The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-24
THE JgEslDTNcY.

we took occasion some weeks ag0 10 ofer
few reaarls in reply 10 charge made BY
tue Editor OF The Louisville, (ky) Pubic Ad-
yerfiser who, in the fuilncss o. MS igbDrhnes
aad zeal, had dfsigHaledas, along with the Id
ifors OF the X Eagurer, National inteiiscn.
Ger aud ny. National Adsoeais a. retain.
trs OF William II. Cfaa ford all oil whom lie
minated, were 10 receive some public uIhce
nsa comueusa alton Tor ,b,ir services, ia case
shst gentleman should lie elevated "a the pre-.
siilrs'ial chair Now Il 50 happens thai the
EDITOR ot the Advertiser and Ourselves agrte
In pt~ierring Mr.. Adams. Aud Ne can only
account i0rllis palpHblr misrepre seht'ition ot
ouf repeatedly expressed opinion. by slippos-
ing that his anndced vision construed thr
respectful terms in which we have spoken OF
Mr. Crawford, Us evidence Of our determiuh-
ton 10 support hun al oil hazards We have
before said, aud we repeat II, that MIR Adams
is the man ui our choice But, should our
wishes GA the occasion not meet with The mp
probation OF the republican parly, we shall
sacrifice onr opinion 10 the preservation oil H.
MON among TINT party. Indeed, we are GER
tain thai Mr.. Adams would not cninprnmii is
safety, nor tarnish his Own vel earned fepu.
tntioa, by permitting his name 20 be used in
opposition 10 the regularly nominated repub-
.iican candidate. Mr.. Crawford has set him
aud all future American statesmen the landa-
Bile example OF sacrificing his honorable am
b,lion to The harmony OF bis party and the
tranquility Of the country, by retiring from
The contest wheuhe was put In nomination bya
very respectable minority against Mr. Monroe,
IN 1916. But oar sentiments of respect and
confidence nre not coaGned 10 Mrssr- Craw-
ford aud Aluns. Whatever candidate may
be presented by the republican party, in what
ever way its choice shall he made known, We
shall give him our feeble support, unless We
think his election will endanger the liberties
OF his country ar The rights of The people
When We speak Of ihs Liberties of the eoun-
try being ia danger, we do not nlludc 10 open
inroads upon The rights OF the people, which
will always be nj once uea and fclt, and being
seen and felt, will be checked. We allJdc 10
the insidioas doctrines of the corps of under.
miners who have like IA ball Of snow gathered
force as they progressed, and threaten 10 rem.
der the constitution mere aRtad hRtc--Ne
al,Iide to the class OF tTpcditHi" politicians,
who contend that the constitution s not all
instrument et limited powers. and therefore
that IL Is perfectly unmeaning-whr at, M
relation TO IL, upon the principle OF implication
.eithold cHd! Such politician John {. Cal
boun has proved himsclf to be and sc shall
consequently oppose hun but rs there is no
danger that he wi be neininaledto that ONCE,
the contest will be betN een Mes,ls Adams,
Crawford aud Clay either OF whom Will re.
ceiye our support, whea the republican periy
in some wRy land we prefer Congo
Caucus as the least objectionable mode yet
found oa,,) shall have manifested its pre-
ference.
In the article above mentioned, we alluded
to the seetionel spirit prevailing Ia the West,
threatening TO destroy every adfiolGi feeling )
and we suggested, as the most eiectual Way
OF carbihs the ambition thus early display ed
a concert betWcenihe Northern and Southern
States, iG rs VIZ then believed, aud still be
lieYe, the Western States should persevere in
supporting their sectional onadda'e, without
regard To principle or party The Frankfort
(ky.} Arggs is ~ high dudg,eH at onr presnmp.
ton, and in ft OF phrenzY, eNeIAims F" We
are your equals, and We will be nothing less.
Treat us as such give Us fuir play aud ii
the Union bc ever dissolved il will not he our
fault We have not the least disposition. " e
assure the Editors OF the Argus, 10 dcprcciatc
the claims Of the Western people, or TO de-
rrige them of env of their priaileges. Bnt
we have the right, and we deem il our duty
IN join IA TIE adoption nj every measure hi-
wing tendency TO " tltfb thtr ambition, ii
they will have il 30. Iii MT because we are
opposed 10 President from the West TINT NC
ihns,eNpress ourselves, but because We would
.externinate ut once that wild and reckless
spirit which would PROSTATE every leeling o
patriotism, and icopGrd2c the safety OF tht
Union itscii. in It's efforts 10 obtain sectluna
aFgrandiemeut. Ills spirit has been mum
frsted In the West, and more particularly IL
Kentucky; and we shall continue not only u
protest agnntt ii, bal we shall cordially unit
IN every proper cfert 10 put II down. For
these things be passed over in the grcea tree
what may we not expect IN the dry
The Editors Of the Argus coutinue--n Til
West ambitious And this comes from Vir
Ffppf If.et N. Il. 4
Virginia given 10 the union fias she eve
refused the kngly crown ?" Our language /
said 20 be ridiculous" What but the rtr
height 81 idiraious is language like this "
repeat II, The West Is ambitious OF seCtonH
aggrandzement, az the expense OF the olde
and more substantial claims of the North an
South; and ithas manifested this ambition i
way too plainly 10 be misunderstood, an
too perp yelingly not 10 he " curbed" Nhe
one member OF alousehold, not satisfied wit
expressing an honest wish, strives 10 enlarc
it, by uniounded cries of iaspudliig,e /" %
preston and :" a3 uaiee," he stonld be cui
cd into acqniescence TO the will of the ans
jority. Ii Messrs Kendall & Russell thin
differently, we join issue with them, and eav
At 10 the good scuse OF the people TO decid
between ug. The Editors OF the Argus ,yi
deem ii a sufficient answer To the question
which they ask with such apparent exultntio,
" las lrginia tEcrfciiSfu me kiHgtY crown
TO reeitc the names of Washington, Jefferson
Madison aud Monroe. aud ash who were the
opponcu,s' Aaron Burr aud Dewitt Clinton
The FIRST of whom stfised 10 stir up in bait
array the spirit of sectional aggrandiaemei
IN He Hta, by lhe very same unfounded a
cus;aious against the people Of the North ~
aolsth, which are now reiterated on every o
cason by the Kentucky politicians and Il
LATER, great as are his genius and talents, 20
sessed Of such unchastcned ambition, that
gain power, he can assume more hues tht
the eaneleon, preferrng . rather to reign
Hell than serve IN ileayen."
The above Remarks VIII also apply to NJ
Penn, Of the Public Advertiser, whose Ire "
hara Ind Ele,..ien IL. N -. nu....