Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-02-09

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For ey'Fy plant We hearajoyfuI strain
ITO him whose poRerrs.anbounded. fules the
main !
nessrs. Editors.
\ l9shall make apology Tor thus appearing in
your paper, 10 reply to 4 cpmmunieation over the
signature OF Mechanic have "a duty 10 perform
to my self and the rest oftbeeommiteelinr epelIiny
charges and assertions-as devoid Of shame as
&hey are OF truthwhieh shall fearlessIy isehroe
II fRe writer OF that article, no one cab mistake n
snPPos2g belongs TO that party which hasan almost
preserptNe right to all the deeeney and sense Of me
cauniry, FROM terms 50 often resorte ii such IS
lmpudenee, ehroatsry and nonsense to characterize
some oil The principles and doctrines exEre ssed in
ne preamble and resolutions. And ,et Messrs,
Editors, what singular Nsrectaee does be exhi-
Pr, lie 9eyotss nearly five columns OF your paper
70 disproslng what TO his mind appears to Be budget
OF nonsense. So ysst are tie o6iectfous f. raises
and 80 hereulean the task oil this miehfpS fusion
that q It's conclusion he becomes tired aye s tired
o. the SUBJECT before there Is single fit
Shall notsbandy epithets with this writer or be-,
come stekier Of terms. My object shall be 10
meet fiction with truth, assertions with proof. vain
bosstIngs and empty psgehn,ry with open argument
and Tar dealing. do not deem il necessary 10
make any reply 10 the commentaries Of Mechanic.
IS 70 what PASSED IN The epnmillee in adopting the
preamble and resolutions. because do NOT consider
itmaieriai toihe matter inh c6nroVsrsy
The first matter 10 which this critic calls cur at
! tenten - the very commencement Of lie address
which he says .is poInPous annuneiation Of tie
Fright OF the people TO assemble aud 10 Sher
opinions" The general phrase here used. he calls
p Pompous 'aBnuneistion-- i have NO doubt he So
views H. Every expressioniof an iage of tbe
people opposed 10 his party has something sbout 4
ars0 and grating To- his cars. But he does not stop
here-he enquiries Does any person deny tbe-riobi
Of the people to assepblt-have he Nkips eScr
denied this right" M his statement was PROBABLE
made In The belief that i might be Inferred that the
wings were opposed q meetings of.the people -
Ne ~ ms nstanee any design TO any
me tell Mechanic 'the gully feeth whdh No man
purshethD Slung Doubtless With tbe recollection
q hs acts and dorgs oflsparty, IL tbeir fteauenr
attempts 70 stfle the voice nfthe people III imssines
eteU expression Of right to assemble, implies
q charge against them. Pethaps his reholleriian 4
hauntedwiih the anti-Iepnblican gag Law Of Con-
gress, and The Other deNicesby which atlomneerine
majority Il that extra session. ehdeay ordd 10 still
the voice and irsmmelthe action Of republican ms
norllyswho were eoutending for the igtts Of their
constituents his same psrty who butIa year or
two ago, when they were in The; minority .nenI
whole days and nights in speaking az anst time en-
deayoring to staye of even The eonmonest AMMONIA
ton bills, Which we're Indispensable 10 the action of
I osernmene snd lhe Interest Of The people, now
consider or Investigate measures of most extraor-
binary eharaeter--eomplek in their Details and in
their operations vitality affecting thefshts aud inte
Cured TO the New Jersey case or the dsdreanlzing
course pursued 10 the Ohio Legislature | In which
they 1.-THE Whigs) by therfactio1s and Disappointing
course, attempted SO TO embariass the operations OF
the y stem OF Government either 10 render itsad
mtnstralon utterly impracticable, convert il into
an object OF seorn and contempt the whole civilized
world. We have seen IN some 81 The Whik ne -
papers, Wing members ofCongress, as well as the
State legislatures, settled determination either 10
carry their fasorile measures against the declared
n ittfa sd tlst
whatever by deserving their seats and thus prodne-
ing anarchy BY leaving the people without any Co.
