Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-12-05

or Their tod, Tor eotd-when ChIeitan whose lame
had outliyed his wits, seated the throne
when he WAS behind the throne, and could that
ohettalns popularity to his use-when he
could explain the laws aud bring the nations ttea
sures 10 ms feet-rly shonidhe be patrlot-drudee
to be saudered by foes aud mis- Judged by fools -
No
Let CLAY he honest, ever doomed to meet
HIS dire desert denarIion and defeat,
Wise by his weakness ii was his To sail
The stream along, before the moving gale
lie resorted TO the golden bribes'-he bought the
empire with his own gold II was fair transaction,
and he called upon the laws aud the safety fund to
attest the deed lie battered Jackson Tor the cheese
" lustfions Chief -, Seeoud Washington -
" Greatest and Best -" Hero of two Wars -
" Born 10 Command -" Y ictor OF the victors Of
Waterloo -" Statesman more than Hero -
Equal in all things, and IN all things Great HE
tanned aud soothed The lion, who, to show that he
was that FOR which he Praised and 10 display
these varied talents not deemlng that Merlin pointed
the way, commenced 10 announce uudheaid oi doc
times. To be great, he must be original. With
rude hand he seized the wheels of government
Nov 'hnnderna ye! veto, following ye,oGa roll
t"tfs the sword he II simplify the WHOLE
Who shall restrain the action co ordinate powersi
II these powers oppose the Government must move
zigAag. or stand stll IT all contusion-lhesc
clogs and checks aud wheels lie was for great
wheel To give motion 10 all the rest. These were
ms principles he was frank and these he thought
we've his own, unconscious all the while that he was
I
ing but glory meets him. lie assumed with honest
zeal. the nations treasures. for the nations veal
he 'took the responsibilities" aud crushed Monstct
of the Law and the result was. thai the more OF
chartered rights and OF the restraints OF the law he
destroyed the less would remain TO be destroyed by
/ Van Bnren. his successor. Every claim advanced,
and every power uSurped, became the legitimate
means OF more. The startling creed which once
shocked 10 be heard moves not the accustom-
ed ear, though OFT proclaimed. jackson claimed.
! II iu,,o III, and
verted, lent him aid. Does now paruzan squan-
der the public money, the laws allow IL for the
public good Is the Treasury plllered ii is all H.
nance
and powers ofol in one department blcnt,
Mem Just-to simplify the Government!
Thence, from Tins hwless lust for power, his false
hood and ilaueiy, and from this license, came these
"'rrcasury Frauds and "a our woe
Gentlemen, II is not upon the poor, parasitleal
knaves, who perpelr1te "entse frauds" that war.
Ne; II they were nov donyIcts in the Penitentaty,
/ (Which the President recommends lof en- would,
/ II had the power, pardon them until the system was
Destroyed and It's great loundefs-lhe cliel offend
ers-btought TO justice. The times, II may be, have
ACT ed upon the author OF this system; but now, he
aud his system act, in HER turn, recprocally upon
the times. ! hold the Swartwonts, and Prices, aud
llanses, and Boyds, aud Linns, and Spenccrs. aud
all the host oldelauIers, responsible butt do ar
raign, AT the bar Of the country, the Van Burens
aud Woodbuys, aud the CIeandefs and Perrnn srs
u
and spoils," Who countenance and connlve at those
who practise its creed and who profit by the profit
gacy they have engendcied aud cncour ged by lheil
official and internal influence.
To show that "these frauds do exist las teen my
part-and
e" intlcse disastrous times
All have their part 10 act: For who would wish
To let such n great ocCusiOnpnss away,
Nor mark il with renownl no docs not hear
The voice otgofy when the country calls -
heard her voice crying to mc--to ALTO wipe Of
the stains OF her pollutlon-to cleanse her from cor
ruplion, which sullies her homo and SIPS erlber,
and obeyed the call | appealed the Legs
lauye Department alas Caesar had anticipated
that resistance; lie bad made good his own ophe-
| cy. thai, through the appointment of members al
Congress to office, corruption would become the
order of the day in the Senate and House III Re
meseutatlves But, in spite OF 1.-THE parry" in The
first attempt compelled the yrant advance his
usuipation far, lnsoenty deny and resist the
right of the People-the right Of Iheir representa-
tves-to inquire into the conduct OF Executive Off
GERS and Executive Departments. And time, the
great afbiter OF truth, has since proved and eslab
Ilshed beyond doubt, and by their own admission,
and denunciatIons, every change which was made
in $50, against their first and most cherished c.
i pertinent of the Pet Bank System, snperinlended
and managed by the notorious Reuben NJ. Whitney
changes which they then as slrenuously denied a,
they now do any imputatIon upon Sub IIeasuiy
Whitney whom they then defended and shielded Il,
bury and his land receivers aud collectors ;--inqui
fics which they then denounced worse than -
Spanish inquisilion." though the committees at frs
were organized and packed by parry TOOL in the
Chair of the House and which have since proved
sure enough worse than the rack and torture tn,
| Administration, since they were constituted by the
House itself, and in form 10 probe with efficiency
the sources of The corruption and abuses which dis
grace our Government.
These frauds, gentlemen result necessarily, re-
peat, from the ends which Mr.. Van Buren, original
" aimed AT. and which he has nearly attained. W.
have parties vaiiously and much divided about sys
iems-systems OF finance. One is for a Naiuna
Bank one for Deposlte Local Bank System
one for the Sub Treasury System and the ruth IS
whilst we are debating the systems and alternatives
of systems which the lars should adopt, no system
prevails and no lar eigus And this ls. in fact
the system at winch Nh. Van Buren, has aimed al
along-entire, unparalleled, nnreStrdRed, unlimited
absolute E1ecuttre discretion!
In 1888 the party professeI the metallic, hard
money policy. They removed The depustes and
instead OF dyorcng The Government from the Bank,
then, took their embraces some eighty nnei,
local pets; stimulated them to every kiud Of excess
refused to pass Mr.. Biuney's amendment TO the frs
proposed dcposte aw,requrlng AT least one yt Of the
amount Ui deposlte IN Spcc1e made that The pretex
OF passing no law refused their Sub Treasur,
Schcms in 1885, IN the form Of General Gordon,
propositions for which, by the bye, Ivuted, in min
orily Of 81 to 6l, for other reason in the world
than to demonstrate the holowDess and hypocric,
of their professions for hard money government
and for which would not have voted. II there had
been the least danger OF their voting for it, aud re-
deemlng their professions they never passed an,