Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-04-11

An 7s,I -. ~ ali ,,,t,es admit that they have
ceased to be praeiicaf queslioas. an ues " .nr.
tctinp Natinnai Bank, has been fehnqu'sheu "y us
fn,,er s,neuine advocates rs Unnecessary and ineS-
n.da, in the present and probable future nonetaf,
rondtiop of the COUNTY,; the necessity oi internal
Imrroveusnts by the General Governmcu,has been
entirely superseded by the energetic application "i
the rrsoniots If the several States 10 that object;
and tho I'auh Is settled by the terms Of the Tom
pronise Ad Of la33. miles u slai De u opened for
roicai purposes ~ those lehoafse Ia drcta ~e re-
establishment IF high proiecitre duties. Ihese ou.
ties indeed, longer necessary. the staohhy Oh
our manufacturing establishments enabling mem 10
maintain aeompelieu with foreign idbries ""h9u'
rrsori 10 this exfaucouh suppott-a support "N'e''
dneuatng with the alternate 1se and fan OF nait's'
is far from being desirable even were 1t any longer
csscutisl-for with that branch Of national lhuus-
nv, as with every oiler stability ol legislation IS ia'
more important Tim temporary advantages OF "i'ch
they may. when least expected, and when iheif
Withdrawal might o. erate most disasuonsiy be ue-
prvci by the result Of an annual election
Ii The policy Of fe-ohateong National Bauk'
however, were YET an opan question, "h't gu'Ian-
tee htvcw ia Mr.. Van Bureh's pHst pOhuUcal his
tory. that lie would oppose IT'S lscotrorai'on Il ne
found II erpeRieaf 10 sabcton il ;! II IS impossible
that he can be more decidedly opposed 10 National
BanG now than he was 10 the Sub. Treasury System
In 1881 and yet. ngd him advocating the
Sub-Trcasufy with all Tie powers Of bi, intellect
AVID cndeayorng 30 iis establishment by bting.
fnc Tue Niut machinery al isAtt Udlini"~' "'
party discipline 10 bear upon III SC who may be
bought by the former, whose "cowaid nerves
may shrink tom tie terfofs Of tie IdUct-N"f Is
this the only marked change IN The constitutional %
puious Of that gentleman which his history discioses
One his nlteady bern reeffedto, in relation 10 The
application Of = uniform bankrupt law TO banking
corporations; and surely II IS not uncbauiable 10
suppose that under like Influences, Ike change
may be wrought IN his opinions upon M@ question:
particularly rs II IL not known that he bad ever eh-
mess cd the slightest doubts either Of the consu-
uouaty on cspedieney Of National Bank, until up
poaiiiuu to il became an ailce IN the creed OF the
Jackson pafty OF which his pliancy to its chiei had
made HIM distinguished lavorie, and ensured nm
the nomination OF the Convention OF olhce-holdeis
aad political adgenturefs which assembled al Baltl-
more to notify the people OF Gen. Jacksons deter
nlInaiion to throw the purple over his shoulders
IL MI Van Buren, opposed "Mc Bank" because
The creed Of his Party accidentally required H. and
was willing. for the same sufficient reason, to sup
port "a Bank" as II is presumed he was when IT
wasor,ho3ot TO draw tins nice distinction, may we
NOT without doing Inn the slightest injustice, infer
that thc Bank" will again, IN his opinion, become
constitutional and proper, when. If ever, 1t shall be
his interest So TO consltue the Constitution, and TO
arrest ihe eyl consequences OF an mpotc' financial
system!
Ia relation TO the mower of the General Govern
ncnt to construct works Of Internal improvement,
it rs known that Mr.. Van Burcn at one time rccog-
niacd il in It's most Objectionable form That he
aiicrw ards tccanled tbs opinion, furnishes only a
bother link in the chain oil testimony which goes 10
sustain The position, that the character Of his conSii
taiionai opinions depends upon the pAreula oeca'
sion by which they are elected, and tile objects 10
which they are TO be applied aud do not flow from
fixed and dcterminale principles oil consttucoD--tlc
nuly safe ground of reliance, and destitute oil which
no politician deserves the name OF a stacsman, or can
be safely trusted with the duties Of The Chief Ma
gist,9cy, in limited Government. Scarcely less oh
- # ffa rtinE la
the authority OF Gen. Jackson's name which draws
between works Of national aud Of locdl
Character and between Improvements ADORE and bco'c
ports Of eutry. Both admit OF the most nlerant a
buses, while the latter involves the absurdty that
Law Of Congress, by establishing port Of entry
where d" God and Nature lave never intended that
one shall exist may give new meaning To the Con
sttuton, and ndehueltly enlarge the jurisdiction OF
Congress The recognition OF the power to APP
ptouriao money unfortunately, is less lndcens-
Bile, because less Liable 10 prneison and unjust dis
criniiuation than these nice aud impfacticabe dis
tinctions--v hch, under the legislation Of corrupt
aud unprncip plea men, will always be converted into
an engine sf patiial and sectional a.g,and cement TO
the exclusion of the South, of course, from all the
benefits oIthc system il syslem can be called, which
is SO indefinite IN its character aud so uncertain IN its
rcsnlts The pctncious and extrayagant fleets Of this
novel principle, may be traced IN the increased a
mount Of expenditures Tor this branch Of the public
service. Indeed il is admitted, by the frlebds OF tho
Administrations that" the estimates Tor 1889, for
improving certain haibors, aud the navigation oi
certain creeks and isefs amount TO Sl,7l3.O0n,
whilst The expenditures IN this branch, ichicIt 1eeIe
unkHolca until ls2G, amounted in 1920" (thc FIRST
wear Of Gen. Jaekson's Admlnisttaon0 " TO only
Sil5 600" 50 that. bs Their own showing. APP
propriitions for tbs single branch OF Inter
nal Improvement, has, in ten years, under an
anti Internal improvement Administration, been more
than rcblcA IN amount In ruth, tho approptIa-
tons for tins object have been much larger during
the Administrations oil Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Van
Buren,, than they were under any preceding Admin
isreuon!
No apprehension can BIO seriously culcitained by
rejecting and observing men, that any attempt will
be made to revive the policy of projecting duties
The manufacturers themselves as we have before re-
marked, desire STABILITY rather than higher duties,
subject to perpetual AID sudden change. even if the
more exalted motive of patriotism did not operate
upon all classes and all parties alike 10 avoid The
newa OF controversy, which, no very remote pc
noi' Threatened to light up the torch OF civil dscord
and TO dissolve the political ties that have 50
loug united the several States OF this Coniedetacy
/ together IN the bonds 81 common brother hood
But it may well be questioned, whether, If the sub
lect be again revived Mr.. Van Buren, should be Sc
leccd as tho organ oi Southern opinions and the de
lender Of Soutl cru Interests, when II Is reCoecied
that he voted both for the Farm Of 1S2i aud 1925
the latter, 10 be sure, under instructions :" butt
Is believed that those instructions were in accordi-
ance WIN ms own opinion, and we've indeed ptocu.
red by his own insuumentany We are justified in
this inference by the course pursued by Mr.. Van
Buicn, ona previous occasion On 1870 when he
unequivocally animated, If he did not expressl,
avow to distinguished Nnginlau, then in the
L. S. Senate, his intention 10 cooperate 1cih At
South IN opposition 10 the Tariif bill then be-
fore that body but, when the yeas and nays were
called his name was recorded against the South