Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-07-22

just. both Mr. Rises and To tue great body of the
Whs parry.
we shall not, of course, atfemplto defead even
to palliafe Nh RNe SIS vote The EApmnging reso-
luton holding, as do, thai act 10 last as much
! ab offenee now, when it was first pcrpeifMed.-
We would thai hal were not upon his hands.
lef, we would ash cotiesroudehl bow II Is that
Mr. Riyrs dioHe Is Ia be uniorcgcn for that offence
Is he the oHiy ExI uuger Was he the most active
ageoljn Ihar We always shall regard il, great out
rage upon The dignity and INDEPENDENCE Of the Sen
! ate How is il, that there seine Whss,-at
least men who call themselves Whigs-uho turn mp
their noses, with lneIabe dlsdaln, Mr.. Riyes and
who can yei unite, without the slightest "compuno-
uous visiting OF conscience" with that moral tepcr,
lbomas Hart Benton, the most jealous advocate Of
thai foul dced-lhe most conspicuous ACTOR in that
Infamous tragedy How is il, that men, who say
they they viii abandon the Wing ranks # Nj.
RVes il reelected by Wing votes, can consolt with
Brnion, the agent and support Van Burcn, the die
tator Of that act Of party Vengeance and mord tar
pitnde Let us reason together this subject,
and note Of the points Of difference between
Mr. Rires. aud these his late allies which, while it
may reconcile to Mr.. RS reelection, should keep
mined hostility to most Of his associates in the Ex
pung ing aud other acls reicted 10 by ooteslon
dent.
II is apparent to us now il was when those acts
, occurred, that the whole scope an d design Of the
measures ofhe Jackson administration was 10 stteng
then the Executive ann ollhe Federal governmental
an extent Incompatible with Legislative or Judicial
'ndependetce,and consequently destructive ofpublc
liberty. That Mr. Rlvcs supported those measures
under an honest convection that HEY would not lead
to tbs result we are not at liberty to doubttof the
best OF all possible reasons, independently of his high
personal character, which has never vet been i'm
pe9ehed by friend or foe. What is that reason -
because he abandoned the Administration as soon
rs lie became convinced Of AR. Van Buren's deter
mnatlon TO adhere 10 scheme, the tendencies of
which scheme well as the pertnacous obstinacy
with which has been persisted in, satisfied hlm of
the ultimate object contemplated by its anthor-Me
union i the Purse and he Swora in the Presi4enfs
Understanding the later already by the consiltu-
ton and acquiring complete aud irrespons bic con
troll Of The other, by law, and against tie constitu
uon. Is this questoned-and is Mr.. Rives's aban
donmenl ithe Administration imputed to his pr-
waite gties to ms political ASPIRATIONS We DENY
lt-and our denial sustained by all the cIrclmslan
ces OF the case. What had he To fear if he had l.
doped the sIavish determinations which has already
given an infamous celebrity 10 the authors of The
, maxim, tn sink swim with Mr.. Van Buren, A.
ny Office at the disposal Of the Presidenr--lhe most
elevated seat in his Cabinet. or the most distinguish
ed oil The Foreign Embasses-was al his command.
Nay more; The pathway 10 lie Presidency Itself iag in
hdfdaeeton. That and that only, was the Democratic
" road To Byzantium." Even iihedesreda rec
lection to the Senate, above all things besles, thaL
too, could havebeen secured by his scryity-lor
as all men know, the combined vote Of tie Conser
vatises aud Loco Fotos in the last Legislature
would have retained him in his seat. We ash,
| then, IS Mr.. Rlses both ambitious and unptlnci-
pIed-as his enemies acge' Why, then, did he
not adopt tins easy course secure his triumph -
/ Why did he not, as he could have done crawl
back, IN the slime of his own baseness, to the foot
STOOL Of Executive power, and purchase the glitter
ing baube of office, and hereafter BY base
and cowardly surrender Of the honest convictions Of
his judgment! Had lie, a traitor TO his princinles
ana his country, and tecteant from honor and
honesty done thls-had he said TO the Lctors at
Richmond " Gentlemen, believe the Sub rreasu-
| ~ system will If adopted tfllct upon the country
the curse of unlimited Executive and an m
guarded EXcheqner; but, nevertheless, | am a Par
~ man, and viii sooner the free institutions Of
my country subvered, and lis treasury, plnndered
by s"lnders and fogues, than that the Parry shall
be defeated, or its Chief banked IN his ambitious
studies to lawless powcr,"-had he, in one word
pledged himself to " sink or swim with Martin Van
buren, he would have been rumphanty re-eec-
ted by the votes OF the very men who are now hunt
ing HIM down with fend-like hate and invoking IN.
on him the judgments Of Heaven as well as The chr
ses OF men. II he had looked beyond tina, office to
an Embassy or Departmen,-could he not have
secured II, by continuing the Democratic ranks
Nay, was he not the most prominent man of that
party, 10 whom the eyes of the honest portion Of it
were TUNED, as the successor of Mr. Van Buren, =
When he turned his back upon these brilliant pros
poets, with the certain know ledge that the position
! ofan AIMED Neutral" could 10 more shelter
him iom the assaults of his =" late allies" than that
OF an active beIIieefent,-when lie chose rather to
suffer abuse and osracism as traitor TO his Par
! ty' than 10 secure the plaudus and rewards which
awaited the desertlon of his principles and his coun-
/ try,-when he abandoned majority in power and
assumed the position of neutrality, or if it suit his
euemes better, nnited his fortunes with minority
whose struggles 10 fedce The country fru,n nsyulc
are laughed at the spasmodIc efforts Of doomed
iactlon-dd he not furnish an illustration as spIen-
did as II is rare. OF the absence ocrnina ambition
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