Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-18
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..,,,caaism in the South, is hostility To Internal I'm.
movements, By the general government. We have
,ox before u.s. boweYer,the lndianal oils Democrat Of
.,,l "a (llie leading Van Buren, paper in Inaana.)
=, ,,bicb the defeat of the Cumberland load Bill
,bieb, rs our readers know, is hobG, IN thai
s,,te is atiibuttd 10 the ifLgs, in destite If the
.,,nuous tfluits of the Administration 10 procure
an appropriation for ii = Now Lean what The In
aiapapois Van Bulen otgan SAYS;
.CrngrRIANp ROAD prFlA1rn BY the Frp-
,u,itsTs-BY HENRY LAY TIN SUPPORTERS
nr GIN HARRIsor-ln tbs paper viii be found
IN, debate upun tie Cunhc,au Road The bl
was defeated by tie unlitd eituIts uf Mrssrs. Clay
sod Crittenden Of Kentucky, aud Mr.. Suuhafd
at New jersey. Mr.. Claws speech ought 10 be
re. att, p,ely; It's fealurcs ought to he examined,
and il ongh never TO be forgotten ty The democrat
ic many and the cit zeis 81 the Western States
A few errors we will correct
..Nr. Clay saws no estimates were made by tho
President for the Gun berland road and therefore he
could not vote for any appropriation uotrecommend
ed by the Administration. This msstate nent Is
made only By Mr.. Clay, bui by The Whole lede
raj rauv. Mr.. Van Buren, did, IN official re-
pori, lad befofe Congress January 7tb, 1910, pre-
pared by the Secretary Of The Treasury, recommend
an appropriation for the Cumberland Road One
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS was recommended 10
be expended IN OHIO, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS III Ildiana. and ONE HUNDRED
s IN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS III limos.
. - al is also singular fact thai auuug tie various
works constructed by The General Government, tie
Cumberland road is secord on tie list.
ITO this official report the federal party never al
lude. The report is IN our possession and we ASK
all uubueyers 10 call and examine II. OF course,
Mr. Clay was rot cc.iecl wien lie sad the Ad
minslrallon did noi recommend an appropriation.
"Whrn the final vote taken only seven sup
porters Of Gen. Harrison in tho Senate would vote
for TIN bill. This vote is the strongest evidence that
Gen. Harlson's party not only opposed TO lie
further prosecutor OF this road, but TO the interests
OF the West"
So, so According to the organ of Democracy in
Indiana, Mty "ledcialiss' WHO oppose internal
Improvements by the general government, merely
because Internal Ii pfovenenls happen be popular
there! Aud Gen. Harrison and his party denoun-
csd as enemies to the system, while Van Buren, aud
his friends are held up lis advocates, ard
ging appropriations in aid Of them. In Virginia on
the other hand, il is de clared that Van Buren, is
deadly hostile TO these appropriations, while it is
presented that, il Harrison be elected, this whercd
arm Of The American System vi be revived and re-
invgorated :! Why, gentlemen, boh can't be lrue.
Either the organ in Indiana or the organ in Rich
mond is mistaken Which Of them is il :! We
will rll you. The ttuth is, Van holds upon this,
as upon all other subjects, fco opinions, one for the
South, and another for tie West. lii lrue, sta
acdby Mr.. Clay, that he dld not recommend an ap-
preparation for the Cumbei land + oad but il is
equally tue that his Chief Engineer, with his i'm
Piled sanction, did recon- end it. Thus Van Blu
reu's silence is quoted in Engnato prove bis hos
siliiy to the Road--and his Engineers Report is
quoted 10 Indiana TO prove exactIy lherevetse!
How long vii! the people be hamjucged by tie
hyrocical cant Of men wlo Sian elessly VII late
every principle they profcss-who, while they
holding Up creed ia Virginia, which they declare
is the test Of RepubIeauIsm, at the same mo-
msnt in Indiana exultingy pc rlng 10 the evidence
tina, tins creed has been rodien under foot by lis
makcrs-and still more than thi-, tina, tic disciples Of
that very creed are TederaiSts
The truth is, fellow cit of Virginia, Gen.
Waddy Thompson Of South Calolina, decla ed. III.
other day, in tie House OF Representatives 1--WE a,e
cajoed" (by the Presiden, and his friends IN tie
Souih) with constant profession Of opinion HAT
tbs power is grated by the consliru ion, and at
the time, habituai c1crcisc of he polcer.'
"Ihere is no such party Us an auti- Internal In
provenenl pafy) in the ceuntry." Ia the
South, both parties opposed Il; IN the West
and North, both parties are III favor of it. LISA
sssiional, not political question: Interest, not
principle, is the governing motive of all who vote,
pro and con. The North and West seek approprla-
lions in aid of improvemenis-and they assert the
power to make them. & ridlcue, nice distractions
the objections Of those who deny It's existence. The
South asks for 10 such appropridlious-and she de
MES tie lower. Look at the speech of MI Howard
the leading Van Buren member from Indiana. He
allrms the existence Of the power in the broadesl
terms-and ye,hc is Republican Waddy Thonp-
son and John Bell deny t--aud they are Federal
lists What petversion oftctnts, as they were OH
ginay understood
Mr.. Van Buren, himself occupies a position on
this question: which shows his arriiicc and cunning:
How is it, else, that lie is upheld in Indiana as the
friend Of the Internal Improvement policy, while
here Van Buren, is extucd as the destroyer Of the
system, which told can never be revived I'M
less Harrison be eecled' How has Van Buren,
managed to maintain so eqnivocal position on such
vital question, although has been three years in
position which rendered ayowa Of his opinions
almost matter Of course! We again beg leave
10 quote Gen. Thompson. He says, with great
point:
IL never have and never intend to make an slec
iinneerng speech here; but | cannot iofbear Say
that whilst II has been charged upon of the as
Inrants 10 the Presidency, that is in the charge
81 committee, whose business il is to force him to
conceal bis opinlons-hcre, in mile Of the other,
when II is his official duiy communicate his opn-
ions TO us-we are il fl in doubt what his opnion il