Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-04-11
LyNonHURG, APRIL n, 1880.
The Loco Foco appeal 10 the Conservative,

DENLY very much puzzled when they came to III,
portion of 1t which was intended to reconcile H.
Conservative portion of their party-the hon.,,
opponents Of the Sub Treasury-,o ,ha, mos, al,
wish and demorazlng doctrine of " sinking or swim
ing with the Administration which has itenfis,
its fate with that scheme And we will do then, n.
justice TO say that they discharged The delica,s ,.t
Of endeavorlng to persuade those gentlemen h.,
measures are nothing in comparison to men,-,b.,s.
by reversing Mr.. Monroe's celebrated max;n
Principal non hoplincS,"-with admirable dex,.,
ty. The address, admitting the "hones,y" # The
Conservatives, very magnanimously and mercfullv
declares that it will not prescribe them FOR Their
course and adds, that ii will not " require ,b.m,s,
change their opinions" or expect then: 10 com.
promise their principles Of dsapprobalion 10 tn. In,
dependent Treasury system" This is all very an.
e'ous and plausible but is it true, in point Of .,,
why was DIR. Jones removed from the office of po,.
master at Washington City! Why is the Axe Of
Prescription now upiited ovei the heads of NJ
Skinner OF Baltimore,-of Mr.. John Campbell. II g
'reasurer,-ol VIM b. Lewis, Cd Auditor. Sc. NJ,
Is II not exclusively because they will nat cb,n,
their opinions or compromise their prin, ;,,..",
No one can doubt it. Why was William r. p;u.
abandoned by his whole patty Why are lame.
Garland and George w. Hopkins opposed in ,b.;r
respective Congressional Districts! Wby ia W.,
f. Gordon, recently the bitter enemy of the Admin.
istration, now lavorite with its friends, Wby i.
it, that, whenever the Sub Treasury men are strong
enough to dispense with the aid Of the Conserya-
,ives that every opponent Of Il financial proiet
though otherwise friendly TO the Administration is
unceremonously thrown overheard Ifills is no,
prescription, what is ii IL it be SAID that Messrs
Rives, Garland, and Hopkins differ from the Admin
israon on other questions than the Sub-Treasury
scheme, aud that they upon the whole unfriend.
ly to the reelection of the present incumbent va
ask, IN tuin, how can any patriotic man be other,
wise than hostile to Van Burens reelection so
long as he makes this question test ofpoltca fdeli-
ty, and identifies his fate with its deieat-
and so long as they believe that their opposition TO il,
IS based ON the strong grounds upon which they
have heretofore placed il /! And is il not requiring
them to compromise their principles" when a
pledge is demanded ofthem to sustain an Admins.
tration which pertnaciousy clings to a measure
TO which they are decidedly opposed, fer reasons
Of the most weighty and imperative Character, The
" requsilion' of he Address it is true, is very plain
and simple in its character and is very modcsy an
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"a hearty support to The general policy lihe Ad.
ministration"-in other words, aud in palmer Ian
guage, (for that is what it neansD that thew
shall pledge themselves 10 sink or swim with Maj
tin Van Buren, But we ask if this is not a compro.
mise Of principle Hit is not 1t is Only because il
is worse than compfomise-bctause il is total
surrender OF those prime pies. 1t is practical re-
coguiton of doctrine Of which Sir Robert Filmer
and other advocates Of the divine right Of Kings to
sway the sceptre of unlimited despotIsm over the
minds well the persons of their subjects,
might have been proud to have incorporated into
their political creed. 1t is doctrine worthy the
iron despoisms of the darkest ages, and would now
be secuted from the least enlightened and free ofthc
! European States TOO slaysh for THEN adoption
! What opposea measure recommended BY the Pre-
sdent and peftinaciousy adhered to by that Junction.
AIRY in despite of its repeated reputation by tho
people. as perilous alike to the prosperity and ber
! ties of the country-denounce this measure as tend
ing directly to confer upon the Executive powers
which no King in limited monarchy, should be per-
mitted to WELD, and as subjecting the public money
TO be plundered by 'innumerable hands-and yet
vote for and endeayor TO secure the reelection of
men who their unaerable determination to
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nounce the sin, but yet act as to ensure its per-
petraon, by cheering the sinner Reprobate
the treason, but yet vote to put the garrison under
the control of the traitor? This is, in effect and IN
reality, the doctrine of the " sink or swim" Con-
servatiyes. Suppose Gen. Washington had been
gifted with the faculty Of pre- science, and could
have ioresecn the detection of Benedict Arnold
what would have been thought of his PATRIOTISM of
his honesty, of his common sense, if he had still
trusted him with the command at West Point, on
the absurd pretext that he admired his general
policy" and only differed with him on the single
point" Of his treason ! The Conservatives may con-
cur in the general policy" ofthe Administrations:
but what il they think the Sub-Treasury scheme
will if adopted lead to an "unlimed Executive
and ungnarded Exchequcr," as the Enquirer told us
it would in 1837-of what avail will be its general
policy, if it, by this particular act, destroy the Re-
publican character Of our system and expose The peo-
PIES money, ,crang from them by taration to the de-
predictions Of oGctat robbers? Can its general
policy" however excellent in theory, atone lor this
act OF moral treason upon the Constitulion-thIs
iaithlessness TO a high delegated trust 1.-THE Con-
seivaves betieue that the Sub-Treasury scheme IS
as dangerous they themselves have declared to
be, their concurrence of opinion with the Admins
traton on other measures, however numerous, can
not justify them in giving their support Tor the
obvious reason that all the measures combined IN