Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-08

always was aud would annually continue 10 be 10 con-
siantly augnentne extent BY immgraons Of the mssi
tefae classes Of Eunpe, should We not speedily he at
tho mere, o him them who could umhods the Efeat-
number OF mefeenaries tn drown the Voices OF the
true aud real American peope' II the Constitution and
Laws afforded tnress. ought rot the people 10 tab.
redress nie their hands. rs case was presenter
when submission the wrong iacli REIMBURSEMENT
at itre Government aud virtual slavery Such were
the questions a.itaet nj thai moment OF excited feeling
and painful suspense.
Geneslcn OF the Bar consulted as To the legal
course which ought 10 be taken II Mr.. Van Buren, had
been elected by The aid oi Virginia. aud II could be made
Ia appear that his majority IN this State was fraudulent
They Of opinion that there was no legal redress
whatever, and that tn, returns Of The Presidential Com
mSsincrs were final and conclusive. and could not be
looked behind Ii these commissioners. nfamcd by
parzan zeal had annued the Constitution, and permit
ted aliens, residents aud all others 10 yote-or, If
btibed with federal gold, they bad excluded Wings alto
gether from the pis, and suffered none but then oppe
Foc-and II all this could be established be
You'd controversy Of the ability Of single human beng
10 question it-siil Told that The law could at
ordno cllef, aud thai lo dec sonof tho returning ON
Gers. that ia the commissioner, assaabo and coul
not be set aside. The Commissioners indeed could
he punished but heir afa, which might and most pro
badly would subsc the institutions of tie country, could
not he reached remcltd was astonished then, and
can hardly believe lhs Ia he ~; but 81 was told
by respectable legal authority. \ President chosen by
such means would cleclually BE- President rs brn.
military iorcc employed 10 conro the votes of the
people. the violence would be cured 10y The return OF the
Commissioners humhIy submit thos. matters 10 the
country anda Legislature. as did before in November,
| 1910.
Political and party passions already in high fermen
still farther iGamedby the that the laws
could afford no redress for The monsiruus crime OF sang
Ing the vucc ii fr,c People iy corturng the ballot
bnxts If II should ven be demonstrated thai II had hern
committed In This Of feeling three indl, iuas Who
| Ia la, fam
entTe OF senmcnta among themselves. and ar
ranged the heada oi plan lo edpssug the wrongs OF the
country by securing the person OF Mr. Van Bunn prevl
10 his Inauguration. Three things 10 prccodc
putting 1t IN execution. l. The election OF Mr. Van Blu
ren. 2. That he could not have been returned with
out the vote Of Virginia J. Proof carrying positive and
unduabcd certainty with II. that his majority IN Flrgi
MIA was fraudulent. These prclimnarics ascertanod,
twenty persons, men who could depend on another,
were 10 be admitted INTO the association under the pledge
Of secrecy and fidelity. Ten Of the number were pro
coed 10 Washington ia fast steamboat. giving that
Their tlJce was Jaunt Of amusement. To witness the
approaching Inauguration. II imagined that there
would be lto difficulty III finding opportunity OF
scyng Mr.. Van Buren, on board by stfatagcm force,
aud this done the boat to run with all despatch for
bemarle Sound, previously agreed upon as the desii
nation. There the ten were IL be met by their assocl
aies and Mr. Van Buren, 10 be escorted by the whole in
10 the upper Districts Of North Carolina, Conwalliss /
most rebtons People IN America" and whom we !
know 10 be slaunch Wings as their fathers were
IN IsO. Arrived there manifesto 10 he published,
addressed In HE American People. declaring the motives
and Objects Of the act and The clnage assembled and
pcaled TO- Mr. Van Buren, hmscllWas be treated with
Tho greatest possible respect and courtesy compatible
with safe custody. The manifesto was demand a
new election and he restoration OF the rights Of the ma
pity
The next northern mail brought confirmation Of
great Wing victory and Of the plan of abduction
and all thoughts OF 1t were abandoned. Whether 1t
would have been executed the events had fallen out
tho anticipation Of which led 10 It's conception. is beyond
my power 10 know. believe 1t woul have been, for
although II WINS embraced in passion, that passion was
not likely cool by witnessing successful Fraud in the
equipment OF IFS spols Passion. by such spectacle
WAS Tar more likely to he inflamed than pacifcd, and
To pass into gloomy resolve and vndletlve action and
Patriotism would have come To the aid of its reasoning.
What conscquonc hight have followed il is still
mpass lblo to hnow. We believed, however, that
those consequences would not be bloody, that the cool
sense and moderation OF the American People would l.
side with u.s. and require thai 10 be done which dc
mandcd. and that the most sauary effects would ensuc
IN guarding carefully the purity Of Tho elective
franchise, and arostina the growth OF Election fraud
and corruption within a few years advancing with the
most alarming rapil,y, and threatening 10 subject the
will Of the American People the unnsirnced popu
ation of Ireland aud Germany, seeking home our
shores. /
Let clsuss determine the moral character of the med
iatod action. II that WAS good the actors ire
sIunsblo FOR lts consequences believed 1t good then /
when much excited, aud believe il still when tho in
dgnalOn Of that day snpplan,sd by another class Of
political feelings which make me regard their pred,ccs
with very different eyes-whcn troachcry and in
gratitude 10 view ''Nan and the Spells Sys 9
ten" with comparative affection. satisfied myself it
right by very simple process oeasonng, sylogis
tically condensed: alt is rieh and lawful resist if
President was forced upon yuuby the bayonet; but
fraud pclnclous per force and productive of
the same consequence Of tyranny; therefore II is right
and lawful 10 resist Government put upon you by
fraud by force Each equally destroys that free
dom and supremacy Of the popular w which es-
senta, according 10 the Of Republicnnsm for
the constitution ul legitimate Government am dis
passed 60 little farther. and hold that it is far more
honorable far less degrading the spirit Ola Republ
can submit force than 10 fraud. The event may
be the same the cnsaycd but the difference in the ac
tors is that between Bonapat' AID Tyler, and the
perception OF this difference would exert great nflu-
recuncng the slave to the cank Of his chains
have thus answered A. b. by full statement of
circumstances which ! had nearly forgotten Mr..
Tyler has been fairly put upon MS by own STU
pidity, though ho thinks by the ordination of
Providence. by the forms Of the Constitution he was
put in and that same Constitution provides the
mode ,fputtng out criminal President Ii the spirit
which brayed the British lion for principle sake only is
not extinct, that atiemp; will be msde at the APP
preaching session Of Congress- ithout the least consul
atlun with cNpedency. Unworthy counsellor whcr-
high deeds are in contemplation and without look
ing to consequences. II Mr. Tyler is shielded from de-
graduation rom Office by the Democratic Senator'S it is no
previous OF the Wing party that they may abet
and protect Presdcn, who has violated the Constitu-
ton wlliny andknowingy; for even Mr. Tylers grade
ct understanding is competent to comprehend that