Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-18

|taincd, sruce that linr. fine canno, now, there
fore. consistently act with tie Wlliss. neither could
he Ihen have douc So; & our compliant against hun,
s,po, that he has abandoned the Whgs.(lor this lie
had right 10 do, unqucslioned Of any man.l bul
that lie then, alihoug wise as he Is now, declared
hin sell every inch Wing II, consistettly
with his old and often avowed opinions, he must OF
course fall back upon his old rosilion,'' and unite
with the Locos, let him do So; but knowing his in
April !asl as we'll as lie knows il now. he cughi not
then 10 have soonluly declared that lie would not
even acct u nomination io,Congress from tie Lo
co Foco plry His declarations in April led
necessarily 10 tie inference thal between him>eI
and tie Wings there was stranger ligaturc than
''iemporary questions and purpe ses," and that his
aversion TO he Loco Focos deep roo ed, settled
and permanent. BY lhtse declarations. whether
desi lnedy nut, he deceived The Whigs-lnd IT is
| on thus account, and not merely because he has
CT anged his "posilon''-lt is because he holds his
Office by votes winch would never have been besow-
ed upon inm II his position" had not been masked
by his hnguage-tlla has drawn forth, not only from
our quiyei, but from hundreds OF others, those ''pu
son arrows Of which his ally and advocate SO
bitterly complains.
We shall not defend ourSeires agains, the sin OF
tcder-,sm With which are Aravely charged by the
j. 1e'sonlan Even flhe appella,ion were applied st-
y. IT would come with bad grace from the champion
oil the Two last Admins IONS, which, whether we re.
Ter TO then DOCTRINES, cOntai ed in certain
be-orgotlen State papers, or Thur ac,s some of
which drove Gov. GIlmer aud Others into the np,o-
sing ranks, have thrown even The federai>mol Alex
andsr Hamilton and the elder Adams into the shade.
II Is an old fnesse, however, escape the odum of
unpopular names by apply ing them TO ones adyel-
,sary rick which the Loco Focos are perfect
adei ts But names have no lefrors for US. They
may call US lederalisls if they w-we shall be con-
tent TO prore Iha' although he federal party has
long ceased TO exist by that appelalior, the Loco
focos have lnh rlled all lis evil denotes. without
the redeem'ng qualities which made them plausible,
and protected them from universal exccration.
FREE TRADE.
We commend The following letter. winch we copy
rom the Baltimore Patriot, to the attention OF our
readers:
Extract Of a letter from distinguished UAie mem.
Der u Con9'tsS TO hSJriend IN baltimore, dafcd
-, November 81, 1911.
1--WE shall have sllltng times this winter in Con-
stSS, anu no one fdn lel What dSi pulIt
affairs will assume before another spr ny pus inuh
h,r flowers. BY The blessing God, mean to stand
ny my country and her tue interests, in any enle,~
gency, with anly loflilude, let those turn aside 10
do reverence to individual chieiiains. who please
The iarlf question IS which will cause great
trouble, but Tor my life | cannot see the wisdom
patriotism, OF constitutional Injunction or inh,blllon
which requires tie people Of the United States to
admit the Productions OF all The world free of pro-
Iecuve restrictions Of any sort. into her markets.
whilst all HE world burhens with excessive protec-
I'VE and discriminating duties all her productions
crude or manufactured The true interest If .
merica is to have free trades but that ia not free
raue 'hal bur hens win duties, excessive and inor-
dnate all we have sell abroad and receives INTO
our markets fore ign productions free or nearly
This IS vaSsalage, not free d ON; and as | love free
dom, mean TO resist il. Ii England and France
expectto have the privilege of selling ther wooIrn
and cotons silks, &c. IN tins country at The mode
rate duty Of 90 per cent. less, they must allow us
to sell IN Their markets our flour. Our tobacco. &C.
NC. al The same or similar rate, the first princi
pies OF nature must rgpire us 10 exclude their ~ o.
ducllon or so tax them as to raise ur, by the pro-
ecion, producers OF those articles among ourselves
with whom we can exchange upon equal terms one
kind oiprodnct Tor another. II Tariff is not
arranged upon such principle this, all attempts
at restoration The currency will be worse than
, idle. Whilst purchase from abroad more than
we can pay for, because hev will not take in nav
ment what we haveio sel,-and thar, 100 what
heir people want vastly more than VIC do then,
manu- actures,-we shall, of course be ia debt our
, actual money will go as fast We can collect j.
nd our paper, no matter by whom issued, State or
Federal Government, ndivdu ais, vii depreciate
Give us wise system OF commercial regulations
give US justice and fair play in our dealings with TO-
reign nalions and We shall very soon have an abun.
dant currency, and all the convenenccs Of
sound convertible PAPER can be supplied TO the
community IN any one OF dozen different ways"
As a suitable companion piece we copy the
following remarks from the B1Itimore Amer.
car:
"The Chi staple ofVirginia is taxed ,o,mously
IN France and Great Britain. Her -four can with
difficulty hnd access to foreign market. except III
BDazll and some parts OF the West Indies. Lei the
advocates OF Tree trade" ds they choose tc STYLE the
one-sided lrac which he nations Of Europe for their
own advantage have established with us-le the low
els OF abstract theories, upheld regardless of facts
continue 10 deal IN negatives and heap discourage
ments upon domestic industry. The result, when il
shows Itself IN the further prostralion Of our HON.
manufacturing interests, which ust lang ush under
The competition ofpauper labor abroad, and the COM
mcrcal restrictions leyelled gainst u.s. wall awaken
The people TO right views and teach them that upon
native resources and domestic industry our rue re-
lance must be placed Has Virginia prof cd IN any
way by her distractions! What does she gain by
denying TO the General Government the power of
fostering the productive energies of The cuuntly-oi
protecting our interests against the attacks OF for
eigners, prosecuted as they insidiously through
their systems of commercial tcstriclions1 Viii her
ed uDoD IN nj .lpme mia of