Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-11

that my name has been used tor some time plst. III
teietenec tn the approaching contest fot the rcpe
senta'lou OF this District. Disconnected by ties oi
blood ~ affinity with any of YOU, aud actively rnGae
ed IN the duties of a abolious profession. did mol
permit myself to indulge in political aspirations ii
any kind, ~ud certainty had no thought OF seeking
10 represent You IN the Congress ot the United
States. My professional abouls Tor the last SIN
years have biuuGl1 me INTO Tree md friendly inter
course with many Of thc respectable citizens al
three oi the ,ouuues composing tins district. and
my political opinions, IN The iuctebanaes Of soci5l
communication with mauy aud in public addresses
to the citizens ol my Own county during period Of
uneNahlrlrd excitement, had become generally
knunn. Partial hleuds. who couenrfrd with the IN
oiiulon and TO whose uniform counlenanec and sup
port am l,rCcly indebted called on me- at an
carry day, TO offer my services They profess II
10 believe thar possessed some liuc eaphrlv To be
useful 10 my country aud urged the cNttllon 1T that
capacity tIumhlc rs admit 1t To be- for the advance
ment 81 4 cause winch HEY knew 10 be dta, 10 me.
hrsti1ed long and declined announcing my self a
Candidate tot Nuul snllages until assured myself
thai IN doing so, did not lcopardize the success
ot those principles, the maintenance OF winch hold
paramount To every CONSIDER alton of personal amin
ton. That any respectable portion my fellow .eill
itns SHOULD dcem me worthy OF 40 hieh a trust, As
'''at rep sed IN lheu Representative IN Congress
cannot but be grateful 10 any ceilings; and whatever
the result "i the canvass be, the cheering conf
deuce ri my friends shall operate rs M additional III.
ccnlfe To the iujhlul Performance Of the duties thar
may detoi'c on me, whether ~ public o. IN pri.
Valc capacity.
an personally unknown to many Of nav fellow.
Citizens III the District. audit therefore becomes ne
cesSaIy that should Indicate 10 them. through
the medium of the public pvcsS, those opinions and
principles OF action which shall govern my condnrt
II he fortunate ~ In receive 4 majority of their
suiitlgfs, rs carly IA was cnrHple oi forming a
political opinion, attached uiNstltto the Rcuubli-
can OF state Rights Patty OF Virginia, aud Tor up
wards I'll twenty years have hccu dong battle in INV
feeble way, IN that GOOD cause. For ihUurh held
no public station. was an interested and attentive
observer el passing events, and my opinions have
been Freely aprad before fellow citizens thronph
tile public journals oil the country, tof which had
long been an active contnbutor. The course of tbe
State Rights party OF Virginia since isis furnishes
= correct chat ct The opinions and pune pies which
! have uniformly maIut AIMED. In 1-33, already 4
lcuated irom the Administration of President Itcl-
son by ms omission 10 redeem the promises Of ic-
uehehhtut aud iciotm, upon which lac went into
Office, abandoned the doctrines OF the Procla.
nation; and lake some credit 10 myself that WIS
among The Grs IN The county IN winch now reside,
10 denouncc some OF lie assumptions OF that cxtia-
ordinary document. For Though could not Justify
the conduct OF South Carolina, (and | asserted II
the ilme, she WAS wrong, by her Own showing \ vet
! could not sanction lie idea that those who had
been shoulder To shoulder smuggling III the same
cause "nlI ourselves should lor rash step in adj
vance Of u.s. receive II thcT bosoms HE bayoncts Of
a metenualy soldlery. further believed, rs | now
bc,levehai the first attempt cement our mon with
blood would be the signal for its final dissolution. It
bond OF auy, ol love, Of mutual conccs, iou aud
mutual interest and he who would dip H. - T..
brothers blood, Whetl'e' cat bro =, no N,,,l =.
5ou,a OF US, snaps diem assundcr, 10 be united na
more.
dsappr3yed, and denounced too, in public adj
dresses my fellow eltizens of Henry the bold us.
sumption OF unauthorized power which WIS exhibited
IN The removal by the President, ol the Public De
noscs FROM the Blul oil the United States 10 which
they had been committed by operation Of law and
in which "A majority Of his friends III Congress
had, but u shuu time before declared them perfect
~ safe. and IN common with the ether Wings Of the
country. | warned my fellow citizens of The con
seqacf ces, which have since been fully real
lZed.
denounced the policy OF the f,mous Treasury
Order the principle Of which had hren discussed bur
the week before it issued, aud found but one OBJ
SequIous Senator and, thank God, not n SiBgie Rep-
resentaflrc, scrvIie enough 10 sanction II.
Above and more lin all, ldeaouucedihc aticf7pt
10 make the Senate OF the Uuied States tbc i,s,,
meni OF lis own degradation, by forcing lis members
10 expnngc from he record. which they were sworn
10 kccp,d resolution expressive of their deliberate
corrections looked upon that body as the pride
OF the country, and regarded seal IN il as among
the highest objects OF an honorable ambition present
ed 10 nan. In common with every American clti-
1--we assembly IN the world, to winch not the accl-
dent oil bnth OF iortunc but combination Of the
highest character aud talent alone WIS won't to give
access and was mortified 10 public preudiccs
invoked aud public passion excited. for the extinc-
ton OF the glory OF that once high assembly. Acts
Of policy, however unwise and mlscllleyoue may
find some apology in the errors TO which human
judgment is exposed. Faacies uiutrrprcting the
limits OF constitutional authority niav be permitted
to seek apretcxt aud cover the impcrection of hu
man language. and In the occasional ohqucs OF
the human understanding, but the damni1e blot Of Err
pungtbg shall stuck 10 all who perpetrated the foul
deed, an! 10 those too who mini>iercd to the de-
paved passions ofihc hour by idly elorYag in the
deed, as long as thee shall be found Historian to
prrpcuale their luamy.
! was opposed 10 the election Of Mr.. Van Burcn
the Pre- ,rdency because differed with him ia his
views OF public policy; because ] saw M evidence
OF that holiness OF sentiment and OF character hich
would fiji HIM TO preside over the drstlnes of an en-
hglItened nation because the history Of hrs past
lle gave assurance that he would ahure every pin
ciple and abandon every friend that might stand in
the WY OF his own elevation; because 1scfibcd 10
ms councils Innch of the complicated evils which
the blind passion and prejudice of his predecessor,
however veil meaning, had been made Tire instrument
Of bringing the country. believed his prcde-
honest in purpose, though weak IN judg
mcnt. | knew that while he crushed his enemies
with unsparug tcrucify, he lent too easy an ear 10
the insidious friends that surrounded hun and TO
The persuasons OF thesc i'll selected friends aud
OF all to Mr.. Van Bnren's influence over him, | as
crlbed the measures Of his Iron Domination.
! objected 10 Mr. Van Buren,, election most of all
because saw Inn virtually imposed on the country,
by the dicatIUn OF that extraordinary man, who. what
ever his faults or lis virtues, held certainly hold