The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-08
LlNcnBuRG, NOVEMBER ., 1879

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.ifarri,an was defeated ia has ei!oris 10 obtain
a seat IN the lstn Congress, by BIS opponent,
..,r. James " tialzay,) --eus, haiieail5 man
Of yester,ay--ol whom ne one has heard be-
void th. district Of country IN wliirtl be was
born, aud that when be has within lew
ycafs l.a.i made bis place OF residcBee. we
regret this circumstance The more rs the lsth
Congress isleoked upon as the organ through
which paiilic opinion viii be dcanitiYely eA-
pressed On the subject OF the next Presidential
election, and on itht occasion the presence
ol such men rs William II. Harrison Is pecn-
.Iarly desirable. Personally unacquanted
with him, we know him only from report
Vet such has been The upobtrusise tenor of
his Whole life. and such H. uniiorm consisten-
CIV aud patriotism, fiat not one of his enc
mics. in The midst OF political contest dis
tineuishea for Its sirnlenee and acrimony,
has dared 10 breathe the slightest dispersion n
Eainst either his public or private character.
Remote frsn the scene of action, we are OF
course unacanaintrd With tho local causes
which mny have tended 10 produce this result.
But II any such existed, they ought TO hive
been weighed down, with nn intelligent peo-
ple, bs the more poweriel feelings OF a pub.
Tic nature connected with the station, aud its
peculiar importance at the approaching crisis.
Every sehoo-boy is acquainted with the chr
confidence und gratitado OF his country and
all proterls appreciate bis merh, which has
alone elevated him To p rank among the most
conspicuous OF his counirys warriors and
Statesmen. We have seen him, ri an early
period of his life, sacrificing his domestic com.
fort, which he was Ia situation 10 enjoy b
Its fullest extent, and traserslng The western
wilderness among It's earliest Rc,ucrs, Pre-
ssniing long line of unprotected frontier 10
The Indian tribes who we're then tkickly set
tied on It's borders, our dolenceleS inhahi.
tants frequently persisted beneath ,he tona.
hawks Oh the savage When NJ length serious
efforts were made 10y government 10 check
these inrosds, and TO chastise the insoienee Of
The invaders, Gen III. was found ready for
the contest, aud was engaged in the famous
laiile OF temperance, on The river Wabash,
IN which the indinns for the first time were
taught TO respect our proves. lie continued
in service until wHr was Occurred against q.
Britain, aud Il has been matter OF much re
greet thst hc was not appointed TO head our
western army In the inglorious enterprise with
which il was commenced, and which terminn.
ted iu the treaCheryof Hull and the surrender
OF his brave associates Immediately after
this event, be was appointed 10 I'll this sta
ton, then rendered doubly responsible by the
general gloom which the recent disaster had
Nreaicd IN orr o~n ranks, and The fresh conf
dence with which Il inspired thu British army
and their red allies But the defence of Fort
Meigs, the defeat of Proctor, the capture of
Madden, aud the conquest Of ns much of Up.
Per Canada as the Hunted means placed at hs
disposal would sanction his occupying, gave
ample proof that the enemy had now no bray
gddocio general TO contend With, but one who
was qualified both by his eeuius anti courage
TO chaslise their insolenee. The arms OF the
nation, under his guidance. were crowned
with SUCCESS, aud acquired lustre which will
last when its consequences, important as they
were, shall have been forgotten. Atthe con
clssjon OF the war, we see him returning to
his habiiatiun, from the tented field, and ike
another Cincnnatus, beating his sword into
ploughsiDsre He was not, however, permit
ted long l. remnin inactive The voice OF
his felscwscitszens soon ulter placed him in
Tue councils OF TOE nation; and he was in
Congress at the FIST session Ia which the much
taiked-oi Missouri question was ngitated. Aud
II was, We are led 20 suppose from recent in
dieations for bis independent and rorrset
course OF conduct on this occasion, that he
owes has Fcevnt defeat. fIesaw, as we all saw,
that the opposition manifested To the adms-
sion OF Missouri into the nnion without GER
tain restrictions, (Which. II she HAD tsmely sub
United to, Sue wonld have surrendered her
rights, and hcgenerated sadly trem the spirit
of the men by whose sons she was stttled.)
was Unconstitutional in itself, and dangerous
in is efeete--and he had much reascn 10 sus-
pect that all was not fair and above board
with those who were so strenuous in their ex.
ertiOns TO procure these restrictions. lie had
10 proaure the lsslier conviction, the evidence
oil his own senses. He had, from his youth
lived IN a state where slavery was tolerated ,
and he knew that all the horrors so feelinglv
depicted, rs It's necessary coneomitRuts, were
bat the Visionary chimeres OF "minas diseas-
"a -phsntens, conjured up by persons who
We're totally unuequainied with the effects Of
the system which they abused as the worst of
evils. lie knew that ON this ground, al least
they launched into the extreme. In addition
Y" tiiis, ne saw in the ranks of the restriction
isis men who hal always been remarked Tor
their higR nntians OF governm emal splcntor
s'id ma nifice.ce, aud Tor total disregard Of
tue cohstitiuioo, when is provisions INITIATED
sgnlns ,hRn Slews--man who were rank mo.
nafchists during the confederation, and in the
snierrcSnum between the achievement eff our
independence and the formation OF tho fede.
mi coushtfilon--inen who were found among
TIE advocates Of ulien and sedition laws in
the rcign OF ferror'--and who hnsted IN
elect, the aag OF rebellion against the consti-
tn'eS aulhorhifs oil the nstioa IN the gloeiniest
per'oa - cur history since the independe me-
Of the United States He heard them sneak
openly and daftsgly ef dissolution OF tho
national compact, and the ereelion Of north
srR eonfsderary.--be saw few ambitious and
aspiring demagogues, whose attachment TO the
ipstitutions oil the . ast-anehord isle" and
reverence for the bulwark of our holy rei.
Eion," we're proyerbisl, and whose characters
fadreeeiyed aa indelble stampfrom The period
OF the HadGsi Corr cation, under the MA, *
OF humanity, pursuing course which would
have eonyrlsed The nation, by an uncompii ans
spirit OF opposition 10 n measure, which, Il
Conceded by them, could not have affected
their interests, and which, being adhered TO,
might have produced consequences at the bar.
thought OF which every friend TO his country
shudders. AID We was ririlt for not acting
with such men to the full extent OF tieir de