Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-26
COMMUNICATIONS.

foR THE yIRGINIAy.
MEETING OF THE FRIENDS or uARRI
son Il TYLER IN AMHERST.
Yesterday l,he 10Th Of Narch,) was a cloriou,
gay Tor the cause o constitutional liberty in this Re
puooean ola county. Court having djourned at an
carry hour, large eoncourse OF citizens pur,uan,
TO previous notice, assembled in the Court hons.
Doth Tor numbers and iespectabiluy. the meeting
was probably unsurpassed by any ever pteyiousIs
hcu IN the county, and the gallant enthusiasm glow
,ogy depeied upon every eountenaoce, told, in
'angnagcpo to be misunderstood, tho jealous and
paif,"tc ardonr which animated every bosom. Per
snaued that the great principles which have banded
'nem togetiier, III opposition to the dangerous and
aaimu doctrines aud practices of the presen,
Chiei Magistrate, and the disorganzine faction by
which he is sustained. are the essential and vital
pr'nc'plesoi civil liberty, tie Wings OF Amherst
have no teats Tor the encounter. They have An n
bi'ing and mistaken confidence IN the honest and
faithful devotion OF the g,ea body Of The people To
the constitution and the laws-and they have resol.
we'd that the TRUTH shall be placed before then
IN manner SO plain and so inteiilg lbe that il can
neither be mistaken contfoverted.
The meeting was organized, on the motion of
Champe Carter, Esq. by calling Col. Cornelius Sale
to the Guar, and appointing DR.. D"d Patteson
Secretary. Col. John b. Duucat. then iosr and
IN bret AMI eloquent address, torcbly advocated
the election oil Gen. Harrison, aud happily con,ras-
ted the high claims OF The Par,iol Chiellaln 10 the
confidence and support Of The South, with those Of
n present. incumbent Of tie Presidential Office
When he had concluded. on the motion of | udson
NJ GarIand j.. c"mrntee Of twelve was appoib-
ted by the CHAIR, 10 prepare resolutions expressive
OF the sense Of the meeting. The following gentle
men were APP onled The said con mutce viz Hind.
sou nj. Garland. jr David S. Garland, Maior John
w. Broaddus. Col. John ID. Davis. Robert Camm
Joseph H. living Wm. NJ. Waller. Edmund Penn.
ChamPe Cater, John billiard aud Wa l.. Ssun.
IL Al Hall. II
'ng retired returned in "A few minutes, and reported
through Robert Camm, Esq. the following pream-
bic aud resolutions, which were UNANIMOUSLY adop-
ted.
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
Regarding Win Just alarm the dangerous and
ani-i' publican dottiines vi Inch are daily sprnplng
up nom the hot bed Of Parry aud honestly bel ey-
'"g that The Wild aud disorganlzng dogmas OF Fac
lioh and Agiarianism, winch necessarily apita.
ting the public mind. aud batteiing down the old
established la d-mafks OF Repubhcansm and The
C"nslnution, are moi only tr"ughr with rum 10 tie
present Commercial, Agricultural aud Manufacin-
rDg prosprray Of the Conttdetacy, bui must, lnol
arrested steadily and iapiGly lead the total
version III our Tree inrm OF GOvernment,-and As.
sunine. as n faci which caunot he coniroyefted,
Ihat present Cbiel Magistrate il no, the author
aud or elna"r Is ~ least the alder aud abeuer OF all
those disastrous and ruu pie jccts which have 50
siEnally marked his administration. and rs such
should be Ia Id amenabie 10 the peopIe-we, por-
non OF the cnzens OF Amherst asst mbled 10 delIbe
rate upon The aspect Of the X, public, and devise
ways ard means TO avert from US The Ills aud dan
gers which arc hoverIng over u.s. do hereby pro-
claim 10 the word our uncOulromisiug hoslIiny 10
the reelection OF Martin Van Buren,, lor the follow
my reasons
Because Of the manner of his electio n-haying
cra"led 10 the high station he occupies by pandrr
ing to the vanity and ambition Of his predecessor;
aud IN his person. and by his act, thus commencing
n Ces-
sor 10 Office. which, iitipened into precedent, con
veits our tree Republic into that most odioss OF
all Governments II eli.elecuve Ohgafchy.
Because he has prov, d talthless TO every pledge,
made in his Inaugural Address; and Throughout ms
whole administration, has not only manifested an
uer disregard TO the teiH and Weltdre Of the people,
but a fixed design to bud up an irresponsible and
unlimited Executive upon the runs OF he Consiiu
ton and the liberty aud happiness Of The people
Becauss he has continued to press upon the con-
sderation oil Congress dangerous aud 'disorgaDi-
zlng" measure tine Sub Treasury in open defiance
Of the reiterated condemnation OF large ma joriIy
OF the American peoIle-"A measure calculated
ITO enlarge alarmlngy the already more than Royal
prerogalives Of the President, aud to put our hard
"earnln-s into an hundred additional hands. which
accent melancholy experience teaches us is bnt
"ano'hrr name TO subject them To additional plum
"derers."
Because he has brought The patronage OF the Co.
vernment into ruinous contact with the puriiy aud
freedom Ui electious, and, IN NV all Report, open
~ proclaimed and TONED the doctrine that ii is
he duty Of otce holders the influence of office
promote ihe political success of him, from "hom
they receive Their daily bread-ihus proclaimIng
to one hundred thousand office holders. :" sub
erviency the surely Of office !" and opening one
hundred thousand savers OF coITnpton. 10 dthle
the political morals OF the land, aud ,onlamnate the
virtue OF the people.
Because he has waged war Of exterminaioa
against the Credit Syslem-a system SO inmate
ly interwoyen with the prosperity Of the cuni' de-
iacy that,to destroy the is 10 destroy The other
and to effect This, amongst other means, has endra
voured 10 array the Poor against the R,ch-ihns.
for ambitious purposes, waking up 6eud, wlnch
converted Revolutionary France INTO pailon 81
Robbers aud Assassus, aud which, If iarly un-
ton, the bare contemplation of which is enough 10
blanch the cheek oi the stcinrsi patriot.
Because he has in all his measures clearing upon
the subjec) eyinced ioI med deiiberale pose 10
break down the soverei-nIy IT the Siates-.nd IS
now asking at the hands of Congress, the passage
of a Bankrui Law, which, II granted. places every
State Bank AT the 70 tsioul Of the Federal Execu-
i've, aud nds the States sn OF evey ves,ige OF
Estate ri ghts." 10 the f irresponsible Exec
utive.
Because he has. during the present session oil
Congress, by the aid OF subseTvieDt Legislature,
~ defiance Of the Constitution and Law, disiian-
chised a sovereign State New Jersey)-an acl
winch. Il aclniesced nby The people, gives the last
finishing blow to the ind vidusny aud sovere- MY oil
the States, aud lays the basis OF grand co"soda-
led Despulls,p. t,Ial 10 Liberty, aud porieutous OF