordance with those which
have been 81 long AMI 80 FIRMLY maintained by tho
Virginia politicians. bare sd,cmrn, Of tho case,
indeed, is amply sufficient to reiulc the mputaton
of Inconsistency, brought directly against Mr.
Brown, and indirectly against all those, who, like
him, have refused, to be transferred like So many
cattle, wttrheir owners " crop aud undcr-Neel'
cut in their ears, TO the Presidents iavoritc and
nominee.
But Mr.. Brown, not coateat with vinaicating
himself, ha>, ,ou>e one of the luqnror's classical
figures, " carried the war, illnubal-hc, INTO At
rica lie strikes Tie venerable Editor with most
unmcrciiul severity " cracking Inn in the raw y
at every stroke of his hnout. We do not wonder,
therefore, that Mr.. kItche refused TO permit Mr..
Browns letter to appear in his columns. l. uIP't
have opened The eyes OF some OF his readers TO in
wretched terglVersalIons touching tins very matte
and have shown them, that, in now conserving TO
support Mr. Naa Baren Tor the Presidency, the
Enq"lrrH itself most glariasy ineenSIstent-
and that thi, Inconsistency is not as III most
cases, NenIal fault, but that, involving VI
olation of It's pledges AMI IN Abandonment Of
its principles, II amounts TO absolute criminal
ity. We repeat II, W. do n9t won Ter that the
Enquirer, under such Circumstances, refused TO
publish Nj Browns letter, although the refusal
was evidently iApoiHc. 1t "oeS hard with man
condemnation hut the Editor OF the Enquirer
should have recol'cited that IN compelling MIR.
Brown to seek some ott.rr channel OF conmunlca-
ton with the public, he adults, IN language tanta-
mount to a direct confession, his own guilt, and
the Justice Of that sentence which, jIe evidently an
tcipatcd from discerning public.
We shall not attempt any thing like synopsis
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