Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-19
MR.. Van buren, & TIE RHODE &c
IANDERS 81


eoSsafy, NJ taa Euren has .sloesed tie Other ,,, :.
tie question. with mile warmth ian lie usu,ly
TESTS The Disrganizers recently bad "a grud 11n,.
bake" (Which answer to tie Virginia larlacue :,
place called seelonk, which they invited Ar Van bn.
10 honorby his presence; Lu,, beng unable 10 aceeu, H.,
invitation. Vt. v b. replied in letter, from which a.
following is txlraci
although have to re- rei that it will no, be- il, -.
power to be present on the occasion must beg ygI
convey 10 the meeting my acknow ledcments e. H.
friendly enehbrances Of me, and assure then, at -,
most hearty sympathy wi them in their efforts Il. -
Tor Tie people oil Rhode Island the enjoy uen Of ,,
a"u privileges 10 which they are entitled, and VIII
enJoyed by then fellow citizens in other Siales d,
Ipioh W he regard the Instructions So lone an -,
',hacous'y offered IN your Stale 10 the estaLlishm,u
.e sacred institution Of free and equal suffrage Us al
i'npotc and unjust, am happy to b, lcve ,lal ,l.y
VIII yet he made to yield 10 the porse,eny J,,ua,fs =
.e masses ana that the principles u equal rights an,
nei''cfa'ic liberty must ultimately prevail in Khode Is
land, as elsew!erao
say nothing If the imrtrncnee and indccency If
an Ex President Of the United States illus opsnly Dc
'endihg an an attempted revolt ty force Of nms against
The established authorities Of State Of which hs is m,
ci'izen, and In the teeth Of the fact, oo that those au
ihoilles are manesiy sustained by large majority Of
The people Of that Statcwe content ourselves with r.
marking, that His Elk Excclleney exhibits a dtporab.
ignorance Of facts. while he is grossly insulting TO thu,
large portion oil his connrymen who do not concur with
HIM IN opinion III relation 10 the sacred institution If
Tree aud equal suf'as' Ia ether Sa;es as we'll as in
Rhode Island there many restrictions VI on this riuh,
though they inay no. BE- qu wide in their scope
Indeed, we may ask n 'ctdt State arr there no rosre
tionsi Even IN New York, where believe the rul,
o suffrage is as nearly universal in any other certain
classes OF persons are dcharred lis exercise To what
conclusi'n does his fact lead us! Why that in tho
organization oi political community. tic fundamental
canon of Repuleanisln recognizes the right Of the ma
Jorlly to define the political privilege OF the parties to
the compact aud Of TO determine who shall and no
shall not votc-teco compact itself being based upon the sur
render Of individual rights To the viii of the naril,
This fact Icing admitted at the outset tie to winch
theWmcp' eferctsion from Ioilica righsand privileges
may be carried is question 10 be settled, all oil.r
questions are, by the VIII Of that marity-and is m
trepubcai. 'rdina understanding of Iepubll.
canisn, t, resist hc decision thus made ty force II
arms. Ia Virginia, not lng ago. in Rhode Island
now, freehold suiaae prevailed III 1879, in couple
ahce with the will Of Ike airy The rehto suffrage VAS
extended, but still there thousands If white males
over the age Of q, in r.inia VIA. lar as their pl-
hca influence is c'nnern;si itiooei class. L.
North Carolina too. Al ih's ,inen the right Of sui
irage is 10 certain extent restrict t, frc,tnLicrs-
none but owners ol land oa fixed value, being ..iI.
10 the State Senate. being entitled 10 solc for members
of that body. No man. .haevernay be his opinion in
reference ''e,ns rights aad democratic liberty will
deny that in the frian Of "A republican sys en-. IT,,
will of the majority i the Fundamental lvand ,Iai /,
is the prerogaiiveol That nlajoriy tn decide upon uat
classes the right suffrage may be SAFELY conlcd aud
from " hat casss ii proper To withheld irand III
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vail in different States. The concession of the right
exclude aay class from the enjoyment Of this privilege.
yields the whole argument; and itself stamps the
attempt to set mp and rival government in Ri e
Island revolutionary and designating -mcr,ng +,
the aprellaton IA" mohoc,atic anarchy ,san If "dn-
ocratic hbtrts." In s'nc If Tie mn.sa,,h,h.ne rs
well as in all tie savchcldrng 5 acs indeed trer nc
grocs denied the right Of suffrage ih.uah we arc
that Mr. Van Huren regards 'ieir Nrlusi as IN
outrage upon the " sacred institution Of Tree and eir
suffrage" hui II they 10 raise ilr standard a..
beiiion in State in y hch this in,rdici exists al1
Ice, sone fiat fried tt,fee to tie ,nice of Ge,efi
and dtnounce tie r val .cy, rnn., rsur, ..
de-polism ht. Van Bu rem would IL boun,
nd sustain Heir ~, IsicEs equal rights
cratic ii5crty,' jnst as lie does ii,sc Lf IT,.
Island Dorrites. upon the PRINCIPLES laid down ID ..
takes the true Republican ground tins J,,ostan-
rect opposition the Aubccals; and man need hl.
for support in the South, who mllnlains opposite new
An individual among here and there NAV be Il DISC.
pie OF the Anarchists Of the Don school hut public set
ae,t at the South, with unusual unannjty. is de. .cd
y hostile TO them. We marvel. with this fact brfre
him, that MI Van Buren, should thus have committed
himself. We cannot indeed account for So sinculura
lack Of prudence. unless it lie that seeing he is pretty
well 'headed' by Calhoun in the South. he is, in turn,
cndeavoring to ''iead' Calhoun in the North
o. To".naftcr O'fact,' in the last Republican,
we have only To observe ISL that in con,endng for IL
influence of "udicons' (jachsoh) Tariff in rostr9ll-
ing the expectation Of specie, and thereby retaining
the basis Of our currency. have intended he
seems to suppose to intimate that National Bank was
the less necessary reguao" the superstrucure bui
upon that basis. We believe, the contrary, that both
are essenal-the to influence the foreign, and tho
other the domestic of the financial machinery.
2dy we admit that tariff of protection works fyoaby
for the manufacturing interest, but do not admit that
it is therefore hostile to the planting and farming inter
csis On the contrary, contend that manufacurts,
agriculture and commerce." which were formerly al
ways toasted IN conjunction al Anniversary cechra-
tons, as the triple columns Of national edifce. are
not enemies rras but trends-and that, therefore, as
when one is prosperous the others cannot anguish, so