Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-04

district.
Groans ofhe Eaqaifer.-- The Enquirer gives up
the State this Spring but il promises 10 do great
things "nexl Fall" OF course. But, if,,s readers
will look il its files they will that IL made SINH
lar pledges last Spring and the Spring before -
Then. they were told, "wa, MI neal Spring and we
shall beat these pesilen, Wings to their hearts eon-
tent'-N.rt Spring came, and cabling Frost" came
with both occasions So il will be mex, Fall"
do not read Alright the signs Of the times. As
The election is over.we shall show that though
Hope may (now) tell dalierng tale" it will not
bear The test Of facts aud figures The Enq"ner
never is, bur always 10 be blest." But then The En-
qulret "s,ccarS'-aye II "ssears TO devote ITSELF
10 he cause of the powers that be. "0ur amy
swole terribly in Flanders )" but II VAS fl 'gged Dev-
cthel,ss.
The excuses OF the Enquirer, for the reseh his
Spring, are amusing. We have the old cry OF to-
reign roteS, for which il deducs about 1000 from the
Wing poll. All fudge. We verify belnve tina, the
Administration party gain more by these foreign 70
tens" as they called, than the Whiss. But the
complaint comes with bad grace from man who
votes IN TWO counties himself rs Mr.. Rhelie inyaii-
ably does.
Then, The State has been 'ovcrrun with Electo-
raj Spoute,s:" but the Enquirer has assured lis
readers and often, that, wherever these CTR
cut Riders" went, they met with a Dartd, armed
with sling and stone, by whom they were complete
ly demolished, and all thir sophisny scattered
10 the winds So that, by the Enquirer's own
showing, the Wings lost a, This game.
M. l.. r. o..
could be got upto apply the anido C." Ve,y good
The conan, we have no doubt, has doGe good
service but il our counts are 10 be relied on the
Crisis. instead of applying the an,idoe Is rather an
aid Of the Yeomau. People say that cause which
requires be supported by such paper as the Cal
Sis, must necessarily be bad one-and So as We
hear from Franklin county FOR example, some who
were disposed TO stand aloof, have been convinced,
by readin. the Crisis. that Van Buren, ought 10 be
TUNED oul !
The "humLug of The Standing Army has opera
ted ag ans us With tremendous force. 1t would have
been strange If il had not done So Humb8g, is il
hum,bug, to district the Union, and by the consol-
dalion OF several States, pave the way for the con
solidation Of the whole into one great Military EN-
pe--to transfer the control of the Militia from tho
States TO the general goverument--to compel the
people 10 absent themselves from their homes, foi
from 10 TO 80 days twice year, and TO be armed
with muskets riff s. pistols and swords, purchdsedtG
their ouUa crpcnsc, pain OF fine and Imprisonment
and manv other obnoxious leatures--a humbug
Ii shows the extent of degeneraty from The Re-
pu bcan principles of our ia,he,s, when scheme
like this, fraught with such tremendous consequen
ces, and enbodying such odous and oppressive iea-
lures is thus attempted to be sncerngy disposed Of
by him who claims TO be the champion Of State
Rights and the liberties of the people. But the peo
pie shall see this projet, in The words oi,he Sec
reta,y of War himself. We regret that we have
not heretofore published it. We undeirate the
intelligence If they will call i. a humbag--and the
sp,il if they do overthrow its bold and daring au
! tho.s.