Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-19

For many years the Democratic party. par.
tcularIy of the South. has profted by the as
sumption that it peculiarly the qua, dian of
the rights of tho States rs against the power
and The eneroachments of the Federal Govern
ment. The reiteration of this doctrine in all Ma
tionnl and State paiforms-iho sanclity which
attached 10 the resolutions Of 90 and 90
and the feryor with which tho opposition were
always accused Of seeking the nggrandizement
of Federal power at the expense Of the individ
ual States, contributed in great measure to
establish the conviction in the popular mind that
on the Democratic party alone could full reliance
DO had for that jealousy Of the central authority.
which would secure to the States the rights re-
served TO them by the Constitution
The Proclamation aud the Force Bill of Gen
eral Jaokson--toge,hor with other not less sig
nfcant acts Of his administration --seryed, in
great measure, to dsprl this idea. But it has
been reserved for the present day to witness
the violent opposition of the Democracy TO a
measure which promises II material benefit to
the States, at the same time that it suh,racts
from the power and the resources of the Federal
Government.
When Edmund Burke declared that the reve-
nuo was the government, he uttered sound
maxim of political economy. Admitting it's
truth. it may well be considered how much grea-
ter is the danger to the States at this time when
most of them are in financial ombarrassnen,s,
and the Federal Treasury is full 10 overlooking,
than when. in the mcipiency of the Government,
tho central government was weak aud HOPELESS,
o,J IN ia ta "A he ni Ina af ~
component members,
Thus, tho debt of Virginia alone is almost ~
great, at the present time, as that of the General
Government. And while tho State, shorn of
her proper influence in tho family of States by
the pressure OF public debt, stoggors along under
her embarrassments, the Federal Government,
flushed with resources, lavishcs its means upon
unworthy objects, and riots in all the prodgnl
ty superinduoed by n consciousness of an ok
hnus,loss purse
Let the public lands be partitoncd among tho
States-and there is at rem owed from the
federal government fruitful source of corrupton
as well ms vast element of power. Such indeed
has been the special bounty of the ,vrrnment
TO the Northwestern States that they have lost
all idea of State sovereignty and independence;
and have come to regard TIM Federal Govern
ment as the source of all political blessings, to
which the individual States owe nothing but tho
profoundest allegiance
Virginia stands now at that critical period in
her fortunes. when To advance is 10 realise more
than she ever anticipated from her system of
internal improvements and to rccedc il To
render tho toll aud the treasure of years A
brilliant future awaits our recovery from hnan
cial embarrassments and the completion of our
public works. Shall this prospect be surren-
dered to accommodate the repugnanoe of tho
Democratic party to receiving equal portion
of the public lands Above all, shall the States
become weaker and weaker by the abnegation OF
their rights while the Federal Government, with
this vast trust fund, marches forward with IL
resistible impulse, to the borders of consolida.
toni Let the true States Rights men of Nir-
GINA decide.