Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-04
s.yNCunURsi. NOVEMBER 4. 1871.


the temper OF the Wing party in the western par'
Of that State. is not less applicable so far We have
been able 10 form opinion. 10 The Wings Of every
section OF tho Union The Waterman remarks:
I'VE have had good opportunity Of knowing the
state OF feeling among tho Wings in tho ves'erp
counties Of our Sta'e. beginning with Oisngs and
ending with Cherokee; and we declare Ne never
knew il stronger or more determined. We have not
known a single instance Of detection. desertion,
enhe, 10 Mr.. Tyler to the Locos." VS. do not
mean, how ever, to be understood that MIR. Tyler
ha. no, carried of, from The g'ea, body Of The Wing
parry. few Of IL. members, hero and there-but
instances of tins are like Angels visns, few, and
lar between" And NO hold this TO DO ooe Of the
hishe-t evidences Of Tho incorporating integrity
Of Thai party. Unlike the Van Buren, party on the
Treasury question, Thousands Of whom yielded
their avo~ed hostility to that scheme, when the Pres
idep,, discriminating their declared opposition,
shsinatsly refused 10 abandon it, the Wings, 9th
tho stubborn spirit Of their Revolutionary ancestors
have refused to submit To Executive dictaon. or to
be bought up by Executive patronage. Such \
party may be defeated. but be dish red
| Even then opponents, IN the full aush Of triumph
must honor them for tho stern adherence 10 rrinci-
pie which they have exhibited, aud for the indfer
euce which their opposition to ,te man who was
elected TO tho Chief Magistracy BY ther votes when
he deserts those principles shows that they feel. in
reference to the "fesh. pots" and tho spo'l,
But it may be asked, there has been np defectio
| 10 the Wing ranks-no deserion-how happens It
that they are almost every where defeated this fall,
even where then ma critics year ago we've decided
and overwhelming! The answer to this question
nexhlbned by a statement of tho polls, which show,
We believe in every ipstapce, an immense dini.
mutton OF the aggregate pote; SO that generally il not
universally, even the Van Buren, candidates. though
elected by large major'e,, have received lever votes
than did Van Buren, himself, when no wa, beaten.
THIS fact shows, rot change in public opinion, No
!" generally inferred. bu, an apathy the part Of
,nose who placed the present Administration in
power, and Who arc necessarily paralyxed and ren-
dered Indifferent to i,s fate. in consequence Of the
unexpected aud suicidal policy Of the Oh ref Mass.
uat~.
But there 10, We regret to say. another cause, and
We tear a mare potent one, to which the result Of
The late elections is partly to be referred We fear
So because shall lament, above all things to see
the question Of STATE honor converted into line of
party division. Yet ii cannot be denied, that in
some OF the States III least Il not in all Of them,
which have recently given jorilics against the
wings, one OF the most important and pervasive
questions was, the obligation Of those States to pay
tho debts they have incuircd-wheih cl imprudenlly
or not IT is nov too late To enquirc--,he Wings Ia
King the affirmative, and the Locos the negative.
We do no. say 'ha, the proposition was presented to
the people IN This baked and abstract form; FOR If
- a damn hat ia al. 4.
reputation of State debts would have been gnaIly
overIhrown. But the manner in which i, was d,spu,-
sed does not in any respect render less obno
10 all men jealous OF lhc character Of their country
while Is more Objectionable in this tina, il pc rh.ps
secures the supper, Of many, wh.n thus disguised,
who would recoi from i, with horror il it were plain.
ly presented for their decision. Even the Charles.
ION Patriot formerly warm Van Buren,, and now
Tyler paper expresses its apprehension, based upon
tho result OF the late elections that we are on the
eve Of beho dng the wreck Of State credit! 18th.
test applied lit says) many Of the elections now
in progress, is whether the candidate 10 or 10 not
friendly To direc, ta1aton 10 sustain the faith Of the
States. In Maryland. in the recent canvass, the
people have given their SURFACES for mono Of
tho candidates who favorable TO inc eased TAXA
'""' ~ "k"s H"vo "dVc VIC SANS IeH,aik a. 10
Pennsylvania, the tax law passed by the last Lepis
lsure Of that State, by the vote Of the Wings hav-
ing, above all other things. operated upon the la,e
electio And what is the fact in Georgia! 4 wr-
ter in the Eha,lesion Courier says: The indebted.
ness OF that Stale grown Of system Ct inter-
nal improvement originated and prosecuted during
the supremacy Of wha, is now known as the Dem
ocratic party. The Legislature Of 1910. in which
there wasa decided Wing majority, lest the perms-
nent stigma Of dlshonored credit should attach TO
tho State. made provision for the exiting uish
ment Of her obligations by direct tssatiyn, as the
proper mode, and thai TO which she would sooner
or later be obliged to resort. This honorable
measure, the only earnest Of good faith which the
State could give to her creditors and the burlhen Of
been stuff cent 10 have attracted public attention but
for the clamor Of designing politicians, has been
stamped as Wing held up to the peo the frs,
fruits of Wing administration /; and, with all the
upon the country system OF policy, grinding and
crushing in its operation"
We~ill not argue the QUESTION whether the States
ought TO pay the debts which they have contracted.
Tor We presume no one out OF Mississippi. ia vet
bold enough TO say that they ough, no,--snd even
in tina, State indeed the population of her debt Is
justified alone on the denial Of legal au thoJi,y to
contract it. Gov. McNutt himself 10 not dari 2
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