Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-11

COMMUNICATED.
To the Editor Of the American Beacon.
Dear Sr There appt arcd in your
paper Of The 3r1, a communication signed
). in which am alluded To in manner
which | think requires some noii: ~ II
may he Just we'll 10 say at once that
know who S. i; and can but cxpr.s-
my surprise at this covert attack. II
would certainly have been more il keep
ing with The high position and ackuo~
lodged ability Of That gentleman, to have
commented on me and my course. under
~ n~ N signature, or IN his place, Where
had iIends to reply 10 him.
! have looked upon int gentleman a.
one. through whose able ad, ocacy of Il
liberal and emil .htened system 81 improve
ments. Virginia had much 10 hope. am
sorry that we differ. but / lain 10 be no
Ii,ere Of a partisan. than himself Because
amthe Engineer Of particular work. have
| therefore lost my Li1hrisht a. a Virgin
ian! Is my evidence nettn he admitted
because | have chosen 10 live Nv d pro
| iessinu, AS honorable as that of " hich the
genilrmi himself is so bright an ornn-
peutl am Fireinian. glory in The
tide aud my fathers have been Vir4inians
| for near y two centuries past. | have as
many lies in Virginia ana as deep stake
IN her welfare, as that gentlcma', Gan pos
sibly have. therefore claim, unhe,ra-
t5n.ly the same right to express my opin-
ions ahont htr general interests, that
belongs to every free born citizen OF the
State. ask no more.
5. speaks Of the schemes advocated b,
me Uhough no by me alonc) as tie spec.
uIaliors Of one "u ho i, too much the par
tsan Of a particular improvement to lave
his revelations implicitly adopted" Can
any man say, that have ever done mo e
tI.an present 10 kifn views aud tdcfs, vi h
a 81 nplr request that he would examine
them for hinsclfl Have ever, bv N,
language or bearing, shcun any desire to
dictate 40 others
Next comes IA sentence OF ex-communi-
cation dreadful as almost to ciil ones
Llond-hear it,
The writer Of this speaks most adyi-
scdlv, wien he declares that tie adoption,
by Norfolk, OF this most partial aud unjust
4 scheme, Will be most certainly Fatal to her
| hopes. There u i'll be an antagonist inter
III reused up !" resist NE lrJnstice hose
Vfheci"' ire VIII sweep away all who
s''"'i 'i,'Nc themselves Pal'hS !" thr
"irng'
This must certainly Tighten Norfolk
i''''' ''r view 5 Oh - ann indeed Inc warn
M l. for 'aIi " h. N il my concern" amt
Sp"'',i he f'eI'a ny "!' wh" are 50 rash as
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y J""'rS '''''I, '"e ''rs.'/" f|Gde' taken
~ y tp' ~ W." pass Oh through the val
icy !" n"'''"'ofe'
- here never was, and meyer can he an
a''urdrr macII'nalI"n OF dIsordcrcd fancy
!hnniils most strange notion. 1t is child
ish; and hut that II Is phantom hunted
Up ~ the paitsnns OF particular i'm
rrovcfieni t" t'lglicn the friends of other
SCHEMES ifom Their proprirty, one might
well wonder that ever such IA Conception
should haze seized The braiu Of man
That the apprehension of danger from
Baltimore is rot the phantom If disorder.
ed reason or heated pa,ti.an,hip mav L,.
proven by numerous instances IN "a tich il
has been entertained bv men q bo ,yorp
obnoxious To no such charge. One such
instance shall he cifed
a-snecch delivered in the Tonse orI
Dclceafrs. lie " d and 2l,h. II FeLru
arc. 1919 hv MIR SOAR of Ei,ah..,h c;,y
and Warwick. when the .ub;rc, n III
VIRGINIA & Tennessee R.,J ri v..
beC,rc M Housr. NJ sue
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