Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-12-04

whose children will be ensured by the cnmplfho'
| of fties- works.
II would he interesting. tho hour Ne write. t.
| be put en- rapport with the national capital ane
to BE- able to see and hear all that - going on
there True. IL might not much enhance ""'
estimate of the di,in,eresied patriotism and I'M
mncnIate integrity Of many who figure before the
country In the garb and attitude of sell sncrlhc'
| ing devotocs to the public good, BUTT might
teaeh u some profitable lessons. and give u an
| useful insight into things which will never be
Voluntarily disclosed. We shall look in vain to
tho npblc prints-nnd listen in vain 10 the stump
,o,or,s IF our public servants. the representa-
,ives in Congress for n disclosure oi The means
hy which many important results are !" DC nc
compshed We shall never know by what
frickery and cheating. what bargains ana com
hination-. whist partisan wire working aud ffes-
identia influence. the various Offices of Congress
ore filed We shall never learn altogether why
and precisely how one mnn i made Speaker
another Clerk and another Printer. We shall
never have nm honest disclosure of the applIan
ces by Which lobby members commend them
selves and their schemes Ia the favor of our rep
rpspufhttvP- nor DOW lHt ll'hF"h"
that hang around the treasury, like ravenons
wild. dogs around n carcass. contrive TO sn'late
their cravings Occasionally, we shall see some
grand and startling resuli-und the Secretary OF
tho Treasury may show footing up Of nation
nj expenditures that will make US involunia'iy
clap our hands on our purses but the under
ground and midnight operations of mammoth
g r,l;tin.l ,nmhlpra and stock.
;ohhcrs. of place-hunters aud President makers
of political venality, aud private debauch"ry,
will remain TO us matters to be coniectured md
wondered at never To he positively known
The opinion is now commonly entertained among
those who have the means OF knowing that Wash
inrton il destined Ia becomc,if it he not already.
the carruptesi aud most dlssolute capital in the
world Much of this i due 10 the TACT that
send men there to transact the business of the
nation without sufficient reference to their per
sonal en,ecedrn,s and character but more still
10 that demoralizing doctrine ITO the VIC
TORS belong the spoils" which brings together
from every quarter of the country, to demand tho
wages of their service, men who have no other
recommendation than that of the pronptncss
and zeal with which they have always done the
work of marty There nrc thousand, Of men in
the habit of coagrega,ing about Washington who
regard the pubic treasury n Legitimate subject
for private plumber, fit can be reached by any
exercise of their wits-nnd whose who'c sci eme
If life il is To live on the government. These
thing. will continue until the the people discard
from their service all professional polit;eian~and
commit the management of public matters to ,nen
Of sense and charactereaken from their midst.
THE Hon. Mn. Walk, representative in Con
gres. from the It district of New York, ha. ad-
dressed letter TO the Americ M Org,n,in which
while giving his individual opinions he reflects
the true spir, of national Americansm every
where. We append triton of it:
The honor of seat in the Representative
body having been conferred upon mo by the
American party, in the first district nf the State
Of New York. owe il Ia them, and no less to
the entire body of the American people. to say,
frankly and unreservcdly, that under all crcum
stances shall cherish an entire devotion TO the
Constitution, lis compromises and il, obligations.
Ny position a. the representative of national
interests farhid4 the thought of confirming my dn-
ties to the mn, ed and narrow sphere Of my dis
triot or State a'one; but taking broad anl com
the utmost of my power Labor to promote her
peace and the general welfare. Faction and ia
natesm have done much to disturb our tran
guilty and contentment. and prominent politi
ticians have brought US to contemplated possible
dissolution of the Union. with something less
than a whitening Indignation and scnrn Slavery
is the lever they are using to bring about the
dires. calamity imaginable, and agitation the full
crum that is Ia shake this eolle,al republic from
hny., a Ia, t,.t, "A
.ments. Nauliing ambition aims to elevate itself
upon selfish aud sectional issues and III open de-
hance or secret conspiracy, it labors 10 alarm
the people, and to- ALLEVIATE them from those ex-
allied national sentiments upon which alone they
can repnse in peace and SAFETY.
He was common man who urged upon US
the infinite Importance oi property estimating
the Immense value of a National Onion. Who
would w-nken the cords of affection that
bind us in the bonds Of common ancestry and
brotherhoodl Whn would ALLEVIATE portion
of the couatry IRON th+ rest, or -undr,. the sol
rmn ties that link the Sates together Who
but the plausible political william aud Jesuiticnl
philanthropst whose hopes are built upon high
sounding words about fee men,ani free States
These nre the "designing mon," who. To acquire
stronger influence, Hre incorporating the
opinions and aims of nearly one half of the peo-
pie aud characteriaing them by geographical
determinations. 1t is high time this state o
things should cease. aud fully time the people
should r"buke the in~olence and tomerity wheel
has 81 long enleavored to stir up the hot bloot
of sectional hate.
do not mean, gentlemen. that my sentiments
shall be misunderstood. belong to that por
tion OF the American party which recognise
| constitutional obligation, which keeps stel
| to the music If the Union" IL has sent me o,
no errand of folly. nor given me place among
the national legislators. to fulfil seh-i