Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-06-25

sary tools ol his vile purposes with whom he insult
the moral sense OF mankind Look nj the wild
spread rum he has brought upon the country. which
/ teonld we dishohot omnipotenCc by applying tn,
splthct ro a thing mcan1 might well drnemiuat,
linn 'tlc scouree Of Godin Then Turn ,ouf eyes in
! wardly on Yourself | have SAID that should tax,
eare neither Ia latter offend shall therefor,
not attempt 10 ehactcIize YOU. | refer you to YOU
own consciousness, and the know estimation OF tn,
! public. Louh NJ the parties To the Struggle \ on
with your acknowledged powers your long services
! youl extensive popularity, the vast space YOU hay,
hlled m public affairs tor nearly thirty Years, yonl
! splendid career, Your established Ienown, and
"lle Nth M friends 10 baek his salt wilal
But the PLAIN devil aud corruptus gold
> . All the world To nothing
But mark the result. Addressing myself To YOU,
and not to others, why need speak of that of which
YOU Yourself are CONSCIOUS What others have
but witnessed you have felt the srycrlt, OF that
struggle: the intense agony Of that strife Can II be
necessary that sly Il wuil IL convince Nou OF the
fearful energy ot that power which the command of
the Treasury eouleis Aud 10 what, NJ last will
YOU owe your triumph To what but the my
ol that golden IAllsman IN winch the spell OF his
influence resided Aud why do ! tun la you, but
that have nothing left but bitter scotn Tor those
who would restore the wand oi power 10 his grasp
And here | might repeat the question, mhethe,
shall believe II 10 have been intended by the iraz
mcis of the Constitution that such power this
should have been the creature Of implication
When we look upon the mulut0diuous Swarm of ver
MIN rising from pools and MAJ shes, and wilgglng
10 lIle amid the slime and filth OF corrnpton we do
trouble ourselves to inquire their illallon. We
habltuaIy regard thcm (whelhcr phllosorhtally OF
no) as the product of crmenling elements. working
themselves free hom Their former HhuIltcs. But
when the monster Python ISSUES from the net ring
flood and shades the land with his poitcnlous bulk,
and engulphs afnlcs IN ms desou,Ing NAV, aud SIT
1es nations with his POISONOUS breath can never
believe that lie too WAS the creature oi mere ioitu-
iious concurrence of atoms. SO when NC this
all conquclng power suidua over the subject Land,
rcwMding some destroying others, and drisinG all,
feel that we have right 10 ooh to the letter OF
the Constitution for its authority.
suggest tins thought, without designing tn press
IL Far from il. do but tuin to You, is | have
sud, hom those whose alternate rt~hucss and pu-
sillanimlty (uniailhlul alike III each extremely has
scattered our party like sheep without a shepherd.
My appeal is 10 your maguaninIty aud ] cali
upon YOU by that sentiment lor whch even your en-
cmles have always given YOU credit, To be just and
even generous 10 men whose ,lruc YOU never
doubted and whose principles YOU early
ianoh To respect. We come To YOU like the men
of kcnt--not armed with bow and spear but bear
ing boughs in our hands, aud praying 10 be restored
10 ON ancient rights and liberties under the SOY
crel.ntv OF thai venerable Commonwealth that gave
you bulh. Sprung from her Ions yon have the
claim OF brotherhood with The iustlious dead,
whose names, familiar nmen's mouths as house
hold words" shall i've forever. This is our birth
uehi, too. Gundi bcsceeh YOU, Ion yourself and
us, and give ii not be shared in CONS ON with
the hereditary enemies Of our lacc-wlIll aliens 10
our bood--wIil the lcvIlrls oil our msutions--1nd
with the vile refuse ul all The nations al Europe,
thli like the frogs Of the Nile, swarm the mouths
o the great rivers of the North and South, claim
ag our name aud franchises, aud thrusllng them
selves into bed chambers. and our beds, and
our ovens, aud our kncading uoughs.'= Give not
the heritage OF your venerable mother 10 snHu-
gtls give not her chdrcn's bread 10 the dogs -
\ FRIEND OF STATE RIGHTS.