The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-07-25

more substantial consideration OF fDsate |
qualifications There is not me sho
woald dafsfto make this solem0 olssssia-
ton. There d not one, who, IL Mr. ADAMS
was Yirginian, would not be ready TO
excainl, 8 this man Is worthy 10 be ihe
successor OF the illustrious patriots oil The
revolution, who have presided over Their
country with snsh honor ia themselves,
with such applause from mankind. lie
viii sustain the reputation of the " ancient
dominion," and prove to the world that
Virginia has not lost the race OF noble
men Ii, under such circumstances. his
claims were opposed, aud his reputation
assaiIed the opposition would be ascribed
to sectional prejudice, 10 State Jealousy,
and the mean envy of Virginia inielleetuai
superiority. So differently do the same
men see the same things, when s,he medl
nm of vision is supplied by disinterested
impartialily, or the narrow bigotry Of local
party spirit.
In my last No. | attempted 70 defend
Mr.. Adams against various charges prefer
red by writer, who signed himself Hen
ry," IN this paper. The most srie'ous Of
I ese charges, was bis eady anli-repua~
hcanism, as exempliied in his attack of the
rights of man." in series of Nos. signed
Pabllcoa, written in The year 1794.-
Without any arquanta ace AZ that time
with this work, | seuiured 10 deny that it
Was anti republican, or that il controverted
Que single of those doctrines, which tho
Statesmen of America, since the success Of
the revolution, have deemed infallible and
fundamental. An attentive perusal of
Publlcola since that time, has confirmed
me IN the truth of these suggestions, and
further satisfied me of the authors deyotiun
tn the American consultation, and that hls
intention in writing those celebrated mum
sers, Was only To oppose those political
doctrines of Paine, which had never been
recognized IN this country, and which how
ever pure and philanthropic the motives of
that great agent Of revolution were, r.
looked upon rs innoyating, dangerous, and
disorganizng. will convince every I'M
prejudiced reader, in the course Of tins en-
qniy, of the rectitudc Of this conclusion,
aud that every man may be enabled 10
Judge for himself, ! will procure in a short
time, the publication in this paper, of
"Publcocan itself, that designing men may
he deprived of the opportunity of poison
ing the public mind, trusting that The scar
city Of the work, will prevent the detection
OF their malicious errors, and the reiutdtion
OF their flimsy sophistry.
AT first proposed TO devote this mum
Der to candid enquiry into the charactev
anu pretonsions of WIN. II. Crawford.
intended TO rctbrt upon thai geutleman the
charge of federalism aud apnstacy, winch
MS parilZans have SO unceremoniously and
dogmatically laid 10 the door of Mr.. A
dams. Mr. Crawfurd's adhesion To the
administration of 1893 his opposition 10
The great leading restrictive measures Of
Mr.. Je0ersOn's administration, which, if in
themselves, they were not questions of
principle, were yet IN effect made so by the
state OF things at that time, and by the
consent oil The two parties his active a.
sehcy IN attempting to re-chartel the old
Bauk of The United States, and denuncia-
ton on the door Of Congress of the indie
pendent presses in the country which op-
posed that measure; and lastly, his recon
mendatlon at the last session Of Congress
OF partial increase Of the tariff, which, if
1t does not mean that he is u thorough go
mg advocate of that obnoxious measure,
al best means that he was anxious to make
friends by being thought so, are proofs that
he Is mol The consistent republican, the pure
ana elevated statesman he has been repre-
scented to be. But il is neither necessary
to my purpose, which is to defend the sec
Rotary OF state against his accusers, or a.
sreeable tor my feelings, which acknowledge
the injustice of this see-sau electioneering,
pulling down one that another may ascend,
TO pursue this course. look upon none
OF the candidates for the presidency as ex-
empt from objection. They have all de-
waited from the rectilnear course of Mr..
Jefferson, and the friends Of either ought
to overlook the alterations of the rest, in
acknowledgment of this fact, and as an
earnest of their own candor. A great wri-
ter has said, "The clear, unbemished cha
racter comprehends not only the spirit that
VIII not submit TO an injury, hut the integ-
rity that will not offer one" So has il
been verified of Mr.. Adams. He has been
called on more than once to defend the
honor of his name from the ISLANDERS of the
toul calumnlator. He has done So with
spirit, dignity aud success that have cover
Ell his traducers with dishonor, and reliev-
ed INN from the necessity of future yindi-
cations. or him it may be predicatcd,
that he is the only one of the candidates
Tor the presidency, who has been more
Jealous to guard his own reputation than
to destroy that of his rivals. The presses
and the partizans OF Mr.. Crawford have
distinguished themselves above the rest in
tins Mactlavelian warfare. Conscious of
the superiority of his claims, the friends of
Mr.. Adams have evinced their willingness
To rely alone on his merit conscious of the
spurious pretensions of Mr. Crawford, his
friends calculate upon success only by lev
el'ng the claims of others to or beneath
the standard of his own.
Abandoning, therefore, this first intention.
as disagree bic to myself and Improbable
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