Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-10-14
LyNCuHURG, OCTOHEK,I,>,.
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weeks ago pfooueeo such adecisive effect upo, A., i
lie sentiment in tina, county, and, while i, .,. r
the determines olthe Sub Tressurv pole, ..l'
ted in such degrading and seryile attitude H..
ponenrs ofIhat system. who are willing 10 ",;.,
SWIM with its author, that it was deemed mao
10 fall upon some means OF coun,erac,ne lis az.
The most natural nude of doing this was Of eaa
TO give opposition Dinner to The "desce,J,..
Patrick Henry" tSenaor Roane,) aud to The a..
men whom the Bentonans design, if thu, ran
make his colleagne,-James Nc Deweu Pso
Rockbrldse. The iusirious Senator Roape ha.
ever, declined attending on the occasion-bn, ID
Mcdowell, aiming several other Table Ora,o..
was present, aud made speech, which. ir,h. >.
por, Of the proceedings be credited lou, D.,oa
ed Herod." II is said, indeed. that he "ecl,.,s
himself '-and we presume, of course, therefore H.,
he ecpsed every body else, since, according to,h.
euoglslc description ofhis friends, ''none bu, h,u,
self can be his parallel We hope he will no, h.
afraid TO report this speech in order that the ,uh,
may have II Taste OF ITS quality and judge for them
selve whether II was any thing more than tor et mo
tered nia. Tue only test OF an orators mental >,
ibre is the exposure of his speeches to the scalpslo
criticism. Words, when spoken, and when aided h,
sometimes produce most thrilling effect. Win, !,
they were presented 10 the eye, stripped Of these a1
venlitious appendages they would DO found 10 h
sadly deficient in ,reigh and entle the speaker IN
the appeation which some time since couIsn,d
the ~ould-bc Senator from Rockbridge. Of =,
''chaffy orator." However. we shall not preindO.
! Mr. McDowelrs eleo,oneering eiiar'. We shall
wait until he has leisure to give "wngs ms words
through The medium the public press.
As for Nj. Roane's letter, confess that We
have read IT, CHANGING over its ftst paragraph,
we found that, however HeM Mr. Mcdowell may
have beenhe Senator de tacto was, all conscience.
heary enough-a mere mass of lead-such as son Of
Spencer Roane aud grandson of Patrick Henry
should be cautious IN obruding uron the public
lest 1t provoke comparisons by means nal,sriug 10
his self esteem.
The editor Of the Enquirer present on the oc.
cason and IRON the manner in which he ushe,
forth the proceedings the public, we infer rha, II
was almost flllure. The company. he says, was
not as large would have been collected under Other
circumstances" Very likely Had it been an as.
semby Of patriots, called for the purpose Of resist.
ing the increase of Executive Power "aiready
too great for a Republic"-had it been convened
for the celebration ofthe triumph ofhe People over
Executive nsurpaton, arrogance and dlctaton ln
stead Of with view ofcontrburng to the augmeu
ration of that power and rejoicing in the subugaion
OF the public will by public servan-if had been
an assemblage met for the purpose OF illustrating tn.
efficacy of the popular suffrage in restraining anbi-
tious rules, instead of with the design of displaying
the absolute inability Of that great conservative princi
pie to Withstand the patronage of the Executive and
to resist the terors Of party discipline had been
convened TO celebrate the stern and nnexibe indie
pendence OF the opponents OF the SubTreasury sys-
TEN, instead OF exposing their serviliy and apoaty
then, indeed, we have doubt il could have been
vastly more numerous than was. We rejoice 10
perceive that IT was so scanty in numbers, that the
Enquirer is compelled TO send forth with its pro-
ceedings long lis Of explanatory remarks, 10 ac-
count for their paucity. As one reason for the thin
attendance, MIR. Roane's mona appearance is given
a very poor reason, by the way, as there is nothing
very attractive in his power asa liable Orator.
2dly, it "uncertaln" whether MIR. Mcdowell
would be lhere-3dly, "an idea forth" that the
dinner was abandoned-4hIy, 'lhere were two reli-
gous associations sitting in the county and military
company parading'-5thly, Orange court was in
session, and took off several of the citizens-6thy,
"others were slck"-and 7thly, "the morning was
unlikely Was there ever such "concatrnatun OF
combined circumstances" befure, to break up a
! Loco Foco dmnerl The Romans would have drawn
moufniul augury from such inauspicious tokens,
and company IL the time of Cesar, assembled 10
celebrate his elevation to the royal power. without
the en'bems Of royalty. would have trembngly dis
persed, OF been shroudcd in gloom. The Monocras
OF our day however, have no faith in portents; and
SO hey set heartily 10 work, cutting up chickens aud
characters, aud pralsing the wine and each other J.
very credtable employ ment certainly for "sinkers
and swimmers"
Among the invited guests was Gen VIM. +. Cor
don' who could not however attend. 1t is amusing
to observe the facility with which this gentleman IN
the language of the complimentary toast, drunk on
the occasion, has been manufactured into "pure,
flfm and consistent Republican," 1t will be re-
me'nbered that in 1884, Gen. Gordon proposed the
Sub leasury scheme, and was then denounced BY
the Administration party as .'Fede,al Wing" and,
upon this rery issue among Others was elected from
his seat IN Congress 6y The rotes The rery men VINO
now eu'"gze bn "a pure firm Il conssten nj Repub-
hcan. lh's single fact, it to u.s. is enough TO
convince the geiters- Of this Loco Foco feast that
.hey are the mere tools and puppets ofihe President
when the President through his official organ de.
nounced the Snb-Treasury scheme as revolutions
~ o'sofsan'zns and anii-republicaas" so did hey
ana they prosecuted and abused and turned Gen.
"odon ont of office, an evidence of their LOYALTY.
VOW the PRESIDENT declares that he was mistaken in