Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-10-11

there several) upon which 10 rest the ar eumen,
There is a point of view, however. IN winch We
have always attached peculiar importance 10 the
opinions Of Mr.. Crawford, and il matters mt in
the aspec, OF the qnesii n referred TO- whether Mr
CrawfJiJ ever changed his opnon or not: or
whether that change took place in Is % IN 1888.
And il is this that Mr.. Crawford was an open aud
avowed champion of National Bank, whca he was
nominated as The Republican, candidate" Tor the
Presiden in the contest of sci, against Jackson,
the Bank killer, as well as against Calhoun, Clay
and Adams. With a full knowledge of this TACT, he
was taken up by the Richmond Enquirer aud re-.
seivcd an over" heming maturity Of the popul,r
vote OF Virginia. Indeed, his vote was strongest
wherever now The Bank is most bitterly opposed
Van BURN was his champion in New York as the
Enquirer was in Virginia. Where, then, was all
this hostility to Bank! Why was not the Bank
then made test, is now, of poll zeal orthodoxy!
How happens il, fall who Is ,nk men nov, are
therefore Iedcraists, that then ne oil the aLle,
and most uncompron.lsing Bank men ia the Union
was deemed worth, Ia occuiy the distinguished
position of the leader OF 'fhe Republican party" par
ercciience? Ii Wm. H.. Crawford a Bank man
was Republican, Why are all other Bank men Fed
eralisls! And If the Bank tse be IA "monster of
such frightiui meu"--f il b, corrupting TO the
public morals, and Perllous to the public liberties
II all V'fiue and all patriotism wilher under lis
Upos II fluence,-ifi, be "A Money King, whose vasr
powers may render even the Government itself sub
ectio its wi while holds in hands The over 10
fuence, by its nod, the value of the entire pro
OF the ma ion,-how does ii happen that the friend,
Of ford In tbas r,I
jtclirns against a Bank, were so insrn>ible 10 lis
dangers when they sought to elevate him the Pre-
sidency! IL their app,elenslons Of the evils and
dangers of a Baik be seriously fet-if they be any
thing more than mere chlmeras of the aginalon.
corjured up to friglrlen The weak and ,imd, Mty
were sadly defelict in then duty To her country
they false to their obg ,,ions as good cz u.s.
when they supported Bank man for the Pest
dency. But we shall not pass upon them the heavy
4 u"i -nan censure which they would metll, II lhei,
present ljeciions to bank we're really felt. M:
the very fact thai they anxious to elect Mr..
Crawford shows concius,vely iha, their losnlily TO
Bank dates from more recent PER- d, and that
their Arguments have been forged for the occasion.
They were not less hostie 10 The Sub Treasury,
when lha, scheme was first propose d, than they now
trouble TO look back 10 the discussion upon Cor
dons proposition will see that as many and as r.
mldable evils were predicted from the adoption of
tina, measure b, the Globe, Enquirer, and other
party organs, as are now luretold. The conse-
quence # charerug a Bank. But these organ very
changed their tune when The league of Stale
Banks annihilaed, and they were forced to fall
back upon the repudiotcl Sub Treasury. Theu,
that "unicked cub" was made TO assume the f,rn
of beautiful and well poportloned system, and
was finally, for the Furp Sc of gvlng ectat
TO its adoption, ushcied INTO the world the
anniversary o; our Independence, as the sign
aud token Of our "Deliverance and l. betty
Should the time even arrive when The National
Bank will become necessary TO their pu, poses
they will, with as Ii tie compuucIicn, take up
gain-and the Mons er will become as did the Sub
Treasury n tler hands, amodel OF purity Il pe,f c.
tion If, from extraordinary sense of shame ,ey
shall not actually h r'ld forth admirable ad ,pta.
ton TO the ends of good vcrnmenl, they will, as
they dad, when they supported Mr.. Crawford in
1924 consider IL 100 insignificant IA matter 10 merit
their MISUNDERSTANDING too unimpouant 10 affect
the claims Of their fvorite candidate for the Pres
denty.
For the opinions Of men who have always been
opposed 10 the Bank, aud who have consistently
manifested that opposition, We have the sinceresl
respect but hold in derisun the course Of
such parry hacks as Enquirer Which, after sup
porting Bank man for the Presidency with unsur-
passed zeal, AS he Republican ca4diJae, now. when
It suits its purposes, round and dubs all Bank
men as Federasls, and depicts in glowing c"lors
the fearful consequences which musr fl Nv fiom the
election to that office Of in favor Of that stl-
tuition IL What II says now be ,rue il was a moral
traitor in lS2l. Ifit deserve not that e,nhet, il is
becau.e the fears which il now avows are not
really felt, and therefore entued to no more
weight than s, much chat.
The alternate Eiection.-Ex-G vernon G liner
voted loi Leake. the Loco Foco cand dare for the
Legislature, in Abemarle-the,eby showing that