Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-16
LOCO FOCO SINCERITY.

safes that, "Onr Legislature (Nlisslssippi1 ba.
vote OF az to 4o. invited our Senator, j. lIend.,
son, 10 resign his seal this is owing to his Lasia
voted against The Sub-ueasury bill. How will hs
act?" WI no
We do not know hop Mr.. Henderson will ..,
but this we know, that he canno, ae, yo,s. H..
Messrs. Brown and Strange of North CaroLn,
Wright of New York, Monitor and Nicholas of I,on,.
'ana' wan oil New jersey, Novell Of Michigan, and
om'ih oil Connecticut; all ofwhom have voted for
the Sub Treasury bill. in direct opposition to The
most recent and authentic manifestations If public sen,
limen' in those States. aud some of Them nSh,
teeth of posiire instructions! We have recen,lx
seen Senators Foster and White of Tennessee
resgn Their seats. because they could not obey the
mandates oil theii Legislature and yet we are told
the Wings deny the Right &C Instruction We
have, before and since their resignation seen Ibs
Loco F"co Senators frem North Carolina, Louisi,u,
Michigan, Connection, and New York ohs,inateIv
refuse 10 resign obeu," although they were fun
sted with The most uncquivoca and in reference II.
some ct them. on repeated Indications thai, in sub
miiting 10 Executive ditiaron. they we're violating
Representative obligation: aud yel.hty pretend NJ,
only TO acknowledge, bu, TO he the champion, Of
the Right of Instruction. Which shall be believed
they whodo their masters will or they who make loud
professions Of devotion to his interests, but Who rsat
his mandates with contempt. and serve another mas
ter
The course Of the Loco Focos on his sutl,.,
furnishes hey TO their conduct on every other
They pretend TO be friends OF Economy and vet
they have increased the annual expenditures OF tho
federal government from II TO IS millions Of dol
lars.
They pretend to be the advocates Of limited 90
vernmeni; and We, they would stretch the prerosa.
tive aud powers Of the President SO far render
him Monarch in every thing but tie name
They prclen 10 be volent rnemies ofthe Aboli-
onsis; and yet they support fur the Presidency the
advocate Of The Missouri Rtsrrlc,ion-the naI su.
thor the Abolition excitement
They pie,end To be Republicans and yel theyae L
enlisted under the banner of orpunenl of Jane.
Madison, The father Of the Republican fanh.
They denounce The II r # OF s2s as a Bill OLA
domination and yet they support for The PRESIDENCY
man who supported aud voted for that se,y Ia !
riff
They declare tla, Iutcrnal Improvements by the
general government are unconstitutional; ard ytt
they support man who voted for the erection Of
toll-gaies on the Cumberland Road and who, during
the present session Of Congress smueeied INTO thai
body recommendation Of an appropriation oil 81
100000 FOR The purpose of continuing that road aud
cndors:d the opinion ofthe Secretary ol War. that
such appropriations Constitutional.
They profess TO be the friend of 'ihc poor man.
and yet we have seen the leading champions Of the
ub-rreasury bill recently admit. on the floor Of
the Senate, that The fleet of,ha, perinaciou.ly pres
sod 4 A H..
dnclion of the uageS oflabor, upon which tho poor
man is dependent no, only for the comforts but Tor
the neccssaries Of life.
They profess to be the disciples Of Jefferson; ann
yet we see them recommending a Standing Army ID
eco, 900 men, one half 10 be kept constantly in tho
pay of The General Government
They profess TO admit the doctrine of State so'
ereign,: andy they have recently arraigned these
sovereign pdarers at the bar Of the Senate, their am
bassadors, to answer for the manner in which ihe'
have manage heir domestic concerns. upon te'e.
issue, thai the States had asked The General doeA
meni to assume their deb,s-a pretex, as false a"
is impairment and resored 10 iur The purpose
jrsilyug their arrogant attack upon State K'gH
aud State credit. Aud they supporting forth
Presidency man who asks Congress TO pass bank
IuFt Ia" u|PtHuOtc 10 cWpofpHo"o o"tJ -'"""e
did hmsef in 1927, when similar rropo''On
was male by another, denounce it not only as aP''
pabe infringement Of the constitution. but also d"
clear aggression upon the sovereign powero '"1
States
They pretend TO be not only advocates Oh
'locri Of STATE sovereignty. but the espec'a' Gus"
plons of State Rights, and yet we have seen '"'
within a few weeks past, disfranchising S'aN'
deprivng her Of five -sixtlls of her represental""
The floor Of Congress, under The wreiched P''
that they who bore the Governors certificate
tanned that certificate by f,aud-the fact mat
mere preIex being shown conclusively oy n''
sire 10 overset that certificate by the illegal '''
oil officers who had knowingly received 'hs"
anc then arrogan,Iy founding upon those i'Fs''
an assumption that the certificate 81 The G0te''
in conf ct with the roicc Of The people! II al"
dence of this fact be wanting, see il in The '''e
otihe House Of Representatives, by which 20 n
Foco members Of lha, body resisted an enq""! r.,
the legality the votes given. and w're o"y
cd in their design Of admitting to the Nor I"
gees persons illegally chosen as the true repre-
lives of The people OF New jersey. by the cas'"e
OF The Speaker-ailemping TO Rucker.'se ''''
for the purpose Of sustaining Executive n"' IA
The ordinary acls Of Congress. OF which, !"
imperial usurpalion. he claia.s TO be "a co"'r n,
patti" just as, Oh a previous occasion, cei'"'
timo,e Convention was Rucker lied. in orde' y