Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-02-27
MIR. Mex EAN'S LETTER

Ne have read, with uDaliorcd satisfaction ,b,
able aud interesting letter Of Cen. Samuel Nc.
tean, one Of The Pennsylvania Senator, in C,n.
'gfess avowlng his opposition u thu infamous
IXIungins re o'utpn and has determination
had his health permitted him TO have taken hi,
seat @fsa II was alop,ei, to. have voted against
II.
Af,es asserting tA.t in hi, opinion. i, is I'M
constitutional TO obliterale the journals, he thu.
satisfactorily replies 10 iiroiiie areament of the
eXpungcrs, that the .toarndl is pot CELEBRATED
an argument, b ,hs-aay, the bore resor, 10 which
i. tacls admission that a h1egel act OF expunc.
ton 2colskl be breach q tha con. station. Gen.
Mexican say.
True, ii has Lee.l SAID liz way Of es,enua.
ton, that the t,ilneing resolutions prescribed,
by the Virginia l.eg> ia,ar2 do not propose 10 ac-
ualy destroy the journal, hed OIL TO draw blarl
lines around and write eVltan epprohrious wotds
across the offensive resolution, hst the roitf
mnSt BE- t.'pn@es.a Pills, to M mind, pfe>rDo-
Ell the snhbectln It's iaset e1ceptiouable toin fog
at the same lne lhp constitutional power to tlon
out and destroy the ,uarnal> WAS csasvely siyels
up Senators were asked Is. ptlyoT f,ntasiieaa
pranks by drawing black lies which scI med To
be more bee 9utlng the amusement Of yolate
boys Than ihe grave deliberations of The >rna,e
j" | would inliltey rather have mel the gGea-
ton mani9ly, ani vote al eare TO blot oui. cX-
punge and literally destroy ihe journal. For
long rs ! have bcan acres toned To Nrnera,c and
respect The : ancient dominion, = Virginia. } hon
men and her principles, am not quite ready To,
adopt, implicitly, her adsoil ,'.4 neined notions
bow to intr|Rge, and not 10 y.Sla;e die funda
mental law U.itAe country
6sen. Mexican is tight We.wcold much raih-
er have spoa~esi the journal with black ink, or
even, rs fafioas expanger once remarked, with
lanpblach ant train oil Il have,insisted that the
destruction oilhe journal was not Inconsistent
with the onsttulioual IN anesion to = keep IT.
than we would have been party to this pitt
fu and sneakng evasf9l-this eowardly palteI-
in, with op.rience-tli, ridiculous idl>lhcatIon
OF tefms.-f 'expunge nu,s be tive rofa, "
should also base been the rfet. We wonst nos
have drawn black lines arouud the offensive TT
solution, aud written lie Br,on It's face. Butt
nough. The aclofs n.this solemn farce viii ne
pen. them oft. in sacbf 10th and ashes, If they
survive the influence OF Jacksonism and, trons
the violence OF the disease we take ii for grant
ed, that, unless the patient die under the intic-
ton, he VIII speedily lie cured oths haluclna-
ton.
Gen. Mex can, after showing, by an irerssa-
bic argument (ior which we regret that we have
not rLon,) the unconstitutionalty of The eNpua
ging process, adverts to the famous Pennsylya-
MIA precedent, oil 1915, when the Legislature of
that State deckredby vote of IS lo3, (boh o!
the Pennsylvania Senators being then members
of that body and voting in the ailinnatye,) that
no part Of a legislative journal can be expunsed,
even by unanimous consent" Mr.. Mexican IS
still ofthe same opinion, while his colleague
(M7 Bachanan,) who possesses greater dexter
ity at shifting his creed as well as his coat, has
voted for the e1pungng process, and thereby en-
sured to himself double portion Of disgrace.
We make room 70. the concluding paragraphs
Of Gen. Mckean's letter;
"To many of YOU it is known, and recur-
renee to past events will prove, that have en-
joyed reasonable. perhaps. as some have COM
planned, an undue share Of the confidence OF eve
ry democratic admin stration from that TO Inc
presenttime. have frequently, from senseoi
duty, differed from my political friends IN power
as to pan ty measures without once thinking ina,
thereby was mourning party prostr ptIon aus
anathema and still less for expressing an non
est difference OF opinion as 10 the import anu
meaning of the Constitution Having thus passed
on, without known or intentional deviation 10!
a term OF nearly thirty years. now, II notnine uu'
mmoatlon will appeasc my enemies, lei '"s
blow come. am prepared for The worst, an"
only regret that can point TO so many name,,
OF higher merit, who have much sooner SUM
under the baneful effects of this sys'ena''ze'
ostracism.
g The public records, as cited above, snow
clearly, HAT acting under official oath twenty ono
yearsago ] declared against the doctrine OF eA.
purgaton.
= must now be content with the -"P'
Mon Of the House as to my sincerity, "ne
| dcs1are that every consideration Wnicn'