Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-01-13

embrace Mr.. Van Buren,. forgot To notify n. Cid.
oil the intended change in his relations . ,e,.o,,i
and POLITICAL. who will therefore be as ,rncb s,,.
prlsed a, his "coalition, others are who no, So
en'"eiy IN his confidence, perhaps were sill NOT
prepared Tor the late singular development at Wash
ineton. The South Carolinisn" too, in question,
ing the truth Of the runner that Mr. Calho,,, had
gone over 10 the Administration, virtually admit, N
indelenslbiy, III no, the CORFU tuess of that act ".
shall doubtless. however, soon that paper wheel.
ing into line. and covering us file header,
The Globe OF Saturday last enters into a warm
defence OF the Coalition, as in duty bound. MIR.
Calhoun is no longer Caixline in It's eyes, leading
oand oil dissointe eonspiraiors against the peace
AMI unity oil the Republic, but Cato. honoiing his
country by The sIernness OF his patriotism, which,
IN It's love Of country, burics all animoses in the
grave oil oblivion, and is content without the pro-
mise of reward, 10 enlst under the banners of his
but lately most vrulent enemy :" lie asks norhing
tsays The Globe and gives all--lhat is Mr. Calhoun
Is too acute to take open brLehe is too discern
ing not TO perceive thai # he accepted any other
than distant and contingent rtpard, he would by
that act, cut an impossible eulph between his aubl-
Ton and the object 10 attain which he las consent.
ed to sacrifice both political principle and personal
hcnor-We mean the Presidency; for, after all, that
is the great stake for which he is playing, leaving
all II eaner things" 10 the low ambition Of less
piring mo,tas. And that the Globe understand. ITS
new ally, is apparent from the atful aluson TO this
contingency with which il closes Mr. Cahoun's de-
fence. If Gays the 6lobe.) Mr. Calhoun d" is to
derive any benefit frnm the misc construction to which
he now sui jecls himself, i, mus, come in the train
be bicl "a.
bes,ows, in the end all who support it," That
is, he must take his chance for The succession for that
is the English Of this ciicumlocutory sent,n
And Mr.. Calhoun and h $ friends understood this
just well the other parties the coalition of
the ultra Federal aud the ultra State Rights chief
tains. A Washington correspondent Of ibe Char
lesion Mercury, paper warmly devoted 20 Mr.. Cat
houn and his interests, as long back tie l7th Of
December, remarked that 1.-The succession to Mr.,
Van Buren,. is fast swallowing up every thing here,
and araylng themselves under The two
great aspiranfs, Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Benton"
Yet This writer, like The editor Of the South Caro-
liuian did seem, although the spot TO be
aware Of Mr.. Calhoun's intention to kiss Nh Van
Burens hand and 10 ask forgiveness for past Offences
without requiring OF Mr.. V. B., the slightest rcpara
ton for, explanation Of, those manifold and ma
ligoant injuries i 1icled upon hin sef-and Instead
of demanding atonement, 10 sue for mercy. For,
after making the foregoing declaration, he thus in
in,crrogatcs the editor Of the Mercury: But is
there no danger, that, in this Presidential strife,
your principles and the grea, principles Of the South
may be forgotten or submerged" Yes, nuly
there is and the letter-wter could never have asked
The question, bad he waited only few weeks longer.
,yha tbe,
correct principles not, had, by The zeal with which
they had been espoused and the gallantry with
which, under the most dlscouraeug crcum
stances. they had been maintained, secured the res
pec even Of those whose assent they could not com
mand, are not only "forgotten,' but they arc abso
luleiy and Internationally abandoned-surrendered
-lrampled in the dust. When Mr.. Calhoun en-
braced Mr.. Van Buren,, Nullfcrtion was "sub-
merged" in the Proclamation and the Force Bill.
The leaves of the Palmetto. Instead Of being green
and fragrant are hencefotl wiihcred and sccness.
The lone star of Modification, which once shone
with solitary luste in the heavens, is bloued out
forever. It is the "los, Pleiad" OF our cousella-
ton.
The Loco Focos have forgotten ther Usual tact
in sneering at The poverty" OF Gen. Harrison, who,
they say, drinks ''hard cider" instead OF sparkling
Champagne, and lives in clog cabin" instead ola
lordly palace. They even threaten to get up a sub.
scrPton for the old Heroic enable him dress with
oeceney, Pretty language this, to be used by
the selfs,yled democracy" towards one Of the
old soldiers of the country, who spent his
youth and the prime OF his manhood, not in
accommodating the "mammon Of unig hteousness,"
bat in protecting the frontier against The saw
allies, and in pioneering the path of the civilized
the trackless solitudes of The great West.
But had he been taught in the school of modern pol
icians, he would not have left the public service,
in his pocket. In that day in the selection Of pub
lie officers, is he honest ?" was the first question
asked Now a-days, when if every public officer is
not rogue. too many OF them are, tie ony question
powerful infuence!A nd il is not wonderful Il AT they
live in luxury, even when they do not abscond With
hundreds Of thousands of Uncle Sans dollars in
their pockets. Gen. Harrison is poor-but no n an
dare say he is not honest. And | readily admit that
If wealth. and arisocratic habits are to decide The
contest, Van Buren, ought TO be the President
and especially as he has been in some public Office
ever since he was old enough to leave his mothers
apron strings, and has accumulated his vast fortune
by the receipt of salaries-and by that hated thing
called Speculation There was once Roman. who,
in his old age, bowed down by decrepitud and in