Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-07-04


| | 81, thai Mr.. TaNNY bud been bubed by the State
banks. The slandoiers themselves do not believe
"hatthey say of me .and II any one else d"es, tie
day OF my Justification must NJ last arrive,
" The belief that this will be cheers me n
midst haucres ON ono side, aud menaess on the
other. Some persons now cordial who used to be
reserved aud some surly who used to be
,o,dlal Such is this queer world ! The iornef.
/ leihaps, think must now change my opinion III
the bunk because the PRESIDE Sanctions efseou-
ion OF mr so, they mistaken and the latter
suppose that then chilling looks will make me regret
my resistance against the President, hieh IL an
great a mistake as the o,hrf. In short II seems 10
he thought strange that | should have refused 10
worship man or mammon either II seems 10 be
supposed that there must have been some secret ia
the business Naw. scarcely need tell you that the
only secret this-l did choose TO he rowuing
upon myself Tor tho remainder ol my life, az would
have been The IT, please The Preside,t or
benefit myself had BETRAYED my must To the coun.
tN. Who would not be CdrapL the opposcr oi
Napoleon IN hsslides To power, but h'end IN
adversely, rather Than idiicVand who iawnsd upon
him prosperity, hut deserted hlm when fallen
iiom his high esiatc! Were tho President To be
come BeliSafins not one OF his creatures, nov IN
his confidence, would guide his steps-"hni |
would do, AFTER all his injustice TO me, need not
say YOU.
The ruth is, ! consider The President iNroNi-
cArEp Mlru rowfN AND rLArrERN, Constant
dropping wears away stones Why, indeed,
should we be surprised that he bent under tho inln-
euce oil such passions ~, IN ancient aud modern
times, osercame men greater by nature and cduea-
ton ihan he is ! II Is the fact, that mth change,
that makes republic preferable 10 u monarchy.
W AsniNoroN and JrrrrhsoN would ottrust them
selves with power longer than ctRW years. Gen.
JAG KsoN was, nj one tine 80 fearful OF the 'niucnce
OF power aud passion upon himself that he was N asef
OF limiting service IN the Presidency To four yents
But whit revolution do We behold Now he Is not
,nlv luryJ Unit fjF
srous 10 hanSfdr IL 10 u Jdronfe, Such is the
effect of power aud llattery, Are YOU amazed /
am not ; the matter is easily explained " hen he
cane into office, the President supposed that he
would find much putty nj Washington. especially
among his supporters, who had becn making 50
many professions Instead of thai, he fund The
leaders the heads Of factions, saeh dcslng 10 drive
the coach of state. II found his tables grooming un-
der the weight of petitions Tor Offices lie saw seso-
nal Of the late friends of hs competitor standing with
caps IN hand, 10 catch the falling crumbs. lie
heard adnaIion from ever, bod,-plain truth from
nobody lie came into office 10 be the friend OF
whole People but he becnne The mcre Puucyor fer
The hungry sIptetdnts oi discot aut factions. In
shot. all the circumstances around him wee calcu=
lated 10 make him entertain an exalted opinion oil
himself, and contempuous one OF others, Ills
own natural passions contributed TO this result.
Such ls my explanaiiou-my apology II you please.
Tie is changed, or else we know lin not.
" This, however, IL mol the darkest cloud IN the
poiilt al armament. 10 hear people talk,Noh would
suppose that, II tirsHr WIRE 10 etlsp crown, thcin
would he no Btuus to protest aRains, hs putting on
THIS ~ II sad 0nen. Indeed, II IS ertfgdaY SdH Haf
he Pyt0 2fnt can btedk 3tica any 0aC. II tbs Is
tue, II - a ,nourhtul ruth for II amounts TO II
command TO be silent, 10 avoid being crushed! II
iced mt dread Gen. Jackson personally, ought
we not 10 be alarmed AT his example Are VIC safe
ifbcn tee SEE SO many yeadg 10 sustain him, rgM u
lrOna These, repeat, are sad omeus, and our lie
public could not loug endure, If our territory was
small, our population dense, aud five had mol State
Governments.
$50 lillle control has the King Of the French over
The public purse, that he could not honor draft,
drawn upon the faith Of a Treaty. The King oil Eng
land IN his appeals 10 Parliament, money matters,
uses language almost suppllratoty. llelG. In our
own Penns, wanna, the Governor IL absolutely de-
mvod Of all agency concerning lie public MONEY
The custody al II Is given III our State Treasurer,
who holds his oihtc independently iihc Governor,
and is annually elected by the Legislature. Yet,
III our boosted Federal Governments where the purse
ought 10 be under the immediate coni,ol Of the
Representatives Of the People the President
irrcStS from Heir dgcnt anil Distributes The money
among grcedy competitors for IL. well disposed fire
auired, To exercise political other influence in
payment Tor the boon
''This proceeding have no, yet heard any one
bold enough To ustiiy The usual excuse is that
the Presidents intentions pure. No doubt he has
some patriotic motives. No one supposes that ho
means to agcrandizc himself Nevertheless lie lso pe-
rated upon by Icsentments within and Influences with
out. lis resentmenis may be natural At many bitter
attacks The Influences are OF two kinds one 10
&C compsh political purposes through affiliated
banks; the other make money by land aud
stock operations. So that, however correct some
81 the motives OF the President himself may be- job.
bcrS in poiicS and stocks hare been The true aQenis IN
promoting tufc occurrences.
d" But what dangerous course, 10 make motives
an excuse Who tell what motives prrdom-
inne Who what is safe, II acts may be rxcus-
ed by tho allegation OF the actor that his intentions
were good! Every body believed before Cough was
Tried, that lie had murdered MIS-. Hamilton bur # any
one had hanged him, after his conviction aud
cape, it would have been murder, If done under
sentence. The case of The bank surely, was NOT
ccarerlhan that Of Clongh. II IT had sinned, the
law pointed the mode of trial but the way pro-
vded by law deSi9nediy stunned +; the bank was
iaken out twcre, and executed wjutoat inquiry,
jury, or judoe and because would not be the exc
cutloner. deserve to be executed too, | suppose
w hat happy state OF things IN this age of intel |
lect -
HENRY CLAY.