The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-11
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.ifaid, of ehai, N4s, nothing NOR, gen.
sic reader Han thai hr mighi be in iasor al
encouraging domeSif aaaafaefarts and that
-. asi.hI viii 10 smposr affri fHrf tpon
s,ipf ffounas ihei fci lbese hypothesis, We
s.oules. Ne knea nai Nbru did Nj AsuIs
aspne. nu "1tnion favorable 20 The lafih
aiiit 81, q Oiber Noltis, rhen difl TIE tah'-
sos = deposition o encourage the m"nh'aeln=
ring inierci L. the deffiuieni al the afrfni-
tafli andceumercial portions ri the conH,s, z
from what act q. lis lite do fhrF dcdnce the
9aierenes lbat he l. d'sfpsedto lay direct ias
on Tire peuflc2 Ne deiy them t. produce q
tingle circumstance IN Is lone l'ie of public
za-lec 10 warrant sueh opln'"os Can as
Hlnfh he said oi Mr.. Clay NJ. On the
9aH al Congress he WIS The most zeBloas
advocate Of The tariff bali II Henry Bald
win at PENNSYLVANIA VAS The father oi the
measure. Mr. Clay wa it, frine,t supporter.
tan ns much be said of Mir. Craatnid, We
shns no aliho ne confess Il Is somewhat
tiiiIealt 10 eke oat his opinion. la hts last
Annasl Treasury i,eppfi, his remarks On The
<sbie oi thp Tariff are extremely inenneln-
eve, aud his opinion IS mHHihtd by q seeming
= luclanee 10 speak ost plainly lie recon-
lnends an increa.e ai duties Oh a f.. articles,
and winds up hls iadoc..ive remarks on the
subject, a. IL aware thai he was treading an
the existing ,afiG te irdiriou,iy rerissd, for
tttpapost otaagIHoni,sg The rotoBat, &c &C.
which means JAS ~, thing ar noth'ag, aud
snits equally we'll the meridian oi tn sbnrg
md Nalthnm, apdfhCNOltan, rice and tobacco
ields of The west and south llui this sub
1cct, Interesting as IL Is, Is comparatively nn-
important, wien put in connection Miii tue
ftqr thai Mr. Adams Is in iay or OF n direct taN.
Like the Other, this question coihes home 10
Incns pockets with this difference, thai is
consequences weuldbc felt more Immediately
and more uHisttseiiy Whilst we admit, how
.-yer, thai II bchoyes tho people 10 resist The
j nposit,on oil diftri 4lN, when M erent ma
tona emergency calls for such a measure,
sye ennnot admit that Mf. Adnms-Nho has
lived 10 ser The administrations OF Washing.
onn, OF bis father, of Jefferson and OF hladi.
'sou pass away, aud who has sccn The effects
oi the most prominent measures OF them all,
would be 80 bind--(we had almost snid 10 his
own riisrcsi)--io the happincss nnd-t1 nqnil.
iity nt hse country, as la originate or support
"A measure 80 olions - this Shadows! sha-
doWs We kasw oi no other criterion BY
which to regulate our estimate OF INNS Ia.
iare course, tlar their anterior conduct -
What in the conduct Of Mr. Adams we n,k
laaatn onu he found 10 WnrInnt the fears Which
follow hisoppouonis, like the gho,t OF Ban.
quo, even to the hall 81 fcastihR Would We
'lcsonscc, F" at one ieil sNuop,' the popular
idols az hosc shrtae, the people have various
jy bowed, by declaring, that, in their selection
ot Mr.. Adams IL represent hts country al 10.
reign courts, md 10 az TIE most digui6cd sta.
lun IN the cabinet, iht had been Instrument
al ~ bringing forward 10 Inc sieW ol the pro.
,ple, asa candidate Tor the ir>i houors OF the
country, "a statesman whose prncipies are Or
posed 10 her interests aud nj WARMTH her 20.
icy Ne viii not thus denoauee Jcllcrson,
nud Md ,oa and Monroe, whose naneg alone
.hre suhcmnt guRlantees that they Mcfe sway
cdthy pure motives, aud had the interest mad
The honor ai Ihsir country al hcnn When they
Invested JGhl Vaincy Adams with The robes
ot Office. Has Alr 4 ever Forfeited ar ahus-
81 Tie confidence thus r,;nsed In him No
Sc lar from it, when eaf II 4hls hase been IN
Nudrd, or our honor tnmpcfed With. has he
not alway SHEEN seen standing IN the breach
between his country aud hrrhs,ailants Has
L. HH always been the ntoquen,, tie ado.
saa3 we ~ i'll add the Triumphant champion Q.
her r.gAis az pablic man. nnl OF harehurac.
irr, as prlSate ct,igen The actious Of his
lite, and Leva oil his coualrymeu, rcs,-7nd
10 the Affirmative. With this fact before our
-eyes, We AZ. not To be driven from our nrple.
Fence b. nl%ound.d fears OF what he MAJ 10
lie Hmgbe IN favor oil The tariff bill.-he may
te in itNnt oi "a direct tax. So mag William
". Crawford apd Hem, Clay. But we have
seen nothing Ia warrant belief that he is. ~
liatng a common iutcfest ith our fellow.
Citizens la the prosperity Of our common coun-
t-y- We WynId nnlirsaatusly confie its dcs.
TIMES IN his hands Satisfied with the pasi,
igt are mol afraid trust him (ar The istare /,
und We hope that the voice of the people will
decide that they are not
But there Is another reflection, growing out
Ut these fears. The President OF the United
states Is not absolute, His behesl Is not the
law o, the land and we are therefore tue
more afIirIscd Wien We hear su1L unsul,stan.
ihd grounds ot opposition brought iotn ard.
There Is a rteck pu, uron his roMeis hy the
Fsmn sauffd instrument hy which he !, cruai-
ID iir constitution al the Ufficd Siulcs r..
cosnizcs a legisaiFo b.ly, cmanar,ng from
the people, whose controlling influence viii
always b. enccinn oountcrpCisc Ia the
attempted usnrraiions of any lnnh aud ii h
poor compliment Ia that branch 81 The go
VesEReht, aud la the practical effects of uur
rpHthcah constitution. To harbor the suubn-
slion H.at u could he Influenced hv ,he exec
utiYe tO soo-npernie with him ia tie enact.
n,eni Of uhjps, snd impolitic laws We deny
tia, Az Americ.- ecUgrcss can ever be 81
cofi0pi ~ long NJ the freedom or election is
preserved pare anh uuuoni dpin.tcd aud We
fuge 10 fears 90 ts's SEER 50 Tong rs the
Afsis-ei .l press rgr.aiiis hHirttrrcd We
b. x zen referred Ia the passage al the alien
and s,ss5AOn laws, to prove llsi congress hu,
not always leen--tlnt Il was not even in,;he
.a,r,y ;iaySs"t TIE republic, free iram eAoeu.
live Influence II ia tlr very period. of oil
-cthers N3,rplNsc shnaid select, in ihe history
of tac United S,A;es 10 prove, that the srni,-
IDrnis Of the eXscuiiyr. however errnnenus
are not 50 eSccrnihg dangerous MS some
suild have rs beiirge. Nbnt bat the enact,
Hest OF 'bcse odions measures aroused the
qseape 70 . stlise .k'eir iangcr' 1hcy Eel,
that their rights and privileges we're ,ramplrd
amber foot by ambitious aspirsnis. aad they
sufied from newer their nniaiii,di servants
ASH pnt Others II, theirstend Power, in this