Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-02-24
A hEpUBLiCAN GOVERNMENT.

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The dangers our Republican Institutions have sncoon-
tered are passed. The good OF many oi me very ms
yduas concerted in The transactions reerred To, nav
;n, been when ler 10 iheit own cool reflection, among
,lr moa riiraciis incnhs u restoring right ione 10
The excited masses Of the people, who have erred -
much from hredlessness design and as many 81 them
nehapa under the influence Of pardnabe motives a. ot
that which was positively bud. Tile EVIL III The con-
tenn, Of s oe slenu ncs Of legislation BY one branch
If onoIcss-n the Of the District Election law
ia not lo he snre, entirely cured but tho ELECTS o. Inc
sober second ,housh,' has already wrough, . s.'u'sry
change in patt which, |, hardly be doubted, vii!
soon be fund 10 have extended lie conservative power
Ia eyety member OF the ConiederdtS T.
viii he people of the un,ed States suffer to be lost
upon them in the preseat unciure Of affairs. the new
demonstration afforded by e 'ae result oi ""o"er rev
olu,on IN a sister Republic. Of the infinite Importance u
buldnp ON, with unyeldng clip. i0the forms oi that
CONSTITUTION In which their liberties are enshrncd -
VIVA, has hitherto saved and preserved US as nation
No,hnp hut The absolute acquesence in tho VIII Of tho
majority consttu orally expressed. OF which we have
Al This instant ~ glorious uh illustration. What has
made Mexicu the iheae Of succession oi boudy resei
uns such that OF which the news has Just reached
ma hut the Departure under The influence OF some popu-
lar mana fanatcism. caprice. from the written law
from the eiie of het Constliulionf Aitef he aver
throw Of the Emperor ltnrbde, and tile establishment !"
representative Government in that country, fodmsa
was in 1928 consiitnonally elected President o. INC
Repuhlic lie was, nevertheless, scarcely ihs'Ahe"'
,ero who by ile assistance Of his friends was Tada
President lie was suffered To hold his i'll gotten powef
but shor, time when Biistamenie, then Wee rles'
dent \ sncceeded him. he being attacked, depsed, pnF
sned IN The shore of the Pacific OCEAN, and there cap
,uted and ru To death. Busanienie welded the Pfes-
Dental power fot time wheh he ID turn, was over
thrown by Santa Ana, wuse own life Is now, alter De-
inp almost deiied by his counrymen, at The mercy ~
his political adversares what cons.'ao'y coosM s.
we repea, does not The working; thus lat Of Our own
system present to The contemplation oil The philtnshro.
ps,. The philosopher and the salesman Behold me
three millions Of voters, spread over TINS vast fetss y
cornty divided foi months IN afdurus cnntest
two persns presented theft choice tot ihH hrst 0cs
in their p at length depostng their toes 10 equally
Tor each Of the candidates that to this day - hardly
known which Of the two received the greater :"
lawful votes and II 10 cefiaih thai the cizen eiec'ed
c,nst,ioday chosen he President; actually did mos
receiye majority of all the Of the people. Yet;
il ,,ete md,mut Of coienton; single whisper ot ~
sistarce amog all the egons OF gallant wings; from
Maine 10 lonsai,a from the Atlantic to the ROCKY
Mountains. whose hearts were leagued "ge'ne' Y" NV
supnrt of Clay and opposed lc the accession OF FOLK
his Presidency MOI one; no--thank Heaven or Inc
reason we have 10 be proud OF our lnsii'u'ohs' No
. one! go,
% And these institutions Of ours, in their fms ~ wei
as IN their substance seeing how much we owe 10 item
shall we MOI, cherish and cling to them under oil cir
cumsiances
Mr.. CALHOuNiS LETTER TO MR.. KING
There ia a rl,nur that this letter has occdsined DO
mand upon Government from England. 'or an eA
plana,ionn or s'apoogy"-the Commercial Advertiser
which gives currency TO the rumor, doHs not khOv
which. That letter quite uncompllmerftary IN ~ q
o asors 10 Great Britsn aid was well calctlaed - hav
nettled her little; bit We doubt whether sne ~: -
herself to the trouble Of making any dsmsnds y "a
uf des why we don't that could Be well dole ao'u
lie IT, Mr.. Calhaan ought never y hsvs wfis'en sacn
A. letter. bu, then !, il wfi,,en and befFs ne
A. is no taking il back hopn q VII NIL er'Hg = e.
s. war. One mode ofsst'liax the nss,ef-s nnes =
or than far two pstions 70 90 1Sdewg eeeA e.
" er,s people, woula be TOT Mr. Calhoun y hgts
81, Alhsrt or Sir Robert Peel. OF Punch mAe 1ye'
s.es, Of qaarfeling and perhaps btadshed-s
I'd Punch should call Mi. Sainnnn ~ she ..so-s'
v mer being an efiyv. the latter an ate,rsessna