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

'o' Ptd'ins about National r.
which the keiormer correctly stigmatised a. 80
old keynote OF miserable demagogueism. = ,l,,,..
Its successor. the Chronicle, is aotr rincinqth.
ges on the same WORKOUT tune. Ia reni,
remark OF the Enquirer " live are TO bavo
er National Bank, give one under a d,s.
ganiza,on," the Reformer broke out in tho VI
indignant strain:
AYE, the cloven-foot-the eleven foo, n.
the cloyen foot. This g" DIFFERENT opc,cSses
IA1loN" IS very potent and Freeman, II NJ
What sort OF an " ORGANIZATION" "''se.
srable lone in which our ROYAL Masio, Ge-
obedient vsssals shall have the wLoia ana his
Another ExcnEQuER PROJECT A bI" 'o'
ed on the National Treasury, with CRAFTS ,, UNI
ed in the States, and nourshed by the Ls., pant
Gratis of the Kitchen Cabinet Is tins ,bn "e,no-
the State banks reduced to ONE, accordin. Are
views OF a writer in the same columns anil ~ me
UNIT regulators of the currency unle, ,h IT
pervision and control Of Whitney or some o,, o sa-
credited agent near the Treasury Who arc - ~
the Presidents Directors. aud Cashiers NJ =, oo
UNIT REGULATORS Is our Royal MAST, -,
termne that Are not these two proec,s e
through the brains of this editor ? And wha, ;rs
do not submit to the scheme Why then ws ~"
Bank bought alstocrats or, Benonian SCH
bier IN the same columns dominates US, the scpr,.
ARIsTocRATs.' Are these TO be the epibets nnde
color OF which the Government is to be c,,yo,
ed into vast banking machine, with Mr. Van ~
rem and the Kitchen Cabinet at the head oC -,
Or il these projects fail, to be carried b,cL -
listen to the old song OF the rotaory Senate, abon,
| METALLIC CURRENCY! Is this humbug to take
place OF the tGLoRIous EXPERIMENT J"
And so on, through column more. And VIII,
could have supposed that the writer OF this nara.
graph would eecr have been found much less m Tho
brief space of twelve NOTWITHSTANDING under IN.
banners Of our Royal Master joining in the cbo
rus OF the "Benonian scribbers against :" Bank
bought aristocras," and in favor OF the humbuc of
metallic currency! Yet it is even How short
sighted IS the most gifted of race Had the
LtHe HdS'cian revealed to the editor of the Rft1r
mer, on the 3lst Of May, 1897, the position" which
editor of the Chronicle he would occupy Oh the 3ls
of May, 1888, he would have spurncd the prophetic
revelation with indignant scotn. Ne can hardly be
lieve the evidence of senses: We sbonld
certainly have been ucreduous 10 the voice Of p,o
phecy.
6. The sixth article in the editorial department, o,
the Relormcr has his caption: THE ne1l Prcs,.
dent" and is designed TO prevent division in tho
WING ranks, then seemingly threatened by the
premature discussion Of the rival prctensious of
Websi en- Clay and Harrison Listen TO what our
: late ally" who pretends that he never was 4
Wig, said in May, ls37:
I've would earnestly and calmly call upon Ed
Tors friendly to reform of existing abuses to pause
aud reflect before they proceed further. The dfe
cnt portions Of the country which furnish, when
combined, the strength of the opposition, and upon
which the hopes of the Relormers found.
ed, have their peculiar personal preferences as to the
next President. One portion prefers Gen Harrison
another Mr. CIay-another Judge White-another
| Mr.. Webster, and another (and we readily admit
belong to this Mr.. Calhoun. How then does 1t be
! come party 10 act under such circumstances
Were the times peaceful and quiet-wcre the sky
clear and the waves AT rest, might indulge the IN
qury;-bu tie storm Is upon us, and the barque Of
State, guided by incompetent hands, is rushing fear
fully upon the rochs.-ls this the tine, then, to be
dsputng as to who shall occupy the quarterback
hereafter No, The voice OF reason and patr-
osm x the strong sense oil mutual danger, demand
that all hands should first unite to save the ship
from laundering. The safety and security of each
and OF all require that every man should INST put
his hand to this work. Let the dlsman-
tied and leakin. vessel first and when, by uni
ted efforts, we have rescued her from her present
dangerous position, and are again running securely
before the wind, it will be time enough to inquire
who shall take the place of the present ignorant
aud incompetent commanders.
Is there, in this paragraph, any thing TO lead the
reader TO suppose, that, in less than twelve mouths
the writer of ii would be denouncng Mr.. Clay asa
| Bank man and an Abolitionist-and Mr.. Webster,
as dangerously atitudinous in the construction of the
| constitution, < an Abolitionst likewise Where now
are the "hopes of the Re(ormers"! Why ilthe WI
ter of the foregoing paragraph were to give us ad
vice it would be to 1erpeaate "exstlng abuses, m
stead Of reforming them, and to uphold the ignorant
a I'd competent commanders" by whom the bafque OF
State had been plunged amidst breakers and quick
sands He must excuse us, however II we prefer
another piioL-one who knows the channel too wei
p tochauge his course thus suddenly, in the midst oil
raging storm-running directly upon pom'' whe'e'
but a moment ago, he told us that We were IN danger
of being stranded or engu phed.
7. The seventh of the Reformer's editorials is de-
voted TO :" the Kitchen Cabinet' whom 1t excona'-
ed i'll its usual style Of uneompromlsng seventy as
"despcabe sans culottcS,' with whom "honoraole
f renee to Mr., Van Buren, and his confidential ads'-
sers, the Reformer quotes the following lines oil
the indignant satirst, which it said mig hit be applied
with equal justice our President as to the Brush
minister, Wapole:
10, where he stands, amidst the scrvile crew.
No bushes stain his check with crimson hue
W hic dire corruption all around he spreads,
Aud every ducilc conscience captive leads :
Bribcd by his Blooms, behold the renal band
" orShp the idol they could once command
We deeply regret, as all who know the editor oil
the Chronicle must navel, that he can now assocf
ated with, and sustain men, against whom, WITHIN 80
hre I,n, sr,cbh Ill,