The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-02-28
a., Mobile Commtreiai n gisie'
Iron, ,,Ie.rIISG IN ALABAMA.

-, have people hau rs Hliie Ia-
sen ..ro,,nd for political dissentldn rs the
tlona, Of the United States have al pre-
ci'lzeiiI1 ,bere is no diversity OF opinion on
sent, :at nj foreign or internal poiisy.-
any pl..n, our administration has pur
Ihe ~ necotiations with the monar-
sueu - IS Europe. and the republics ot South
oh'es have been equally satisfactory
Amefi. Interests of the South aud the
N Nj of agriculture, commerce ana man
~, c "',, lave been protected win me
ale ''a Gb.rality. Yet with all these appar,,
saI''e . nn for poltical unanimlty, we find
enl 5noubIie is divided into more factions
tne y y1onld have been thought possible
la" :, -, contain at the same moment-
lCr i * ;s the Crawford party, and the A
! ms ms party, & the Calhoun party, and the
q 1anlsfn narty, aud the Clay party be- |
' AN various other. parties, who are still
sui for the propitous period to an-
Wa'' ee their (ayorite candidate Aud then
nog w the Middling interestpa in Mas
' " ITS, and the federation party OF
1Connecticut, and the Bnekta'l party IN
~ York, aud the Pickens party IN Ala
I'm, t'ma. and the American Population party
:, W Wv. q deans all OF which are opposed
~, aiber parties, distinguished by denoml-
,3tions equally perspicuous. The same
nal is displayed in the discussions of these
Ao' - interests that was shewn when the
stamn tax, land tax, non-lntercourse, EN-,
80 aud war. agitated the country aud
.ha oseyeraI adherents are equally ready to
It'll. their differences by the pen or the
ai,tnI So 6ercely have these factions ra-
f !nd that il wasthought the President, last
syinter. would have changed his cabinet,
.nnld he have determined which oil two
,hnoxious ministers most meriteG removal
5nr;nc the summer, one member OF Con
,,ress had the honor of being twice woun-
3od IN the course of six duels with the
came antagonist. A stranger would be
dsposed to think that the liberties oi the
country were in danger that the govern
ment was to be overthrown by another
Catalina. the nation betrayed by another
Arnold, or, at least, that the views ola do
n;nant party were to be ioiled by another
Burr. Yet, after all, should either OF these
candidates succeed, no existing measure OF
administration or law of Congress would
he altered, and the only perceptib!e
change would be in the names inserted IN
,he Treasury warrants for the payment OF
unl,ljc officers. That those vino expect TO
obtain Office and emolu,nent by the success
of one individual, and dread to lose either
by the selection OF another, should feel
ANXIOUS for the event OF the contest, IS as
natural as that the hackers of Eclipse or
Sir Charles should have been deeply Ia
terested in the late race.
Mr.. Walsh's YANKEE" cnndidlte, as
with the folly of zealot he chooses to de-
sisnate Mr.. Adams, may be disposed to
appoint that gentleman to foreign cmbas-
sy, and to place General Scott at the head
9th War Department. Mr.. Crawford,
who with equal wisdom has been termed
the Virginia Candidate, may, for anght |
know, be as judicions i'll his selections:
and while office is an object worthy of no.
norable pursuit, no one can be blamed for
seeking 10 obtain it. But thai their partl
zans should be able to excite warm and
yndictiye feelings in the breast OF their
fellow citizens, is at once melancholy and
ridiculous. Neither of the gentlemen " no
have yet been mentioned, have ever done
the state such service as to give them claims
to greater official rewards than they have
already received nor is there reason to be-
iieye that the destinies of the nation would
be promoted or endangered by the election
of either. In truth, the only question that
has been presented US, is who shall be The
distributor of power aud emoiument and
on this point | entirely acquiesce in the
sentiment of the following quotation:
b Gentlemen-l have nae much dGbita-
lion that King George deserves the predi-
lection of his friends, anG if he can baud
the grip he has COTTON, why doubtless he
may make the Guager here Commission |
tr of the Revenue, and confer en- our old
friend Mr.. Quintam the prcfcrment OF So
lcitor General, and he may also grant
some good deed or reward TO this honest
gentleman who is sitting ON his portman-
teau, which he prefers To chair--and !
questionlnas King James is also grateful
person, and when he gets his hand in play, |
he may, if he be so minded, make this re-
yerend gentleman Arch Prelate of Can
terbury, and Doctor Mkt Chief Physi-
clan TO his Household, and commit his roy
al beard to the care of my friend Lathe
RUN but as / doubt mci<le whether any |
Of the competing sovereigns would give
Bob Campbell tass of aqua vltic if he
lacked it, give my vote and interest to
Jonathan Brown, our landlord, conditional F,
y, that he fetch US another bottle as good
as lhe last" hob Roy.
To he Editors Of The Nat. InteLjgencer.
GFte LINEN In your paper oi the 9Th
INST. yA gave all extract on the balance OF
trade, which you seemed to be pleased
with the whole of which however might |
have been more ucidly and truly said,
IN these words In trade, which is game
OF exchanges, he who gets most wins, and,
wee versa, the other loses. The reverse
however of this simple proposition IS as |