Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-09-06
tirpGE WHlTE's SPEECH.


The sneech delivered at the Knoxville Dinner by
,hc venerable Senator from Tennessee, who, by his
..,l s,lapced Judgment aud ,nhe xiblc integrity, has
won the appellalon OF the American Cato viii attract
,,,e,,on of the reader With his usual candor lie
declares that neither MIR. Van buren, nor Mr.. Clay
:, his first choice Tor the Chief Masisifacy, differing
from both as he does, upon essential questions OF
npbic rolcy. But with that good sense which he
un;toru,l, displays he takes the ground, that ii is
no, compatible With hs duty, citizen OF pal'lot,
10 stand aloof from the contest because the opin-
ions of neither of the probable candidates cores
pend in all respects with his own. Differing from
BOTH he yet asserts that. in many points OF view one
Of them is decidedly preferable to the other-and to
,ha, one he intends give his support Without
DESIGNING it, we presume, Judge White. in thus an-
,ouueing his determination, administers severe
,ebuke 10 the sell. rshteous political Pharisecs of
Sou,h cn,oIna who deem themselves entirely too
,,rc IN particinate in the high and enviable duty OF
yo,inc for Chief Maeistnte,-but who would readi-
" enough judge, enter into the contest, II there
were an, hope Of throwing the purple upon the
shoulders of John c. Calhoun, WHO is their
Oracle aud their Deity. Aud it is deserved as well
rs severe rcbukc for it apparent thnt ii all the
States were pursue similar course, there would
be an end to the Union: the government would be
overtownb BY failure ofthc parties to lto ialhl their
obligations. Perhaps, however, s is the very object
aimcdat Mr. Calhoun aud his friends since II "as
but the other day that the Coimbid Tones, hls organ
nj The METROPOLIS Of Sonth GuolIna declared th1t
" the L .ion has long since idlc'i of the purposes
for Which it was created ard the sooner II Is dis
sol, ed the better,
Juloe White a,lvetts 10 the obj ectionable opn-
ions both of Mr. Van Buren, and Mr.. Clay, partcu-
l,,l, those hiclarc relied upon by the pdrtzans o
the former in the South to render the latter odous
IN tha, sec,ion-and he shows, think conclusive
H. that, in every point otvicw, NJ. Cl,y should be
the p,elercnce oi the Souihefn people, even were
there not obi ections to Nh Van Huren, there are
which have no application to Mr.. Clay. Ii Is NOT
vo,th while for us to recapitulat" the arguments of
JUDGE White, howcver, and il is mpossblrto makc
Them more clear and lucid. We refer the reader,
therefore, to the speech its"li.
The preference avowcd for Mr.. ClayA by Judge
White shadows FORTH with alaost absolute certain
w. the course which will be pursued by Tennessee
in the next Presidential election even If there had
been previously any doubt of what thai course would
be- SO much confidence is reposed in his judd
ment, always unciouded toy passion. aud i'll hls
noucs'y, which no fierce gusts ui anger can turn
from the straightforward path of duty, thai he
ce.sarlv exercises a powerful Influence over public
sru,imcnt-- much mere powerful rhan ever did the
Hero Of the Ileraitace, always the slave Of passion
and prejudice, III his panjr>r days