Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-20
THE VIRGINIAN.
A w. c. TERRY, EDITOR.
LYNCMBURG, MARCH 20, Is5
The Opening ofthc Budget.


self fattered by the prominence which the
Republican Of Monday gives our views,
and especially for its friendly solicitude
for correct understanding of those views
among its readers. We viii aid it in this
Office of love- and endeavour to relieve it
4 from the trouble Of stating those views for
us, since it Ill have nothing TO do but to
copy this article to place its readers in full
possession ofthe much desired information.
That paper opened its budget" on Mon
day and disclosed, not exactly its "esti-
mates" for the current year, but its erpose
Of our political tenots, Of our mathematical
deficiency, and incapacity for argumen,a-
non and as 1.-THE opening of the budget ="
is always looked to as matter Of no small
interest we copy the entire leading docu-
ment Of the chancellor of the Exchequer
under the Bocock administration
Upon what authority we would respectfully ask
does contemporary of the ISrginian state the is
sue in this District to be, Union Disunioni Who
has rendered and who has accepted such issuel
Has Mr.. Pc ock and his friends! Does the Virgin
ian charge that Mr. Bocock is Disunionisti If it
does, let it make the charge in plain language. and
| then produce the authority for making it. When
that paper has done this Mr.. Bocock and his friends
will nail it to the counter the basest of coin
| and such cannot pass undetected aud exposed
| in this District.
What makes Mr.. Bocock aud his friends Disunion-
| ists7 Their opposition 10 the so-caled compro-
misel T .en the Editor of the vi ginia is Dsu-
| he mfr L
their belief in the ight Of secession Then the
Editor Of the Virgnian is Disunionist, for he
| a few months ago, warm advocate OF that right
Is it because they warm Southern menl Then
the Editor of the Virginian is Disunionst, for dn
ring the whole tendency OF the compromise, he was
| Just hot Southern Mr. Bocock, Mr.. Averett
| Mr. Powell, or any other body. l. it because they
| favored the Nashville Conventionl Then the Ed
tor of the Virginian is Disrronist for he favored
| the same measures deprecated the refusal of the
Wings give into it, and deprecated the failure of
| ii, a death blow to the cause the South.
Now, we should like to know if the editor of the
| Virginan is not Just as much dsuniouist as Mr.
| Bocook, Mr.. Powell, Mr.. Averett their friends
And yet temporary very gravely raj the issue
of disunion against these gentlemen, for doing jnsl
what ne approved Of and for entertaining sentiments
that he entertained! He should rccollect that
though may change with change of place, prin-
| ciples do not, And it should also be recoecfed
that if the wings of this District repudiate Mr.. Boz
COX, they also repudate the Editor of their party
| organ in this placer
We suppose the conclusion of the last
paragraph above, is intended to convey to
the readers of the Republican, the idea
that we have changed our principles"
with our residence; and the friendly warn
ing it gives, is designed rather for those
who would trust us, than for our own safe
ty. Well, it is a safe rule to watch
every body. There is a homely saw which
runs thus "You cannot watch a rogue
too closely; an honest man does not care
how closely you may watch him. and
hence we do not care how closely we may
be watched. The Republican should not
wonder if there are those who are disposed
to watch the course even of itself!
And here, before we forget it, let us re-
mind the Republican, for we may save it
some pains, that, though we do not profess
TO have been "born insensible to fear," we
are at least inscnsible to the implied threat
which we understand to be made in its
insinuated charge against us, of inconsis-
tency. We are not to be inundated from
the candid expression ofour sentiments, by
the fear that they may conflict with the
utterancc Of previous convictions and
though we are conscious of no change in
our principles, we are free to confess that
we are ready to change them whenever we
can become convinced they are wrong
No pride of opinion, no dread ofinconsis-
tency, no fear of public criticism shall hold
US welded to error when truth lights the
pathway of duty. We would rather be
right, than consistent if consistency rcquir
ed persistence IN error but our ethics in
culcate the doctrine that, he alone is con
sistcnt in the pursuit of truth, who holds
himself prepared to abandon the ,crong-
whenever, and as soon as. he discovers Me
right. We arc Wing because we be-
19ie the principles of that party are nearer
night than those gifts opponents we adj
vocate the preservation ofthe Union, be-
cause we believe it is preferable to its dis
solution; but if the Republican can con-
vince us that Whiggery is wrong and dis
solution right, we shall at once turn Demo
crat and Disunionist, and have Baltimore
Platforms stuck all over our paper and its
columns ringing with "dgitation"! On
tins subject we hope we are understood,
and that, the Republican will be saved from
the trouble Of any further insinuaiions.-
We shall show in the sequel, howcver,that
we happen to occupy the same position.
now that we have all the time maintained.
We come now to notice the more speci-
fic charges ofthe Republican, and here we
must demur to the assumed right of that
paper to define our position" as well as
to the disingenuous manner in which it
states it. Its readers no doubt suppose,
from the eloquence of its italics and CAPT
tails that, we are endeavoring TO dodge the
responsibility which attaches to our course,
and to seek refuge from it, under their ig-
norance it. Now we have no secrets to
conceal and no apologies to make. In the
language of General Taylor, we task no
favour and shrink from no responsibility
We shall certainly not object that ouropin-
ions shall have all the publicity the Repu5-
hcan, at least, can give them-all we ask
is that it viii state them correctly.
We are first asked for the authority for
stating that Mr. Bocock is a Disunionist.