Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-06-05

yrs. We have .esm,,rca absolutely compelled
Inc majority TO surrender at the discretion Of the mi
noriiy." Why sir. tho Gcncrslissimo and command
er in chief Of all the Eastern allied iorees WINS, him
self. in favour Of coniprcmsc: AMI couldn't an OF
derby sergeant poor private Ike myself, spcek
in whisper, Of the same thing, in the common en-
.ampmcnt, IN free country. before the ag Of truce
was sent. without exposing hifs-clf TO be shot rs
uraitori Tra,oft howl The same treason that the
general IN chief was ready TO enact.
Blu, alas, and unhappy NAN that nn,' Why did
not consult the Editor oi the Nirgoian about my
course here, Gre took the fAal ster, pending ~
eadgeiag and ereFfssisg dc6aA were cngrged in
at the serious and enormous expense ci the people
Of Nirginil--rry constituents tnd nliof Offering, IN
convention. upon my Gown locs," and upon my
best Judgment the very best scheme. il appeared
to me, that could be alcrcd-and IL tho way, TOO.
OF cftetHaf aRd aba'staat protection. conceived
Ito take OF the best interests ct my constiiu-
cns; and % advance the peace aud harmony and
prosperity OF ts, 10 ion r, bclotetC enfmnnwca ltL
suppose ought to have consulted him, Because,
besides the other powerful aud coscnt reasons for
doing SO, have mortal antipatl,v Ia every spc-
cies ofcroaking whatsoever, whether efthc more
respectable tross, the lite foadses that amusc
themselves only rih thsU ora ''ruclei"
And towards the clusc cf his awful lecture my
august guardian and conscience keeper, koems a.
lott and brandishcs his jack kaye in all sorts of
fashions. like regular built Georgia major. and
cuts about terribly in his peculiar chop skip and
jump" style, and makes ones chair stand ON end
still porcupinc feathers. and verify irigh,cns and
Terry .fes me into fits, with his unintclligibc aud
hidden obascafiea of the dreadful things he Il talk
ing about He sp'srgcs. like Hercules drunk, n
bout "changc ofopinion -s'cxtrsordinar proceed
ings'-'rcsigaa Observation-Disclosures from ccnstitu-
ents'-"sure they would have been pcrcmptory''-
uniting ruth Opponents '-erratic representative
t.tf a..
tailed upon us-'thc East PROSTATE at the feet uf
| the victorious Wcst'-iniurcd constitucncy'---.to
late to repair the Observation-Disclosures meeting NJ
Campbell court spoken Of -'abaadopcd becdase too
late 10 do any gcod-'Fary, prcrcaied IL he opiae,
| the Democratic leaders, who | suppose had goI
drunk IN the evening" Changed their qno ANNA
| from what il in the morningr And still ic
| runs on: Here she goes; there she gocs--'whit,
basis Dcmoeuis-leadcrs in their party'-.awk
ward prcdicament'- abandonment Of the nixet
basis by Eastern representatives uaain--'ile love,
To praise rather than bame'--thc editors 'fdclii,
| to the public'-'magntudc of our offence lcavcs
the poor man mo chocc'-and all that sort of glib
berish and balderdashl Bnoh, W bat a tail / hat
cut has got and how she twists il about But thi.
twisting whrling editorial tale, is long for m,
to Keep up with any longer and shah ony further
respond in few words: congratulate my CON
stitucns, and all their ncghbors and the whole sur.
rounding country, and creation pretty generally,
| and all the unknown parts crcumaccn thereunt.,--
and the rest of mankind besides, upon tho acccs.
sion, to this nether subunarv world of the sapicnt
editor Of the Nirgimun The schoomastct is a.
broad mantcstly and the editor Of the vrginian
Is an U1St'1oas MnaratioR Of that flmous school
master that Goldsmith tells us of:
| Aud still they gnzcd and still the wonder grew
| Tint one small head should carry MI he knew.
JAMES SAUNDERS.
Now, we ask those who have been in
the habit reading this journal, if any
thing has ever appeared in its columns to
justify this disgusting assault, this nauseou.
dose from doctor" Saunders 7 When
where, or how, have we offended this "pu
riSsant" hero ofthe war of 1912 2 1t is
true, we have exercised the admitted right
Of a journalist to comment on lis course il
the Convention, but never with severity OF
with any other than kind feelings and
we submit TO our readers whether we have
not done so in spirit Of fairness and co ar.
tcsy. Does this venerable assailan,-thi.
war-worn veteran, claim exemption from
all examination into his representative
course, by virtue of his heroism, which his
tory has forgotten 30 record, sin the wal
fish,? Or does lie ask it III virtue o
those "long public services" of which h,
boasts, in the Convention Of lS29--scryi
ccs, we imagine, which his constituent
then, as now, failed to appreciate
We admit the validity OF neither claim
and we wish this '.parissant" hero of 1871
to understand that, SO long as he occuric
a public position, so long will the Virgin
IAN claim the right, freely and iearlcssly
to comment on his coursc,rcgardlcss alik
of his irowns and lis smiles, Of his clown
ish denunciations and of his unsough
praises.
We have read "Doctor" Saunders dia
tribe several times over, in order TO dis
cover, ifpossiblc, what the man was aim
ing at, what he had pleaded in extcnua
ton OF his cratic course but, for the lil;
OF US, we can m Ike nothing more of his dis
gushing slang, than personal attack on us
as sensclcss asst was unprovohcd. And die
ever mortal man read such stuff before p
And can 1t be possible that it is the pro
ductlon ola representative Of this cnlight
cncd District, i'll the Virginia Convention
-olthe boastiul warrior of 1912, with Oh,
prefix of"Doctor" to his name, "near hal
a century afterwards "-ofa public scrvan
who takes occasion to remind us, his scr
vices have been dong and arduous", and
who, one might therefore suppose, lao
learned a little Of the deccncics and pro
prictics Of life ? 1t is a sad truth, as hu
initiating as lamcntablc, and we confess il
with shame. But we do not intend Il
permit him thus to cover up lis misdocds
by an attempt to divert the public mind
from them, to his assault upon us. This is
a trick to which politicians as vulnerable
as he, not unircqucntly resort, but it is one
which shall not avail him now.
is the real question at issue. We charge
that Dr. Saunders misrcprcsenicd lis con.
stituonts by failing to sustain the Mixed
Basis as it came up in several different
shapes, and by not heartily cooperating
with the main body Of the Eastern mem
bcrs, to carry that measure. This he de-
mics by pleading specially that, though he
did not sustain these particular PROPOSE
tons, he redeemed his pledge to his consti-
tucnts by advocating a mixed basis-and
such basis which the Examiner calls
his "pocket way-bill,' for the reason that
he kept itin his pocket and never disclosed
its manifold virtues, until after he had help