Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-12-01

more fitting emblem, These arc tie eIc excuses of
PIE existing party feensnot tie means of awakening
at feeling into existence, or Of arousng W enihus
asm
Bat Mr.. Van Buren,, in SUBSEQUENT, rart of his let
ier, does justice to the intelligence Of the people, which
he grossly nsulied by this sheer; for he aterM dis
.lncJ deeaFes that he lost his election, MT in cunse
quence OF this "buoonery but in consequence Of his
Efforts to sustain the principles Of the party by which
he was suPpor'ed' There is no doubt Of the truth Ct
this declaration. Those principles and The measures
which resulted from them, had bgh,od The prosperity
oi tie country; and the people became satisfied that in
orei to restore that prosperity change both men and
Of measures was absolucl, essential And they did all
IN Their power 10 accomplish that change They no,
only refused tore elect Mr.. Eaa Buren, but they aunt
hilaied the locooco majority in Congress- and placed
the Legislative as well the Executive department
under the control Of the Wings. Why did they do
ihis3 because they supposed. as every rational man
must have done. thai change in the policy Of the gov
eminent would f,ow rs indeed would have been the
case, had not Death struck down the leader Of the
Wings. almost in the first hour of their triumph, and
thrown the omnipoient powers Of the Executive office
INTO the hands OF traitor to their psincpes-a second
benedict Arnold in heart, though unfortunately not in
his fate lie surrendered the citadel into the hands Of
his enemi s. and consequently, although ,ao same men
are not at the head OF affairs the measures of the govern
ment are no, materially changed The majority of the
people, ii Is TO be hoped intelligent now to res
tore Mr.. Van Buren, 10 power, or TO elect any other ma
protesting the same principles, and ayowng detcrmi
nation to adopt the same system Of measures after hav-
ING 50 emphatcally Condemned both This indeed they
might consistently DO if, after fair trial of other mpa
sures well other men, change were effected in
the condition of the countryif all its great interests
continued to be pauyzed, and the probabilities Of the
future still gloomer aspect even than the realities
Of the present But it is psnies, to all men that the
Wings have as yet had pooppoItuny hwar,d a, every
step as they have been by the power aud patronage of
lherator President, to redeem their pledges to the peo
pie by carrying out their policy which say what any man
may to the contrary clearly indicated not only
by their repeated declarations ta, by the s,snc neces
y OIL 'e case, as though it had been written upon the
face Ct the sky in letters of fire What could the PEG
pie promise hemselvesby course which whi.e ii would
destroy all confidence in the stability Of their decisions
would furnish no hope Of relief from the distress that at
ficts, and from the ruin that threatens thep}
Blu, We merely intended to Inform our readers that
VT. Van BNrcp has no invneble reluctance again to
ASSUME the honors profits, and pleasures. well as the
havy duties and responsibilities Of the Chief Nlags;racy,
III be the will ofthe people again to invest him with
the official robes, aferhaving Il en- from his Shout
d'rs with every mark Indignant hostility to the very
principles which he will again carry with him into Of
flee iihey should now elect him-and not to write an
essay. We will merely AID, that if those principles
were correct in themselves and sautary in their opera
ton, the people ought to have reelected Mr.. Van Buren,
in e1O-But ii they are erroneous in theory, and rim
Gus in practice, as the writings Of the Fathers OF the Re
publican church. and wotul experience both attest then
his election now hatofany other member of his party
would be sad commentary at once upon the intei-
gence and mness of the governing pow err and they ho
deny the capacity of for S., II government would
point this frequency of change as fatal detect in all
popular inst ltutions however perfect they may appear
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