Lynchburg Virginian

THE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
BLACKFORD, STATIAM & DILLARD, PROPRIETORS.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1817

We publish, with great cheerfulness, a communication, from a most excellent and cherished friend touching the Press of the country. There is great truth in much that he says. So far as our own course is specifically animadverted upon, we have to remark—that the destination, we assigned to the three millions lately vested by Congress, was not of our own invention. We confess that, low as we estimate the mental power and moral tone of the President, we should not have had malicious ingenuity enough to suggest the probability of such a destination being given to this money. No. It was from the speech of the Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Relations in the Senate House. Mr. Savir—that we learned this Three Millions were to be applied to the payment of the Mexican treaty. A similar statement was fully as telling, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House. Were we not justified then in view of the declarations, and of the issue Santa Anna to his country by Mr. Polk, maintains that peace was to be bought by corruption Santa Anna as the head of the army, by suborning members of Congress. It could not be expected that the march to the halls of the Montezumas would be touched with disaster at the sixth sitting under the dread of our arms explained, is, we think, perfectly appro priate in these daughters of the army praan. Panic daily said to have alleged painting got at nine Mih M vi. The money must rather be set to agent -and the largest price of peace, resulting from it, is based solely upon this type of corrupting the Mexican leaders.-evil marv. We do not pretend to know the details through which Mr Polk intends to adopt. We hope it be guided by prudence and that it may be attended with success. We ardently desire the restoration of peace, and care hit de for the Mexican nation har. In her statesmen her warriors can le lr baed to dw iant nte jait s n wonld roon fi n, s bo it-aad theis bt the d wrceanlonrth aly ntr.tvulaleveth apinyr. atn o sach a sum. tet t a je.e, unjr eod ated, nst mnly in our at n is, I ut in tose od all ther re presentative g ve m netts. It is in stra nge contrast to the boasts of entering a peace & revll ag in the Halls of the Montezumas. But we let thit pass- car olgoet is merely to show that we were justified in alleging the destination that w. dalare frthe Three Millions. Mr. Polk never will shw I a. tha m, ney was eaaploycd, ror cought ho t doss, tat Le cmpld o the puapposed erroption. A Mexo hs sti a Constitution, that mnstrumen ex- preesly forbids ths ali vatin of natietal terrtory. To anahe a treaty of ceswun will be to violate that insten ' nt. We shall not te long i suspeas, Lwever We d not doubt that the Mississ ppi sie am r catrd out soune pr po iton, or ins ruettuns to s the aigent -probab y Mr. Black,lateConsul inth ety of Mexiorincnanes toa with the Three Mlhoas. In Iess thaa s atv das w ny esmet ty hear dn thing prt'y conelasiveasw the f.te of thr sa tr mne of laying a peace.