Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-02-07
COMMUNICATION.
January 81, 1899.
FoR THE vIRulyiAN.
WIN. e. RlVES.

letting on his steam this morning, in your columns
| against VIM. c. Rives.-What a ridiculous fan.
iaronade Of nonsense-what consummate vanity
what s'gotted and unworthy intolerance Twenty
times as much viruent and illitera vtuperation and
denuncialon Of VIM. C. Rives. might daily be poured
out against him. by all the Mutiuses that ever both.
cred their scsDiy brainsto Gull a name from Roman
history; and VIM. G. Riveswould yet stand precisely
where he is-occupyiug, undismayed, the breach he
has thrown himself into and defending his country
best interests against political friend or foe Nor vii
the Mutius ofio-dsy any more influence the minds
Of sensible men about Rivcs, Than a thousand such
Muiiuses could drive him from The position be ba.
taken. What Is that position? Call him by VIA,
name you may, he 10 shoulder TO shoulder with the
Whigs.-And where has WIN. c. Rives been-and
wha, has he been for the last two years !-Amones,
how many has the great rule Of action been party
first and country merit Has il been 90 with Rives
Was he not the very Dagon ofhis pariy-its Ajax Tel
amon-particulary in Virginia; aud where is the man
who has been more efficient, even amongst the
Wings proper, in checking and defeating the nefar-
Gus schemes OF the present administration VIM.
c. Rives had certainly not then unfured the Whis
standard, but was battling hard against the admins
tration. before Andrew Jackson went out Of Of
fee and upon question, too. so near 10 tho heart
Of that wicked and obstinate old man, that he abso-
luiely pocketed Rives's Currency Bill, after il had
passed both Houses Of Congress. Rejecting men
can readily understand how delicate and dang erou,
position Rives then occupied The most elevated
integrity ofpurposc loves to take care Of nsef-thc
wheucd fangs Of party rancoui, ravenous for him
on either side as the history Of the present moment
demonstraby illustrates. Had he suddenly thrown
himself into the Wing ranks, what clamor from all
parties that the change OF position, the offspring
Of selfish motves-of corrupt ambition 40 this Mu-
thus now charges upon him. Was he honestly bound
TO declare himself Wing Was he bound to con
slider himself party man at all. ], is not dc MED
that would have liked him better, had he, at once
unfurlcd the flag Of the Wings, and declared a
ganst the /" follower in the footsteps" But he did
not do So Nor did many Of the most ds,ing ushed
Wings Of Virginia, and Of the Union, after Gen.
Jackson had committed nine hundred and ninety
nine acts Of misrule and denominations, abandon him.
The last act, perhaps less black than all the
the thousandth enorrnity, after nine hundred and
ninety nine had been perpero,ed--and borne and
stood TO, aroused the patriotism that had sept-ha,
had slept amidst political earthquakes and thus that
glorious Wing army, which the raw recruits, equal
with the veterans, are so proud Of has been multi
piled in its legions, and swelled in its numbers.
In The meantime the Wing camp has been KEEP,
open. II was necessary Tor VIC were like the Con
servatives, a Spartan band. We were in minority,
and " the Philistines" we're upon lis.
IL Mutius will cast his eyes over the country. and
gaze Tor moment upon tina, bright Wing piiaanx
that he raptuously discusses Of he will =" see
sishts."-f1e will see hangers upon that phaanx,
men calling themselves good Wings, and true, going
for that hideous hydra, the Sub-Treasury, with ns
army Of Receivers General, their Deputies, Sub
Deputies, and Thinkers with their strong boxes and
iron safes and leather bags, and bags made Of lind
sey- ,coolsey-such Wings he will see advocating
main, such an army Of vampires and mcrsenari les
And he will see, IN The midst Of the same phalanx.
wise men and patrots-men who have forgotten
more than Mutus ever though, of-ensaged but the
other day, IN nominating for the Presidency, a full
blooded Jackson man. Was it not so with Judge
White-wholiy and totally, up one side and down
the other, always Jackson man
Nd Cd Cov II.
dency sa'renderns in the ACT according 10 our mod
rrn Roman, their - patriotism aud honor" Be
tween ourselves. Mutius, what thought you Of that
nomination How did you put in your ticket, when
the election came on
What has followed Judge White stands by the
side Of the Oldest Wing veteran anmaling its squad
rons TO conquest; and Tennessee. with her gallant
and noble sons, has come to the rescue with him.
Does Mutus consider Judge White a deserer-
does he look upon the Tennesseeans deserters and
renegades Are all men deserters, who abandon a
wicked and plofigate administration, and join the
adversary party in defeating its msr"Ie, and ''' ruin
Gus schemes
Is Mu,ius for Tyler! Is he, too, another Jeserer
or is he Wing. good and true And yet but a
lulle while ago where would you have found him.
but n thorough going Jackson man. Where have
you found him, indeed, for the last Two years,
while Rses has been exposing his naked breast 10
the calling canonade Of the myrmidons OF power,
battling CALAMITY, he has done. against the darling
and paramount scheme Of the Van Buien admins
tration? No where;-o shilly shally upon the
fence" Not upon tho wach-tower or IL there. not
cheering either side the conflict but watching
the movements Of the cOnending armies, ready per
haps to cast his fortunes at the heels Of the great
Southern Captain whose tactics consist in checking
his allies, not IN beating the enemy. We are new
crtheIess, for the service he has done, willing 10 rank
John Tyler amongst the good Wings, aud true. Yet
while his nearest e,ghbOrs, perhaps, knew not his
position, the denounced RWes spurned and repsiled
the ,rannels Of party, and dared 10 hoist his coun
try's flag above every other standard.
Who will say he has not stood the brun Of the &C
liou for the last two years-,he whole artillery of,he
administration directed against him-co- operating,
fighting with the Whigs-under whatsoever political
name, battling Tor the same prnciples-agains,
power-asainsl all the hosts which that power could
bring into the ield-sruggling against commanding
majority, where his political destiny supposed TO
be stakcd-and espousIng the Of minority that
hated him
And yet this Mutu,. this Roman Republican,
sent back here upon us in the 10Th century, some
thousand or two years after he has gone the Gods
charges him with selfish and corrupt motives
Presently we shall hear that the honor Of the Wings
is sulled and stained, 10 the support Of Tallmadee ;
the gallant Tamadge-gallan and noble, "he black
lines Notwithstanding. Where is the Wing that
would not glory in such an ally IL Tallmadgc
too, desere, and renegade. unfit TO be trusted
Yet he stood by the great MOoch. after he had
perpe,rated thousand crimes sgainst The laws and
institutions Of his country. And are the Wings Of
New York renegades and deser,ers? Was the great
political victory that great State. victory oi de-
serters and rene gades-and over whom And was
il for such victory. that the Wings Of tho Union,
filed the land with The music OF artillery! All
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