Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-18
LYNCIaKURG. OCTOBER Is, is3s.


ANOTHER LETTER + koM Mr.. CALHOUN
Although the friends of Mr. Calhoun may accuse
us of harshness in structures upon his recent
course, they cannot charge us with in uslce-lor il
we have commented upon his opinions with freedom
we have not withheld from our readers the afgu-
ments by which he has endeayored to sustain them.
With single exception. we have repnbshed all
the speeches which he has deve red and all the let.
tiers which he has written vndication of the DO
son" which he assumed in 1897, as suddenly as the
iallhess allies oil Napoleon deserted him at Lelpsic
and - covered his enemy against his auack-and
that exception was his letter to the Richland festi.
val, when We were compelled by pressure of other
ster to omit also the irrelutabe argument, on the
other side, his colleague, Mr. Preston. Our
ders, therefore, have bad IN their power always
Judge of the justice OF censures by having with
in their reach the arguments which elected them
Wenow present them with another epstle from Mr..
Calhoun: 1t was addressed to the Democ ratio din
nor party in Caswell county, North Carolina, which
recently assembled celebrate the deea of the par
ty,-a novel idea, ceftainy,-in that State
FoRr Hill, Sept. 9th, MS
Gendcmen:-I have been honored by your note
of the 9th OF August, inviting me to participate IN
dinner to be given TO your Senators aud the mem
bers of your delegation III Congress, who have con
CNllcu Will tht'H vi tuc Sitdt dpuaiing QupS
ton OF the day
The great distance and my engagements comnrl
me reluctantly 10 decline your Kind aud nltIelinc
invitation
1t is difficult 10 vef-cstimate the importance of
the great measure. which engrosses the pnbIir
attention aud those who would hold it up AS n ones
ton of small magnitude, while they denounce II and
all who support 1t IN the most uumeasured aud bit
ter terms, act neither sincerely nor honestly In
whatever light ii may be viewed, ii is question OF
il1a fir MAJ Ia
and moral bearings, lhin its fiscal and conmercIaI
the light IN which il has been principally regard
ed. feel that hazard nothing in asserting. that
the banking system, through its lection with
the Government, is eitcctIug aud ii not arrested
will effect. one THE greatest revolutions in the DO
lca aud moral condition of tie world of which
history has lett any record and let me add Que of
the most pernicous. II permitted TO progress. IT
will elevate the money power above all olhcrs-a-
boye thrones and municipalities, laws and consrllu-
tons II has already acquired IN our country an
almost unlimited control over the fortunes of lndl-
tmuals aud the Business oi The community. B,
granting, or Withholding Ivors by expanding or
contracting The currency, fortunes are made or LOST
and the whole business Of the community lhronpL
every channel OF industry, is made to PROSPER or
decay. Neither good nor bad soasot s-neIther The
smiles nor irowns of Providence, exercise a no,e
controlling Influence for good eyl, over ihe for
tunes OF individuals or tie conmluity II /, in y1l,
that the bounty of Heaven shall bless the land with
seasons Of plenty and health, sudden contr.t ton,
on sus efslon Of payment, spreads ruin and desc
Iatlon around, aud plun9eS inDo poverty thousands
who but "A moment before. believed themselves to be
IN independent OF aiAuent circumstances.
No one, who has observed tie OPERATIONS of lie
last 20 years, can doubt the ruth of thus plctufe
"nd that Tie power as great as II is, has not
reached me niaShnm OF IT'S increase. Now, |
would ASK is there a man bland as uot to see the
dtbdehg consequences, which must follow, oral
ly and politically, by thus eleyallng the money A.
boye all other powers III the State, AID giving II
such overwhelming CONTROL Can II be done with
out debasin5 that noble and independent spirif which
created our Tree Institutions and without which If /,
impossible 10 maintain then Can il be done with
out spreading over the land one all absolblup su,y,
OF gam, hen snail extinsulsh all the more eleya-
ted feelings OF our nature, and raise him. who nav
dispense the tavors OF banks, in public estimation,
over the philosopher, the statesman The divine the
pafIo the warrior, OF those engaged IN the active
and productive pursuits of society! Can tins be
done without invefluS tile order OF the moral " Grid
and bringing down, III the end, on The people who
may have HE folly and the weakness In n. rti i, nm
heard of calamilles!
To guard against these, it is clear that sometime
must be done 20 prevent mere private corioraiions
from exercising such unlimited control over the cur
fency OF the country, and through H. the for
oil individuals aud the community. To effect his
can imagine measure moie simple, cllcctua. and
practicable, than the entire aud hua divorce of the
unholy and unconstitutional connc cou between GOV
eminent and bank-"the great measure of deliver
ance aud liberty, as happily expressed by the able
and patriotic statesman (Geu. Gordon) who will have
the lasting honour of having first proposed il in Con
gress. This once adopted, the whole system may
be gradually and safely reformed as experience and
reflection may point out and the county saved from
unnumbered woes.
Permit me in conclusion to ollcrthe following SEN
tment:
The great and leading measure ofthc oce-I,rcsls
tupon the mperishabe oundato of truth an, tholIoh
Hmay be defeated al first, IT'S final rrunph If sun
ported with energy aud perseverance, is certain.
with great respect, | am, &C., &c.
}. c. CALHOUN.
The 'fred idea seems to become moe and
more magnhedln Importance, the longer it is dwelt
uron' by Mr. Calhoun. This, we believe, is one OF
uie usual corcomants of monomana-s unfortu-
""'e ''cum being considered uniformly incurable
'''ess us mind can by some powerful effort be d.
'''eo from the subject upon which it is diseased
'uueed sane man, gazing intensely on the clouds
"o P'Ieu up IN masses against the horizon,
''""e Tue most beautiful well as the most gro
es4ue forms, will sometimes imagine that he sees the
oS' perfect resemblauccs TO realities by which he j.
''ou"ued-paaces with domes and spires, turre
eo'umns; gigantic forms of men, sitting
pO" ''fones OF vapor, and welding shadowy scep
'e'' squadrons, now drawn up in battle array. an,
scattered by blast OF air. sailing majcstIcall,
must" oil mist; Andthe longer and more intense
s'~eS the more perfect is the illuson-unlil
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