Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-02-13
.NO.NDIF. FEBRU.4RT f3. 1919
DEMOCRATIC ORTHODOXY.

"tehas 10 endorse Ito the character OF which fi
has drawn our attention, by the suggestion Of certain M
hcusies, which TO the mere devoiees of party intent On
~ upon It's success, without regard TO tie means o
agencies by which it may be achieved may seen, ,,.
riviai, but which appears to present matter far
nous refectl m 10 these who look, in their political ,,;
rather to the establishment Of great principles than +,
the qualification of personal paralities
That article, pre- surprising, what is by no means cor
tam, that Messrs Van Buren, and Calhoun will te H.,
only names brought before the l.. cofozo National Coa
'enon as The candidates of HAT party for the Presden
cy. says; The whole party has the utmost Confidence
l" Inc political orthodoxy Of boih-and esav Demo.
cfa'' II he could forget his personal predictions wonl
cast MS 'ote' with The utmost aacry for oilher,-
Let us see whether his be So
In 1928. Mr. Van Buren,. rs = e,,at,, c,o H..
OF n York. voted for The rafI jl of .hat year wbc
NUN It's gross inequalities and tie IRE eminency Of It's
clamto the appeaton ola Profectire enactment was han.
,'"7' '''e DIN oil Nominations" not oay by Mr. Cal
houn and his disciples but even by nilder and more
slderate politicians. Indeed that Was the drop y ie,
made the cup of fobearancc run oycr-the las, straw ),
which broke the camc's back--he very u,ess,,re r.
which the Mobilization controversy arose. rhoso oa,
temen, then. on that occasion were tho ,a,;}
oil each other, III reerenceio question which is even NM
a do
maTeaion between the two great political PARTIES or the
country. Mr.. Van Buren, was on one side ,f,,.is
Nj Calhoun OH the othef-lIow. then can it he. ,ba,
the iocoioco party have ''rho utmost confidence in the
political orthodoxy Of boih" and vii ..yoie Ni,l1hcnt.
most alacrlty, for either?''
Agal-Mr. Calhoun is the putative author If tho IT,
DRY Of Nullifcation--ln Mr. Van Euren. On The o,ler
hand, we recognize one Of the champions Of the pre
nation, never having toen known On any occssiop y,
dissent from lis author & certainly havinr oyn,
public manifestation OF his nl:concnrrer,ce in the l
rlnes laid down, and en1rced with UNSURPASSED n,ps
bIify OF argument and power of eoIuence in that ce
GRATED paper. Here, again. these rivals for t, presden
cy,the political othody Of both whom is thus publicly
aSouched, were at opposite points of The hor.zjn-tleia
iher OF the Peaccahfe and constitutional remedy met y
the chief counsellor and adviser of The aalio OF The Proc
latnaton not with the olive branch bat with fhe rorI
Not IN the temper Of conciliaon but breaihng defiance
ana slaughter-no recognizing in the Nulliyers hreib
zen AMI ieilow-czenS. contcHdn1 for their constitutions
al rights and prerogatves. bnt branding thea as rebels
and traitors. who to be lasled into sul, ssi,n
with the sword and the g3bet suspended in terrrorei
over Their heads According 10 the respective aralr.
mens ofthese then adverse and hose parties the one
would have made the l'nion ..rape Of sand n ba
shverel INTO fragments at the sovereign viii Of any
of the parties to the compact Without reference TO the
wishes, 10 the rights Of the others while HE 9th
i cr would have converted Republican Conf derary If
sovereign States into consolidated Enuire--ihe mi
aorly to be ruled with rod Of non iv a ,spotic IN
prlnclped and actually irresp ns,be ma5oy-the most
cruel aud relentless of all tyrants. And vel these rival
aSpronis are both perfectly 'orthodox and their friends
who but yesterday Were bitterly matchmaking each
other, are now PgginI together in The same trucklc
lL,.It tr,I.-.
and had always Sucked the same teas Indeed. We
are. almost officially, told that .'the whole pary will
vote. with the utmost alacriiy, for either"
Then. again, on the proposition make a Bankrnrt
Law applicable to State corporations Aessr= ahann
and Van Buren, are in direct collision Mr. Van Buren,
it is true, few years ago, denounced similar prop,-
siion, as an outrage alike upon State Rights and the con
stitnon but, profting by touch of Benton eYe-saYe,
lac now Processes to see in II the essence Of Demo
cratic Rrpnblcanism; while Mr.. Calhoun still denonn-
ces ii as aggression upon the rights OF the States Of
unparalleled arocy aIsirac;y considered aud in its ar-
pIlcation productive OF the disastrous consequences
while 1t is garing infringement upon the federal const
tuition! And yet these gentlemen both o1th9ior and
1.-THE whole party' may 'vale with alacrity for ehci'
But we need not rccapulate one by one, the points
of essential difference between these 'orihodox" Il
walls, between whom, throw OF the Subrreasufg qncS-
ton and there is not even approach to identify of
principle so far, at least authnrzed to de
duce an inference from the opinions which they have at
various times expressed and the measures which they
have respectfully advocated opposed Suffice it 10
say, that Mr. Van Buren, still holds (flr he has
cantei) the doctrines avowed in Gen Jackson celebra
ted Cabinet Manifesto the removal of the DepDsteS
aad in his ~ less celebrated Protest against the acoao
the Senate In reference to that high handed violation Of
flaw while Mr.. Calhoun on the other hand, denogn-
ced, IN unmeasured terms, the as an usurpaion q
power and the other disregard of the proprietits
OF the Executive station well as Of the rights of
ordinate branch OF the government. Mr.. Van Buren,
a supporter of the Erpmge-upon the advocates ct
which Infamous act Mr.. Calhoun poured the vials Of hts
wrath. Mr.. Van Buren, sustained, while Mr.. Calhoun
opposed the Specie Circuar-And so of many other
nominations Of the stern Military Rule to which ft
eight years the country subjected it. in the Ian
guage of remarkable prediction he ,obole country ,ra
onegreat camp"-ofwhich Mr.. Calhoun was the uniform
opponent Mr.. Van Buren, was the uniform champion.
Yet we are told that these antagonists-one ot
whom signfed not only his want Of confidence in the
Gther By voting for his rejection Mntser Enyaai,
but his contempt for him also, by sneering him ="
tor" and "a ,cedset'yes, told that these old
antagonists from 1896 till S37 are now equally ortho-
dox, and that ''the Democracy WILL vote, with great
alacrity. for either ~