Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-16
TO THE PEOPLE OF BEDFORD, FRANZ
LIN, HENRY AND nAIklC X EOl Mites.

TO TIE PEOPLE OF BEDFORD, FRANK
LIN, HENRY AND PAl'RCkEOuNIlES.
Felton, cti,cns-1hc time for which was chosen
as Your Representative III Congress, has expired, and
having been twice honocd with Your conlidcurc should
exhibit an uaenieuI feeling for those repeated nanllrs
atens of Your kindness, II failed express my thanks
LOT your iayonrs thus shuun me. The recollection OF
those acts and tho continued evidences of your regard
ior me- shall BE- fhcsr p the latest period OF my cx
lsience have doubtless often committed errors. in the
discharge Ut my duties which must ask You In .1uh
upon, with the same indulgence that has herelolurp
marked your co0fsc II yan caUpal approve all OF INV
public acts, ,neie some am sure, that have the
hesl evidences You do nj condemn. Where | have
erred, it has lern m, ossbc from the mpcreetlons OF
my nature ITSELF lrom The deficiency o my Judgment
W here have Jailed 10 represent you properly, | at
least, certainly desired ohave done 50.
My opIlans have always lecn expressed in the House
ii Representatives, since have had tie honor III a seat
II Congress, with freedom, upon all The leading topics
Which divide The Two great parties ol the Country and
lneed not appeal to yen In bear testimony, that embra
ee' every oeeasos 10 make them known al homc among
tie people service ii five SESSIONS has ruueht mo
change in these opinions. No desire extend dat ser
vice farther, could induce for moment 10 abandon
them Eow.
As in ls39, when first elected, believe mol only in
The consttHtGlH!liy Ola Bank of the nlied States but
lhluk lis eNpeftscN csahshCd now as did then, by
the present distressed ndun OF the country AS com
pared with what II was when that institution OPP
Grafton. souul, safe and unilnrm currency is ne
e'ssary 10 the prosperity and happiness oi the people,
well regulated Bank, vi hen circulation shall be goo, IN
all paris ol The Union, alone can furnish it. To the
Sub Treasury opposed well Treasury
Notes. and to all mere experiments upon the currency
DANGEROUS, unnise aud lnschicvous
! he distribution of Tie proceeds the sales of the
Public Lands auung the States, has my ap.
probation. II 10 sailed torby rhc terms OF the agree
neni and wmiea large portion Of the lands ccdcd
by the condition OF the States themselves as Ycl
As the s'undesi policy ina National point of view.
The wanlsoithc General Government should be sup
piled. by duties foreign mporaons but ii should be
administered al all times as economically az is consis
tent with It's honor aud the position The country
pies among tie nations ol the earth Duties should not
be LAID for protection 10 raise money lor distribution
among the States.
The Executive brancl, ri the Government should be
rsalncd andk kept within lis proper limits ~el,ss and
at the tine expensive offices should be abolished
lnnec ssary expenditures OF the public money avoided
Removals from office iaf aplnUus sake only should
never be made. The elective franchise should he kept
. nnspihfd 10y Executive ~ Other inliuencles and The
whole machinery Of the system conducted far as prac
tlcable, apart fom violent party excitement Certain
great IrNcplesan particular measures, believed
by maSsS d the people will best promote the Interests
al the Countty-diIrrcuccs IN regard these will necrs
sariy parlics-adherrnce them however when
opinions are honestly entertained, furnish no eyi-
dem. Of a want Of PATRIOTISM
1t Is known To you, that friendly to the
election Of General Harrison. whose unmeIy death
elevation 10 the Presidency of him. who is now the
incumbent, by accident of the resp JnsIbe of
flee IN the Government. This has prevented the ac
compshmen OF most of the great objects OF the Revolu
,loR OF $40. The events that have followed are fresh
IN the recollection ri ali; and need mol here refer to
what has been done by the National Legislatures or at
tempt. to show bow the Representatives of the people
have been lnarcd IN ther efforts to promote the pub
he good. Suffice 10 say the acting President of the
United States has failed 10 answer public expeclaon-
lie has acted against those who in evil hour. eeva
ted hm To power Ills will has trlumphed over both
branches OF Congress. We can now but deplure his
want Of prudent counses aud lament the ruin which has
aarked his whole Presidential Let us profit by
the example
avail my sell Of this occasion To you that
ted against The Baphrqni B and also for lis repeal
do merely because II has been charged that ddro
cnted It's passage.
Henry Clay Of Kentucky, the Patriot Statesman and
Orator, is my choice for the Presidency against any or
all other men in the Union. And think his prospects
for an election such to inspire his friends with
confidence, thai he again Is tosaye the country, by the
prudence OF his couuselS and his wisdom, when display
ed in the Executive Mansion, they have Of ten been
exhibited in The Senate House.
A new arrangement Of the Congressional Districts, Ms
have Just learned has separated the county Of Bedford
from Franklin, Henry and Patrick. for the next ten
years. If not forever. My conneXlon with most oil y0u
in the relation in which | have lately stood musl OF
course cease. My county has been, in that
rangenent united with those Of Amherst Albemalle
Nelson Madison, Orange end Green. In all of them,
am almost an entire stranger. 10 announce myself as
CANDIDATE under these circumstances thong urged do
so. by many, might be improper ! have certainly no
desire-nl anbon--!n bG the rain member House
oi Representatives. Nor do ! seek TO be. To the
Wings of that District composed, most cheer
fully submit the choice 81 their candidate though he
may be some other he shall have my support ii he be
indeed, True Uhig-aBs none other than such, am
sure, (and there many good aud iruc) would be pre-
5enlcd to the people Of the District. No relations
political associations of any kind, however, should
But shall not complain if am led in future to seek
that pleasure al my fresidc, in the quiet aumestic
circle, or in Professional avocatons, which have never
YET found Dkpoll u political strife.
IN "a al lSamlly is ouch 10 prevent my
The different rlles OF my old District, but |
'srlliaIy q If Of the ~4Illes opportunity to