Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-10-24

..., oiyea a vote against Tue he'oihtohaty Pension
mn. and asserted thai he had been The uniform and
-.,n advocate Of the claims Of The old sodiers 10
.ns,,on for their services from the general govern.
..n, And when he was referred to the page of the
sn,n,l Of the House Of Representatives, and The day
nd ,e,r the woe given, he still boldly denied it,
:, aid was "a Wing lie Shame! where is thy
u,sb, must request you to publish in the Nirgi
.;. a, an early day. detailed Of Folks votes
on the Pension Bus.
!, confrnity with this request publish on the first
o,oe Of this mornings paper detailed statement Of MIR
p,Ls votes on the several Revolutionary Pension Bills
.hicb were acted in Congress while he held a in
,h,, bdy This statement will show that he has been
,,;f,mly hostile TO the remuneration (ur we scorn to
,h;ok or speak Off grauy) Of the remnant Of hose
,.,n veterans whose sutlrn.s and sacrifices, in the
- of The Revolution. are indebted Tor the liberties
,vs eoi,y, and n whose successful struggles James X
DIX himself owed his elevation To seat which enabled
him 10 oppose their just claim upon their government for
..,;sf in their old age When these votes were first
h,o,obl TO the knowledge Of the public, Mr.. Polk 6
friends, unable deny the fact thai on five several
Sims he had voted against the Pension Laws attempted
avert public indignation from his course, (Which. had
h.en cpncurred in by maj litv, would lave verified
the ancient adsge that "Repubcs always migrate
Gd.") by producing sundry other votes If thai gentle
man on other Pension bills seemingly ola different char
-, Rut even when these votes, aud the circumslan-
,,der which they were eiven, Investigated it
vii, he seen that they generally dictated by spi'
u,fLosiiitp 10 The system. This investigation has been
...A and we refer the reader The article first
n, far its rcsults-1hls article farther shows, by the
,v the s,steualic attempt to deceive the people, by
| y IL
we'll as upon his present opinions and on all subjects.
Oar (,end also rites: Unjust give YOU other M
s,.,ce 10 show yuu the manner in which Mr. Stuart
ntryng to gull the people Of this county When the
de,acalous under the Jas lson aud Van Buren, admins
a,iors and Puh. I'll, rls 10 tie delaullers from
Detection were referred 10, Nj. S. said that, had the
Sub-rreasufy been in operation III 1856, ~ and
'3S, it would have gwen the Cnil,d States Jn.
rjsdcon over lie person Of The deaulter III England,
and he could have been dragged here 10 justice Thu.
We ud Nerly, these Iucos tut llerod slcrodl'
Truly they do if his be sample Of their arguments
We should lie very glad 10 hear Mr. Stuart explain tie
medus orerand by which law Of Congress can give us
jurisdiction iugves from justice escaping from Ills
country to England any other foreign country. We
had precisely the right to arrest Swawou Price,
Sc under the Ia Us which existed here when they fled
as We should have had il the Sub Treasury had bt IN
operation Twas certainly act OF sapeer0gation, in
the negotiation Of the last treaty between the United
States and Grea, Britain 10 confer This mutual right OF
retaining egves escaping from one country To the on-
er, if we might have obtained jurisdiction the per
Vt citizens escaping 10 England, by the adoption
ofihe Sub Treasury bin! Bot why these default
ers permitted To esrare2 Their dralcalous known
al Washington loHa before they fed: y ny were they
not hru hi Ia justice as their vainy detec
,edl BESIDES, Hoy, the of Swartw0u'. and
who followed in the footsteps OF his lusions predeces
sor," did MI a5srand at ALI Why was not he arrested
when Mr.. Van Buren, superseded him by The appointment
Of john j. Morgan. just elre the cuse OF his admins
lrslion7 Even if The Sub-Treasury, therefore. could
have given US jurisdiction Hose dclauers who fed
10 Eneland of what advantage would have been the pos
sessIon OF the power, whea II is manifest by The
pursued towards their brother ielons Who stad al home
undistubed. that IL would never have been exercised?
Prices cf 1oLacco.-Ihe Locofieo papers aud ora
hrs have made aesduuus e,r's Induce the planters OF
virginia To iele,e that lhe price o robaccD has been
rdutd iy Tie lanh. l hat this is not the fact. ought
be obsions to every Of aud reflection The
Cause Of the drce Of price Is satisfactorily eA,lsned
by the following extracts irom circulars of the mos, re-
Specialize Houses in England
Erlrdct from the Circular # .Hessrs. Eya,s &.
Ifohes, dated LIVERPOOL, Jan. =, iea4.
This depressed state of Tobacco is the natural con
sequence 81 a redundant rtoGuftjtn, which has. as il
"'re, il'oded every market IN Europe unpreceden-
led extent. The extreme low prices which are ex-
'td 10 f"le Tor The inferior descriptions, II hr Tie
great bulk Ut the Tobacco in Europe CONSISTS cannot but
nave nteh II utnce in keeping dow the pri, es Of the
mleT qualities, the Stock Of Which, although rerlais
not very redundant, is amply sufficient t consunptlun
ie prospects oF this. and probably The ensuing season.
III me article OF Tobacco, therefore ucst dsc,ura-
e'ng' and although the consumption Of the article has
"eh executed IN same countrIts, the increase of con
sumption, however considerable, is iring IN compari-
'on WIN lie vasi increase ot Production"
EF'0ct from The circular of e.. &. H. Darts s, Co,
Iobacco Brokers. London. Jan. LIST. 1874.
g. me tlica return ct Tie oxprIl from the United
'as uf o4o has not been eeeived, hal is estated
iouuoO hds. Which is 81 Geo more than an avfraoe
~ 'he previous nine years. an - 800 more than III 1872
"o 1t Is shown 10y the Stock IN Europe that The ptuer
~ supply has lar exceeded that Of consumption. The
Pm'ht from New Orleans last gear was ga bids.
'e 'udh Inc average. and part al he over the
year o42 was forwarded Great Britain direct: hut
d greater part coasiwiSe To American ports. from whence
Il was sent 10 the British markets Eirrinla 10 Oh
"" hiehc price than would other Use have cum
'"ed; bn the COED judgment this side The A tlan-
n'''S sufficient to discriminate between the two IL
1'u IL realize more than lnporIed from the place ut
s,,'' IL evident the enormous production Of the
'se'h states ior the two years antecedpn 10 lS43
cause corresponding increase 10 he apparent in
~, s'ock IN Europe. which is 1881 hhds. more