Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-10-03

posed u doubt the all-absofbns character of this
contest. But when that the President uha
Is acandidate for reelection declares his solemn
purpose to - sink or SWIM with certain objeeiona-
Die measures,-and that huud, eds Of unprneipled
otce seekers and thousands OF misguided fteemen
nave determined 10 " sink swim with him, in
despite of their wowed hostility 10 these measures
how is It possible 10 doubt the vital importance of
the approaching contest for the Presdoncy-lhe alb.
solute necessity that every man WHO would
defeat the measures which he is opposed and
which he believes will, II consummaled. destroy the
prosperity aud put in ;-. the liberties Il the eoun.
try, shall unite with the opponents Of the men By
whose overthrow alone those measures can be A.
verted The document referred 10, however
needs no PREDATORY plaudls. The name Of its dis
ungushed author will insure for II tho deliberate at
ten'on Of all but the embitlered and prejudieed par
ian, whose ear would be closed to the adm oniiions
oil Truth, though she spake To HIM IN oil mel
ody sweeter than The music the spheres" in
voice OF thunder louder than that Which shall
"pea the last note Of timc." To such persons
no appeal is, or need be made. Ephaim is joined
to hs idols-let him alone"
One remark more. The listof delegates 10 the
honorably known TO the Commo NV ealh and TO the
Unon-embr"cing men Who stood shoulder 10
shoulder with James Madison in the great of
80, in defence of those principles which again
endangered-nay, which have been prostraicd-by
the very patty which has obtained by aftilicc and
fraud possession ofthe old Republican temple, and
whose high priests, pietendta aposates from Fede
iasm ale sacrilegously presiding n, The ALTA -'aeh
they in vain endeavored to demolish There will
be found names, too, of mer, long distinguished IN
our public councils as the nhcritots champions Of
the genuine faith Of the men of '9S, and who have
never yet battered their principles for power or relf
men, who, the contrary, have, in defence oflhcir
principles, chceriulIy laid down the insignia of rank
and Office. deeming private station tue post of
honor, when Office is ouly to be obtained or held
by n vassal-llkc pledge TO " sink swim with
man, elevated to the Presidency by accident, and
who seeks to mantain his power. thus UNIV o,hy
acquired, by fraud and corruption. Their old Nir-
GINA spirit revots this degrading pledge. and they
have entered the lists. with the chyal ric determine
ton "sinh swim" with their principles aud
with those who endeavorng 10 restore the pris-
tine honor and glory ofthe Republic. They will en-
ter upon this contest wit h a firm persuasionof Tie
Justice OF their cause, aud, persuaded, with an IN
flexible resolution TO do all that honorable men may
do to ensure its triumph. They may fail, indeed
for patriot counses have been Def r; unheard and
unheedtd amidst the camor of hiieline tongues. aud
patriot ords have been beaten down BY the strong
arm of me ceuary hordes bur, although " ii is not
in the power of morals to command success they
will do more ,-cndearor 10 dcserre it,
MIR. RIVES'S SPEECH. The necessity of
publishing this morning the proceedings of the
Staun,on Convention compels us, very reluctantly,
omit the latter moiety of tie profound and states
man-ike speech of'Mr. R,ves at the Louisa Din
1t is necessary Cor say, thar. in some
of the opinions ayowed by Mr.. Ri,es do not con
cur aud it is equally unnecessary add, that be-
longing to party which recos aizcs freedom of o.
pinion as one of the attributes OF American cili-
zen, neilhe, to be surrendered to Executive nor 10
Parry dicta,on. do not the es,, that account,
homo. the manliness with which his sentiments are
avowed, and the ability with which they are maintain
ed. We earnestly ask all candid minds, of all par
ties, to peruse Mr.. Rs speech before they finally
condemn him. " S,rke-bul heart
O. The North Carolina Spoilers had joll6ca-
ton, Milton, few days ago, AT which there
not less than five Table OratorS'-a fact which
we would respectfully commend the consideration
of our worthy contemporary Of the Richmond Enqui-
rer. There Capt. Coles delegate in Con.
gress, and Mr.. Tredway of d. nvillc, and Mr.. Ter
" Of ditto, and Mr.. Loring. a Loco Foco editor
Gom Raleigh, chrisened at the festival 1.-The Thos
Richie Of North Carolina" and Colonel Paul
TAYLOR of Halifax, and Senator Bedford Brown -
Aud the beauty of tits, that the Reporter was thrown
into sucn 6,s Of ecstaey by the overwhelming elo
quence Of these gentleman seyerally and collective
ly,-these modern Demoslhcnes, Ciceros, g. so forth,
that he threw down his pen in utter despair of
" DOING THEN JUSTICE Arab, Pat,
now" said Dennis to Paddy, when the latter told
him he should have justice land that, ialh is The last
Thing want" And will some of these orators
S'!-0' 'neS nave ". eyed faster than Jacks bean
badly give readers taste of the quality ofthe pro
ceedings at this merry making soon, unless
attention shall be engaged ty metal attractive.
~" Some weeks ago we published violent
s7ult upon Mr.. Rives and upon that portion Of the
Wing rarly which voted for him Senator last win
ter, signed SC" Upon this article we commented
al lA"",i' al our cemmenis drew forth rejoinder
from "Ci." to which we uss!n responded-sInce
which Time we have heard nothing from him. we
published the articles of :. G." without knowing by
whom they were wril,en-bccause, although we u