Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-23

Siptoycu III feicfrihS 10 mo TACT OIL MS
nomination; its alleged but not real unani-
nifty; his former public career. "mucb
more extended than brilliant or useful"
(oh! words most admirably truc;l his cleo
ton, last spring. to what Mr.. Raleigh Dan.
lei lately styled so happily "the impossible
honor Of an abolished Offices" the feelings
excited in him by all the past and the pre-
sent manifestations Of the "unterrifed de-
mocracy's" confidence in him; his diff
dent acceptance of all the rewards and res
possibilities that are heaped upon him.
Now, all this certainly enlghtens for US
wondrous little either the past, the pre-
sent, or the future of gentleman who has
contrived to make his long political career
just as obscure as it has been protracted; so
that allthatis known Of him to either Wing
or Locofocos that he has often been elected
to Congress from district of public dark
ness, and that his fame consists in his being
called "liiile old Jo."
In the fifth paragraph of the missive
thus DER informed with meaning, he pro-
ceeds, however. to become very luminous.
If" (oh woful iil) elected to the Cover
norship, it is his high and unalterablc pur.
pose Ito carry into practical operation the
Resolutions of '9S and '99r' No doubt:
but howl They can hardly be brought
into practical operation" by our Cover
nor, until they shall be legally re-cnaeted.
At present, they have no legal effect
Does his worship propose to have them re-
introduced into our Assembly and re-adop-
ted! Suppose his worship docsl What
practical operation" can he, as Governor.
give thcml Any more than they them.
selves originally authorized Hardly
Well: what practical operation" did they
direct the Governor to givethem? The fol-
lowing, precisely, and no more:
THAT the Governor be desired to trans
init u copy of the foregoing resolutions 10
the executive authority of each of the other
States, with a request that the same may
be communicated to the Legislature there
Of"
The practical operation" then, into
which his worship is so vehcmcntly and
unaterably resolved 10 carry, when he
shall be Governor, the Fundamental prin-
ciplcs embodied in the Resolutions of '9S
and 90" is and can be nothing but 10 send
copies of those resolutions To the Exccu-
lives of the Co-Statcs And, as those Co
States have already been in possession of
the said resolutions for some So years, ''lit-
tie old JOS" practical operation ill clear
y be quite as important as novel, and will
cover his govcrnorshp with renown!
Not thus alone, however, does little old
10 intend TO aggrandize his fame and the
States. He is going 10 "strikc another
blow in the world which will rcsound
through the UNIVERSE" he will "uniurl
the banner of State Rights and march be-
meath its folds" The deuce he will
But who furled the banner aforesaidi--
And how can it be unfurlcd. until first it
shall have been iurledl Howsomever.
our energetic Governor that is 10 De is 90
ing not only TO uniurl, but to "march, -
And pray whittier is his worship going to
marchl All! There you are two hard
for us, now, with your questions. But
why should not "littlc old 10" march,
The King of France once marched, with
so thousand men: and why should not
Governor 10 perform the same brilliant
martial maneuvre!
When the Governor shall march, it
won't be in the dark, as heretofore: he will
be guided, at each and every step, by the
radiance of those shining lumnarcs who
have preceded him in the gubernatorial
office" All luminarics--at least all Dem.
ocralic luminarics-don't shine, it will be
perceived: but Governor Floyd and the
renowned supcrfuous William Smith
whom our State, with eyes wistfnly turn,
ed TO Californian shores, still dcplorcs, are
SHINING iumiadriesi Their radiance is to
] guide our strenuous Governor " hen he
shall be Governor and march. But. be.
hold just now, we asked whittier Cover.
nor 10 was going TO march MS: at present,
by the radanccof the two shining lumina-
mes that have preceded him, all is clear:
he is evidently Moses; we the cnslavcd IS
raeliies; and he is going 10 march us into
the desert of State Rights. under the guild
ance Of the two shining luminaries above
designated, one pillar of clond by day;
the other a tall Jack o. lanthorn by night
For forty years have we wandered in that
NULItn
in sight Of the Land Of Promise than our
energetic Governor unaltcraby resolves to
march us back into the dismal waste Of
Abstractions!
lie next touches upon State Internal
Improvement, direct Trade, Southern
Rights and the exhorbiiant taxes which
we pay to the people Of the North, so
many OF. whom are "our worst enemies"
Not word, it will be perceived, about
the great tests between parties. the high
questions ofhe day, the Compromise, Sc
cession, Fillibustcrism, nor even Aboli-
ton! N6tbing about national public
works: nothing about the present Admin
Isiration. Does his worship, approve o.
condemn 1t! On every question of real
moment between parties, he's MS mute as
Pauus Powell himself. Yet, though Mr..
Bocock says. ifpossibc, still less of pub
nc topics, the Enquirer cxulrs over the
explciitness Of both. To say the truth.
however, the nominees do rot more heed
fully shnn to talk Of The Compromise, Sc
ccsslon. the Union, or any thing else I'M
grateful TO the ears ofihcir nastcrs the
Calhounltes, than did the Convention
which nominated them.
AS to Mr. Willis +. Bocock's letter, wc
can only say. that its tone and character
are rather low for gentleman aspiring 10
a position Of the gravcst and sollcst merit
His taste is certainly bad: for his are.
sPonsc' IS Just about as pert as Mr.. 10.
Johnson's is dull.
Meeting Of the Wings Of Lynch-
burg.
In pursuance of n nreyious no,ico +, nor