Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-19
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THE WORDS OF AN HONEST DEMOCRAT.
Coon SrnINe Posr offIer,
It'MiGmson Co,intv Tennessee

To THE Hos. H. Clay
The p1tiencc OF this people. sir Is utterly exhausted
by repeatedly disappointed expectations ri peeunar, re
let irom Congress, the subject OF National bark
The money changers whose ablcswere once overturned
by the Son OF God himself and the msers aud Insurers
OF The country grinding the people into dust by Their
actions As The country conditioned from causes
which are needless NAME these Shyochs who never
iau Ia exact the rot NJ fLEsi areaeiaaS eNeel-
sing the legitimate functions Of Congress by regulating
or rather runlng the currency o The naiie he lar
mer can no logger find sale ion his surplus productions
anu lie almost lans as he wipes the perspialien oil oi
from his brow; aud the mechanic Ike other strong par
Of the Republic, and there are sir two. Stands
fray aud coninundcd at foreign competiien and The
influence OF English Intriguing policy. o1te Us Ma
onal Bank. that We may, like other nations. have an
independent national currency give us 'ludleons ia
MI, by which moau PROTECTIVE ON, against the
unholy and unjust Vaccinations OF foreign policy, make
as independent in WAR as IN PEACE, which we never
ye, have BEEN for the Of home manufactures. lou
know sir, we'll as do, that the armies ui the reyolu
ton marked the frozen ground their winter marches with
ODD ar want of shoes. and compelled to 60 INTO
winter quarters Ide Forge, nj tie very period etac
ton. from nakedness. and suffering from cold Nor IL II
less truth, also within your owedee. that during the
asI 1.-The volunteers from Kentucky IN the northwest
ern armies, and those of Tennessee the southwestern
iorees, of want OF home manufactures were compelled
to rob the bees nom their wives aud families al their
blankets aud Sheets Tor covering and tent cloths. or do
without hoth. Nor sir, this all government ITSELF
during the last war, or have been grossly msnarmej,
was compelled to wink the smuggling OF enaah by way
OF aaatl, 5r clothing hen troupe Of the lne Arr these
bitter lessons e HISTORY and actual experience u suffer
ing and misfortune, Ia be lost sight OF by statesmen,
IN the puny ea5as OF personal ambition that dynasty
may be upheld which has been weighed IN the balduco
and found utterly Nan,ing.'
One OF Two events must and will shortly erpefycno.
The Constitution Is not explicit either Respects IA
Ional bank protective tariff. This il evident from,
The dHerSes oi opinion ON these points, entertained y
our greatest satesmernor is 1t less evident from pap
uar larrn9s aud descriptions Of sentiment thesa SUD.
ects The people must, thcn amend the Constitution,
which Is becoming less and less possible, from tie
multiplication oi our populations, aud the great diversity
OF sectional interests Congress mus, exercise the pow
ef by necessary implication which has been done in
ny other instances Are afraid OF protective tariff
aud 4 national bankl Are the people inundated al the
power and policy Of government which they them
selves ereaied and Whch exists but by Their 3rH Arc
constitutions and laws like those It lie Modes and
Persans, uaclanL 'ShaIi we, tie people, pf-
iii by experience, which is the true aud otii lennlal OF
political wisdom and genuine uaioral policy 7 say,
with Lord Bacon, that 'Wau can neither know or a
chlevo more Than lac has actually experienced Of ma
ure ) laws Nhur we have reached tire nd Of Griunl
esj9ieace III human aila u, have reached the utmost
vcrse oi human wisdom. The Residue Of our pretended
know ledge is mere theory lncy -Inae naluni The
man WHO never changes tbs opuiuIs rteelfes aec,s
slons of experimental fulh from the hshs a lred and
actual experience lsay This Ia Justification 81 NY own
changes ii opinion on these Polus. aud t others olmy
fellow citizens. who have also VIIrd IN Tier sentiments
may clearly Distinguish the true c4uses. as lbty are
founded IN the very ruiGioI coHSttiGt u ifdl. The
people Of tie United States, will cease h be mentally in
dependent, when they bndy submit Ia the dlcatons U
mere party. In olhlr words, whenever they cease To
investigate and to draw conclusions for themselves they
will be longer the SorGtigR but the Slfle populacc
they will sink INTO degradation and contempt, in the
eyes Of their ruersihcy will be the invnc5e patriots Of
the age no long,rno longer the progeny Of their
tors oil the revolution, those lords OF the Lion heart and
Of the Eagles eye.
| will now SIR speak Of Mr.. Clay TO himself in the
third person. ard with the same Independence, which
stamps The other portions of this letter To say that
Mr. Clay is without ambition. would be 10 that
human nature itself the herald Of alschood because
ambition, thron The whole range Of animated and
intellectual nature. commensurate with the conscious
ness OF ph Ysca moral and intellectual power There
exceptions dsroyorable by me, to this great fun
damenta law Of nature unless from COURSES of
lie or educaon in which the ambition natural 10 man
and essential 10 the development and perfection q his
cndownenis. Incomes dcbascd anddcgraded The Young
eagle Besrr daTes the nest attempts 10 become he
companion Of the Clouds until he becomes conscious uf
sufficient power and strength Of nion, 10 support his
flight Il is precisely with man; tie Consciousness
n polrer urges HIM to exercise II the fiat OF Heaven 10
have been: ''yOu shall exercise the enrr
ges with which youare endowed within moral bounds,
TO insure your own happlnoss-thc dormancy naciv-
lty Of those powers shall insure their premature ruin
ana decay ,iDH DC ftHiHlVt NJ misery. w c THIS
great law every where cNrmplhcd, in man. and beast
and bird. The strongest limb will wher If consigned
TO inacton-lhe weakest one will stenghenan develop
Itself, If rightly exercised &c giant feels no dis
position 10 move while conscious u debllity-nor will
he submit 10 prostlalion, after becoming conscious
If returning strength. You will not fail TO distinguish
sir, nor will those for whom this letter is partially in
tended, that the philosophy of nature and the very
siituiiuns Of humanity not unconneced with the pol
tics Of the Republcand that the latter cannot be under
stood. without some know ledge Of the former; the
people have too hong been dipped and misled bv
stump arangues and empty defamation, pnrporing 10
be political SCIENCE which nothing more than dena-
gosueism ndssuise. Intelligence is power from the
God olthe universe downward, and whenever it ceases
to br The attribute OF the people, their liberties will van
ISL like the visions of a morning droaml
Ii Mr.. Clay We're not ambitious Of true eI9rv he
would be disqualified for the Presidency Of this great
Republic; he wonli disgrace lis principles, and degrade
its true policy, Of which have specimen before us;
we have an owl in the perch Of the eagle, who, from
Consistency" with former habits and avocatons is EN-.
ployed in catching nice The annor of the Presidency
is TOO heavy for such shoulders We see in Mr. Tyler
pigmy in the Of Bruce, dwarf attempting 20 bend
the bow OF Ulysses, say this ''morc in sorrow than
in malignty Of temper in compassion for the i'm
beces Of his natural character than contempt for his
efforts for political rectitndcl He is in station for
which nature and education fitted him. and is now
suffering the penalties of deep and damning national
indignation. which will finally overwhem him and blot
his name from the annals Of history. He wields the
scepe OF republican Executive power, with about the
dignity and Judgment that a child would display
in iumbling with rattle !
Great God | have often said To myself This man