Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-19

IL zen. HARRISON was "the Democratic Gene
raf' in 1918, he will be the Democratic Pres,den,
IN ls4l. That's certain. Il ISN'T in the power of
the Magician TO his own downfall. The con.
iJuio,'s wand is broken, and he feels it, We hear,
indeed, that FOR the i's time in hi, life. Van Burcn
has lest ms fempera sure sign lat he las not only
seen the hand writing on the WALL but that he has
found an interpreter 10 warn him that he has been
treighed in The balances and found teantiag.
BANKRUPTLAW-vAN BUREN'S FLEXl.
BlLlrY.
Many petitions have been presented during the
present session of Congress in favor OLA general
Bankrupt Law. Mr. Benton presented one Of
lhem a few days ago, on which occasion he made a
SPEECH in which he stated that he opposed TO
similar proposition which was before Congress 10
~ years ago, because thai law did not include
corporations as we'll as individuals. A notion he !
said, then made to include corporations and he
one twelve S, nators who voted for it, What
a rcbuke this remark (drd the Senator from
Missouri intend 1t p TO Mr.. Van Buren,, who 40
or l2 years ago." wnen Mr.. Benton voted to ain.
clude corporations" in a ge,eia Bankrupt Law,
violently opposed it, as an express roiation o)he
constitution and fragrant attack upon The Sovereignty
Of The States Ard now Mr.. V an Buren, earnestly
recommends and presses upon Congress the enact
ment ola law applicable 10 corporations only, and
! from which individuals are to be excluded Has
The Senator from Miss iuri dashed the nomina chef
of the Democratic party but as very slave 10 the
cab i thai surrounds him as ever b, he'd, into the
traces 1t is strange, if this be not Sd, lha, Mr.
Van Buren,, who in 1927, was in favor of Bank.
'upl Law applicable to individuals, and agains, the
/ of. ;,C
stu,ion and invasion of State Rights, should no,e
be in favor of law bearing upon corpora ATOMS ex-
clusive!y. How are We 10 account forthis change
Those who have examined Nj, Van Buren's rolui-
cal history, in any other than contracted parlizan
spiii, can have no difficulty in ascertanng the mo-
live by which lie has been actuaied; because they
will have Sc, n, that, ih,onglout his whole career.
in the field Of local as well general politics. there
is one universakey 10 his conduct-se interest. He
was forced agains, Dewitt Clinton, just as the star
Of that great mans fortunes waxed aancdagainsl
| Mr.. Madison when lie expected our luerious
statesman to lie overwhelmed by the disasters, ca
amlties aud cutariassnriis of 4 ewar, and Tor him
"heu he found him rising from this " sea Of rou-
/ bles" with new ,hu'genco-' gainst the New 1o'k
Canal. as " big ditch when popu'vr Hostility
threatened TO crush its advocates; and then claim
ing to sliae in the honors II its ufns
main pillars, when The waters OF the Hudson min
g'td III those of the Lakes-for John @ Adams
IN the contest oflS24, when lie aud the ALBANY Areus
deen'ing the election Of thai gentleman ccrao, APP
piled every dcroeaory epithet to mister Jackson"
they sneeringly called the hero of Orleans; and
deserving Adams and rallying under the jackson
flag as ; they saw that Van was not trusted aud
nulI hp ,eI ,ffic he,
more especially when they that the current of
popular enthusiasm setting, in br ad and re-
sslless tide in favor Of the conqueror Of Packenlam
"a practical Aboltionst in 1920, when The Nilsson
ri controversy rang ihroug bout the Union. in Mr..
Jefierson's expression, Like aarum. bell al mid.
night because he then bidder for Northern
votes; and in l640, when his eyes turned 10 the
South Tor snppon, giving. unn Gaming pledges" Of
his Willingness TO the power in feir defence.
in certain oonlingence WHICH CAN NEVER
OCCUR--at one lime voting for Intetnal Improve
mens and high Tariffs aud another permitting
his friends in The South (ahtle his lren $ in the
West are holding a different anguagr) to hold
him up TO the people opposed to these measures
What wonder that one so flexible as Van Buren,
one whose course, like the weather vane, al avs
poIn's TO the quarter from which the wind blows
most strongly-what wonder that he who formerly
denounced bankrupt, law. applicable to corpora.
tons, as a violation OF the constitution and State
Rights, should no" be advocate Of precisely
snch law II was his interest ~ 1927, when he
WIS at the head of the Safety Fund Banks in New
York, TO protect them against the constitutional and
aggressive supervision and action OF the general 90
vernment: II is his interest in le4C, as the head Of
the Antl-Bauk and hard-money laiiy. TO crush The
Stale institutions. and lie is Therefore 10 favor OF
rioldfing The constitution and of rampting upon State
Rights, in order 10 accom- llsh his object And We,
this unpnnc'ple changelns-this bidder al the auc.
ton ofpopulary-is held up to the support Of the
American people as the guardian of the constitu-
tomas the champion Of State R gh,s Such is
modern degencracy.
We might. if ii were worth while, OF if il were 10
accordance with our design, proceed 10 slow thai
Bankrupt Law "applicable to corporations only"
is, as Mr.. Van Buren, said ii was in 1927, contrary
10 the genius Of The constitution and uuerly sulser
sise OF State Rights but that il unnecessary. 1t is
enough for the people TO know that Mr.. Van Boren
SO denoun ced i, in 1897 aud that e supports it
as one OF The necessary adjuncts Of his Sub