Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-02-23
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THURSDAY. FEBRU.lRY %, 1913.
SENATOR BUCIANAS-.l Reattaiscsarc

gsiast tho treaty lately concluded between Great Britain
AMI be Cuiled States !" which that gentleman violent
~ dtrdnnces the treaty anos Other reasons, lecapsc
failed 10 provide against ho inrressment Of orr
quotes paragraph from address Of Mr.. Buchanan IN
1915 when thai gentleman belonged 10 the tcderai par
~ 10 show that he did then look upon inlpressatni
as grievance Of such enormous magnitude as he would
pretend 10 regard it, Mr.. Buchanan in that adj
dress, indeed, after arragnng the then dominant Repn
liean party, with Thomas jefferson and James Madison
its head, for multitude Of Offences became apparent
" sckened with the catalogue aud added this emphatic
sentence: Time (Sdid he) ,H not ao,r me 10 enlpne
roe all The other ,ciH md richcd projects oCMe demo
cratic administrations" and he contents himself there
fore with declaring that, aei they had deprived us
" OF The means Of defence, by destroying our navy and
dlaoandng our arm, after they had taken cway from
US The power III reccang them, by running commerce
the great source Of our national and individual weath
. after they had bg refusing tie Bak Of the United
" States continuation lis charter. embarrassed He Il
nanciai concerns II The government and ,ciadra,ra
" NE onfy mtrcrsm paper medium Of circulation from
Inc country alter the people had become unaccusiomed
" To-, aud OF course unwilling 10 bear taxation and with
" out money in the ifcasury they rasliy plunged us into
" ,rar, with cation more able 10 do us injury than any
" other in the world. What was the dreadful nccesei
" ~, asked Mr.. Bucanan) for this desperate meas
"m,fo And after Iabored effort TO show that mol one
Of the Numerous allrdgcd causes Of the war was well
founded, Nh Buchanan took the ground that it was de
cared for the sae purpose OF rcssiug the right claimed
by the British government, and cruelty exercised by her
naval officers the high seas of iociby Selling uron
the scamcn engaged in merchant service and procc
ted nv far Lich bpp d,a
abstract question Of the laws of nations thereby pret
y strongly insiruatns that il was Of no practical nplr
lance
The Madiscnan man,slly has the PENNSYLVANIA
Senator ION the hip. in reference to the Iupressme
quesonfr it is difficult conceive that he can be
sincere in his denuncaton of the British treaty because
1t fails IN terms to guard against the barely possible
currencc OF that Migrant national outrage when we see
that his scnslIes were all unmoved al a time when
outrage daily rerpelraed, and when the oroans Of
imprisoned aud scourgod seam,u ruthltssy tom re
the decks Of our ships and ashed 10 British guns where
they wereconstanty subjected the hardest service well
As 10 the most cruel punshuens petpeuay rung in our
ears and appeaedlo for redress and vengeance
iienan who then cooy regarded the savage impr,s S.
ment Of our seamen a .abslract question Of The
law Of nalions, hitch it was weak and wicked 10 re
sent 10y appeal to arms, hardly hope nor 10 re-
ceive much credit ior his aledged anxiety topuarJ by
treaty stipulation, against the scarcely 10 be expected
repetition of the infamous ontrace
But ii WAS not barely for the purpose of contrasting
Mr. Buchanans pas position with that which he has
now thought prorefto assume on the question Of impress
ment. that have adyored TO the Madisunan quota
ton from the address Of the honorable Senator in 1915
some other facts OF equal importance disclosed by liz
publication. Senator buchanan in company with othe
kindred spirits who have oft their old federal gar
ments 1t seems To us, should be somen bat tolerant Il
those who still adhere 10 the Federal ah but insieal
of that they broadly denonncc even all sGch but
ven extend their anahemas 10 Others who were burr
and bred IN the Republican faith, and have deva
ted from It's creed, and mpudeny read them on
OF the church schlsmatcs aud herecs, lie, who il
lSl3 denounced the war of the weak and wick
ed projects Of the democratic administrator lee
lures Henry Clay, the pillar Of the democratic par
~, as fcdcrGsH This cid assailant Of Tie demo
Gratis" Of the Jeersonian aud M1dsunian SCHOOL hay
ing changed his Ethiopian skin by Up in the pool o
modern Van Bulen democracy tie bastard progeny o
a glorious crced.-sets hjmsc,up teacher to thos
who were masters of its principles when he had lcarne,
To lisp, only 10 denounco hem-and after arroganll
pushing aside the old disciples, is almost candidate o
1.-The Democratic party for the highest oice in the PEG
pies gift J .9lnos candidate, did we say2 WI,
late Richmond Enquirer says Every sign show
that if either James Buchanan John c. Calhoun G
Martin Van Bnron was the only candidate for the uni
ted Republican % party, Tho ship would he safe" AM
yet, the foregoing extracts from the speech OF This
thodor Democratic Republican, slows thatin lSl5
he characterized the tuy Republican Administration
James Madison weak and acknowledgements
the Just and necessary war Of 1912, which waged il
vinJlca'ion Of national rights and honor which ha
been outraged and wounded by ng series of atr)con
and insulting agcressions, desperate mcasure''-
and declared that the question Of mpressmen the prac
teal operations of which the daily violation of tn
American flag, and the bondage of thousands of Anor
can citizens in British prison ships ''mcre abstrac
question OF the law of naionsl" Mr.. Buchanan. it il
true, may have epented of his federal and
ted them but, SO, doubtless, has Daniel Webster also
who was then his ally in this assaullupon the weak
wicked democratic administration" But why maxi
fish Of the and flesh of the oihcrl With what jus
ice or proprety is Mr. Webster repotated by the vcri
men who are disposed to shower honor, on Mr. Buchan
anf Their offence is the same. Why, then, this diff
terence IN the measure which is melted out to ihem2-
ny Is one prescribed for his want Of patriotism. while
the other is not only absoved from all punishment bu
held up as worthy of the highest honors2
Again-Mr. Buchanan, in 1915, brought the sam,
charge against the dominant party Of that day. that Tho
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