Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-10-07
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agreeatly Ia appointment anu addressed the people.
But few persons. however, we're present. the farmers
being bus,ly engaged With their crops; shut chnfy.
beca ,-r they were mortified and indignan, al the
course OF Their representative in Congress- and cared
eei hIm, and there WIS 10 expectation that
Mr.. Irving would be present.
Mr.. Giner opened The discussion in a speech Of
two h"un, which, from the description given Of by
the Advocate, we presume was identical with that
some days before delivered in Amherst. There Is
one TOP c. however. which at least Who ID a.
hear the nhers, speech, is new. II is the reason
his vote for Mr.. WISE as Speaker-,he great Oh
jeci Of Mr.. Wse's ambuon, by tie way. aud to
the disappointment of which many attribute his late
exuaordnry course. Mr.. Gilmcr says he voted
for Mr.. Wise, because "he wanted a man 10 com.
mand aud Keep order"-This is decidedly one Of
the best sarc Isns Of The seas, n. Mr.. Wise, il is
well know n, has done at leas: much TO disturb
the order f,Ee House. and TO involve it in The most
dsgraceiul scenes, as any other member Of that bo
dy Indeed. ii Las been very rarely the case, that
any disorder IS occurred, in which he has been
a con-picuous actor. Surely notorious dis, urber
Of the ublic quiel is the very last man whom the
Jndlclcus would select as cOnservaor Of The peace
There is an old maxim, and good one, that he who
would command must first learn 10 obey. A man
who lrampes upon law and order himself can i'm
par, but lille moral lo,ce his injunciious to 9TH
e,s, TO respec, The one and 10 MAINTAIN the other
The OF cupanl of the Speakers chair, in such
abody as the House of a,yes. should,
It IS true, be man of courag'; but hs
courage should be under the conrul OF rea-
sou and the restraint Of sell:resp'c; not that inn
pulsiye, impetuous, violent daring, which, not con-
with depressing violations Of decorum and proprl
ETY.. rather proyok,s them by gra,uitous exhibitions
of its own impertinence aud eCklessness. Mr.. Wise
might percliance make a better master than servant;
bu, we should be 10th to trust him. We should
fear that as he is contumacious and dsrespecGu in
the one capacity, s, he would bs dogmacaI and
despolic IN he other may. however, be unfortu-
nate, party aspect, that Mr.. Wise cleo
ted. Ii he had been, we doubt whether Mr.. Clay
would have been the object of his maledclion-
whether the Bank bill would have been vetoed-or
whether any Of those strange events would have
happened, winch have sgnal,zed the history of the
las, three months Upon such slight causes are
great events sometimes dependent
The Advocate thus notices Mr.. Irvng's reply to
Mr.. q liner:
"Mr. Irving rose in reply under very embarrassing
circumstances, being almost an entire stranger and
j having to address audience meag,ea at best and
already .ircd by he speech OF his predecessor Not
wnhs,andng tht Sc dlscouragements he spoke with
all the manness which good cause always ms ires
and charged home the Inconsistencies and ter
gversallons Of our Representative in his recent tor
iuous course. He SAID, tho II might some
LOO early 10 enter the hsls with his opponent, UT
that recent epents had proved that Candidate might
come out before The people too late with his true
sediments, well as loo soon! He joined issue with
Nh. q. as 10 the wisdom Al patriotism OF the
Of the Wing majority in Congress, especially ~ ie
gardlio he Bankrupt III, the Distribution, Revenue
and ank Is lis. winch he defended against the charge
Of frank aud unmitig gated federalism" filed
gainst them by his opponent. In regard TO Nj. G's
votes FOR Speaker Clerk and Public Printers, he
SAID the people disposed to Complain OF
his Young gainst any one ofHem, but against them
| dl-that showed the quo antnlo-tne n,oire of hos
uiny To TIE Wing cause The whole scope and
spiri of his proved this and here he point
et To Mr. G's now rejoicing al Wig disasters ~
Maine and Indiana, aud the triumph OF the Loco
)ocos, prove ms coalition with the very party d
ga nst which he had once htled. On the puolic
land question, he introduced resolutions. for
which Mr. q. voted IN The Va. Legislature, firm
ing tue principle Of distribution and the right Of
ownership by the States, tho he iepudatts that
dOctrne.
MIR. L. CONNIE ned with deserved severity upon
the course OF President Tyler, and p ssed IN review
the members of that famous little coho,, the Corpo
rats guard, The lncongruOus materials Of hch
were composed-no Two of the ~ agree1 in any IN n 9
but wish and Puny effort To head. not CAPT. IyLer,
bat Henry Clay. What great pr,ncipte, he asked ,
was to be carried out in denouucIng Henry Cay!-
The Abs'taclionlsts go for principte-naked prnci-
pie U gu what principle was it then hat Messrs.
Tyler, Uimer, &c. now opposed SO bitterly Mr.. CLAY,
whom President /, Ter went 10 Harrisburg to nomi
nate as his first choice for the Presidency VIVA,
had he done forfeit their confidence and To
IN, ur the odlous charge of dicldtonl He read Mr.
Gilmefs letter to the Richmond Committee, euio-
glzng Mr.. Clay IN the EARNEST terms, as a States
man, whose name would go down to postetIty
Of the tedconS Of his dge!' He pressed Mr.. q. into
the Confession that he would 60 for Mr.. Tyler
second term if he were the candidate fhe Repub-
can pdrty!' On the question of the currency he IN
sisted, but without success, that Mr.. q. should tell
us what he was for. as he was against every thing
hts cautious competitor could only Iespond,E could
tell IN December. MI. |. did not doubt that Mr.. g.
would be found at last the champion Of the re- etted
Sub Treasury, IN some torn or other, and The is
sue was now narrowed to II and IA National Bank, with
suitable limitations and restrictions, he avowed him
fthe friend OF the latter Institution. which alone
could give stability to the commercial and fnanol,l
op, ralions OF the country. He charged upon Mr.
G. and Mr.. Tyles other advisers that by defeating
beth Bank Bills, they had left the public purse and
the public sword in the hands Of the Execuive-a
combination which has been pronounced" the best
definition of despotism." Under the law Of 1885,
by which the custody Of the public treasure is
regulated the Treasurer gives bond for only $780,,
600, whilst he IS without other check or restraint,
the receiver and controller Of millions!
Upon other subjects OF discu ssion. he was most