Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-06-17


nndise. teemed with bankruptcies. And our ship
we're min up 10 rot. As MELANCHOLY MONUMENT
1 Of THE WEAK AND WICKED POLICY or
j ouR GOVERNMENT.
Who that had Witnessed these things. capnot
! Observe the hand Of the corscican despot.ke thai
! dreadful hanJ upon the wall OF the Babylon
! isb monarch. writing destruction, Who can
| avoid believing that Bonlparta was the source OF
of this policy. and that il intended TO operate
in unison with his continental sy stem. 1t
might perhaps be unwarrantable to asser that our
administration were actually corrupted b France
hui that their politics we've bassed by war IN and
improper partially for that country the. g Eau be
no doubt. Iii
HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS TONGUE CASHoT
PORTRAY THE coRRuPTIoSs OF THE y EMOCRA.
GY.
TIME WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO EiSUM-
ERATE ALL THE OTHER WILD AND
WICKED PROJECTS OF THE DEMO RAT
&c ADMINISTRATION. Suffice to say. that
after they had deprived us of the Of defence,
by destroying our navy and disbanding our army;
after they had taken away from the power of
recreating them, by running commerce, tn q great
source OF our national and invdual wealth after
they had by refusing the Bank of tho United States
a continuation Of its charter. and harrass ing the
financial concerns Of the Government, an with.
drawn the only universal paper medium Of the
country from circulation when the people ,ad be-
come unaccustomed TO, and OF course, un willing
To bear taxation and without money in the Treas
ury. they rashly plunged into n war with oaton
able to do US injury than any other in the
world. What the dreadful necessity f, this
desperate measured Wns our country inv .ded
No Were our liberties in danger No. WAIST
10 protect our little remaining commerce fr IN the
injuries sustained by the orders in council No
Commerce was not such = favorite, and tbe mer
chants wished for no on that account.
Ills IDEA OF DEMOCRATIC DuPLiCIrY IN EoARD
TO FoREIGNIsM.
Besides, If the existence of the orders in, coun
Gil had been its true cause after their rep, AL our
courty would have accepted the olive branch
which was offered by England. What II zen was
the cause! The Tor which we pr ofessed
10 draw sword and risk our nll, was to deter
naine abstract question of the law Of rations,
concerning which. an opinion different fro I'm that
of our administration, was ed by all Euro pc. 10
decide whether man can expatriate him self OF
not In the decision of this question admin
istraion preiented to feel deep interest. THE
GREATER PART OF THOSE FOREIG NERS.
WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY IT.. HAD
LONG BEEN THEIR EARNEST FRI ENDS.
rAEY HAD BEEN ONE OF THE GREAT
MEANS OF ELEVATING THE PRI ISENT
,DEMOCRATIC) RULING PARTY AND
II WOULD lave BEEN UNGRA1 'EFUL
FOR THAT PARTY TO HAVE ABONr. ONED
THEM.
HE SAYS FOREIGN INFLUENCE CONTROLS Il HE AID.
MINIsTRATIoN.
Superficial observers may suppose this 10 have
been the real of the war. but whoever will
carefully and impartally examine the his 4 DRY of
our country. will find its true origin to ha, 70 been
far different. Ii took its rise from the OVER.
wEfS1Nd PARTIALLY WHICH THE Demo-, CRATIC
/ PARTY have uniformly shown for Fran,,e, md
the consequent hatred which they felt against
her great adversary. To SECURE THIS y 1REIGN
INFLUENCE HAS BEEN THE LABOR OF THEIR LEAD
! Frs foR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS, AN well
have they been repaid for their trouble. i'oR IT
Has BEEN ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF IN
PRODUCING AND CONTINUING THEM IN Poy YER
Immediately before the war, THIS FOE .EIGN
INFLUENCE HAD COMPLETELY EN- bod
led ITSELF WITH EVERY POLI1 TCAL
FEELING OF A MAJORITY OF THE PEG
PIE, PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST, IT'S
VOICE WAS HEARD so LOUD AT THE
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. THAT THE Pres
IpENr WAS OBLIGED TO YIELD TO IT'S Dc YrATEs
| OR RETIRE FROM OFFICE. The choice in this al
tentative was easily made by man (Mt dison)
WHO PREFERRED HIS PRIVATE IN TER
EST TO THE PUBLIC GOOD! We were,
therefore, HURRIED INTO WAR ENTIRELY Ur ,PRE
PARED.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS CONQUER A DIsaRAC EFUL
PEACE.
What has been lis results3 Exactly what rea-
',onahle men expected at its CONNIE nceme Mt
We declared our intention of conquerng Cana
Ga; whether for the purpose OF annexng 10 the
United States of compelling our eneIny to
yield tho doctrine of impr sonment. is imms ten al
% the present question. Instead of copqt ,erlng
1t, we have ourselves been invaded in every quar-
ter, and the best blood of our country has st
ed in defence ofour soil. The very capitol OF the
United States, the lofty temple of liberty, which
was reared and consecrated by Washington. has
been abandoned to its fate by HIS DEGENERlT
SUCCESSOR (Nladison.) who ought 70 have sned
his last drop of blood in IT'S defence.
After the (Democrete) administration h lad on
tered upon the war instead Of coming forward
WITH MANLY CONFIDENCE, and taxing the peo-
pie for Its support, THEY BAsELY sHRUNE FROM
THEIR DUTY in order to maintain their pop uarity,
and adopted the odious system of carrying on
I the contest by borro wing money. What were
the effects of this policy Does not every man
in the country know, it even disguised by
the administration, that the United States would.
IN Il short time, have become bankrupt, hud not
| peace been conc'udedl Thanks to Heaven. that
we have obtained peace, bad and disgracsful as
it is; otherwise the beautiful structure of the
federal government, SUPPORTED BY THE
SAME FEEBLE HANDS, might have sunk
like the CAPITOL into ruins.
| HOW THE DEMOCRACY EMBARRASSED THE COIN
| TRY
This system OF anticipating our revenue has
left an immense load of debt upon the county,
the payment OF which will be a grievous burden.
not only upon the present generation, but upon
posterity. This burden has fallen more heavily
upon our country than upon any other part of the
Union, on account of our numerous and extensive
distilleries The late additional duties imposed
upon whisky has almost destroyed its manufac
fure. In its con sequences it has not only affec
ted the dlstiller'', but has given a severe blow
upon the prosperity ofths country generally.
Whilst the disteres were in active operation.