Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-01-21
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U. 5. SENATOR-No. l.


me once more, through .our columns 10 iutrude my
opinions upon the public. The DIN olthe approach.
ing conflict FOR L. 5. Senator has reached even the
secusion. from political strife. which had selected
Tor myself and so important do consider the crisis
so vitality may IL affect, for veal VICE. the cause OF
Whigsm and free principles, that feel constrained
10 break in upon resolve, long since formed and
gain to approach its troubled vortex. Experience,
that faithful but sometimes rugged monitor, early
satisfied me, II was garden, in which grew, more
thorns than roses, and the hope ltant though be-
that even as weak a voice as mine, may possibly
fleet light upon this subject, alone induces the
step.
Who shall the Wings vote for as L. 5. Senator
Or to put the intertoga,ory in a better shape-Will
il be polite under existing circumstances. TO tnrn
out VIM. L Rves, ioi the purpose of putting some
older Wing IN ?-ford Wig hciS according to my
definition Of the term, as shall show in the sequel.
For seven years have belonged To the Wing party.
enrolled myself amongst them, because, saw the
Federal Executive, giving To the vessel Of State,
direction which must finally wreck the government,
and because the Wings offered the only hope to at
its progress TO ruiz. During this period. Mcssrs
Editors. as you very well know, have neither alter-
ed, nor tainted, by the way sde-and as you also
know, no Wing in the IT, 5. has been more bitterly
opposed TO Vim. G. Riyes than myself: But Ia
king calm and dispassionae survey otthe past, the
present and the future, | DO most sincerely believe
that the Wh,gs-as they love their principlcs-as
they hate the ptions and abuses of this admin
and debasc the otherso are they imneratively cal
led on, to send VIM. &. Rves back TO the Senate.
What shall we gain by turning him outl Not
vote in the Senate ! not friend in the country !
What shall we lose : We lose the services OF one,
who, from his former intimacy, with the party Is
competent. TO do us and cause, more service,
than any we could send in his stead how talent
ed, he might bc-one. who from his position, has
cessaly glanced into the dark secrets of the prison
housewife knows all the rotten places of the party.
and consequently where TO direct his blows-one who
atleng;h, conscious othc vile schemes to which he
has lent himself comes To us, burning with enthusi
asm to clear his skirts of the dark ain,s which have
been cast upon him-who feels that the eyes OF sus-
pcion are fastened on HIM. and that single false
STEP danlns him with MS, and pos,crity forever-one
who waking from his deep sleep, beholds chance,
gle chance left To realize the brilliant hopes,
which once beckoned hlm EDWARDS, and sees in this
administrations the dark fiend--he willy Magician
who has numbered his way, and strewn horus be-
meath his feel-in short, one who has every induce
neut which can be supposed, capable Of operating
upon him man. and as politician, to be honest,
ftfu and true, and NOT one solitary motive to in
cline him to treachery. We shall lose the assistance
of the Conservative party. lie is their achno~ lodged
leader in this State and in casti"c ndignity upon
him, we cast indigniiy upon the whole party The
Conservatives have long been party me"-Cap,iva-
ted BY Gen. Jackson's remarkable popularity, they
stuck TO him with fidelity, that knew " neither
change, nor tie shadow ofturnlng:' Though thick
and through tbin--lhrough good and through evil
repor,, with warmth and zeal, thai forbade them e.
ven TO doubt the man Of their choice they clung
him tllrou ghout his whole political career-and now
when they have paused and refused longer to follow
his successor .in walking in the footsteps of his Illus
.ious predecessor, ii not TO be supposed that they
have pcr saitum placed themselves above the
reach o. party, aud Of party shackes do not say
this in dispara cement OF our Conservative brethren.
Should the period ever arrive (Which God iorbid,)
when the Win. party, departing from that slnseness
of purpose, which now cliaractcrzcs them, shall be
found s,raylng in forbidden paths. and portion of
us should fnd il necessary 10 flank oil from them, we
TOO should experience the same feelings, and be ope-
rated on by the same causes The dishonest pollti-
tian who changes his party from selfish motives, is
careless OF the shafts of lldicue and unsiung by the
venom OF rcproach and suspicion +; so .he lever
of his actions and all finer feelings, lie torpid under
its debasing infiucncc-But the honest man. whose
principles force him TO abandon party, with which
he has long acted, and face into concert with his late
opponents feels that he is placed in suspicious a.,
titudc-tha he has lost the confidence and respect Of
one side, without gaining that OF the other llowev-
or pure he may be- his pride of consisency-his self
ioye-his honour are all painfully alive. Hence his
keen sensibny--his lynx-eyed jealousy OF his new
friends-his writhing under real or imaginary af
fronts, and hence too many remain with party, and
dragged reluctantly in It's Train, long after their
judgments whisper TO them, ii is time they had forsa-
ken it.-Dsgracc VIM. G.. Ryes then by cJectng
him from the Senate, POLITICALLY, | mean,) and we
lose the assistance OF the CONSERVATIVE party. lie
himself will be neutral and inactive, fo no gentleman
coulI force, sic hit OF this sort, coalesce it'll \
pary who had thus rejected his proifee ed services
a portion of his party would initiate him. whilst ma
nv would listen the overtures, which this false
move Of the Wings would cause eagerly TO be made
to them, and silently drop back into the admlnistra-
ton party again. Can we afford to lose them or
have we grown so strong, to be able to dis
arm them, and place them the peace establish
mcn in inslorious activity Surely not. The
envy is checked, not vanquished, and with the lmi-
table resources of his patronage, nothing but the most
yiriant ceaseless and well directed efforts of the
! Wings can compete. Who gave us our success in
the Spring elections The Conservatives They,
generally speaking, either voted for mac
tive But for this the result for the previous year,
would not have exhibited a gain Of even one mdn-
and drive then; back 10 the administration, and the
Spring elections will leave the Wings PROSTATE and
undone. Mark the Professionalism IFh c. Rires
out of the Senate, and the neat elections will leave
the Wing party PROSTATE and undone-and undone
! forever 1t would be vain, after had discovered
our error again to WOO them TO our embraces. The
olive branch would hive been fred on and no act or
sophstry could plaster over the wrong or induce
them to forgive the injury. Sec you not that he OF
the ENQUIRER knows this-and know YOU not that
to reouison by this foul aposlatc to foster this ru-
nous aud miserable state of affairs.
We shall loose that character for dsn crcstcdness,
which has hitherto been the " badge Of our tribe
that devotion TO - principles not men, which has
been the watch-word Of our Pary-that Roman
sernness which would induce us to pass sentence on
our own sons, when they proved traitors TO Their
country. IT, under ting circumstances, we turn
ont VIM &. Rives, one is so blind as not to see