Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-02-07
LYNCmBURG, FEBRUARY, Z
THE TOCSIN !!


fallen last Spring. and to which is ascribed the tr
umph of the Wings a, that period. We hope its
loud tones will be heard by their adversaries also,
and that they too will buckle their armor for the
coming fight. Let them not fall into apathy and
supineness; for, IL ever there was time which de-
manded energetic and united action, it Is now when
THE EXECUTIVE openly arrays itself against
THE PEOPLE, and cndeavors TO force obnox-
ous measure upon them, in despite both Of their
remonsrances aud Of their votes, by the scourge Of
party discipline, and the ,errors Of party os,racsm
Nor the people fail to perceive the Inconsistency
"Democrd c" reasoning as well as the insoent and
presumptuous character Of its conduct For. willie
in one BREATH they denounce Senator Rivcs, and
ALL who like him, oppose their headlOng course,
because they believe that it will prove fatal to the
interests and TO the liberties Of the county. the
express ground that difference of opinion the
lance enough TO justify final separation. they, on
the other hand, declare that this very question is of
such overshadowing magnitude TO absorb all 9th
ers, and 10 justify the reprobalion of all who do
sustain it, or at least who, failing 10 sustain it, are
therefore unwilling to support the by whom it
is recommended and enforced They appeal to Mr..
Rives to relinquish his opposition to this in his
opinion mschevous policy and because lie refuses
to surrender The honest conviction Of lis judgment,
and to i" sink or swim" with those who have
poused il, they strike him down a traitor to his
plnciples--and with unparalleled efroncry, call on
the Conservatives to aid them in immo latlpg him .
To use the appropriate and striking figure Of Of
the most firm aud talented members Of that hated
but, as an election approaches coured party, they
invite them to the Feast Of Reconciliation and after
the ceremony ofhe first lra,e,nal hug is over, they
demand that their gallant leader shall pe made a
rropiatory sacrifcc-that rictim shall be slan and
tina, victim their chief to cement the bonds Of this
unholy alliance And can il be, that the Conserva-
tives will be party TO this compact, the first
di,ion of which is the ruin Of Mr.. Rves! We will
not believe itfor if the ubTreasury be Il vitality
important question, then Mr.. Riyes stands justified,
not only in Ills conscience, bui before his coun-
try, in the noble attitude which he has recently as
SUNBEAM attitude worthy of the highest adm,ra-
ton, because it exalls the Par,zan into the Pa,r.
OF. But, if it be not important question, then
they should not sacrifice Mr.. Rires because he oppo-
ses firmly It's adoption. Entertaining tina, opinion,
lie, as an honest man, can do no less than oppose
lis adoption. They, on the other hand, affecting
not so to regard H. should punish him for acting
upon his own honest CONVICTIONS But they know
that it is import n,-a vitality important question
and hence their hatred of the man by whose siren
uous opposition they have been defeated. And if they
display rancor to other less cons picuous members
OF the same party. it is because they have not yet
lost all hope OF efiecling, at least until the Spring
elections are over, compromise is the word,
compromise, by whic one party, maintains its orr
ginal ground and the other sun enders every thing
compromise, indeed On this question there
can be no compromise-for it involves a prin-
ciple OF ransccndant importance-and, in the
language of the same gentleman above referred To-,
. there can be no compromise ofprincipie among hon.
est men :" They who believe that the Sub Trea-
sury question is measure OF a nischievous and dan
gerous character, are bound to oppose the men
who manifest an unfinching determination TO force
their new Experiment upon reluctant, nay, a
hostile people. And the other hand, they who
agreeto " sink swim" with the men By HON this
pernicous and insulting course is pursued, cannot
believe ii TO be measure of material consequence
or they are false alike to their principles and to their
country. There is no escape from ofthe horns Of
this dilemma. 1t is in vain for them to say that they
80" 'o"e'hhpS "otsc Hoh Tue success OF Tie OppOS-
ing party-ior nothing can be worse. according 10
Uter oca sho,cing, than this scheme which, under
the false pctence of divorcng Bank and State trans.
iers the Purse to the same hands which Yields the
Sword, and aggrandzes the Executive, already the
posscssor of dangerous share of Power and Pat.
ronage, at the expense of the Representatives Of the
People, the only safe, as they the only const.
tuonal repositories of that Power and Patronage.
But word in relation to the proclamation which
has gone forth from head quarers-a paper whic h
IS Mt least remarkable for its gratutous assumptions
as is for its brevi,y. 1t purports to be Address
OF the Democratic members Of the Legislature, and
commences with the silly insinuation, that the
Wings are the old Federal party in disguise The
authors Of this Address know--or if thew do no
their ignorance is as conspicuous as their usoepcr
that at the head of their own party stand MANY of
the names of the most prominent mcmbers Of III.
long extinct Federal phalanx. They know, Jus, a.
we'll, that in the Wing ranks are to be found many
VINO now, as well as formerly. are State Rights men
OF the slraitest Sect and consequently Republicans.
according TO the ancient and approved canops of
9S-9s. They know that the old party lines have
long since been obterated and all It's landmarks
removed and that the parties of the present day arc
organized upon questions Of totally different cha
racter from those which, at the time of the adopion
oil the federal constitution. divided the nation They
know that the most atiludinously federal doctrines
'hat nave ever been promuIga in this country,