Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-10-03

.hO.NDIY, OCTOBER 5, 1872
MIR. HENRY A. WISE.
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eee 10 measures and parties, would furnish am pie scope
'f aa"meni speculation, if The cause Of his dsco
ehe WIN ms old friends, ana of his utilization with his
GU ene"es-o'ter and reentess personal enemies as
wen as P''cai opPonenis-we not generally SUPP ,sed
|" lie upon The very surface Of events Like many far
greater men, ana lew perhaps less worthy than him.
SCH Oh distinction, he Is victim that too prevalent
wee among public Observation-Disclosures,
"That sin by which the Angels fcllp
fiad ne been made Speaker Of lie House of Represen-
ia'lves when the 18th Congress convened instead Of
'o"n bite OF kenincky-or, falling in that object
oi his aspirations, had an unfmded suspicion been
lnstlied into hls mind. thai Mr. Whites election. and
his defeat were occasoncd by the influence Of Mr. Clay
- We very believe that neither he nor Mr. Tyler would
nave adopted line OF action. which, hyng in the face
oil ms own motto, be union OF the Wings t, Me sake
The Onioa;' has nat only divided and disractedo that
party bnt has compelled these Hhig leaders 10 abandon
Inc ing po'cy and to fall lack upon the principle.
ana To sustain The very which, they condemned
IN Mr.. Van Buren, and Gen jackson. as G,al ia ,l !;
teres's ard perons 10 the liberties of the eour,r,
Mr.. WISE has lately addressed long letter to his
constituents TO the character of which, with these pref
a'ory remarks we ask the attention Of cur readers
The first subject which he discusses is the Iarlf-in
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o those opposed TO- well of those in favor Of the
protective POLICY. In other words, he admits the CON
Stuiohal power Of protection but is in favor of its
exercise only incidentally. Taking strong or und a.
eainst Direct Iarnlon Gin favor of which many Of the
"cos have recently declared themselves as ..to, obi
Gus and yanncal to be endurod"-anl we are dad t.
see him sound upon that question: though there is M
telling no" long he will sohe is for IA sing the
pSsaTv rpus hu ,Ju,;,.
discriminate in favor Of he domestic over irrpn pro
ductlols 80 far We do differ with Mr. Wise nor
dues the great b,dy Of The Wing party; bat when WE
come 10 The application Of this principle the pin, Of
difference between Us begins. We like Mr. Wise, are
~ 'avor OF Tariff imposed primarily for revenue, and
mr'dcnfntfy for projections and is because we believe
the lari oil passed the las, session of Congress re
cognizes mis- principle throughout that we are disposed
70 sustain ii, Mr. Wise believes Violates that princ
pie, and therefore he voted against it--althouah he
says, that had he been President he would have signed
H. as Mr. Tyler did, under the pressure of an everything
Necessity. Newill not follow Mr.. Wise through his
volume Of reasoning this question: obsor wing in it
"oihlng novel or frcibe-no shall we remark un,n his
effort, in connection with it, to yndicate Mr. Tylcrs We
10 Of the bill Willie it retained the Distribution feature
and the Of the House Of presouatyes in rea-
self anew on the wisdom of the Tariff policy and Mr.
Wise'S remarks will scarcely oftr the slightest Lnped
mcnt To its ultimate decrmiuatiun-And as t,
the second pont, ingenuity Of mind can satisfy the
people tina, Mr.. Tyler has acted tha, other cues
tions, in gGtd faith 10 tie Iarty at 4, waited him to
power, and which, Wy the confession Of the ficia jour
nal, he has divided and distracted" by his violation a
like eff personal obligation and political ntesriiy;-o
that the House Of
OF its duty in exposing the motives Of that act and in
holding them and their author to deserved rcprobaon
The next question which Mr. Wise discusses is the
distribution If the pr cecds of the public lands and on
this subject he shall answer himself His first ground
Of opposition to the Distribution is that it will be forever
disturbing in the adjustment Of tariff either for
protection II 10 us on thr contrary
$50 opposite the aspects in which the same question
presents itself different minds Ia the same mind
'o'der change Circumstances that the distribution
# the land fund would forever ren,ore the principal
disturbing cause 10 the proper and permanent adjust
mcnt Of the tariff. II is well known tina. this i1d ia OK
cecdn9ly iluciuang. the received having here
tuturo varied from to "a millions of dollars per ennum
II is manifest that system Of revenue from customs
can be permanently adjusted, iiihc lands thus fucua-
ting in their annual sales arc to constitute rlion Of
revenue the remainder Of whch only is be supplied
by imports. Assuming, by way Of illustration, that the
expenditures OF the government require annual revo-
nue. of % niOns--in years. if " ha. has hap
pened heretofore should again occur it moht be
necessary to raise much as "a millions and in
another year only one million of dollars. by duties
Where is the pcrmanency OF such system? Dues moi
every at glance, that, long the land fund
shall continue to constitute portion OF the federal revc
nuc, II viii he constant 'dlsiurbng cause in the ad
usment Of the tariff Take away that fund however
FROM the federal treasury where it does belong
aud distribute ii among the States whose properly il is
and then this great disturbing cause" is removed
Nor will il be replaced by any other except by such as
tacfoms may introduce for the purpose of defeating the
will Of the majority and which they will be sure to find
IN something else, even if this taken from them
2ndly. MIR. Wise contends that there is no power in
the federal government distribute its revenues To
which we reply that this is assuming be true what We
deny-to wit, that the land fund is. any sense OF the
word, revenue" Even il il were revenue however our
answer is that the federal government has distributed its
revenue already and Nh Wise voted for the law-Yes
It's fcrenue, derived, only from lands but from ems
toms likewise ddi government distribute by the act of
ie5o-an act appr,ved' by the high priest of Modern
Democracy, Andrew Jackson himself We know ,b,,
IT was caed "a dePlSle'-but they who 50 cbsis,ened
were knowingly guilty OF rank fraud upon language,
as wei as uP'n principle. They knew when they
called 1t "a deposte,' that they meant distribution