The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-29
LtNcHpURG, AUGUST 20, laes

i.lNGupURti, AUGUST 20, 1919
n CAYpInrs' will appear ia our next.
Il" sfrw OF Tur roruLATIos OF THf
ISirtp STATES" &c. will be inserted ~ saoi
as We are able to ,dplly the hiotas lolt by the
author.
~ The Rev. Nr. Ftetndn, viii pr
form Di, inc Ser, ice aud deliver Sermon
AZ the Mason's Hall on Sabatt ndAi, at II
O'clock, A. NJ.
The Riimo Eaquir,r--tie principles q
.nessrs. adams and CraaJVed, Sc.
[eoNTiNuIp.
We have attempted To show, and we
thiak successfully, That Mr.. Adams IDEAS
relative 10 the constitution, comPort with
those of the republican pnftg. w. have
gone further u have shown, that on ques.
fions ~ pohey, which, however, wefe not
less important or decisive becaus-ihry were
So, hr has been equally happy in the nc
knowledged corrcctPess ofhis views. The
embargo qiestisn more especially, IL onr
on which, even nov, when the causes
which led Il IT, and its ELECTS, are but par
tally remembered, there is not the least
difference ofoplnlnn, As 10 the political cha
raciers of its friends and enemsrs. This
measure, as has been before remarked,
was the "iouch -si0nt Of P't0et!e" Thnse
nho voted for It, were looked upon as men
who had mel yet com, Ia the determine
ton 10 sacrker the rights Of the nation
who were, on the uther hand, prepared 10
defend them against every aggression, from
whatever quartcrit might proceed. Those
" no opposed il, on the contrary, assuming
for their delrneethe snpttstir6 positions
laid town by The Eagsh courts ot adm
ralty, at the head Of which WAS sir William
Scott, and enlarged upon and justified by
the English author nj the bar IN DIS
gu,sc," were ready 10 surrender, without
the adoption of this defensive measure
the only medium between " AZ add sub mis-
SUn--the ndependcuecwhirh was achieved
by thc'yalor and cherished ty',he wisdom
of Washington and Haneoek, Jctfer-
son and an Adams. It's worse than alb
surd 10 say hat the Yatcs on this question
afford no evidence of tie rr'nicai sent
plents If the day. TWAS a banner raised
by Mr. jefferson, under which all of his
friends rallied. IL was "A trial of strength
between The two parties, not less decisive
than the great struggle which rer"ut,oai-
zed the government 1t WAS, as old lid
mund Randolph wsuld h;Ue said, tie spa
al Of 1mer1ed,' III opposition 10 II faction,
whose hive Of power had caukcrcd al their
former I,t lings OF patriotism, aPd spurred
them on 10 course OF conduct, which, ii
II had been successful, would have reduced
us once more 10 the condition of British
and rendered vain all thc tolls aud
struggles of our ancestors. Let us make
this position plain. In order ta do this, il
will be necessary tins: wc rt's ieW succinctiy
the causes which led 10 the embargo =
which We shall 90 in as few words as pos
si5lr.
Two causes tended mainly te tfol4ec
this mcasure.--ist. The lmpressfirnt OF
our sejlmcn by Great Britain nd edlr,
the deprctatbns committed "a our COM
ncrce by thM.power, aud by france, " ~
der the rule If 1906" Ever since ,ht
Independence of the uitcd States bad
been acknowledged ~ Greet Bllan. &c
government al tie lattur had cid;ius, lie
right of searching our merchant vessels for
British subjects, under the prcteNt that
every governmrHt ~ entitled 10 the ss.fyi
ccs offs subjects aud citizens, whenever il
may need them. Without stopping here
To examine the abstract Justice of this
position, OR in establish the .inhcrnt ril hi
OF mankind 10 the privilege uf eiocun,oiion
we shall proceed at once To ascertain the
bearing of this claim, and the manner in
which il was enforced. Ii must be evident,
ii the first glance, that this claim, even
II IT had been founded ia equity, would
have been extremely difficult of Just
exercise between twu natieGs, whosc man
ners are nearly, aud whose languayr ia
precisely the same. But THIS e.ideut diff
hcnity To the enforcement of AN acknow-
lodged right, weighed nolhins with the
.xecutIppers ot an edict which was found
ed In the teeth of justice, and coud be
sanctioned only on the plea of necessity
what, then, was the bearing Of this ohnox.
inus measure, aud how nin il cnrofccd o..
in the fist place, the taking forelhlr from
neutral bottoms, even nntips sRbjpcts in
wolves Et'Hportant question of right tina,
~, whether government hna . claim IA
The serves OF its subjects. when Inns.
subjects have soluMartv contracted ia
perform certain services tor a stipulated
Premium lfllHs right be admitted. why
may II not aulhorzc the srizlirc of such oi'
rs subjects as arc found on shore. in Tin
pursuit Oh Toe common avocotl0ns or snrial
lie, WI ihr same ptoprie,y as n mariner
On the nieh seas Is there any dlfTrrenr, !?
Oar ingenuity caH detect none. Is thpre d,
man among us who would sanctiop auch -
dpctriuc ? Is there a man, who. daring ,o
urhold such An itapsdrnt claim, woulG mn,
meet v nh the frowna and ,ontemp, ,r b;s
c"nntry5 II, then, there be- no difference
4" roiHi of fart. het~ cen the claim vh;.h
Would demand the farmer, and carry him
Tor, his Preside, bound to the country of
his birth, and the seizure and forc;bl.
eetrnilon OF. SEAMAN pursuing his lawful
svocatlons,on che grea,hishway Of nations
what shall we think Of that man who r,i,.s
MS ynrct N defence OF SO great AN ontra,,