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

eaHdof aud sincerity Wien, IN the hiSt,,y al ~.
""fid "assucii spectacle ever before presented
Is II rnssible tbal the IulauatIon oil the 40 * nv IN
continue! | think | see in The distant y,S,, The
dawuiu4 oil better umes!p
Whal thluk the people of these facts -faets he j,
rccoecied, stated upon the door of lac House of
Representatives.. dohd challenged, aud yet
sdeudy assenled 10 : Here il IS ALLEGED that an,
person IS al The same time editor OF an Adn,lnistra.
non paferin Frankfort, lKenlueky aud yetdraw.
III. S 1900 salary as Ce,k IN " ashii GUN And
that anotler IS al the time Clrfk IN tie ritn
snry Department at salary OF $780, aud Conr,es
SIGNAL Re orer for the tobe!! Aud we know
thai another Clerk 10 another Department, Dr. ]
l.. MARTINI OF tue amount Of whose salary We are
lguorant, has been for weeks past eudeavoring. Ia
compliance, We suppose with the new Democrat,
doctrine that il is tue duty III the Federal office
holders to "enlighlen The people,") influence
the Virginia elections, by filing the columns OF
the Enqaner with the loulest abuse Of Gen. uarr
son a d Mr. Rves Are these things TO be borne
/ II these Clerks have official duties 10 perform,
why is our bankrupt Treasury taxed feed and
ciothe them Ii they have official duties per.
form, how does il happen tina, Que Of them reside,
ia Kenu,ky-- another fnds time to report the
proceedings OF Con TESS for The Globe--sud a thlrd
10 indte labored scmi"etkly essays for the Enqui
re, We ask The people Whether lheg are wiling
To pay these young men 10 "iHsfracf them IN the
doclr es OF Democracy, and % hghleu" them as
10 the duties OF irecmtn!
1t is also worthy of remark, in this connection,
that, one of The objections 10 Jahn @ Adams Ad-
minstralion wastha, II employed loo many GtsrkS,
aud the celebrated Committee OF Reirenehment. #.
ter stating the number employed il each Dep1r-
ment, declred thatihey ought 10 be reduced one.
ihitd. But how is now Their number and
compensation, it is sad, have dcutied since rba
time AID the foregoing facts show tue OF
that increase The Administration keeps in pay
corps Of newspaper editors, reporters aud essaylss
in The euise Of Clerks, VIII, duty is not to CO
py manuscripts and keep accounts but 10 "euligh-
en- he people" as they we've emphatcidy told, IN
i Nails calculated Report, that II is lhor "dut, 10
do
Who, after this statement Of facts, will not admit
the necessity OF REFORM ! Who, admitting
tha, necessity, will hesitate TO "a cor HARRISON!
We have re elected heretofore to notice another
desertion from our neutrality ranks The Bali.
mnre American has DOTTED IT'S neutral gatb, aud
come out IN Wig uniiorn soldier IN tie Viii
cause; and II will he among the foremost ami hravest
+ the BATTLE ne why vel cong ianatr
themselves upon The accession uf e American t.
lheisr ,nks. 1t has been heretofore condlurled ath
the marked ,bv As the U. S. Gazette iIsj-
" says is Of The ahlesi papers in the woild
We have drawn argel, II, on MS columns, and have
avail ed ourselves freely OF us industrious ooodeusa
tions of news and important dooumenis; aud these
labonrs heretofore 50 useful 10 u',nhY nov pa,take
Of a parry character, We have TO rrgrel ~
IN rtamotphnsis. We wish It's E,lrnts al property
/ aud las plness 10 their new SIP ere; but eannn
help thinking thar they viii 6Dd the fisld they have
rn'rled full OF dtsagteea lr stfde aud oN ing m
cldrnt; aud thai iiiey wall often hook bach upon lheir
peaceful walks aud gratifying iabours IN the lop'I,
larIe,fe hey have ust lett and iee thai the decrease
of gun can hardly compensate for the change they
lave made. Richmoad Com piier.
What {! Does friend Of te ConfpiIrr realty
thlnk ntutral position poacs very pIs asapl
Ii II be, il must. we sure. be Uaarmed neu.
tr,Iity fof never have seen gentlemen more Sc
verely pehed Than Mr. Rives and Gen, Blyly OF
Accomac when they stood II were between the
Two great conlendus plres always ienoranl
from what quarter to expect .u, AID OF
carrying their defensive weapons. like "qnls
upon the freued porcupine," ready 10 be dar
ted IN Whatever direction the adversary should APP
pear. An 'armed neutrality therefore, take it
for granted, is very unpleasant prrdlcamenf. The
Compiler. However we pr sumo, means real neu-
ualiy. Well how can that be very pleasant
In the din OF battle, does not the heart of lhc ed
nor. as well as Of other men, ell al the sound OF
the trumpet Does lie no, seek eagerly as others
to hear who is The victor,
''When tie hurry bnrly's done,
"And the battles lost and won :"
Must il not lie painful TO suppress is shorts when
The cause OF the country trumpts over hction? and
when defeat shrouds their hopes, does he not feel
pang that his voice is estopprd from sounding the
alarum in the ears ofhis counrymcn' Is he
mortlG d when he dare not defend a slandered Pa.
iior, hold up to reprobation insid,ous enemy
of his country, lest lie should he suspected Of par
tsans Up by his motley readers !! We doubt after
all whether neutrality the Thing hat fiend of
silons. i has lis advantages, but there counter
balancing Irvations TO which would not submit
for the pleasure of enjoying Them On The other
hand, decided party has his griefs, but Will
not stop TO enumerae them, since all men feel them
mnIe Or less. Ii is a remarkable fact, however, to
which we invite The attention ofthe Compiler that
we rarely hear of a partisan editor becoming
haL very often Of neutral throwing off his pacific
haoilimenrs and putting The nodIing plume o.
the warrior. And we shall not be surprised to see
our liiend of the Compiler, Of these days, in
The field armed cap pie aud dragging some mo-
dern Hector around the walls Of Troy