Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-28

,vrrRSAL hiPEONEMENT-ME sEGAR.
We publish this morning, i portion OF the pro
limos nj the Public Dinner recently given 10 Nj.
., by lis fellow-citizens of Northampton county,
nh the view principally Of exhibiting to our rea-
- tho sta;e of public sentiment in the Underwater
,..ion of the State. on the great and vital subject OF
-, Inoroyement. of which Mr.. Segar was such
=, able advocate in the last Virginia Legislature
nqhe letter of yespastan Ellis, Esq. the talented
cana,o, from that District, Is highly cfeditable,
..,e, The circumstances, both to his judgment and
~. ;,aenendence. lie had just seen Mr.. Sesar re
;.c,o1 by his constituents Tor the intrepid manner
;,.bich he had espoused the true Interests OF the
Commonwealth and with "A sirmness unfortunately
too rarely exhibited by representatives OF the peo-
nile. he manfully Identities his fate with that oil ms
ostracized friend, willing to share hs destiny II ne
cannot. in his representative character, sustain the
;,,e,.sts and retard the downward march OF the old
Dominion, by openius II communication from her
.os,e,p to her western boundary. We venture the
assertion that Virginia would long since have real
lied The great advantages to which her geographical
position and her vast internal resources naturally
,n,itle her, if, for the last twenty years, her Legs
latufe fau cOnldlltu a ihhJoi"1
Segar. Mr.. Ellis ard Col. Watkins-witl men, who
instead ofvoting against a liberal system OF improve
,nents. under a cowatdly aud false apprehension
that the people were too ignorant 10 perceive and
,onreciaie its benefits, had m~anfully taken the re
sponsibllitv, and gore before their constituents, not
10 foster aud render permanent their unfounded fears
of heavy taxes, but To dissipate thelr appIehensions
by the strong logic oil facts and figures and to
enlist thei, judgments and thcir feelings in the noble
and patriotic work. Some Of them might, indeed,
have fallen victims to their public spjrit-but II would
have been only a temporary martyrdon, TO be sue
cesded BY a certain and glorious rcward-a fate such
us that which checquered the career of Dewitt
Clinton in New Holk-at one time, bowed to the
earth beneath the ~wcishtof persecution, denounced
by demag,sues, and execrated by the people whom
those denagogues dece we'd and misled, but before
his death crowned with the blessings Of multitudeS
whom his labcrs had enriched, the recipient OF the
highest honsrs in their gilt, aud his name identified
with a work which will ensure ii a perpetual and a
proud remembrance. when even those OF warriors
are forgotten, o, If remembered, shall only sefye 10
Z" point a moral or adorn a tale Who, NOW, in
deed, had not ratherbe Joseph Sesar, rejected by his
constituents, than William l.. Savage, tctleted by
pledges, and bound to pursue a policy, which, il IL
NEE, the sanction Of a majority of tue Legislature,
will be tanianouut to a sentence, upon his State. OF
=. perpetual MISUNDERSTANDING her 10 a rap d
comparative declcnsion, by locking up The resources
Of her Western counties, aud by depyiylng the East
of the benefits which would result from having those
resources poured into the lap Of her resuscitated
cilles, to be exchanged for the commodities, from
winch our Western brethren are now to il sreatex-