Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-02-10

Public hands. which ..5eimg' 70 hom snd which are
threatened 10 he pr,sied lr them hy Western ainll
tion and eupidiiy ,-saeb party may PRIZES attachment
10 State Rights and literal consrueton but Tie leo-
pe ho srst the difference between prof sson aud
sccc, came, n duptd ty their hypocrisy. II is easy
encsgl ,oilscrbe "Repubcanlsm" and Estate Rights
uponils banner ofany psry; but unfortunately Is Jus'
cas-, to disregard the duties and trampe upon the
principles which that inscription requires aud ind"a"s'
and actions SPEAK louder than words The people can
be dupcd by preensions hich are not sustained oy
acts Let these NOISY dccaimers show Their ia'h ~
their works This def, them 10 do for, iiom the a
dpon Of the constitution I'LL now, every Administrator
which has come into power (that Of Thomas Jefferson
not excepted upon the prnc laid down IN the ceo
brated Report Of 1900 has shown BY It's official acts,
that however ceded they may have been TO these rn-
cpes in Theory. they mol deemed TOO sacred 10 be
Violated wien the public exgencios seemed 10 require IT,
But To return 10 the Convention Its very first step was
satire upon portion Gifts subsequent proceedings As
hereoioe seemed tolod ups presiding officer IN strong
contrast with lis professions. Some year two since,
sonyeRon oe. party called Judge Tuckerto preside
It's dellberarions--and e,igoi ,hcgrossiInprp
pretty o.ieondemnng National Bank and Internal I'm
provcmenis by the general government, with perfect
Der Of Congress advocated both And now, while de
nouncng the State Banks, they will call upon MAJOR
Charles lancey Of the arg holders of Bank stock
in the Contnonmeah 10 condemn his connection
with those '.rotton' Institutions,
After the organization Of the bodg, and Tic appoint
m, nj Of committees to prepare an Address Resolutions,
&c, various speakers were called out-among them,
Con Dromgoolc, who, although man Of strong mind,
and stronger lungs is oorator heard only portion Of
his Speech as. addition TO being somewhat lndsposed
felt interest in hearing reiterated nc,spoper si,g
which constituted lis staple. Several other gentlemen
followed hui rs did mol hear their remarks shall say
nothing about them Next morning. the Convention TT
assembcd but the committees not being prepared to
port, ii addressed by Mr. f. Scott Of Caroline in
very lame and mlpieni naunerr-just like MIA who
wlrtad usneah, but 10 did not exact, know what To
speak about,-thcn ~ Mr. Walter d. Lcakc. Of Gooch
land who, departing from the beaten. COURSE divcd into
.he philosophy Of politics, and dealt largely in classical
illustration and meta phor, which, excepting that his phi
osophy misapplicd, his illustrations not very APP,
and his metaphors n,ongruous and oyerstr aimd acGut
ted himself quite credabyhs address certainly cvin-
ced more mud than any other that heard and his ear
nest and impassion.d tone and gestures conras,,d IA
vouby with the mechanical and rassionless manner Of
other gentlemen. WHO seemed to speak per- force and not
ono,e. Then followed Mr. French now Of Cl,cs
tcriied. young gentleman Just cut Of his tcc,s. and
whom would adylscto larry at Jericho until his l,ard
be- grown Mr. +. declare, that the call upon him VA,
entirely unexpected and yet he laid his notes upon the
desk before him. l.ref, showing tia, in ru9a 10 Lad
prepared for war lie poor Innocent was a new re
crut; Just icshing lis aiaon sword" in the cause Of
H., II.L. 4
that he had made war ulnn them hut unfortunate,
like SO many others. he had haen humbuggcd by the
'harclcr and ooonskins land he most solcmnly pro
missed that II the 'Dcmocrais' would forgive him fer
this sn he would hencciorh prove true as steel to Lcr
principles, and sin no more. Il made two or three at
onls TO lie vastly eloquent but ii was mo no''-hc
"coGd nj come it, There seemed to be rr,try zen
cr,l concurrence Of opuon that if he was So easily hun
bueged he great loss To the Wings and no great
acquisition the ocos His style and manner STRONGLY
reminded spectator Of last speech and dying conf, ;
sion. and 1t Masgeaerally asked My there was not a
pool OF water prepared that he might be regularly i,is
ted IN the Loco foco church. As some noise NAV 6
made ollis tbs na" convert, will add that Loco
Foco memano the House told me that in the campaign
Of lSIo Mr. French of the most vehement VIC
lent dcnuncatoy Wings in all the land and that his zeal
even carried hn so tar that occasion dressed in
hunting shirt and mounted a cider barrel he address
cd the people favor OF Gen Harrison: SO that inst, adj
o beng himself humbngged, he was one Of the lnmlug
gers Another delegate told me that three Years ago,
MI FRENCH then residing in a strong Whig county was
one Of the 'oade, 7osIl.rs of Mr. Van Bulen and he
has only changed since he removed tic decided Loco
foco county Of Chesterfield which county he is ambi
tous to represent III the Legislature! lie WILSON find
however, he did discover What was disccrnibe to
every one else at the Convention that. while he has lost
the respect Of his old associates lie has failed To secure
the confidence Of his allies. But enough of Mr
French. WIN. ii hoane, Esq. then made few re
marks and the Con, ,utlon adournod until ) o'clock
W hen the Convention re-assemhlod, the committees
who had Just reached a Hail. wasoallcdon tor speech
With wiiloa cali, unexpected and sudden as ii
was. he complied tho evidently not .'in the vcin :"
lie was followed by Francis T.. Ri,es OK mcmicr of
Congress from the Petersburg district no commenced
by remarhing that he did know what to say'-a re-
marh fully verified by his halt hours dull Iarangue ana
which must have satisfied every nearer that when man
has nothing 10 say. he ought To say nothing Next fl
lowed Mr. Wallace, tho aniaIo delegate from Peters
burg, who deelame quite handsomely for the SPACE of
ten minutes. Mr. Brown Of Preston then obcycd the
summons but had not fairly got under way when the
committee entered the Hail. and through It's chairman
John Il. loihdhN of housa. presented tho address to
'h's paper after II is published, shall not offer any cab