Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-04


is to be one oftbc Wing candidates Ion the L, $.
Senate, demanding TO know his opinions on the
Bankrupt Law d sl,bu,ou-Sub 1',casury-u.
s BANK, &c. &c. Before hc could D. ply 10 IT, the
letter Of the committee was inserted IN the news.
papc,s-~hcreu MI Foste, addressed to them
the following searching reply, through tho medium
Of the Nashville Why;
NASHVILLE Oct. 81, lSil.
NesaS. Sdmaei 2uraey J. L. Hudriebe, and
others.
GrNrLrMrN:-l have TO acknowledge yeni Letter
OF the 1914 instant. plopounding Tor my considc,a-
t,on sundr, grave questions OF public policy aud
requesting me 10 enhRhlen your minds by "iul
aud satisfactory reply, ~ IN the opposite alletna-
i've. leaving me In anticipate the Ind' huic pos
poue nenl OF election which involves The sacted
ughts ol the people OF Tennessee IN the principal
,ouusels OF The naon, aud is lmpelauvely enJoned
by The letter the Constructor.
ma, lament, Gentlemen, bat fear cannot
relieve the anNl1es hlch seem 10 ttnbafthss your
moveuenls, aud threaten 10 dlsappout The pubhe
tx prttatlon, by rrtntdiug The execution oi great
aud important duty. To promise otherwise, would
Ia speak against The lights before me- aud
To boz aERlnsl hope ns II. For years past, II
has been my lot 10 Struggle IN Warfare wheio, rs
The ieounty will Lear lot witness, scotued alike
Ia stoop ior coneealment ~ beg LOT quarters. Da.
lIug that eventual tnct IN the length aud iriven-
cy OF the repeated interviews | bad the honor al
holding with some Of You, and IN the frequent oppor
tan ties YOU al had oil reading aud heanng my
sediments, | endeavo,ed 10 proclaim my opiu,ous
AMI De clare my political associations. IT, alter all tins
we do ycl sufficiently understand each other, l,
must certainly be tho result oi rolrg'bte d"tness
sumtwh here; is make II point nestt 10 ho ouldone
IA tuannei~, must, suppose, IS matter OF pohle.
ness TAXI the iau Ia myself aud secure You against
impulalIon which would wound tn PRIDE OF your
constituents, aud deiogato from The dgnny the
-, nal q N.
II on please. FiuIllcss labor Is APT 10 discourage
further lo~, matter where the difficulty hes, aud
eci myself Compelled IN all due hnmllIls, 10 de
cline tie ,xp)aoallonI have hltheno ipled 10 i'm,
picss upon youi mi,IIcets.-Nert rtlcless, by your
leave, gemlcmen. | may Tender my profound ac-
know, ,dgmcns 10, the distaterested candor which
dictated Your communicative, aud ~ bellai OF my
own lmbec,hty. ,mplo'c that chant, would be the
last Ia inptach az ds>all.
"old o. two molc, genllemcu, IN all good 81.
hrlncss, shaI elose what have 10 say un the pes
eup occasion. Fhy ne called totb by cons dera,Ioos
altogether loielen 10 my olHIcal occd, "ha'eVtf
may b., aud cannot be omnict by any one wha
feels that Office can never be hooolaDly hcld,
unless II be honolabJ sought ton aud hooolabjy oh
isin,d
Considering lhat we are uncompfoWlsuE political
adv,sares-I', such 10 mr., you viii aim'l' are the
wloe Htrtec" III the sell COZ sllulsd and august
inquest an now addtessing-y"u have drct"'y
ycncd, but hardly tXousfd, an extraordinary Liberty
hy the elevated position YOU have BEEN pleased TO a.
sgn ne. l. remains 10 be seen whether slaad
alone belo,e pdfr'0Hc mqns'tlon, o. who 1t Is
fnend ofiue, thai hn.s "ih me The hoaots OF
your scinnny. You doubtless know Of SOME who
nav placed themselves sic .Hhny, not publicly, III
the category yuu have imposed upon me, AMI ds
AN bound 10 believe that You are ''ali-aN honofa-
bic men,' | uusf you viii not have illed 10 VISA
thcse with sunlln searching. Although some oi them
may be atthe bo1om--the WY bottom I yonf conns
seI,-the sacred Office You hive honofdbt4 &soluna-
'ly assured, VIII MOI excuse tie least paitiaiIly-
lh'y sh uIl be held on htghas ! am, so that Jus,
aud equal Exp mIy aUdrn the public al ih't
men, aud Enable Eld day ambnlon 10 scan by tunes
lhe s1eel ma, have ~ encounter.
Whether OF 10 shah be Candidate FOR one ol
thc vacaat the Senate Of The Uuied STATE.
now al the Disposal oithe Legislature OF Ienucs-
see, may depend upon more uncertainties ihan the
contingency oi lnr self. viii, on lhal scole al
least, cndcayoi 10 measure my ambition by the
desitcs OF those whose pollucal iailuues-good OF
bah-sna infinitely bclei than your; aud
whilst am Tree 10 ad .nt that maj my III those
tnends may command my name, can declare IN
IA equal hdukuess, that l.oor aud humble as | an,
my enem es pos sess ne hci power to deter, roI
aedllh OF Honois enough 10 pefehase me. Inc
closcness and III fetceness Of tie contest may
warm ny courage aud stimulate my cx'ttlons, hnt
the p,de oil success shall never, lassuIe you, temp
me 10 violate any sentiment Of ptoprltly.
assert ~ uncommon shgaCuy, when ! profess
IN undeis and the promises, the obligations AID
The political attitude Of Of every individual member
composing the honorable body WITH whom you are
actIug. A similar kuowledge-lrss acceptable 10
your taste no ever Than mine--excued no doubt,
TIE soicltude which led you into this cxtfaofd nary
+ correspondence. WI hodt intending 10 iebuke
that soil ude, OF l'houl DIES ening nor 10 charge
any one Of you, or duy particular member Oh Jout
political family with unworthy ate pts upon the
unsusprolIug nteguty ofyonr brethren Of an oppo,
site toh seize the occasion to declare, solemn'y
aud publicly tna would ,ot ply the hdelhy OF HE
humDesi among all the ielfcscplalives OF The PEG.
pie thou h my election might hang on yole, aud
| could successfully acroo 'Ish the foul srGuc-
non. ! hope, Gentlemen, II may be ~ your power
all Of sou--losa much III equal aud unielgned
siLcerly.
II IS nue. Gentlemen, rs you assert lldt you con
si1ute a maioin,'n the Senate oi he General
Assrm6, OF lenne ssee,' and consequently hold
the power, Tor Iso Years 10 cone, to enforce the
sig icant Ihrt al Which points the last paragraph
ol yuu,letler 1t IS equally true thai some pe"plt
NV piophcsed the execution Of HAT threat, but
h We never breu OF he number, aud am slil slow 10
believe IN any such purpose. The free OF the
lhledt does not therefore amy me, nor would ITS
u wise ulh meut mi ne ne more ibau II would
yourselves aud every oh. good cuuzen IN the
country. / lie che blessings that flow hon tins
happy government, be oug, without distinction, TO
ali men Of every party, aud then loss-i lie la Ell
hour ever cumes-must OF Course be common
/ CALAMITY. As ihen existence was oo-cval, so tueu
duration can oHly lie c0-eslsltnt with our cOnsttu-
iion, and that cannot long survive unless the sacred
IuIuuctlons OF that ever glorious instrument are
cuetished ard ubeyed by men oi every political
flth. Ia the mdst Of party ia lis most n,allsu"n,
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