Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-27

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committee. THAT, promptly replied Mr.. Kin, Of
''es' was because there Was no other candidate
oe'"'e Tue committee ~ Il loud and general
'""S"t MI Leieier DECLARED, that Gen Hoses
rime 'cns before the committee. Mr. Boud,, AL.
ed u Zen. lioge was not tainted with c,,s,,v,s,,
and II that was not the reason of Col Wiso,,s =.
lection ty the committee +! Mr. McCaman, ,.,l;.a
that lie was not guilty OF that heresv. and at,i,moa
his hdelty TO the Democracy. The question was
taken and Col Wilson was thrown overheard. by
nearly an unanimous vote, only some half dozen
Voices being heard in favor Of his selection.
Att This The chair was yat, e,l in o,,le, IN ,,;
subscription towards the establishment, ,r nh.
Freeman" in this city, athap weekly pape,. on
'"' pan oil the feon'an. Maj. Yan.sy, very hu-
"o'oosiy, IN subsequent pant of the discussion
"escfoeu tie folly Of christening the eld beio,e
II was oorn-and IL was admitted thai The b,n,l,n,
was IN lair way Of never seeing the light. AS only
$500 we're subscribed while $4,000 were declared
TO be necessary to furnish ii with swaddnc. clothes
and wet nurse. The success of the scheme is
therefore, yet a matter Of doubt
lhe char being resumed The Address was read /;
10 winch paternity listened, though vas thereby
prevented from fulfilling an agreeable ensaseme IT.
II IS distinguished by the slaleness Of its facts
which are meie reite ralions of the Enunrer'. ed.
torlals, tied together by very trail aud sande,
'hfeao oil argument; by gross prr,crsions OF truth.
both in palliaton ol Van Buren's opinions and acts
aud IN exa. geration Of those OF Gen. HARRISON and
by the ptomu'g aion of a very unexcertiunable
creed for the most parr, whilst il failed TO show
that every article OF this creed is daily violated by
those who profess to be Its disciples. l shall dis
sect II at my leisuse. In the mean time, there is n
strange omission in il, TO which will al once call
public attention Whilst discussing the Abohiion
question, II st"dousy avoids alluson TO the Nilsson
n eontrorersy-the beginning of the Abolition A.
CITATION. Why i! Was II because when thai CON
""'efsy shook the Union TO its centre, Gen. Har
rson was the only representative from the non
saveholding States of the West End one of the three
from the entire non slave holding region who man.
fully defended the rights and institutions of IN,
South Or was il because Van Buren, then. nor be-
ing bidder 70, Southern votes, and in The widest
dream OF his anbion, never daring TO aspire to the
Presidency ofIhese States. and locking for all his
honors 10 come from home, volunteered to in.
sruct his federal ally II ufus King, to adhere rpo.
rousy to The inicfdict Of slavery in Missouri As The
condition OF her ADMISSION into the Union! Tie
Address lkew Use abuses the Tarin-but il does M,
tell the people that Van Buren, voted for ,he Bill Of
Abom'naiions IN 1928 And II denounces the system
oil lhufoal Il pfovement, while il remembers 10
forget that no longer ago than December last, Van
Bulens Secretary Of War, recog nised empIaticaly
the consttutionaty Of appropriations for works of
Internal Improvement, (see Mr.. Poinsetl's Annual
Repor',) aud lie Chief Enginte, of the ropoprapb-
zeal Department smugeicd into Congress an ,st:-
mate orthe continuation of The Cumberland Road
One word more-aDong the articles Of the Re.
publican freed, as laid down in the Address is the
support AN Independent TteaSWy-ln olher words,
the ub-Treasury system. When did that become
test Of Rrpubcansm Prior to 1897, the Globe
swoe thai it was the quintessence Of Federalism
What h. changed lis character since then An Err
ecutiee recommendation But the Richmond En-.
quirer even stood Out against the mandate of Power
for a while. Aiier the President recommended il.
we we're told by thai Journal that it oud .increase
the power Of The President already too great for
Republic, that it would not only inhict upon the
nation the Of an unlimited Executive but also
oi"an unguafled Exchcqrer." isMis Republican
'sml lit is, it is not that Republicanlsn which
Jefferson taught aud Madison illustrated. 1t is The
spurious creed ofimposleis and dupcs, who have
stolen the name in order overthrow the principles
oiihe men of '98. But enough foi The present.
The readn! OF the Address having been conclud.
ed most ludcrous scene followed, which it would
require the pencil ola Hogatll and the pen of a
Hndibras adequately TO paint and describe. 1t grew
out OF proposition TO print 10000 copies of the
Address-he question being as to the ways and
means TO pay the printer. Numberless PROPOSE
lions we've offered and wiihdrawn-and for more
Than an hour and half the battle ragged with fury
proportional 10 the importance Of the theme
The spectators Of the scene came TO The conclu-
sion that, however lavish they might be in their
professions of attachment their principles, they
"ere much more attached 10 their noneY partic uar-
ly two or three gentlemen OF wealth. who seemd TO
be more hide-bound than those who could spare
less. Finally Mr Smith of |. of w. cut the Cord.
an knot in winch the Convention were entanplrd
by a resoul' n. providing that those members who
were also members of The Legislature, should pay
thought proper, TO aid in the dissemination Of the
Address, &c.
Up rose, at this moment, pursy gentleman. a
Mr.. Watson. Of this city, who submitted a very re-
d'c"ious resolution, TO the effect that the Wings
should hereafter be called by the "coenomen" of
Federalis's which he supported by speech such as
might have been ed (,om The auibot Of sucI