Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-08-29
LyNCunUns. August 30, 1873.
JOHN T. ANDERSON, Esq. Of Bo,,,o,

W e take great III ldylHg before rei
e,s the following bold and manly letter oil finn,
intrepid Conservative one who Ira, courage mr.
and il requires no lille in these degenerate d.
when the lhunders OF Party denuncialion hay, NJ
or TO silence the voice of the Patriotic few nLo
proof apainst Executive n1ucnce.-to stand he !,
piincipies. whihefsover they rnay lead him H..
favorably does Mr. Anderson's course contras all
that of the 'rerrating" Conservatives. who. in r..
sening TO sink swim with Mr.. Van Buren,
the language OF one III Them or IN resolving 10 "n
port him 10 spite of his Sub Treasury hetesy
words Of another, have actually surrendered 10 ii.
President the honest convictions OF their ipjgm.,
instead of compelling him to yield the public Wi,
Is it not so Let facts answer. The Presiden y.
the extra session Of Congress in s37, recomneo1d
the Sub. Treasury scheme The reco,nmcnda.io.
was met with one loud burst Of popular disapn,ot,
lion, thousands Of the friends Of the Adminsraio,
even maniiesrng The most determined opposition IN
it. No one, WHO copsults the election returns of III.
succeeding Fail and Spring. can doubt that ii Wa,
disapproved of by three 6iihs of the American peo
I pie. Did the President do. as be promised in In,
message that lie would do Did lie .'retreai," when
he found that the current of public sentiment SET
strongly against him! Not he. lie neryed himself
anew fut more desperate struggle against popular
opinion, OF Which he oht only to be the exponent
and organ lie piled the representatives, Of he people
in buth Houses of Congress, alternately with ,hrea,
ofexcomm anicaon, and with promises of office, to
effect his purpose Executive patronage was Weld
ed successfully with some, who could he swayed ty
the loaves and fishes while Others, iim,d Than
dishonest, skunk back appalled, at the uphflel axe
l.. 4 =.
caucuses, prepared TO "cut off the heads of every
stubborn Bncklna ham, who loved ms country better
than the obstinate Ruler, who struggling com.
pei that county to yield to his sovereign dictaliou
And the result OF The contest is that nghened by
the support Of the 'siakers or Swmmers." the Az.
minisraton, if il has not already lriumphed over
Public Opinion has at least approached SO nearly
that oonsummaton, that the hopes Of he palrlOl
begin to droop, and his nerveless 10 laulter in
the combat. For, if the President shall succeed in
establishing the Sub Treasury system, what hope i,
there that the of patton, which like Revo
buttons, never goes backward, can h reafer be
ed? What guarantee have we that his next step
will not he to adorn his brow with kingly crown
Such an idea. know would on its first promulga.
ton, like the Sub Treasury scheme, be heard with
]
Sachems and Counsellors should tell the peoplts
that by this only could the unity Of the
"Demoer,tc Republican State highs party" be
prese,v we'd, and its aseendancy maintained, new
of "siukeis and swmEaers' would soon spring up, to
maintain. that, horrible the idea of "crown-
ed head" in the land of Washington and Hancock,
it was still better than " Clay with lis so million
Bank" And, after all wha is there so monsrous in
tic idea of golden bauble upon mans bead, when
we arc already disposed TO place his hands all the
vast powers Of which that baube is The emblem or-
w. aud not the source 7 II we make the President a
King, first BY Welding to his dictation, instead of
compelling him 10 yield the pubic will.-and az
forwards by the magnitude and scope OF the powers
with which he is clothed, why need we scruple A.
bout he appellstion which he wears! Bonapare wa,
no less Emperor of France when he sat 10 the
Consul's CHAR, than after he was crowned in Ito
Champ de Mars. 1t is not the name which
gives character to the office but the powers
with which you clohe the officer. II we live
under the government If mdR,-as, to all
intents and purposes do, if the Presidents will
is conquer and subdue public opinion, and if Sen
ators and Representatives to be sacrificed by The
people for daring differ from the President, and IoT
refusing TO =" sink or swim with him when they do
so differ-we defy human ingenuity to poin out The
difference between our Representative Government
an the most Absolute Monarchy upon the face ofthe
earth. fig for the principle of representation, II
the representative is to be the plant tool ol the ES
ecutve. Aud what do the people make OF him. bu.
that supple and complying instrument. when, for dar
ing to differ with ihar high fu ctioaary on great
question Of public llbery, he Is made the victim Of
public dspleasule
We have SAID much more than we expected when
we took up the pen. Probably, indeed our com
mendation OF Mr. Anderson may work him inJ ury IN
his District. We wish il understood however, that
we do not speak of Mr. Anderson as "a Iih'g-wo
do not claim HIM as Whg-we know that he is not
IA Wing. But commend him as Conservative
as an honest courageous. finn Conservatiye-as a
man, who, in cbaking out his future couise, has, 1t
seems us, defined" the only "losiiion'' which
such Conservative can occupy. Sinkcrs or
swimmers may airvc at an opposite conclusion, by
some sort of casustical reasoning with which We
are not familiar; but are, her course Is u''
lerly indeieusible by any process of ralocinat'on
winch an uupeyerted mind eubody
TO The Editor ofMe Tailey Star.
FIYcAsTLE, August 6th.
Dear Sit-ln your last number you have been
pleased TO make direct appeal 10 me 10 de-
fine my position, &c. | had supposed that my
position already well defined thai such dna-
peal was wholly unnecessary. The Sub-Treasny
and the reelection Of Mr.. Rives were put in issur
IN oil a