The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-21
ron rgE NfRGlSIAN
SECTIONAL JHALOUSIES.

NV Engiaud was thr place 81 NY IA
fisitt. bit for seme years pasi ha'a beei
n resident sad heeholdef IN the stale g
Virgins. which. agfecabiy 10 The genera
prioeiples af nar laws. gises mc The rigll
OF suffrage Vel ihr election of the pfesl
dent nf the union IL 50 managed, that " we
Ire people" have lille or 40 opporlunll,
Ia .xnress our wishes IN the appointment
OF tins important public officer
From the time that arrived Ia years o
discretion until left the place ol my natl
Nitv, veil know there WIS Il hctiop ~
that seclinH Of The UNION lnimlcd To The
general so,erHpent, and willing by every
means which sophIsty could invent ma.
lice conceive, OF Ingenuity execute, Ia u.
verturn the lar and solid fabric upon which
or liberty and happiness rs a nation were
founded. Church and Stale united In this
nufarious work OF da tness and political
insanity. Factous discourses were dfliV-
erred from the pulpit, frnught with the 'Ilest
ealumnies against every branch OF The ge-
neral government, well calculated 10 in
fame the passions, aud spread sectional
iealnn.ies in the minds Of the people,
The press and the pulpit 'omited forth a.
buses against those immortal worthless from
Virginia., who digmGed the presidential
CHAIR. which succeeding ages will blush 10
hear Of The eloven foot of this lactious
phalanx MAS never So apparent AS AT The
commencement and during The continu-
&c of the lasi cventlm struggle against
England, Ia maintain our rights rs inde-
prndeui freedmen 10 ponrlfay all their
black designs. and deeds of groyelling VII
liny, however, IS foreign from my present
purpose.
The designs If The Hartford Convention
were without doubt reasonable (; but Ger
twin movements of the citizens of thai
place, who expressed almost universally
their disapprobaliou Of this meeting, com
hned with The Kissing aud murmurs which
rung through all the New England states,
deferred them from disclosing the real OBJ
ject foI which they assembled had al
ways supposed that thu object of this con
sc tion had been fairly discussed in Nirg
MI, and thai It's members had heen found
guilty at the bar of public opinion. But
never until lately had any reason To believe
tnat Virginia had de,lated from every rule
of Ian and reason, and tried states aud cor
poralinns jointly for treason, and condemn
ed all their citizens, because IA few wefr
guilty.
The Ingenious author Of the Polite,
Horse Race" endeayors 10 duplicate Mr.
Adams IN the designs Of this convention
and makes other destinations equally ials,
and ungeuerous. We might have pass.,
over this, however, in rantns metaphor
cal writer but when the modest Mr.. Rit
chic pronouucrp This the best production
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think thai hls letllngs are very much warp
ed ly sectional prejudice, ar thai his reason
is drunk with pride at heiag made the ride,
of the crawford Horse perhaps
ought To beg pardon for considering Mr.
Richie ms The oracle of public opinion it
Virginia. II hrsars. Editors, You consider
the latter suggestion the lolble Of MIR Rit
ellie, trust that yuu will instruct him how
ho may amuse his fancy still further. Per
shade him lo draw picture Of the "traw
ford Horse" With himstif mounted upon
hin, with strings of heads hung to hi,
ne X, and belts of wampum around his
vast, indicating his favorable disposition
10 promote MIR Crrwford's plan of inter
marriages between the whites and Indians
and ptitter basin on his head, ndicaty,
"f lis emptiness and pliability. The figure
OF the horse, rs he is represented to be one
Of "moeh bone" 10 be an exact imitation
Of Don Qnixotte's Rozinan,c. The scene
To be ia IA swamp in the Cherokee nation
on the one side standing IA beautiful damsel
about Ia be united IN wedlock 10 the Indian
chief EGtk IA The Hdter--on the other, the
Crawford horse, proudly neghing, and
tossing ms name IN air, ut the success ot
his scheme, and liitchc proelaimng with
loud VOICE. Behold the progress of the
mighty plan, Which will, in less than fire
thousand years, clear our forests of red
men, aud people thcn with half breeds -
oh Curious contamination, 'deyoutly to
be wishcdp" The shades Of Arhulhnot
and Alnbrster 10 be hanging by the Claw-
.fprd's tail, decorated With suitable num-
bero scalps, purchased of thr bridegroom,
to rnc0urgage others in like acts of gallant
ny, la the back ground, 8 the grim Nisag 'dh
jackson, as The war genius of America,
standing alouf from the less honorable
Rroupe, and frowning on the ceremony.
give shall leave Mr.. Richie for the pre-
sent to contemplate the.pieture, and drop
ping the epithet of "auima!" which his
friends have given him, notice briefly VIM.
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His principles respecting Me National
Banking system, are precisely the reverse
of those entertained by the Republicans
of Virginia, as are his views relative to the
tariff sought for by the nannfac urers, d
r.cily opposed TO the interest aud policy OF
the IS hole state.
Ills ireaGs argue his "frmness," from
his having risen In Office against cqmpeti-
ton. This Argument weighs but little IN
myiesrimation; for, from what have seen,
even in the enlightened state of Virginia,
70 bow and scrape, or, ia The words of
Shakespeare, - Duck with French mods and
apisb cosrtesy,' are as essential qualilca-