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

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,J ,,,ives II il ever shall arrive when majority
afL.fh uonses Of Congress shall be repaired 10
n,ss spcl, law the South VIII moi calmly a"a' ,"'
.tau action OF Presidential Veto Size VIII take ue'
own defence into her own hands and she VIII en,'i
III. lists with weapons Of different temper bu'
,bete II a question Intellectually connected with thus
vital, important subject, and which las IN nnledl-
ale ufaeteAl bearing. upon when MI. an ph'en
has gwen no pledge, and m rcieiehee 10 "ci
hs Southern friends strange as u my appeaf' nave
made no effort 10 ascertain bis present opinions
This, question H. the admission new Suites ino me
Union wiiheui requiring them TO fenouoee lhefieht
10 tolerate slavery within Their limits. as eondlioh
pfecedent. II is well known what Nj an bnfen
an;sisns tgtft on this subject, when Missouri apped
/ r., ad.ission INTO .hc union. Mr.. Van Bnlen was
,I.en nember Of the New York Legislature and 10
that capacity, lie voted for SER Vi ,eso'" i""'
Affirming tho Constitutional power oil congress "
lmpuse this condition, asserting tie eApedieney -
exercising that power in the broadest terms, ana
lnsifuoliBg the Senators Of that State III Congress
to insist upon this condition. offensive 10 the South
and incompatible with the right OF each State to
frame rs own organic laws, without any other re-
slrciion Than that imposed by the Federal consul
fnlion II Mr.. Van Buien's opinion has undergone
no change, IL is fair to presume that II has not
since change has ever been avo"ed, lie must o'
course veto a law, if such one be passeG-as II
will, IN all probability, be during his term OF service
admitting Florida into the Union, without tue
inhblto,y clause which he endeaVofed 10 impose
upon Missouri. This therefore, Is n question oil
PRACTICAL aud pressing importance, and II behooVes
the people of the Southern States TO ascertain me
true position in relation to it, OF " the Northern man
with Southern principles" before ihey determine
10 " sink SWIM" with him, ID preference 10 a
Southern man tgM .Soaihern principles. And II IS
due 10 the occasion to remark thai, among Tue cad
ing Wings who are now branded as Abohonisis, or
denounced aslavofltrs ofthat fiction, are nen who
signay illustrated their devotion 10 the south aud
10 the principles Of The Constitution, "heh MIR Van
Buren, sowing the seeds OF thai ieaia ianalicsih
which has already contributed to allenae HE two
great divisions OF the Union from each other and
which, II be not checked in It's growth, must nlu-
malely terminate III the ACKNOWLEDGMENT oil tbs con
lederaey.
has been semi officially announced, within a
few DAYS past, by the organ OF the Administration,
that Que OF the " issues" involved IN tie next cleo
ton Of n President. viii be the policy most proper
to be pursued by the General Government IN rela-
ton 10 tie disposition OF any surplus which may re-
man in the Treasury, after the payment oil The or
dinary charges upon the revenue. 1T Is well known
that the Wing patty are Of opinion that 1.-THE eApen-
dtufes of the Government be reduced To that econ
omical standard. from winch they have so widely
departed since the period OF Gen Jackson's cleo
ton the duties on imports, accruing under the
Compromise Act, will be fully adequate should no
extraordinary emergency occur, 10 dsifay them.
Thsy contend, Therefore, that the melt proceeds OF
the sales Of HE Public Lands, which, IN that event,
Il
the several States according to equitable ratio
OF distribution. The Administration, on The other
hand clam hat this surplus shall be appropriated to
the purposes of" Rcjcnce they style II aud they
present, as an antagonist proposition 10 the plan OF
diSbibuiion,' scheme submitted by senator
Benton, proposing TO ue the entire inland and na'I
time frontier with forts and arsenaIs II Is lmposs-
bic 10 estimate with any thing like precision The lni
mense expenditure which would be necessary to
carry into effect this magnificent eoneeptlon.-Ih's
consideration, however, seems 10 have constituted
no obstacle 10 the suggestion of the proposition. Its
author. indeed appeared to be much less solIcous to
provide for the deieuce OF the country, Than 10 de
wise plan Of wastclul expenditure. by which the
Large surplus then IN the Treasury ulght be absor-
bed without returning one dollar al II 10 the states
But this is not The only nor the most objectionable
feature OF Mr. Bentou's scheme; which, ii II shall
ever receive the sanction OF the people, will create
the necessity for powerful SiaHd1ag 1raY-at all
times an object Of jealousy IN ii lice country, and
which has been unllormly opposed by The RePub-
lean party throughout the Unon-eadng 10 an
immense annual diam upon the treasury; adding
ieaitully To the already boatcd and daily increasing
patronage OF the President aud Ieorarding The sale
" of om Institutions. Regarded antagonist pro
positions, therefore, 1t cannot be doubted that a
vast majority Of American people, aud particularly
j OF the people oil Virginia, will fepudiate pan
which coniemplacs aud must lead 10 results 50 re-
pugn1nt to the pacific genius ol the aye, and so
hostile all their cherished principles OF public pol
icy; aud that they viii, the other hand, support
that system which looks The distribution OF the
nett proceeds OF the sales Of the Pubic Lands a.
mong the several States to whom they tiehtleily be
long, 10 be appropriated by them 10 the cultivation
+ of the arts OF pcaCc--to the improvement oi then
social condition, the development o rhelr internal
resources, and to the diffusion oi cdneatina and
knowledge among the people, which T. re only slt,
basis OF Republican institution, nd the only ce,llI
guarantee al Their preservation and purity. Ga th