Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-09

bssa airing bic rhetoric before the Democracy o
Grssa Coanty In that State, In . speech replst'
VIII characteristic demagogueiam. We find
In the Jone.borough Uniona report Of this speech
and re were particularly impressed with the fol
lowing portion Of il:
The ..sxtYavacancs OF this administration, y
which seems to be the leading principle of the
Opposition" was handled by him in an able
manner. lie showed. must emphstically. that oil
such charges were the merest "humbug' ofdisap-
pointed politicians, and the last. spasmodic effort
Of a dying party tihe X. NJ to bring themselves
back intp notice again.
So speaks Mr.. Andrew johnson out in the
mountains Of East Tennessee. Wc wonder if this
is the same johnson who made nm elaborate speech
in the Senate last winter in fuvor Of q dimihution
| of the public expenditures? Wonder il it is tho
same johnson who followed up that speech with
a series of resolutions directing the Finance Com
mitiee to cut down the Appropriation Bills t.
fifty millions per annum? Wonder fit is the
same johnson who made repeated attempts to
get his resolutions taken up, and accompanied
each attempt with n doleful ~jeremind over the
extravagant expenditures of the Government?
The samc-"with II difference" And the diff
ference consists in the audiences before which he
made the speeches. Mr.. johnson makes capital
in the Senate-or attempts to make it-by n SUI
pcrscrviccable zeal in The cause OF economy. lie
makes capital in East Tennessee by declaring tina.
the Wing charges of extravaganza against the Adj
ministration, are all "humbug.' Mr.. johnson
probably forgets that this declaration, makes him
self n party to the %"humbug." Or, perhaps. he
did no, so much forget il himself, rs he relied up
.sal.I.,., Ac IA. - no uu ~
dlence, rendering them unable to convict him Of
mot to put too fne n point upon III Inconsistency!
And 80 Mr.. johnson says that the talk about
the extravaganza Of the administration is "all
humbug." But what did he say in the speech in
the Senate TO which we have above alluded? Here
is what he said:
II IL in the power Of Congrcssto prevent these
enormous crpfndiureS; and if we do not i~ntcrInse
We arc responsible for them. This Government,
sixty-ninc years of age, scarcely out Of its swal-
din. 81 ,thcs. is making m"'r co 'upf uses u mon
cy in proportion to the amount collected from the
people. rs I honestly believe, than dRy oHcr Cor
trnmcAf on he hohitobtc globc.
Ca the national theatre, this Tennessee dcma-
gosuc wants To get up n reputation as mn econ
omis'. lie is ambitious Of being called, like
Lctchcr and jones, n "watcl-log of the Trcasn-
ry.' But when it suits his purposes, before the
people Of Tennessee, ha denies the Wing charge
of extravaganza. says it il nll "humhug," and that
it is the "%-pa.modic effort Of n dying party 10
bring themselves into notice again Verify, n
sweet youth is Mr.. Andrew .Inl,usonc Tennessee
An entcrprising citizen is Andy. A sagarions
and profound statesman is the Hon. Andrew "A
liilc eire,, goo, apo,hccary."
OtR nci.hbor Of the Rcpubiican still pre-"r,ea
n discreet silence abou, the composition Of tia,
gay little coteric. yclcpt, the Hump Convention.
Mr.. Trcdway, though n life long Democrat, has
ignored aud regulated its authority to speak fr
the Democracy Of the District, and it Therefore
Lehoo,c- the Republican which was mainly in
strumrr.tal in getting up what there was of n
Conyrntion-to show that in numbers aud repre-
scutation. it was entitled to be regarded as the
authoritative voice ct tho Democracy. Let us
have n full list Of the dele .atcs and the counties
represented, with the vote they were entitled 10
cast. by all means. II the Republican refuses to
publish these. people will lelIevc that there il
Something rotten in Denmark. and the Rump
Convention will fall into contempt.
1t liz due to the no,ninec III the Convention,
whose ~claims-thanks to It brecchcs pocket dele
gates-have been galvanized into II little Fictitious
Importance, that the thing, whose creation he il.
be rescued from absolute dcrision. Come neigh.
Dor, give US the record.