Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-04-11
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS.
RICHMOND, Anil 6. lss,

papers, and may probably hear, from other oua,,ets
great deal more about " a letter" written by Vim.
c. Rwes, Esq. in October last to Maj, lanes Gar
land, and the reading Of which is said here 10 have
been rather exoued from the Major NJ Albema,le
court. The Enquirer of This morning gives. be-
llese, aeoneet version ofthat leler-sueh al least
as RHmor here represents 1t TO be, 10 wit: lha,
Mf. RlVes urges upon MIR. Garland the policy Of
preserving distinct organization for the present-to
! cease attacks upon the Globe and othrrs-to con-
eiiiale lihiher old trends-hai there was nothing
10 expect from The Wings, &C." Suppose all this
TO he irne-ahd what does ii prove Simply, that
IN October last, when this let,e, Was written, Mr..
Eves was not decisirely opposed TO the present Ad.
mns,raon as ii is asseredby his late allies"
and conceded on all hands, that he is Mt this mo-
ment-that then. he had some lngrrins hone ,bo,
We Administration, 10 whose elevation 10 power lie
lad contributed, night he induced 10 relinouish
us determination 10 force upon the county its Sub.
iteasury scheme, and that il might not continue to
assert those doctrines OF Executive omnipotence
which now characterize all its measures That
letter, indeed goes farther, if We comprehend it's
import, than did Mr. Ryes's published ESSAYS in the
Charlottesville Republican, written about the same
Time, IN which, eschewing connection with both
parties he assumed the attitude of an ARMED Neu-
trail" But does Mr.. Ryes occupy now the same
attitude, in relation TO the two great parties OF the
county, which he did in October We conceive
not The events that have occur ed since that peri
cd have tended TO precpi,ate a contamination,
which even then, foteseeu and predicted, as in
cvilable. They have thrown | i'm farther from one
Of those parties, ofwhch he had previously been "A
q int all viii,
the other, towards which lie had previously occupied
belligereni attitude This is demonstrated by the
contents of that letter, compared with Mr.. Rivess
own recent course. For example, he recommends
that Maj q. shall E" cease attacks upon the Globe :"
while he denounces the Globe himself as
{" Robes penan press" Other like evidences ola
change OF feeling and tone might be shown 10y
following up the comparison OF that letter with Nj.
Rs present opinions, but it is deemed be unne-
cessary, long that much talked of letter is
known only through tie not very accurate medium
Of Rumor. lie, us have the entire document, aud
shall be better able TO judge of lis character
than from the representations of lis con
tents, from the (perhaps unconsciously) prejudced
enenles Of The writer.
Butno matter hat may be the tenor of this let
ter for what purpose are ITS contents ndusrlously
brued abroad and busly commented upon?
Why is it placed, IN the hands OF the Democratic
party, as a weapon OF assault upon those Wings who
voted for Mr.. X. as Senator No matter what may
be its true character, those Wings who voted for
Mr.. r. cannot be reproaohed Tor sustaining his rec
lection, under the circumstances of the case. A
majority of those who voted did believe Mr.
r. to be Wig, for if the, had so believed, they
,,,,.I hoo I.,,a
promptly as a choice, instead of compusoriIy as an
alternative. And ttAey row had this famous letter
before them, and ii be just what ii is said to be, they
would still under the same circumstances, act pre-
oisely in the same manner. They know, that,
whether Mr.. Rives be Wig or not, lie is willing TO
cooperate with The Wings, aud able TO make that
cooperation elcctual, in opposing the Sub-Treasu
~ scheme. and in resisting those unh1owed preten-
slous to Executive power, which well cacula-
ted siartle the friends of Representative and lim
ted government. Even bad he syowed willingness
10 sustain the great policy" oil the Administration,
which lie would not do,-the WhiSs would have
found, in the circumstances by which they
surrounded, ample justification for the support given
to him, in preference Of John Y. Mason, in this,
that he would still De pledged to oppose that " single
measure" ofthe President, which is in their estima-
ton, Of paramount and overshadowing magnitude
and Importance. In this respect he would have
approximated TO the Wings, and would have claimed
then support SO long as they were unable to elect a
man OF their own party, as less evil than MIR. Ma
son, who sustans this ''single measure" well as
The general policy" Of the Administration Even
were the letter however, thousand times OBJ
jectionabc than it is said to be-even had it exhibit
ted premedated design TO WOO and win "hig sup
port, only beray and overthrow the whig
and believe nothing Of this sort is pretended still,
whatever might have been thought Of MIR. Riyes
himself, the wings, who voted for him without
knowledg Of his hypocrisy and medated ,reachefy,
would have been rrepfoachablc, both in their
consciences and before the bar OF public opinion.
They did their duty TO their country. To avert evil
from her they forget all the embiltered memories
of the past they sink the partzan in the patriot
they endcavored TO uphold man in whose person
they attempt TO subyert the independence OF
the Senatorial character and to trample upon the
dignity and sovereignty of the States, nowlthsand-
ing they had frequently been brought in collision
with that man, and sometimes under circumstances
well calculated to kindle the most acrimonious per
sonal hostility. They did this, because the loved
Rome more than Casar--hecause they hated the en-
emies of Rome more than him who had been their
own assailant in other times. Subsequent develop
ments may-but have not the slightest reason 10
heIieye nor do believe that thew wlll,-show