Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-09-01

there be such an one, we 90 not ADDRESS htW-Ne
address the manly, the independent and the free,
aud vt ask them, if they can keep down ihrlr DIS
rust long enough to place such sycopliant in the
rhair al Washington. whether Hey can quiet their
aprrehcn,ions, also are they not taught by all
HISTORY, by what the, seq daily in common domes-
lie lllc, by the brue tribes OF naiurc-flIa' obsc-
anou,i,.,S aud Scrviiiiy tia,e above InvarIa-
IBIS attended, y always aV"nges ITSELF hyoPprcsslon
and tyranny exercised on thosebelowl
In addition to the merit Of being supported b.
Gen'l. Jack son, and by al WHO subject to his
orders, the pari,lus OF Mr.. Van Buren, claim for
him another, and that is his proieSsed determiha-
ton 10 carry ont the principles upon which Coal.
Jackson has administered the Government.
Il there bcanv principle more prominent than all
others in thai administration, II /, the principle Of
iasortism, commencing with the President, and
running down through every channel INTO the low
c,t and meancsl Offices, nsomach thai the rradleSt
aud snrest access to the government - upwards
from the bottom, through those insecure aud duty
passages. Witness a late memorable instance
You have all marked the unprccedcn ted out
rage, recently inflicted the gal liant Scott
You have seen hm,a soldier covered with wound.
sustained in the service OF his country, stricken
down by a secret blow at the head of his army,
on the very eve Of triumphant success, secured
by his skill and made more glorious by his human
iY. And how struck down Without open
chargc-without proof, without tral--at the IN
stance Of snbatern officer, pdtt by the ed
or of the government newspaper, E" the vllrst
and most malignant mlniOn that lnicsts the govern
mcnt." Think YOU tins would have happened nn-
der any former Administrations See You not that
men, that gallant and hi h-miilcd men, are mn
PEELED 10 sloop If they woald approach the 90
vrrnmcn, through lis most favored channels to the
4 -, And al
that no past services and no present merit is secure
against the secrr, venom Of the reptiles which
crawl up from the low purlieus Of the palace to the
Chair of State, and into all the department, of the
Government
And when before WAS there ever such insolcnce
Of office exhibited as this system Of iavorti,m has
produced 1t is hut short time since that Penn
svvanla, one OF the most powerful and respected
OF the States, ven'ared to pass certain llws touch
ing her own municipal affairs, in contravcntion oi
orders from Washington and for This paid de-
Scrtcr from the ranks of Mr.. Clay, who was 50
odions traitor, that he with difficulty attained
the poor reward of his ucnson,& whom the power
Of the governing barely sulllccd to squeeze
through the Senate into an auditors Office by one
vote, bat who now prcSdrs over department 80
rotten before to dread at his hands no fur
tler injury this man has dared deliberately, pub
ll.y and in writing, TO demon CO her legislature
aSconnpt Fellow citizens, suppose this your own
ca>c--thal any mn ion OF the Federal Govern
men had dared thus 10 dcnounce the Legislature
Of Virginia for an exercise oil their lawful right,
what would YOU have said-not OF him-hc would
be beneath Your ndl@nation--bnt ot the govern
men which should keep him in It's service aud ia
vori Can the States preserve either influence or
respect il they are thuS subjected 10 insult and
outrage from the retalu"rS oi office at " a>hngton 7!
DO YOU desire these principles To be carried our
by MIR. Van Buren, or to be carried further Ii
nat--wal are the other principles which Won APP
prove, that Mr. an }arrn is to" carry out Nor.
money has brcn expended in internal improve
mentS under this administration, than any former
ii large standing army and numerous torllca-
iions have been called tor-lfaudS before unheard
Of IN the sales of tie public lands have been COM
united. Bv neglect and oppression of the lndi-
ans, the country has been involved in bloody
aud SAVAGE wat-'he annual expenses of the go
vrrnmcm have been sw"lled to the enormous a.
mount of zlD 1000 900. Are these the principlp>
Noa wish 10 prrprlnatr and will elect Mr. AN
Buren, to carry ont II not what are these prnci-
pies Mr. \. B's opinions upon the depose bill
have not Vet been declared Probably he has nof vet
found it consistent with hi, SAFETY To make up on
declare his mind. Ills mosl intimate friends aud
supporters were opposed to IT, ard the latter have
already demanded the repeal Of it. Do YOU wish
ii repealed ,tat the immense surplus revenue
drawn from the people, may be ,quandcred a
noag political partizlns, and not returned to the
people ! Is that principle you would have carried