The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-09-06

of !" The signs of the times,n that \ a,
get at the navy will be made AZ H..
suing session of Congress-that -.
instance of alleged, or of real miscona
on their part, is boarded and treasured -
as weapon of future extirminating ven
granee-that unprincipled POLITICIANS M
who only fan the flames ofpnblic resentpa.,'.
10 warm themselves by the blaze. vo,i,'
gladly at any moment barter away H.,
whole navy of the United States. ifit ,yo',ia
purchase a single ounce Of popnlaritv
Our star spanglcd banner las ioated =;
umphantly on the ocean and ON the Ill.
aud our naval officers cannot say that >.
publlcans are unsrateful; that the natio,.
has been iusensible TO the services they h.
rendered-they have been rewarded VIII
public honors- they have been loaded Win
panegyricks. IL becomes them now g.
shew that they are really worthy of sneb
praise, that they have philosophy and rood
sense enough 10 bearprosperity with meek
ness--it Is Tor them To shew TO the world
that applauses bestowed on them. have M,
been worse than thrown away. But #
there is elimination and rccrilninat;on---
court martial after court martial amonqa
themselves, what may they naturally evs
pect will be said by their enemies Tbcv
will find our budding glories of the deen
that the sea flower which has been nre
served with so much care and affection
has been blasted before it has blossomed :
We did believe, and we consoled ourselves
III The anlmating hope, that our naval ri.
lInphs had done much more for us than to
capture ileet, er 10 sink a frigate-tbat
they would give a permanency, soEdity
and fxedness to our national charactey..
But though our naval officers may refuse tn
strike a flag TO the enemy, they may be the
means ot haullngit down themselves. Mis-
conduct, iroward haughtiness, empty and
unmesning menaccs on their part, will do
more to accomplish their ruin than the
cannon oi their former enemies could have
done.
Our naval officers may be said to hold in
their hands, the future destines of the navy
Many oil Their countrymen do believe, that
sech an institution is an unnecessary thing
altogether; that il leads to foreign wars,
and embroils us IN endless controversies
others who Will not openly 20 to these
lengths, will proceed more coycrlly and
clandestinely To work, and will accomplish
the same thing-they will strange the in
liant with an economical cord in short. il
IS an easy matter for the surIy and discon-
tented of all parties to combine, when their
object IS the overthrow of any of our exist
ing institutions, for il would be astonish
Ing indeed, lithese parties could not destroy
and abolish tremendously together. Buff
to this party already formidable, be SUPER
added some Of ourlong tried Jealous sup
porters the navy, if disguised with the
conduct of our naval officers, they likewise
so over to the enemy, or what amounts 10
the same thing, refuse to trail pike in their
oWnsranks, the naval establishment is gone,
and those officers vii have none to bear the
blame but themselves.
We trust that these remarks will be read
by the parties concerned, in the spirit OF
candour with which they are written We
trust they will not be mistaken, for we can
say,wlth truth, that we had much rathersaye
the officers of the navy from the consequent
ees of their own indiscretion, than to re-
celve their panegyrcks afterwards.
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