The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-20

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Tie aseendancs at the reigning party ~
HrmIs esiabi.lIcd, aud badc lar To be lasl
ine .r.iug ti.r impeguahle fortress m
rrpuhllcspism stand uuAwed, upshaken be-
fore all tue displays of his power aud
discovering. moreover with hs accustomed
diplomatic acamen, the Formidable obsla-
ol..s which lay iu.the way ud his own pOh-
teal pomolion, y hilst hc continued benealh
the freans * the dominant party, he
promptly determined Ia change sides. 10
70 otcI Ia the enemy whom he could
neiiher conqg.r mr. intimlJate his eolers
ar struck i; his submission sisnifrd he is
received iu.e the garrlsoa and wonderful
10 relate, ere bis probationary tern, M his
new situation, Is mari1ed hs a single act
indicative ef devotion 10 the cause Of his
adoption, considerable party, under tie
strangest ioiainalon, would place him over
the heads ef long tried aud well approved
officers. AT the head of aharz. Approach
ing with meek perntenee on his brow,
aud deep designs in his heart, he kneels u;
the baptlsmal font al republican orthodoxy
is graciousig bespGukled-c ergo, he is a
siauuch republican " Crcdal Jbdeils A
pella ~ SGcL Il nl,.tanorphoaing procrss,
cr rather such political legcr9emain rs this
smacks too much of those ridiculous pro-
team exhibitions which ave haze seen in
Frame, attendant on the alt rnate triumph
aud defeat of Legitimacy there, lin cores
pondeeee 10 .hirh virisai,udrs, eaths Of
alb gaacc and 4" rircsp have been shifted
with the careles facility aud sang irnid
Nilt which mopslrurs change their mistress
sesl II command the thanksgl,lngs or win
the confidence of Il people like ourselves,
distinguished taf " steady habits aud an
inneNiblc consiarcy. But, if | mistake
not, the above is not only the instance, er
rather species OF political instability, with
which our pseudo republican is chafgable.
We have seen him, at on. time, vehement
y denouncing u doctrine as obviously I'M
constitutional, aud at subsequent period,
without the instrument IL which ii relatts,
having uudcrgon" the slightest shadow of
change, recognizing the same doctrine rs Of
complete and lndspolable constitutional
authority. Aud whence, you will ask with
a.idliy, tins strange poiltical phasis Why
simply because the constitutional ptmcip,e
II question had received, by Subsection 10
legislative torture, acongrrssl0nM 8ut,rprr
tatfon different from that which he himself
had originally affixed To it Thus, fellow
citizens, webehoId M. Adams, by ascr,bng
species Of parliamentary .on,nipetencr To
our congress, in the settlement - constlu.
uonal questions, distinctly maintaining tip
ridiculous and dangerous paradosrs that
HE creature Is superior 10 tie ere ,toi the
servants Of the people ia the people them
selves and that the eyhcmcral legislators
oi me country possess the power of life
and 81 death over the charter from which
the, derive their own official existence :
Thus, according tn Mr.. Adams's dcas Of
rs character, our CACciCnt constitution,
which we delight To honor s. would perish 10
defend whose iu,iolabIllty We have ever
esteemed the best palladium of our lbcr-
ties Is Il mere ball ot WAX in the hands Of
our olbcial masters. subject 10 be mould
ed at discretion "A collection ofpack 'hreads
III the hands of our congressional Sampson
= an empty same, full OF sound md fury,
slgniiylue nothing" Bat dremiug Il snpc-
rcrogatufy III me io enlarge OH this point,
slnce The very satisfactory elucidallon il
has recently received IN the Nirgnian, uu-
der IKE signature of hason," to which
refer the reader, ! will only remark, in
conclusion, that SO long rs We esteem our
constitution, the legitimate chart by which
The vessel of state should be na,igatcd, we
can never surely consider amy thing more
importani than fixed and Discriminate IDEAS
OF lis principles, ~ the man who may be
placed AT the b"lm. Ha,Gg, as above,
given faithful exposition Of my sentiments
IN relation To Mr.. Adams in doing which
have not :" set down aught in personal
malice nor yet eNtcnuatcd wherein he is
guilty :" having all the considerations here
advanced present to my mind, aud giving
them that weight, aud that weight only, 10
winch they arccnlitlcd, do net hesitate 10
say, III reference to the presidential qucs-
ton, away with him aud mct.,inlts bear
the indignant sound echoed from your
mountain val'irs, away with him We
will not have this man to rule over us ~
As the opportunity OF bcstowiug com
mendaiion ihust always be more grateful
to the well regulated mind than the urces-
sltN ct drRoIlncng censIrc, | feed much
Sraliied that the order of enquiry " blch /
have adopted, has at length brought nae 10
the examination nf a pulitic.R characters,
whose prominent features, closely obsrrY-
cd aud itapartialy studied, must excite the
admiration of every republican patriot in
the states. RIO high tory of yesterday, and
ham'nS democrat of to-day, is William H..
Crawford ; no whitcwashcd, SKIN deep re-
publican, is he Born in part of the union
where the principles II democracy have
taken the deepest root and are most cntllu-
siastIcally cultivated he has ever from his
cradle to this day, through themost trying
and evcn'ful periods of our political histo-
ry," through good aud through evh report
approved himself firm, high minded III
flexible republican,. Thctnly political error,
within my recollection, with which Mr.
Crawford is chsrgablr, (f IL be NOT pre-
sumption at this day To use such Il