Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-05-26
Eskss1ssssa.1-,fxEN
49, 4. {. ct g asses Az. w
s--szsss,S'as or 49,, :. st>>aN.ss'-
Thf ADMchb.,r1 1'ir0l,llaI.
MONDAY, NAY IS, 1915.
The Prefessoas aud Practices of Nh PoM and his
PnIlu


unable OF unwilling 10 pay their debis-yei he has
placed at the head Of one of those Departments a man
whose refusal 10 pay his debs is and las long been pro
serhlal-a man y no is supposed owe aud who has
long OWED, aud refused 10 pay, larger than The in.
deoedhess Of all the Clerks put together What tquty
or poprieiy is there in this ,elaniny
IN o'hce Secretary who ..bilks" his creditors uut Of
thousands Of dollars, WHILE if one of the subordinate
oerhsln HAT Department unable to pay PROMPTLY his
taofs and boarding house bills, he is sunnarlly emilio
tined
Lieutenant in the Navy fights duel with bro
iher "llref. IN viii the Of the GnSaians is sioly
""uhceo, ana lis name is promptly stricken from the
h' ana almost simultaneously il Is Announced that Mr.
ia6ranche, btroI Congress Gum Louisiana. " ho
short lime agokltd his onlantnsi IL a dn,I. is an
pointed To lucrative flee IN Tie huuse al NV
Orleans. Why Is tie obscure and uni fuenilal leu
tenant punished for ac which, hen done ~ a lead
my and influential nemh,r at Cun.r s. CONSTITUTES 10
barrier 10 his being rtsmdcd2
The Wings are denounced by the parry which elec,"
ed Mr. Polk for passing tie Eatknp Law in 1871
and Mr.. p. has hin self united in rln 81 dtnunciaars.-
Aud vet one o his frsI ullcla as Ia appini sen
aior Walker, OF The most active and zeal,ns ady,
II It's avor Secretary OF The Treasury! How can -
so ahhor law. and YET ard lie man " hu aid, d in
lis passage
We. Of the South. olo thai Mr. Polk is opposed 10
Protective larin. Vel The flee ot Secretary oi SUITE
regarded as The most prominent position. next hr
Presidency itself, in 2overnneolas been confer
red on NJ james Buchanan, who Is known To be IN ia
vor o the principle OF poteclon-who actually voted for
the munster" ranf of SAP and who el,cfnneered
for Mr.. Pk ia Pennsy lvAnia last year. W. the express
ground that the friends OF Tariff for Protection had
more 10 fear from the election of Mr. Clay lhan FROM
that Of Mr.. Polk!
The locos, Of whom Mr. Polk may now be regarded
as the leader profess be. par erceience the cham
Plons of State Rights allhough Mr. McDullie one u,
The high priests IN lhe church, many yeafs ago de,
cared that I'll was the climax ot absurllty to say that
the States have any rights aIl.') And yet we SEE in
almost every State Legislature in Which they have the
aseendanry, resolutions adopted neullingy rebukinp
Raode Island for infllelng punishment on a man. who
with an organized aud armed force, attempted to sbvert
her established government, 10 depuse her constitutional
~ elected officers and 10 usurp the offices thus attempt
ed to be vacated by violence. Nay than this; We
have seen Rhode Island, which, though snail is vet
dsoreretgn State, dragged like culpri before the bar
CT the Congress of the United States and her action i'm
pugned by the delegated agents her sister sovereign
lies, as II she Wee the fef of great en- p-e and
her government proconsuale amelable 10 The author
lties at ashingn Ifconduct like this be in accord
ance wh The doctrines "i the State Rights school we
should like 10 definition Of State wrungs III New
York may arraign Rhode Island for mprisonino DJrr
why may she not araign Virginia for loerarine slave
ry And II Congress may order the release of the rai-
tor IN Rhode Island Why may it issue an edict Of u
nlversal emancipation in Virginia We shall be Glad
10 hear from the most accomplished casuiss of the Iu-
cofoco school, the ground upon which he action referred
10 IS sustained. which would not authorize that whch
we have suggested.
Again--We have been told, over and often, that
the Northern Wings are l,auued with the Ab,ition
isis, because nosl of them are in favor Of putting
Abolition petitions upon the hoirg ol all other
memorials by receiving aud referring hpm and On the
other hand that HE North, Locos are III. "naiura al
lies" Of the South upon whom we may safely rely when
onI rights are assailed. And YET We saw in the las
House OF Representatives with Locofuco maior,y Of
about TO, the rule rescndtd bv vi ich these Addition
petitions had been or several years excluded from The
House! And more Than Ibis: Mr.. Polk as conferred
off e on al least three Northern men, who on the Sla-
WY l"'o"V" nave eAhipi'u no especial sympathy Tor
the South, but, on The contrary the malignant and
bitter ostiIily. The first of these is Marcus Morton
member OF Congress in 1919, when the Missouri aues
ton broke upoa the country, ''like fire. bell al mid
night and he voted against her admission into the u
MON, unless size would consent to rpnounce The riob to
tolerate slavery nithu her limits. And that he has not
recan'ed the opinions he then held is demonstrated by
the following extract from letter " rilien by him in
September, 1887:
Ertfdct from Cor .Yorfoa's Letter.
81 deem slavery 10 he the greatest curse and The most
prtenlous evll which rghleuus God ever Inflicted M
on nation; and thai every effort consistent with moral
duty and The constitution and laws OF the Mum onoht
to be made To mitigate, and, il possible to ,xtirpae it
from land.
That Congress has the conIol of the whole subiec,
within the District OF Columbia | can entertain no
doubt. have seen Two DRIVES Of human beings man.
aced and chained together. driven like cattle by dri
yer, under The walls Of the Capitol in " hch were as
sembed the Representatives of a people proud and
hoasul OF their liberty. Can such things he 81 1,rpd Ia
continue, without bringing down upon cur nation ,he
Vengeance Of an offended Deny? Whatever wisdom
aud justice may do 10 such reproach should h.
done.
in relation to the admission Of new States with the
power to bold slaves. need do no more than refer van
Ia my recorded vote against the admission of Nissnur
with this power. That opposition which il reonirad
some nrnness To persevere ill., would doubtless ha heen
successful hut tor the extraordinary influence and xtra
ordinary Efforts ct one (lIenry CLAY WIN was SIM
pnsed ny some 10 have 10 extraordinary means
10 accomplish his purpose"