Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-03-18
LYNCIIBURG, MARCH Is. isae
THE tissues" THIS SPRING,

over win excess oi fetsot. Truly he "is IN.
whether the People not For GU, own ,.,,
we have objection little sir of this son nm.
in while. 1t does us good whrn we see a, 81,
siager. who ought to be hat stiff with a,.
perng and prancng with all the fire of nm un,,,,..,
colt. II is no evidence however because h. .,o.,.
so b,avcly and pricks his ears with so 6erc. a,
that heisto win The heals even with the aid IF ,oo.
Jockeying. 1.-The come out ahead, however. i, shall
not be without feeling both whip aud spur. \
we do not intend that tho Enquirer shall e.. =,
clns'vely make up issues" in the comm, IN,
fcts 1t may attack, If it please, with such wea.o,.
as 1t may deem most potential. and best suited n
chime in with popular prejudice; but it shall see be.
fore the contest is over that il will be compellsa,.
defend, well to attack or in def,ul, ,be,.ar ;.
plead guilty TO the charges OF ITS adyersares. and
receive the verdict Of an honest and cnlish,.u..
people upon the gross nsdccds of the admini,,,,.
ton Of which it is the champion
We chalge-and we call upon the Eno,;,.,;,
sell as a ~iMess TO pfoseiis iruh-tha the Admin.
s'fa''on Is endeavot'ns against the repeated deci
s'ohs Oh 'he Legislature the People, 10 force upon
The country an odous financial sleme-whicb will
fevolntionze the entire policy of the Country from
the foundation of The government until now; which
will fill the pockets Of the Office holders with cur
rency better" if its organs 10 be believed than
that which .ircua,es among the people; which will
| endanger the safety of the public money BY entru.
ting il "lo a hundred hands, where one cannot now
reach it :; which will augment Executive patronage
already boundless in extent; which wiildraws IN.
public purse from the custody and control Of Con.
sress, where Tie constitution places it, md hands il
over 10 the Presidency, which the constitution 81,
pressly ortids; and which, in one word, claims for
the General Government what no Legislature would
dare TO claim for the STATE Governments. For WIN
would dare 10 say that the tares ofe Stale should be
collected exclusively 10 gold and silver, and that The
Sherilfs Of the several countless like the Collector,
and Receivers fthe General Government shall hold
1t in their hands instead Of deposng in the Stale
treasury, until is Withdrawn thence by checks from
the treasurer, TO meet the lawful appropriations,
Aud if be not right thus ac in reference to our
State governments. why is ii right, in reference TO
the Federal government! Are the Federal officers
better Than the State officers a, the salaries Of the
one must be paid in gold aud silver, while the .aa
ries Of the latter paid in Bank notes Or arc
our Sherhs less worthy oftfust than the Receivers
and Collectors appointedb by Mr. Van Bnren ! This
iorclble view OF The subject lately presented by
MI tcher to the consideration OF the Legislature,
and we invoke for II the ention of the People If
the Sub Treasury system be ght in itself, why no,
apply ii TO the State well as to the General Gov
eminent! II wrong. why perni, 1t in either!
We charge, that, for daring 10 oppose this PERM
cious scheme, Mr.. Riyes, heretofore one Of the most
trusted and honored of the Administration oary. and
all who admlrlny the honest independence of his
course, adhere TO him, are branded as renegades
and traitors and are as bitterly denounced and re-
siled, as if freedom Of opinion, instead of being our
great constitutional privilege and bnh-rigl,, were a
crime which no past services could ex,enuate, and
no future repentance atone for.
We charge that, for this reason alone has Mr.
Riyes been abandoned by his own party in the Vir-
gina Leglslature--a monument of the diseracefu
facility with which that party renounced its opin-
ions, the bidding of the Executive and of the aac-
r'y with which they have prosecuted aud forced in.
TO exile the leader II that fragment Of their parry
which spurned this attempt at Executive dctation-
fate winch awaits all of his friends who are NOT
prepared to renounce their opinions whenever they
are ordered 10 do so by masters at Washington
for masters they arc, it, in the struggle which is a.
bout TO take place, they shall prove triumphant.
| We charge, that, under pretence of Preventing
the ascendancy of the Federal party-a charge as
absurd as it is f'lse-ihe Administration party are
endeavorlng TO revive and perpetuale the rankest
| Federal doctrines that have ever been broached in
| this country, before since the civil revolution /
| 1900. ,
We charge, thai, under pretence of economzing
the expenditures of the government, they have in
creased them from l3 to 80 millions of dollars
that they have knowingly appointed dishonest a.
gents TO "keep' the public money, and that they
have retained in office for long periods. ascertained
detdulters, for other than that they wcld-
ell great political influence that they have perMis
ted their Sub Treasures to abscond with large sums
OF the public money, which, by the culpable neg
cence or the still more cuipabie conniyance of the
proper officers, these Sub .Trelsurers had been,
some of them, several yeas pilferng from the pub
lie chest that they have by their imbeolliiy, per-
United the Florida war to nger for years, 10 Inc
destruction Of the lives Of citizens, and the loss
of millions upon millions ofthe public treasure;
and that by their gross neglect of duly. they hayo
permitted the Northeastern Boundary question to
remain unadjnsed until it has brought US to the eve
of with Great Britain.
In word, charge, tha, this administrations
guilty Of attempting to force upon the country,
measure which the People have solemnly repudiaed
and 10 which nothing but the dcspoc force Of Par
~ discipline ever induce them to submit that