Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-04-08
&C.

ON the 4th of May, 1880, Select Committee,
raised NJ tic instance ol Col Benton, on the subject
] oil Executive patronage, oil which lie was Chairman,
and MI, Van Buien, with other DISTINGUISHED gen-
temcn OF tic Jackson party, were members, report
ed their views nj length to the Seuatc of the u, s.
They represented, with pencil Of light, the inherent
tendency of patronage 10 inctease-ts msldlous APP
prRaehcs-ils almost seductive and resistess rllu-
enccs, and lis oVcrpoWefng energy, when II has once
acquired the ascendant. " We must look forward
say lhcy To the time Chat period now atiped) when
the public revenue will be doubled when the civil
and military officers OF the Federal Government viii
be quadruped when the Influence over individuals
viii b. multiplied 10 an ndcfnite extent when the
nomination by the President carry any man
through the Senate, and his recommendation carry
measure through he fieo Houses Of Congress; when
the principle of public acton viii be open aud
ed, The President teants MY VOTE and | rant
! HIS patronage. will vote as lie wishes, and he
will give the Office wish for. What will ths
be butth Government OF one man Aud what Is
he Government of one man but monarchy =
Names are nothing. The nature Of thng is in its
substance acd the name accommodates itself to
the substance The first Roman Emperor was sly
T. led Emperor OF the Republic and The last French
Il Emperor took the same title, and their respective
countries were justas essentially monarshical before.
% as after the assumption OF them. 1t cannot be dc
d med CT dlssembed that the Federal Government
graytatcs 10 the same point and that the election OF
OF the Executive 10y the Legislature qulckcns the I'M
J. pulsion.
f. -" Those who make the President must support
o htn.-Iher political fate becomes ldenu6 ~ they
- must stand or fall together. Right wrong, they
= must support him."
What would the authors of these truly patriotic
AMI Republican sentiments have thought OF that 20
s. tcal sevllty which openly aud unblushingly IN.
IA cplcates "sink or swim policy How would these
a slavlsh doctrines square with their Republicanism
$ as laid down in this report Ii Col Benton and Mr.
n Van Buen sincere and honest in this solemn
e expression OF their sentiments, they would be com
= PEELED, by their principles, TO repudntc, with as
d much and indignation as any Conservative
d this degrading oath OF teay 10 party CHIEF, tins
c inscriptions endorsement in advance OF opinions
and conduct which cannot be toreseen anticjpa-
led-this odious and unmanly submission to the ca
pneious and despotIe eXa2Iions OF party. If sin
ceie, their patriot appehensions foi The perpetuity
OF our institutions would have been greatly excited
# and they would have made the very walls of the Cap
itol lremble with the thunder OF their dcnuncia-
TONS. They would have told that the prophe-
81 cy aud its lulhlmeut were contemporneous-that
!, our Government was monarchy H0tc. Is there
nothing al this day to make us fear that our Govern
= ment erayltaics to monarchy ! II The recommcn-
dalions OF the President can carry tins Sub-Freasuy
measure through the two houses OF Congress- stamp
ed as it has been by the rcprobalIon of almost all
men OF all parties, throughout our extensive domiu.
y Ion and receiving especially the almost unanimous
/ tePobatDon OF that party now advocating /, what
cannot the President do, under tins yassa doctrine
oil blind and indiscrminate support
, When Mr.. Roane elected to the United
states SENATE, the vote in the House of Delegates
so far as the Wing party was concerned, was for
, koane 24-aeanst him, aud for Judge Daniel / g.
with some few scattering. In the Senate-tor
g koane, " lngs-agans him p So that be recc.
. we'd the votes OF 30 aud his competitor thuse of
I only. Without the Wings, MI. Roaue would not
aud could nor possibly have been e.ected-Noic toI
Mr.. Peaqleton'S Speech.
AT the diuner Which WAS given to ar. Raes IN the
City oil Richmond, ael the close Of the session OF