Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-01-16
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Mr.. Cushing, one oi,he guard" ,i. fst IN .;,.
II this direction, by shameless avoMal that thr nam
age aud influence ofhe President a, auction Ia IN,
high Isl bidder. TINE, he las shd.ay1Td slice 10 ,,,
cate himself and his little squad irum the pslion whic,
be perhaps inc,nsderaely, though with every anna.
ancc OF dellberan. assumed; but, ell Remarked
by Mr.. Thompson o Indiana, his proclamation On bel.,
Of the Executive. had This meaning. il lad mnc
lie declared tina, the Wings, Who lad already hem
peeled and scattered" by running th.if heads acan.
what he pleased Ia call that eonstiiutional fact
the Veto, would not cooperate with the Administrator
IN lis great of r.if-rel rug. is SUPPRESSED
IL the iamons Excheqntr }--the President would ,rr
for support to the other party; and they should prose,s
hostile the Wings. to his policy. AMI
make the Sub Treasury the test of genuine D.moerac,
aud his approval VI the only condition of their suppor,
then they too should be Frustrated that sane ..eop
stitutonal fact :" the Veio! In hand, MIG s6ny
presented the patronage and influence If the MN ity
10 win partizans from either side To the support Of IT,,
hybrid Exchegncr-wlfe in the cher. he held sus.t
died. in e,1orcm the heads Of both, tha, powerful
constitutional ac' which had ART sfd the measures
of the Wing majority. and which. if the I.ocos next
year, when they will hold the Legislative power in their
hands. shall exhibit uncomprnsinc adherence to the
to their overthrow. This corrupt avoval Of the intend
ed policy OF the Administration by lis confidential le,e,
the floor of the House has been strkingy COMPARED
v it'll the worst times Of Roman history when the En-
pire was put up at auction by her proilgsre Senators
The spirit however in which the bride and the ,hre,,
have been me, and rclelled by both sides Of The su,
will show weak and unprnrplrd President. and hi.
meagre band of followers and aiicrrs that anxious a,
either q he tyn L..
selves. by an honorable struggle in fair combat of til.
Sp1s, there are bu, few, nfrher party base enough
To barter away their principles in order To obtain them
The only member Of he House. Of either rar,y indeed
who has manifested willingness 10 accept the bounty.
and to become Of the GUARD. Mr. Bovine q New
York. who awaited himseloflhe first opportunity TO en-
list under the socd aud dropping flag OF Iylcrsm and
who will soon doubtless receive his "rcward'-anda
rich most surely he deserves for the searching cas-
tiga'ion which he received the spot from one Of his
colleagues, Mr. Gordon and for tie deep and scarcely
smothered contempt still more CALLING sensitive mind,
than the bt,erest denunciaon which he read in the curl
edhpsand theaycred gaze Of his brother legislators Tn.
only effort made by Mr. Bovine to maintain his erect
attitude beneath the whitening scorn which flashed from
amos; every eye his mcrcenay motives were hpls
upto view by Mr. Gordon. an assault upon Mr..
s
ny though now too pure 10 listen bid at one time.
when disappointed receiving a nomination from
his party, he offered 10 enlist under the Wing ban
ner. if the Wings Of his District would make him their
candidate for Congress If this ne true however-whch
Mr. Gordon fatty dtncd-it does not prove Mr. Bovine
less corrupt 1t only shows by the voluntary testimony OF
each that both ofthem have been Hing To make nerr,n
die Of their prncpcs-in the langnae. of corrcspon
of no 8. that, al "a
Ill "orandlzemon and that they 10th are ready to jom
any cten o. subscribe to any set Of prof oyirr
Mons, if they can thereby promote their own selfish
ends"
Mr.. Profit the tail ofthe sgual" as Mr. Cuslangs
its head took the floor after the failure of Mr. Cusbings
tempting bid sr recruits had become sufficiently obvious
and, the fury of bis passion. lie dealt his llows,t
both othe "laclions,' the Madsnian in The habit
ofsiylng the two great parties Of the country After DE-
nouncng the Bankrupt law, which his master joins 'Ty
ley solicited Congress 10 enact he said hc stood in Pr
'siiion where he did for either party The Wings
chad majority of so in the House; if they ncc'
why repeal the bill at onccl 1.-THE Democratic party
sincere why did they not at proceed to voltl
But The truth is you don't mean 10 rrped hr bill. Nc.
''ypu don't Yuudon't do any thing of the kind"
Addressing himself to the Democrats. he continued:
"You only want to keep this louise in a Of excite
'ment, while you blame the Wing meas
''nrc, and censure The Wings for delay. Now, gentle
''men, OF the Democratic party, il you really sincere
''abont his matter why don't you all walk up in body.
land vote for IFS unconditional repeal you did a, tho
last session. under the lead olhr gentlemen from Ken
'incky?" This charge against the locofnco members.
made by one Of the guard who is the SPIT and an
eye witness of their alleged manouvrcs prevent the 10
peal ola law which they nevertheless vocferousy
assaling an "odous Wing measure reminding us
Of some OF those vino denounce the law throu n the
try, while their own among the list Of app
cans for its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. US of hat we have l2G
suspected, that the Law itself WIS made "a Wing mta
sure for party purposes. Although the Locos seemed
10 be united In opposition the Extra hry
never intended that should fail! few Iocofco votes
were necessary to it rsi enough TO cnurr
that result obtained! Had mite been necessary,
they would have been forthcoming as we have seen,
in the Virginia Legislature, time after time awaysa
sufficient number Of Locof,co members acting with the
Wings to prevent the application of IocoDco doctrines 10
our Banking SYSTEM while at the pressnt session, w'D
the Loc'oco majority is overwhelming we have the
passage, by large majority, of the small Note bill,
which heretofore they have almost unanimously opposed
as ian odions Wing measure" designed var the
currency and To deprive the people of what Senator Ben
ton empaaticay, but not very cuplonously, calls 'hs
hard" Such are ,ht tactics Of Iary!
We renret that our limit, will not permit US TO pub