Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-27

Of Gen. Harrison, and. now, if lost 10 I'll shame,
meanly pros'iu'ing his columns tsrnish the lau-
| ses that he had assisted TO plsui;--snd the venal
followers. merely = mrfceosry hurdle. bsibed, by
tho lure Of office 10 undertake tho miserable tasks
OF uadOction. and earning, under tho eye Of the,
chief, their daily bread BY their dali, pi,taocs Of
calumny. He ssposed tho fact that the writer,
whose viodictive and false aspeioos filled 80 large
poiiion OF the Enquirer, vas = soecurs clerk in
ooe Of the Departments a, Washington, who used
his unocc upied ,imc " not NJ the bidding ut least
with tho full knowledge OF his master, in these s,s
,ematc efforts to make "a memorable example" Of
MN who had had the ,smerhy In break through
tue rnes Of their party discipline, and his pa
raino unit duty To The cwun,ry. His fidelity To The
du,les Of . patriot, had drawn down upon him from
such slaves Of Party, the sandc,o Gus terms winch
he noticed only to dcsp'se. lie thought II WE'LL tina,
the late Address Of the Central Commuco Of iho
democratic republican state rights Van Buren,
Convention, had no cndorsa,ioo but that OF Thom.
MS Richie. Would such men "a Henry ST. George
Tucker, John Ruthei foord, Tho. Nelson, &c. who
composed that committee, have haxarded their char
acief lot truth aud honor, ny putting their names
to such low, false aud bilinpsgntc produconi lie
found himself there associated with Gen. Harrison,
rs the object oft abuse; It Ind reproduced tho
ot-refuted ialsebood Of his differing with the Ad
mns,raiion ON only Que pc INT. when ms course on
Walls Report, the rcnew. OF tho Illicit connection
with the u $. Bank. tho employ NJ ,he State
Banks nj the discretion 81 the Executive, aud the
topics Of complaint aud animadsers,on in h. Louisa
Speech, we're NIL before the country and coupled
with this olaring misrepresentation, y ~anton aud
gra,uous ials.hood, tina, "he had again aud again
denounced Gen. Harrison % n Federalsi. and d.
culed his claims 10 high public uus. lie chalieng'
ed the production Of evidence 10 support this I'M
founded assertion. While he heartily supported Mr..
Van BuTen's election, he never Said aught against
the clsims or capacity Of Gsasrsl Harrison. aud lac
nov called upon all present. with whom he had
stood on tho moot confidential terms. 10 say. and
H.. shaS.
him In dispasagem Of HE dis inguished man. The
truth was. he had had the pleasure Of an acqnain-
lance with Gen. IL. snd he had ever estimated him
far too highly to apply 10 him "ny term Of re-
proach OF derision. But these were not the only
ialsehocJs told n this precious document 10 regard
TO him. I, was also SAID, he had privately violated
his solemn declaration to give 10 pledge ol support
TO Presidential candidates IN order TO secure his re-
election to the u. y. Senate. by causing his conf.
dental letters 10 be shown ~ the waser'ng. lilo
deoied its TRUTH aud the seal Of his whole cores
pond-nce, f broken, would dispfove II. In his cot
,espondence with his friends Al y distance from
Washington. no had disclosed his private opinions
with the freedom that character ssd him. but when
ever he did 50 on this particular question, ANXIOUS
scrupnlousiy To maintain the ground thn, he had
assumed only afier mature ref, ct,oD, IN acconpa-
med II alw.ys with tho most pointed injnoniions OF
confidence; and II any such letter ever reached
Richmond, he ventUred 10 Say II will be fund 10
have got there iu spite Of the most positive iosruc-
tons To the contrary.
lie. then, proceeded 10 canvass tho charge Of his
raising f.ss clamor about the psoj CT Of standing
army. He was, by TO means. The fist 10 sound the
,ocsin Of alarm this subjrc,; but f no could have
the credit OF II, no was not 10th 10 assume tho bur
den. Mr.. X. then went on in = close and we'll
reasoned argument to develop tho monsirous and
Unconstitutional features Of Secretary Po,nseIs plan
W hich had received such emphatic sanction hom
the President. We cannot make even . stAemen nj
Of II, which would do justice 10 his position. We
trust. no will tskc some opportunity himself to
give his views on this subjectio the Press. We
felt satisfied. that this plan bears affinity The
schemes Of classification II tho Militia proposed by
Washington. Jrfe' con and Others. aud were cou-
vinced that the Federal Government has no auihor.
~ TO d,aw out the Militia Of the States TO train
them whhou, the existence Of the emergencies spe-
CITED in the Constitution. A remarkable parallel
was run by Mr.. p. between tho language used IN
raising the provisional army Of John Adams the
elder. and tina, employed by Mr.. Secretary Poinseu
in delioestiog his scheme.
Mr. X. after tracing the usurpa'ions oftho Exec
ut''e, placed in contrast the opinions Of Gen. HAr
rison. He WAS 80 full upon all these topics, that IL
would exceed our limits, TO give even a synopsis
Of his views. We wish he could DO heard by all the
people of The State, and we would have no fears
but that the cerrupt fabric ofLoco Focoism would
speedily tumble into ruins. and scarce vosIige be
left TO polluis her soil.