Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-08-16

nc often cfutcd teasohinss Of the abef champions
,b,s measure All that we shall now say on tins
head is, that, if the positions assumed IN tins Adj
dress be true they are Just rs applicable TO tie
c,,,. Governments as to the ederal. Ii II be
wi GO pol,cy for the Federal Government 10 re-
i.ct Bank notes aud to require specie exclu-
,iyey in the payment of lis taxes, II cannot be
wise in the Sa,es 10 pursue opposite policy and
q the other hand, If the State governments are
eoate mt to receive their taxes in the notes OF specie
paying Banks, the Federal government is not emit
lied to assume higher ground and to claim " eAolu-
syc privileges, in this respect.
And after all, to what uses are the monies OF the
federal government applied Almost exclusively to
the paym of the salaries OF The Office holders =
And why should the &" Democrats be SO anxious that
this corps of consuming locusts, who annually
augmentng in number, and living the fat of the
lend, shall be paid for their Labor, (Which, in nine
cases ou OF ten, is but another name for idrness in
currenc, better than that which State officers
receivc-or thaa tina, winch the Farmer is content to
take for his crops, aud the Mechanic for his wages
Why are Federal office holders to be made the OBJ
1ecs OF such especial solicitudc and fiyof' Why
shall the people, who receive bank notes in pay
ment of THEN debts be compelled pay their taxes
to the general government in gold aud silver, in or
der that the army of oieeh holders may have better
currency than themselves II this be Democracy,
for one we shall never be a Democrat We prefer
that old fashioned Republicanlsm, which re%adcd
,lrc public officer as the of the pcopc-and
acted upon the time honoled maxim, that il is
enough that the " servant be az his MASTER
3. The Abolition question is treated, in the Adj
dress with some ingenuity, aud evidently with de-
Ill crate Intention to deceive aud mislead the public.
While to a casual reader, it seems, first glance
to cover the whole Southern ground, II really goes
no farther than the Northern Anti-SlIvery Conven-
TONS themselves do. 1t asserts that the federal gov
eminent has no right 10 touch the question ci slavery
IN the States Arthur Tappan says precisely the
same. In relation to slavery in the District OF Co
lumbia, it very clear that the authors Of the Ad
dress, coming from different quarters OF the GnIon
would find il more dlculi ttasree. \ ct il wasnc-
cessaryt TO say something on the question. Can II
be doubted, If John w. Jones OF Virginia or }. L.
RICHARDSON of South Carolina, or j. J. Mckay of
North Carolina, could have had their own way, that
they would have stamped an unqualified negative
the isht ofCongress To meddIe with slavery in the
District But then there were aIessrs. Williams,
of Maine, and Potter Of Pennss lpania, and Parker
Of New Y olk, who dared not that unqua-
fed uegave-and hence they tell us that they =" hold
10 be csar JeYon tdisPfe, that Congress has no
right to abolish slavery in the Disttcl-but,l do
not stop there-then comes in the qualifying phrase
-" ciM ticw Of aboiiAiae II IN tie StlteS." In
other words that as Congress have right.
corlng to the admission OF the most vehement Anti
Slavery fanatic directly to touch the question OF slave
y IN the States, u"s clear beyond dispute, that they
have no more ri Int do this indirectly Verify this
clear beyond di>pute'-norS it disputed, So far
we know, by the most furious Abolilionist in the
country. The Address, However, on this subject
fee 10 admit, goes rs iar an Address from
Northern Wings would go--and farther. And
the best evidence of this is, that no Northern Wing
paper as attacked the doctrines of the Address upon
tins subjcct-the ouy assault upon it that lave
seen being made through the New York Evening
Post the official organ of Mr. Van Buren, in that city,
by writer, who OF the editor informs us, is lead
ing Dem craft residing the interior ofthe State
bu who is nevertheless an Aboonist as the Even
ing Post itself is, than whom indeed VIM. Lloyd
Garrison IS not more decided in his opinions
We have exceeded the space which we intended
10 occupy whenwc commenced this running com
Snentary upon the Address of the Republican"
members oiCongress-aud as well for want of room
tocontinue our remarks, as lccause minute
criticism OF ITS several parts is deemed unnecessary,
We must leave the subJect.-at least for the present
Ne may possibly hereafter, when we have nothing
>o more importance before US advert to some Of its
lead ing arguments.