Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-03-18
MESSRS. GORDON AND GARLAND.
Temporal 1Iutdntur,

his walls Of wrath upon the administration Of nlrew
Jackson, is now announced in a neishborine district
- the candidate for Congress OF The parry which
supports administration. the head of which is
pledged to follow in the footsteps OF its predecessor
This may be " consistency and principle :" but it
seems 10 us 10 smack very strongly of total dsre-
gard Of both. Has Gen. Gordon forgotten or iorei.
ven the Proclamation and the Force Blll-the Sci
cure Of the public purse the responsibility" of
the Executive, and the Protest. by winch lha, seizure
vas vindicaed by Arguments based upon the assump-
lion Of Executive omn potence, and which struck at
the very foundation of the rights and duties of the
Legislative department Of the government We
should like to see him on the Hastings, when these
acts Of the late administration and Others upon
which he was wont, in bye gone days, to pour forth
torrents Of indignant invective, and to dcscant with
all The power Of his beautiful eloculon, are made to
pass in review before him. shaking their CORY locks"
like the ghosts of Macbelh's murdered Victims We
must look into files, before the election and see
what Gen. GORDON said AT The public dinner given
TO him by the Wings Of Nelson county, in 1885, for
his able advocacy of Wing principles And YET, az
all there is some for this somerset when
werecollett Gen. Goidon,s master passion lie Pc
eular foibe OF his otherwise very excellent mind
we mean. of course, as who know him, will under
stand, his excessive yaniy-which is TO be cal
led into active vitality whenever the offs ring Of his
brain, real rcputed is the prominent topic Of the
day This trait of his character, which is rather to
be regrced as q misfortune than censured as II fault
was prominently develop ed in the Virginia Conven-
ton, some years ago. when. having luckily been fur
nished with the hint of the celebrated compromise
Aetw fbe fric ends oC III nd ,bo A
sis of representation, it became fix, d idea" with
him, 10 ensure the success of which lie surrendered
the principles upon which he was elected, and, i,
was generally believed, was prepared TO yield any
contested point, however important regarded. So
in relation to this notable idea of The divorce OF BanL
and State,-the chlld Of thiny-six fathers, which,
though now, ty common consent, ascrlbed 10 Gen.
Gordon, has been traced by TO more suitable
,hougha less digned source, in the person Of Fan
ny Wright, aud by others, to Mr.. Condy Racquet
the latter Of whom. we believe tleIe is 10 doubt
suggested II Cen Gordon, after uhad been present-
cd 10 and rejected by Mr.. Calhoun But Gen. G.
introduced into the House of i. preseutatives and
it has, from that circumstance, however unjusly, be-
come identified with his name, his own Offspring
and the Adminsit atIon having since adopied as its
favorle scheme, and thereby raised ii into something
like consequence, the General. with that oserm cen
ing fondnsss for his bantlings, whether leeiimates
foundlrgs, is prepared, in order TO identls his
fame with its grow ING fortune, loose from his
" late allies" and to take post in the ranks of hls
recently embered enemes-tho Sc who lately struck
him down in the midst of his career, for daring 10
differ from The Presilent-the very crime TOR So we
suppose it TO be, since it Is visited with such heavy
punshment) Tor which the late Representative (AIaj
Garland) is now also to be crushed, Gen. Gordon
lending himself to those who banished him from the
public councils to consummate this decree OF Parry
despo,ism against his opponent
We do not know, with certainty, the position of
Maj. Garland, though we suppose lie has by this
fine clearly de fined" II, The fashionable phrase
Of the day, to his late constituents. We know, in
deed. thai he is a Conserrahrc-but we are not a
ware 70 which school lie bclopgs-tor small as is the
Spartan band in number it is yet destined 10 sub
division ; a portion Of them, called d" Richie" Con
servatives, prepared to d" sink SWIM" with Mar
tin Van Buren, do what he may, while another por-
ton think there is something criminal in supporting
man whose measures they believe to be +" rnnous"
to the country II Maj. Garland belongs to the lat
ter Glass; we hope the Wings will unite with the
Conservatives in sustaining him for although the
Major has in past day fought valanty against
do not the less respect and honor the boldness,wsich
in times like these, when independence is viz
tue in Representative, and when Presidential die
taiion is as irresistible the Ukase Of Russian Mo-
arch, has dared TO stand up, even in SIGHT of the
Palace, as the champion of the People against Ex-
ecu,,ve encroachmcnt. Believing. we do, thai
tho Executive Department, through the instrument
iality Of Patronage and Party discipline combined,
is rapidly absorbing all the powers of the government,
and breaking down the line of demarca,ion by
which the wisdom of the trainers of the Con IL
tuition separated it from its coordinate branches,
thereby realizing the predictions of Patrick Henry,
in the Virginia Conveniion,- who loretold the mo-
psrchcal tendencies of our system from this very
cause.-~e shall rejoice in Maj. Gorland's re-elec
ton. 1.-The be in truth worthy defender Of the Pass
Of Thermopylp. But if he belong to the "Ritchie'
school-f denoLncing " measure" Of the admin
isaton as destru Give TO the interests and perous lt
the liberties Of the country, he ye, prepared to
tain the "men' who endeavoring, noltns rolens
to farce il upon reluctant people,-whlcb, however
we do not beeve,-thc Wigs ought (orti'oiM 10 cal
third Richmond into the field. For where is tn,
difference between one who supports the Suh-Trea
sury scheme, and one who, opposed to that scheme
Levertheiess upholds and supports the admnisrato,
~hich's determined to force it upon the people
We need not saw, that we hone Ma; Garland ;s