Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-24
,o,roRs CORRESPONDENCE.
RIeHMoxp, Feb. l6, 1910.

RICHMOND, Feb. IT, 1910.
,., vas u isled, by erroneous iufor-
i"e =, Indulge, in my last letter. in some harsh
nt'0', ,,on a gentleman, (Wm. Z. Tay lor. Esq.
In. who, whatever may be his present.
.l,;cal position Is innocent OF Inc ACT by which
u,,e elected. | ,utormed,-and you will
NV! :. by the Wing of this morning that he Ed
of,ha, paper fell into similar error.-,hat
n, lot was The author Of praemalieal and
~ n,uous leitcr,~hieh appeared in iheEnquirer
Pr S,,urday announcing his secession from The
vi, ,anks, and his alliance with the Spoils party
forsooth, the Wigs had abandoned their
'..;rles. BY supporting Nj. Rivesas US. Senator
IN m, then, nor can now see, how any Wig,
las offended at the support given to MIR. R,ves
s.,0un Of Mr.. Rmes's advocacy ofccrtan mea-
... Of which they dsapproved can justify them
~. 70 their country o. their consciencs for going
.,.,,o Van Buren, and Benton, who are at least as
Ian !, the mud as Mr.. Rives is in the mire, so far
IL, mast is concerned. and who do not, as MIR.
p,,s docs give us any security for The Jature.-
qie.e gentlemen verify "s'rain al gnat, and s"ai
law camel" AMI, under the impression that MI.
Ta,or had taken this position upon evidence when
III ell as The Wing. deemed conclusive, ] cen
sa'l] h,n as do others occupying that position, N
.ncherms as their pharasacal conduct,n my opinion
,,ss Il tnrns out, however, that Mr.. Taylor
.s mn, the author Of that letter and that The writer
u,. sane who, until last Fat, was an unwavering
.abe,a,, of the Federal Executive" but who came
an, !, favor Of Mr.. CIoy, but WHO, as Mr.. Clay is
mt 10 be the Wing candidate, las gone back to the
MISUNDERSTANDING like the dog to his vom-
il and the swine to its wallowing in the mIre." The
Who's therefore. have lost nothing by the re.deSer
tim of this gentleman, who, it would seem from his
suJden and frequent fluctuations, is as unstable rs
wafer" and whose support is therefore little TO be
coveteJby any party.
The election Of r. w. Gllmer. Esq. as next Co
vernon, seems to give general satisfaction. Judging
from what have heard, | have doubt that even
III, Loco Focos, in East,ra Virginia, are better
pleased with his success than they would have been
BY McDowel's election. 1t is well calculated to
excite, in the breast of the honest ycomanry of The
country dlslrust Of the sincerity and honesty ofthe
leaders OF the Loco Foco party, when they see
them, after all their denunciaons of the Bank, the
Tariffand Internal Improvements by the general GO
vernment, supporting for The highest office in the
State, man, who las heretofore, so far as the
sulonal principle is involved, giving his counte
nance each and all Of these measures This may
be denied-l suppose it will be-but why, if it be
ho true. did some ofIhe Eastern Loco Focos re-
fuse. to the last, to vote Cor him Why did
ny of them on The first ballot refuse, in the teeth OF
unanimous Caucus recommendation to support
him and why, above all, did Mr.. Venable, who
supported him from the start, declare, after the
a.. l. 4 r.
with whom he did not entertain one prinoipl in
common?" The journals of tie House Of
Delegates were diligently ransacked aud so
were the old files of newspapers, to furnish these
gentlemen with plausible prelext to justify thei,
votes for him; bu, they searched in van.-The
more thorough The inves CATION, the more conclu-
sIye vere the proofs OF his heerodoxy but still
under the Stem exactions Of party discipline, they,
with but few exceptions, yielded up their principles
and now stand before the country self-condemned
pretenders to political orthodoxy and purity.
The Enquirer. Of this n.rning, contains a curious
document,-which ought to have bean published
last year 1t is a letter from Judge II. ST. G. Tuck
CT, to Messrs. Baptist, Smith, Nash and Holeman
OF Senate in answer to certain inquiries, touching
the opinions OF the Judge. relative to IA National
Bank to the Internal Improvement by the general
government; and TO the Sub Treasury. These en-
qpiries were addressed TO Judge Tucker. with a
view, as WAS then understood, and is not denied to
d'S nomnatiou as Z. S. Senator, should his an
swcr be satisfactory. For what purpose his answer
as published now. (more than tw elve months after il
WAS wriIten,) cannot conjecture. But that is of
less importance than the answer itself. And what is
II! Why, that he voted for a National Bank more
PARTY;" and that he also sus.
tanned works OF Internal Improvement .of national
importance" his opinions that subject also being
IN conformity with those held "by mann Of oar most
distinguished Repabtcaas.'H The Judge, il is true
says he thinks it noO .'nexpcdient' 10 establish
Bank, and equally TO prosecute scheme of In.
'ernal lmporvement-in both respects occupying the
position of Mr.. Clay and Cen Harrison. And vet
we are told, tina, while Mr.. Clay and Gen. Harri-
son are Federlisis because they entertain these o.
plnions, Judge Tucker is good "Denocratic State
lights Republican," notwithstanding he enter aims
and avows the same opinions-as were the great,
cody oflhe Republican party" who formerly ac ted
with him..
"What mighty dicerene can there be
''Twixt ceedie-dum and tpeedle dee ?"
But the beauty of it is, that, although Judge
Tucker avowed these sentiments in January, 1885,
he did, as President Of the Democratic State Rights
Republican Convention, in March Of the same year,
subscribe his name TO paper which in condo mining
the constitutaonalUy OF these measures and brand