Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-10-03

moro paper too aud too eloquent not to reach
the hear, of every thoroughly corrupted BY Inc
vices aud the slang Of the schoc of the repudia
| tors:
LETTER
From a gentleman Of Baltimore. TO londhc,der Of
.NWyhu,d upon the subject Of liquidation.
BAlrrMoRr, August 90. 1912.
Wv Dear $500 duly received your favor Of the first
Of the present month, md have given its subjects the
| consideration thoII Importance so well deserve.
conicss You that OF tho modern her eses in
politics morals have filled my mind with such dsmay
IA tins doctrine d Republication Gross and startling
enough Of those hoeses have bcen 10 be sutc aud
II has been painful the private and public mind
giving way before their slow and covert approacles.-
Bot here great and lion like leap in the path oil dis
huncsiy--pcriormed nj noon ,lay-at which the mind
shoulders tembles;ii shuidesa the cnormty and i'm
pudcnco of the sin and rcnbles for It's effects upon the
fair name Of the country.
lpatrotsm he love OF country and devotion Ia its
Government. the sentiment must become extinct 10 the
breast oi the OF virtue, for he ca%no, love country
that is stained With lnamy or feel devotion to Govern
mcnt that has tolerated dshonor. The extinction oi
this noble sentiment must speedily bc followed by the
decrcptitude. TIM dissolution Of the State, Such
gross d,prasi,, in the public morals ia the fatal disease
OF the body polite. liz eorn,sivc and deaenng effect
will be rapid and certain Before II the State will sink
and then will come the whrlwnd aud thunder Of revon
ton to drive away the impurities and refresh the moral
atmosphere tho Storms Of the elements fan away Tho
ciluvia OF wsllleni boys and pools,
Some imagine that the diffusion Of the great
shame of fopndlaon among all the People Will leave but
a uic portion 10 each ones sharc-nut enough 10 sluk
this individual Of that into dises,com with his fellow
mon anil sc hy are omholdonrd 10 conn,rpapce In the
nnhlic cnrnei,s and a,i n, IN, h,lo, hoy measures
which they wish 10 be believed they would The
intercourse of private r. The Ellacy Of this position
consists, in the first place, IL It's want Of truth; for. III
my Judgment the man who would repudate the public
chi von, rrnndiao Inv own il th lash and ang of the
,,, ,, hin, rec Il, ii, II m, r,,son;ry moreover "a
,llacin,s for ,br NJ l.r,o s zach cyen,s ishon
- ,, Ma, ,,,,,, "a ,n,l ,o,,,h,o, hoe H., r. n .,a
kood inress ,nnn rho i,,.hoo nj ,yory man ,b,, b,~
n,',ira 10 ,ir,lna rLn endr,ng ,,an,o w
hs h,nv md E,s ,bidr',s children VIII G, ,he ha,a5
nLo -
i,,yoivcrs ar, o,v,re b,, ui,ho,, ,,ro,o ,e,,, =,
strain,s nn,n ,h, ,,,,y,,, ,,,,ono ~ ma, ia.
n,a ,, If - T., ,.,,asoa -, oa;a,,,, go,
nrnroJ Un,,. a..ao nd tr,aso, and n,,Jr .a 10
n,nl a.. a,,,, Il ofcnn.o nJ ,a, and h;lonaN n
sbmcn,s arc alI,,,d IN ,be,. md .vinl,,r and ,hn
ami rrocrng ,onev x lalsc ne,cuccs ,re Denounced a.
tcnirs and condon ,nfc,,ons ara allotted 10 than
Vol ,yha, st,, he say of ,hrso hwoyrrs tho Govern
mont, the naron,a head ,yh,n ,self becomes onil,, al
all these latter oncesi For wherein il Reputation M.
ter than theft aud swindnu and withholding n oney Tia,
was obtained by false preulences2
Ir,u.n, d. tnse matters Historians and post,rit,
,rc IN came m or ia and ,hov will sne,L of ,r action,
with the nras ar tho ceny,,rc IN. nrdo ar ,b sco,n
thai thew INV deserve aft RIM thai renud,non nj IN,
public deb, IL an net which nbodrs all The ,urpimla q
the above enumerated telopi,s II 10 the r,sul, of
purely drshoues, emotion in thc rnbjc lrcos, II |. III,
npeu cxprcssion of determination To withhold from \
mother what ripbfulv b.lsnps 10 him fl ls the delhi
crate nndisonised and base ayowa ,fo disb neal mr.
nose The9nenrr Is not IN the sphtrst decreo m,iioo
led by an arenncnt drawn from The Inconvenience n,
wing the or the burdens Of taxaion thai NAV be
necessary TO remoyeit This should have been manfred
into bcfIe the de, was con,rac, cd at any rate il js
question with which the creditor In. no CONCERN il has
nothing 10 do with the validity Of his claim or the .b
CATION oihe State 10 meet it, Complaints Of heavy tax
alton should be addressed to the Government, that NAV
have madu the burden necessary nv unwse or pr paie
lcpislaon and not to the honest creditor who has shown
his respect 10 the State by relying upon the faith and
honor of It's rulers
The government of sovereign State cloosrs 10 am
bark in enterprises for the public good that are beyond its
ordinary means ard cannot be- bv The sppes
Of its ordinary course Of taxation II s cd to pled its
faith aud borrow money from individuals looking
10 rich returns either Ia the .ape Of pecuuiary Gain or Ia
creased political STRENGTH and aJv,n,ao. The works
are prosecuted with the public confidence and f,vo, and
the an receives over and over ,o,n cxpresons nj Tho
rpnblc approlation At lonptb from ,hr 6cklencss mr.
The feehebes of the pubc c,ncils some new doubt of
the utility of the prolecis or other caus. they f, into
dsayor they are abandoned or prosecutod hut tard,lv
the d,b, contracted for their benefit ia disowned and the
confidnr creditor of the Republic is spurned from the
door Of the Treasury Can any thing be more utterly
pnsilanmons or bascly dishonest than ,his2 How does
such conduct compor, with tho high and elevated prnc
pies of our boosted declaration Of independence We
there accuse monarch of bad faith and with the most
solemn adjurations 10 God affirm that, for 50 great
SIN he merits the irown of the natonsand the dsmembor