Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-10-10
THE GREATEST Evil. +.

National Bahk is The greatest evil thai NJ, I've
ems u.s." Does i, think that Bank will pro.. "'''t
er course ohe country" than. in 1895. il poe great
believe Gen. Jackson's election 10 the p p
would be II II does not, who can ,en,r..
dict that The Enquirer will NOT SON be in i "ps'
the champion ola Bank, as it was aft ,h., ed'
ration. champion Of Gen. Jacksonf A., 'eea'
minds us, by the way, that at that ye,v 10
| Enquirer was The stsunch friend of W., lh'
ford, NATIONAL BANK MAN, fl, - va"
deney-osa'"st The slayer of the Mons,.r c'
Jackson himself How is this, r. zen
Bank IS The : greatest evil that now threaten.
county, Was II not Equally so in 1895, n. "'
then, that the Enquirer did not at tia, ii.
The Monster But no one conyer,a,, ~"
| course Of the Enquirer need be Informed ,.- VIC
paper can make and unmake curses" and 49,. wa"
al pleasure. Not many weeks prior to thu o. '
OF the last Legislature, it declared, in ,.n,-
| one OF It's own correspondents, that Senate, D.
was "souad on all The tests" upon which ,h.,
respondent thought prope, to auaign him. A.,
now, We are left 10 inier, from its course ,h,,
Rivess election 10 the Senate would be amo.,
great curse 10 the country as il opco @
Gen. Jackson's election TO the pres;Janov
be! why Has Mr.. Rives changed in relao, ;,
single one OF these tests! No: the Enoni,.'
itself will not pretend that he has Villa, ,bs.
the secret Of its own summerset! Med v,.n,
Mr.. Rises believes that the Sub -Treasn,v If .,.
ed, will be " curse upon the country"-,ha,
" the greatest evil' with which we are now h.
ened and, acting upon that belief, he has ,b,o.
himself in opposition to the Administ, alton whit
avows It's determination TO " stand or fall" bvi
and II seems 10 us that, an honest man and , -
trioi, he could not have done otherwise. Tho f.
quirer has gone as far Mr.. Rives in denourc;..
that measure. fits own delineaiions of its ch
ter and probable tendencies be realized ii must of no.
cessity be greater evil''' than dozen N,,ior,,
Banks-for what can be greater evil than an Inn
limited Executive and an unguarded Excellence -
And yet, agreeing Nth Mr.. Riees upon his and upo,
all other practical questions, il nevertheless denourco
HIN with unsurpassed malgniIy and bitterness and
demands his sacrifice, because lie will not follow if,
own inelorious, cowardly and t,eacheious ureau
But, 1t says, in excavation OF lis open and alma,
rent apostacy from principle, that Mr.. Ryes and it.
sell differs from the Administration only upon =,
single point whereas they dissent from Mr.. CLAY.
ito use one Of its own favorile fgures,) the whole
breadth ofthe HORIZON" Is this true =! il cerrap,
is not. so far Mr.. Rives is concerned In his
Louisa speech. (Which, by the way, The Enquirer i,
afraid to publish, just as ii was afraid 10 publish
Mr.. Clay's Anti Abolition specify Mr. Rves show,
that he is opposed to the Administration upon seve.
raj points Does not the Enquirer concur with Mr.
K. in all those points! Does il approve of IN.
'coaon' between the Government and the Mon.
ster," by which the war between them was closed
and the financial agency Of The Bank re established
restored, as ii was originally discontinued in II.
press ciolahon Of iaw !? Does il approve of Mr. Van
Buren's recommendation Of the employmen, Of
Banks hereafter, at the discretion of The Executive
after the d,rorce between Bank and State shall
have been legally effected Does it approve Of
the doctrine set forth in Wallis Report that it 10 The
duy' of the federal office holders TO interfere with
the freedom Of elections. by enlightenine the "dea
ignorant people y Does it approve of Bentons
policy OF derauding Virginia of her interest in
the Public Lands Does il approye of Mr.
Van Burens recommendation of n Bankrupt
Law, applicable to corporations alone--a propo.
son which Mr.. V. b. himself some wears ago de.
nounced. as express violation of the constitution
and as directly conflicting with the rights Of tho
States! Does the Enquirer approve ofremovais from
office for opinion sake 7! of The claim, up by tho
Executive, OF a right to the custody of the public
purse OF the extravagant expenditures Of the gov.
eminent! OF its imbecile manag ement Of The Florida
war! Of its shameless electioneefipg expediens
We believe that in each and all OF these particulars
it decidedly condemns the Administration. 1t must
do So in consistency with its avowed opinions And
yet 1t is determined TO .snk or SWIM with i,-be.
cause, io,sooth iii holds the National Bank is the
greatest evil that threatens u.s.; as if National
Bank were any greater evil in 1899 than it was
1925 when the Enquirer by supporting VIM.
Crawford, showed that it deemed il a very trivial
ground Of objection to that gen,cman-And III
was thus trivial when its friend Mr. Crawford wasa
candidate for the Presidency. why we ask, in The
name OF common sense, is it such an insurmouD.
table objection now? Certainly the circumstances
existing at the two periods should have rendered.
then more serious ground Of opposition than it
now-ior, then. there no very violent hos,ilu
to 1t IN any quarter, and its re-incorporation woul
have been certain had Mr.. Crawford been President
at the time oil the expiration of its original charter
But now the case is different. Many of the FRIENDS
oil Mr. Clay, even, are opposed TO it, cons'
tutlonal grounds and others on grounds of expet'
ency and hence, his cleo ton would not necesssary
nor even probably, lead to its re- establishment. Blu
yet, the Enquirer was anxious for Mr.. Crawford'
success although he was Bank man. and with the
whole country in favour of Bank while it affects
to be against Mr.. Clay because he is Bank man
though the voice Of two-thi DIS ofihe country