The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-28

or OF Monrhe ? And even al ms .s4..,r...
sinre 1t is attempted Ia establish til.
criterion nj presidential qualifications !.
my one suggested the exprdiency Of ran.
.arkiag the private correspondents. NJ a.
.tihrfs or sfaud fathers oi tie host of pa
diddies offered for tire next presidency
Can THESE worthy descendants Of HAM,
exlht So much in the exposure of Ia. :,
kedaess they have discovered. can III
Ill Us, what WAS the peculiar wrako..a..
al the father OF Nr. Crau ford. or orDs
Clay; or will they billie SUM. favored "a.
respondent of the parents Of General IL
SOU, or OF MIR. Calhoun, la report Ia ,,y -
secret heart bufnlngs, az The parental No.;
alilIes, or tae nngldi ded expressions ,f ~.
parents of these distinguished men,
.hfe the opponents of the pleetio, =
John Quincy Adams reduced to this tia,
conscious of the comparatively f,,ltl..,
character of the man himself they are a
bliged to suppose him possessed Of The r5l.
ings of anoihrr--can we imagine sire,
/ ger argument in his favor: This iIlnstr;aa,
individual has served hs country in H.
most important public situations ior above
thlgiy years and what are the errors -
iaIlmgs laid to his charge why, that his
father. loved him That he has perbqns
been almost idolized by parent, ofwbos.
mani 'qd he has justly been the pride. and
OF whose declining years he is now III.
/ prop and comfort and LAT this pareot
has faults which the son may poSSiIly RIOS.
sess. Such Is the utmost that the me
ice OF party and the invention of rlee.
tl"neeIlns opposition has been able TO prn.
duce.
fefhaps there are no circumstances
under which the character of public off.
Ger may be 50 family Judged, as those in
"h1ch he Is placed when occupying the re.
/ sp0usible station of the representative or
hIs government at "A foreign cour,-at home
the statesman NAV be Influenced NV tho
coul1sels or misrepresentation of design.
/ lng men hut abroad, and as "A minister
with fnli powers, he is in "A manner indp.
pendent OF the rest of his countrymen he
assumes standing next only 10 that of
me executive Ac represents, and surely
+ II Is III such situation as This That br
may most REASONABLY be expected ~ act
! h lns.If
In ms capacity the present secretary Of
state has long been tried. His conduct
! thIosghoni has been marked it'll the same
| untlfng Zeal IN the service oi his govern
mem the same unbeudlng integrity, and
4 lhe same upr6h adherence To an honora
o'' ana ludrpeadent policy. In his inter.
/ c"uiae WIN hts couutrymen, they have
uniformly experienced from him the same
"atchlul attention t. their interests, The
same nnasNumIn9 department, and the
same unaffected freedom of access. lis
abIiliits as statesman and negociatur are
""alsP"ted- even the writer of the review
goes no ihrthrr than Ia init nate, that au
accusation. oi want of talent, which seens
I" nave been preferred against the father by
s"'le OF NO competitors, may possibly be
preferred also against the son. Such mti-
nations can he classrd only with the as
Scrtaons Ut those little politicians, who have
maintained that the late Emperor of
france possessed neither the ordinary cUL-
rage ct d soldier, oor the common militia
ry talrnts requisite for a general officer.
In Pr'"atr lite John Qalncy Adams has
set bright example OF RE id adherence TO
those religious and moral principles which
aiiafd The best pledge of unde' ialing ecii.
tuGt "i conduct. Arriving at manhood 1T
period When Christianity appeared 10 be
shaken to IFS foundation q; long resident at
courts Where lnhGfllty was esteemed an
ornament, rather than blot upon the cha
racltr and necessarily familiar with the
circles OF Gaytty and fashion with which he
was surrounded he has uniformly SET hrs
lace like a lint against tIt SCOTS ui the un-
believer, and the unbrcolning nsinuatious
1.-the hDertine. Without prctensionsto su-
| ItlIS III.
"l SectarIan zeal, his conduct aud C0n,er-
s"i'on, abroad as we'll as al home, haze
heell such as Americans might well he proud
10 lhhlate, and such as their fathers would
not blush Ia own.
Ii, III the expression Of his sentiments
Win regard Ia the policy of other govern.
J nents, Air. Adams has occasionally cxni.
hhtd IN undue warmth of feeling, tins feel
iliS has been the dictate of an almost en-
'haS'"H'ic low Of country, accompanied
perhaps with something al.sust too much
IKE hatred of her enemies.
DurtnS our late contest with Great Rri-
tai, IN maintaining the inserost ..fhs coun-
Try before the Russian monarch, and in the
management of u most trying negotiation,
Mr.. Adams had Ia contend with all the
lntrigues of the Cabinet of ST. James, and
. at the naughty osrrbearing spirit of British
diplomacy. II the recollection of the ar
duous sirngel" in which, with his coaaju-
tors, he was then engaged and If st re-
collecting the cry of British oppression,
whlch broke the sIumhcrs of his cradle,
ana lowered over the sports OF bis child
hood' he has manifesto IA degree of frcIiag,
N ad'cilIng 10 those topics, nhichthey can
never Know who have never buckcd on the
harness, are We to stamp this efieiscscence
"i patriotism with the brand of prt iudice,
Drank 1t with the impoient rage olimhecl-
MY The neck IF the war horse viii be
clnlhnd with ill., 1.LL H. !. rp.