Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-24

Do we not see in the official Report TO Congress pi
the Chief of the Typographical Department an
appropriation Of sl50,000 recommended 10 No"-
gtess, fur The continuation Of this Road Aud
does not the Globe defend It. upon the ground
that this Road has been always deemed an tTcePfton
by both parties. aud as removed OUT Of the pale OF
the constitutional ine,dc, 1t is true, the estimate
for the continuation Of this Road was not embraced
in The Report from the Treasury Department but
It's omission there was not because 1t lad not 'e-
ceived the official sanction OF The President, but TO
conceal that fact from the public eye. as well as to
diminish the apparent amount o. Government es-
Inmates for the expenditures Of the year 1870.
What does Mr.. Goode obtain, therefore, by his
preference for Van Buren, over Harrison, in refer
ence &c either Of the above mentioned topics =
Does he expect to give the quieius 10 the Tariff sys-
TEN. by supporting man who voted for the Tariff
OF 1928 Does he expect 10 put an end TO appro-
priaiions for Internal Improvements by sustaining
man who smolhers into Congnss his estimates for
his object in the Report Of the Chief Topographic
cal Engineer instead Of in the Report from the
Treasury Department, because the latter is univer
sally read and the former is scarcely ever Scent
For our own part, We should much less dread an
open advocate Of system to which we nigh be OPP
posed, than Jerry Sneak like Van Buren,, who, a.
iraid 20 fail to support il. lesl he lose the West, and
equally afraid openly TO espouse H. lest lie lose the
South, consents to smuggie in hIs recomu endalion
OF il, IN such manner 10 The favor of the
rmer, without exciting The suspicious Of the lat
teri
But the Enquirer charged all these sins upon the
Wings, while Mr. Goode acted with Us, Just as Mr..
Goode, awaiting himself of the industry Of that pa
per as a scraP-galhcrer now does. Why did moi
Mr. Goode desert us then! Or, having acted with us
lhen why does he resort TO these stale pretexts
'ojustiiy his recent abandonment, Of a party for
whose success he had sue, ed aud sacrificed so much
even while these mputatioEs were Numbered against
il Admit that The Wings are obnoxious TO these
objections, we beg leave TO suggest to Mr.. Goode
that they do not come with good grace from
has lips. No Fan Buren, man, 10 deed, has right TO
resort TO them for no man Who supports Van BIZ
ren-himself open 10 all The objections founded up
on Tie support OF these obnoxious measures.-can
consistently reproachhe Wings with like conduct !:
Much less can any man who has for the last eight
years acted with The Wing party, unless he have
more than an ordinary share Of self composure re-
proach his brethren with connylng at PRINCIPLES or
measures, in the guilt of which. if they be wrong,
he has been an equal participant
There was singular omission in Mr.. Goodies
speech. lie forgot to denounce Van Buren, for
those measures which moi very long while ago
filed him with Indignation There are in il no de-
nunciaIoDs OF the Proclamation and the Force Bill
90 proes'aons against Executive usurpaion and
msrule--~hich not very long while aso cuns,itu-
ted The burhen of bis sony ! He even forgot the
Missouri Question, and Van Buren's voluntary in
reference with the constitutional rights Of the
South. Involving one of the most cherished rnci.
pies OF State sovereignty All this is forgotten,
since The Protamalonis and the NulIifyer have in-
ienwined their once hostile fl gs, and their respec-
live followers have smoked together The calumet of
peace-sinee CaIilne and his dissoluie and unprnci-
red crew OF consrna'o's against The unity and peace
oi The Republic, have sold themselves 10 1.-The
"Rogues and Royalisls" whom they once bitterly
e1ecraed, heaping upon ther head. the most awful
cuses ever invoked by PROSTATE Patriots upon the
head Of the Tyant whose foot was upon their nechs
We have very hastily and imperiec,y passed in
review The most prominent topics Of Mr. Goodies
speech. A minuter analysis Of its contents and il
more deliberate reply 10 his assumptions, would
show more concluslyely the holowne.s of The ground
upon which he stands, and the weakness of its FUN
daions. But we have neither lime nor disposition
enter upon the task. We need not add ,ba, ",
have not soughtto nhc, would uron Mr. Goodies
feelings nor TO express any uspcIon of the into gritty
OF his motives. For tie former we have too muc h
respect-with the latter, We have nothing to do
We know The facility with which renilen en- can SAT.
isy their own minds of the correctness of q course
which they are predetermined TO take; and we are
Therefore more disposed to ascnbe these alterations
as we deem them, from principle TO "A drfecl in he
process Of reasoning by which their opinions are
formed, than TO any peIverson Of the moral faculty..
Canning Mr. Van Buren, in his last Message.
as our readers know, preached LUMINOSITY on the
subject OF Economy. with the love of which he
seemed TO be ardeny smlien. after having increas-
ed the public expenditures from 10 TO 80 million of
dollars per annum. And as evidence of his sim
cery he referred to the fact that the Treasury esti
mates OF the present year only called for about
hcenty millions Of dollars-being decrease Of six
millions upon last years expenditures. But will be
oeheved that in these Treasury estimates he excluded
expenditures, which were included in the estimates
OF other departments OF the government-such as
Sl,50o,OO0 for the Cumberland Road, and The a.
mount necessary 10 carry into effect the recommen.
dalton TO raise 1000 volunteers 70, the Florida Wa,
\ ct II is so and Mr., Blddle of Pa 10 speech of
marked eloquence, denounced the jesuilry which