Setnment whatever When we see these seditous
nay tfaiorou' enormities, not only pefpetrated in
7 Ohio, but Landed aud eenime hde,l, who will dare
say thst there Is not precncered plan 10 resist the
will o f1he people,
MeehFne next adyrrts 10 thst part Of The address
which says that the msoritit in Consresshaye wide
~ departed from the republican simplicity and pur-
y q The policy Of Jeersopi and charges that after
the Democratic party 'laye trodden under foot All
the maxims and principles Of that distinguished
Statesman, i is wonderful with what tenaeiiy they
stick 20 his nameI" and concudcs BY saving .tthat
their pretended homage Is nothing more than con-
cealed protanstion." This ehsrge comes with pecu-
liar grace from Of the Federal clique from one
Of that party which has out federated even federal
ism Itself IN its palmiest day. We shall ia the first
place deny the truth Of ibis statement in every par
ticuler and as Mechanic the fact so positive
~, we call upon him TO- publish the eyidence, on
made. He has made il without qualification, and We
deny il most proudly and Ifiumphantis and the Is
sues before the public. lset him produce his proof
OF III default thereof, ackno@ledge his course to
have been uamanly and uniusthable. lfbovever, TO
have arFsyed ourselves ppo stion 10 tile encroaeh-
ments of-te Federal Government upon the rights Of
the States in those odipns and abominable measures
which the Wings, during the late canvass for the
Presidency, had not the bodness or the nsnliness
/ 70 svow, SUCH Bank Of the a. States. National
Tariff. u 10 have resisted these measures be the
head and Front Of our offending, and ii these are he
measures Of Thomas Jefferson, then We are dbhox-
iouS 70 the charge, snd!we glory in IT, "
i shall proceed 10 that portioa Of 1.-The address
that refers TO The causes dftbe financial and com
merral revulsions Of 1851, and ssS, The, task of
Atefailng these causes Y Mechanic supboses would
Be difficult and disagryeabhe one and Il falier my
ELI in he views which shall present on this sub
ect an am nle reply will be furnished 10 tbs and
ne succeeding paragraphs In making my Inquiries
into The causes of .hese reyulsions am aot LEFT to
vranpIe with vague geaerslities and pointless deea
NATION, as in some Of the uher charges FortunsIe-
" for me- Meedsnie has descended to specifications
and has attempted TO trace thtSFuin and emharrass-
ment Of the country 10 The old hero IN his struggle
viii National Bank, ssin bis effort 70 Kill the
monster 'Ih&t great man, Who has nov so en-
phatiealy filed the measure OF his copntry's glory
when this Institution was u the height Of its power
and. acme Of its glory, had The courage 10 grspps
with IT,. The issue was for long time doubtful,
but a discriminating and grateful people. when An
appealwas twice made 10 lhem in $50 and SSA Sle
eided IN favor Of The old soldier That great pans
eea - the Wings call il for all the evils Of our
reEey has failed, utterly failed during the whole
period Of its existence correct the evils il propos-
ca 10 remedy. But enough Of these general sugges-
tons. Whist caused the revulsions in 1877 Were
these evils engendersd by the tAmperiBgs Of General
| Jackson and his coasjulors with the currency, ~
/ Mechanic would have Us believed Not SO. The
late Bank Of the lhis petod Of time,
had been taken up by the Wings, sid was declared
4 by the incompatible Nicholas. lobe IL stronger
and more prosperous coadtion than when Il vas IN
4 der The smiles and patronage Of the General Co
yernment What caused these yevulsiehs then, L..
1 me ask Mcdaniel Anoag the numbffiess causes
which have been assigned has any man even thought
1 or dared 10 nenticn a. one. deneietey IN the >
mount Of the banking eapisal OF Papet eurrensy ol
4 the countr, On the eoGlrary, arr n4 laen nov Sc
nfray sgreed y to The fact, thst j was an immenss
amount Of banking aud ~ extrassgrnt fedeniAnt pa
Der currency. logqshef With redundant treasury
n which 81 Wing measure vas distributed smons
he States and served 10 swell and iherefse that bsnk
Il ine eapital, which 6rst impartet maddening i'm
pulsr To- specuIatiobs d al scots, enq which IN
great Regulator could not have corrected. This j
not an assertion based upon theory alone-trom u.
re,,rrt NJ the Treasury Denartpenl we learn tn