The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-24
LETTER PROM GENERAL snYrH.

10 Inc y ftff0in9fS 81 Mf iOHnf4fs OF " ash
ingion, Byfhs, Russell, 7asacsH, LIE
aud Scot.
FELLOW CITIZENS II is noy abou
twenty -lour wars since one of the Repre-.
scntatives of the State of Vermont wa,
eondued some months in loathsome dun.
geoD, for having before the passage of the
scdiiion act, written a yiudrafiJn Of his
opihIons respecting the ailiciaI conduct o
\ tie EAseofiHe of the Euited States. Lei
- thank Heaven thai Hose nlil times arr
gone by /; that the sedillon Laws is no more
and that the Representative, may express
10 his constituents his opinions Of The quail
iicalions and public conduct ofpuLiic men.
II we would preserve those rights, on the
exercise of which all Others depend, Jet
MS be- cautious whom we select To rule
over us.
The election Of Chief Magistrate Of this
great nation, whose patronage amounts 10
many hundred thousand dollars annually,
and who has pow er 10 EJECT from Office all
who will not sing political halleluiahs, Ia
power sternly used during the administra-
iion of President Adams is the most i'm
pofiant that the people have 10 make. 1t
=
their representatives., 10 warn them, il
danger 10 their liberties Is likely 10 proceed
from such an election. performed that
duty towards you, in frank, candid, tenn
perate manner, IN letter which | did not
cause TO he inserted in the newspapers, but
which was certainly not confidential.
find myself IN consequence thereof, enga-
ged III controversy, before the whole ma
ton, with one Of The candidates for the
Office Of President and called on 10 ac-
knowledge error, or defend the cause of
truth choose the latter
In my former address, passed slightly
over the connection of Mr.. Adams with a
former President but Mr.. Adams seems
10 he unwilling that il should be thus
slightly passed over. Iadinlt that the peo-
pie OF The u. States. when tllcy consider
the recorded political sentiments OF Pres-
dent Adams. and that fruit Of his admins
trahon, the sed,iiOn act, ought not thus
slightly 10 pass it over. Mr.. Adams
speaks Of his fIiaI piety, aid luubtirss the
political principles have alluded to are IN
dcllbly impressed on lis mud. | have
extracted from Il celebrated msuamla po-
htcd work some of rose principles. aud
copied others rom iES selections made BY
another hand, and present them 10 your
consideration.
Il only CONTEND" SAYS President
" Adams, tliat lie English constitution is,
e" theory, the IN Isl stapendous fabric Of
" human invention, both Tor the adjustment
g." ol 4. e BALANCE, and the prevention of its
Il sihf4iion.7
" Go ictn every yilIege in Nrw l,.cland,
"and y"u VII iad that tie Office Of lus-
E." TEE al the peace, and even the place of
representatives., which has ever dependrd
e" Oh the tfcest election % the people, haye
g" generally d'scepdci, from renfotion 10
" generotion, IL three or four families at
"most"
"Fhrre are, ard always have been, in
g" every state, numbers possessed of some
= degree of .ftnnity ptide, who have been
3" invariably encouraged, If not fallcred in
=" IT, by the people,
"neycr was good government in the
world, that did not consist of The three
simple species of nlondrchy ori8tocracB,
sand democracy, | think | may make it
good
" shall shew that nobility or gentry,
In popular government, not ovcr.ba-
" loncins IT, is the rery titc and saul Fill"
They the essays OF the greatest wit
tiers, are very much TO ou purpose, To
shew the ulljty and necessity Of different
"olders Of nltn, and of an equilibrium of
"powers aud privileges"
"Thc only remedy is, to throw TIE rich
. and The proud into one sfoup, in a Sc
"Parofe assembly, and then tie their hands."
"Ry placing th"m alone By Themselves,
"soclrty arails itself of al Their abilities
and virtues they become as a solid check
ito the representatives themselves, as well
" rs to the executive power and you dis
arm them entirely OF the power 10 DO
mischief"
Democracy becomes tyranny. How
shall this be prevented; BY giving it an
liable and Independent ally in an ariSiocrc-
ticol assembly, with whom it may unite
"agapst the unjust and illegal designs oi
"any one man"
=" From tins example, as from all others,
" II appears, that there can N no govern
mcnt oflaws, without balance, aud that
"there can be no balance without three or
dtrS and, that even three orders can ne
ever balance each other, unless each, in
lis department, IS independent and o5so-
| "hte."
THE English constitution is the result
"of the most mature delbcration OH uni
"Sersal history and philosophy
The Laeedemonian republic may, with
Proprlety, be called monarchical, and haG
the three essential parts Of Qfhe best pos
"abLe gorernment; it was a mixture o
monarchy, GriStocracy, and democrdcg."
"Unless three powers have an abseiut,
vote or negative to every law, the con.
sttuton can never be preserved"
p" Orders men, watching and buian
/" Gag each other, are the only security -"
Nothing has ever effected Iprotectns
the laws, liberties, and properties of til,
" nrnnlnl hli LL,.an IL ..-.i...n 90. ~, ~.