Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-07-07
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June 10Th, 1870.
G,NrLEnEv-By this mornings mail | received
your communication. informing me that you had been
appointed committee 10 request my attendance nj
Public Meeting Of the Wigs of New York. the 22d
lust Tor the purpose Of presenting the Of Mr. Clay
as the W hi2 Candllaie for The Presidency. in 1874
| am proud 10 believe that it would be a needless assur
ancc 10 my Wing friends in New York. speak Of the
zeal aud enthusiasm with which have already embark
ed IN the same cause IN which they propose
gage; and every days observation of Encouragement
and msrne tends only 10 strengthen my conviction OF
the necessity o calling that distinguished aud practical
" useful Statesman to the helm Of public affairs
der Ia ngh. the ship Of State, which is III lealy
and sinking condition.
Never al any period has there been greater ncccs
sy for activity. energy and union among the Wings
than the present.
In 1910, the great mass ollhc wisdom and virtue of
The country dccrccd 10 them, Wing Senate. a Wing
House Of Representatives. and Wing President. thus
placing the law making power IN their hands. with
means To carry ont their great of reform IN the
government and rele 10 the dstressss OF patient and
suffering peoples Of this power they have been cheated
by the bases and most henrtcs reachery aud fraud that
has ever dlsgraccd the page Of history since the days OF
Judas the Bcraycr.
This has bcen the fault neither Of the Whgs--nor Of
Wing Congress, With the law making power divd-
ed it has been Congress has been poworless, but to
prevent mischief
u measures, Wise ana WhOcslnIe lor Inc body pplt,
have not been promptly adopted has been only because
of then anxiety To avoid such conflicts with the Fyccu
tive Department Of the Government. has been too
anxious To create. and such would he calculated to
plunge into deeper suffering and distress those whom il
was our duty as 1t was desire, 10 relcvc-and il
becomes the honest and patriotic than tC
exert themselves, not onl to rescue their sacred nsu
tons fro the corrupt and polluted hands into which
by accident and calamity, they have fallen, but above all
to shew their utter deteslaon for tho pucrc vani self
ish ambition, and vicious depravty that have chaa'ior
Used tho author Of Wrongs. and shew 1t IN such color
will serve To ,crrty all public agents, who may con
template ircachery hereafter.
W hat might have been the condition Of Christianity
if the faithful disciple. had deserted the Saviour Of thu
World, when betrayed by Of his followers! VIVA
might have been the condition of Liberty if the true pa
trots had laid down their arms, when Arnold basel,
skulkcd into the enemy camp, and Offered sacrifice
Of his country and his countrymen? And what tri b
the condition of our country and its institutions, II M
Grea, Wing party should suffer the patriotic enthusiasm
Of 1910 to settle down into apathy and indifference be
cause John Tyler has deceived abandoned and betrayc'
Those whom he courc. fawncd upon, and fattcred int
the belief that he Wing?
Pardon me. gentlemen, for the freedom with which
speak of the great bioyr of high public trusts for sue
must he be who seeks and accepts Wing nomlna 10
from Wing Convention; who first imposes himself ur
on the party fit instrument 10 carry out their meas
uIea, and then within few months attc! his el'raiQ