The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-01-09

/ iag 10 himself tim f1.ifsn 81 his lthors
| would threw Them atsA1 as ltsilts"nlr and
J aaa.lepnas 1lftrrf a,i. non-a days,
arc I, ot formed aial f.-la"n'd sfier sueli =
/ mould nor. il,drrd, d. f'essre anv reason
Why .thry should euairiepluassiy rr,sihe
the humagc y bict is pai1 Ia lheif 81 taor=
binary virtues or talents. Pnhhe appoaia.
fibn 3. iu. sipsi I'u, rflul iatonlise Ia Efraf
aud honorable s,etiops. as pnitir easufe =
thr most rlIertnal check L. flin Indulgence
/ VI vicious and degrading pforen5liies.-
4 Why, iheu, nhcu uen E,tc eHrnrd The
! eitts crown, shHh1 they mol wearii Why
| should The rod hr applied Ia them, because
! they arr not stoics tuausl To- Il" indifferent
L. liz houDfs thcy hate rau Shall the
whole weight 81 = nuns rsll deeds bs
! hrapcd uppn IN, bead 10 crush him, aud
| shpfl b. mol BE- llDwrd III the advantage
which br may DRIVE from lii good onrs
! tina.r illa npcraiiou ol rule bid down hy
Iluiuiifinn himself fand uhifh wr sbati
notice utur particularly ia our Subsequent
! rrtuuks. to VT, " that tie people ha'" u
ltighl "a kuuH he irne pulilral ptmoples
/ 81 "a audlafr f1r public Office "e claim
/ for jpim Qaiurt Adams . Fir and impair
I ftl hearing and We prot"si aSuast the
! eamuian practice al making him an-Wera-
! hl Tor ntt,f mems actions II the people
Lgrt = ri.ht - brow hi principles, aud
80 Hrkunt t-dKr ficir fiEht ~ ITS inI"sT
cateat. IN liz name ~ eomnton Justice do
mol bia1on fprth hs ma. pracilces 10 tue
world, and hide hls nlrrIls under bushei
Dn NOT irll rs how Ia has siuBcd without
telling rs ~ The sanIe iimr of his rcpcn-
taner and amendment. Do nu tell Is OF
his crimos alone, aud refuse h. speak of the
,irturs by Which thry pre more than 70.
deemed. DO not collect every Scrip oI
censurc which personal hate aud envy and
puliiirai ritulry hive cngrnd"frd, aud tie
privr the crnsurrd nf the liberty 81 dcirnd-
nv himself by opposing 10 thsm tcstlmo
nipls of his capacity aad honesty. Do mol
hold up one side Of the picture, aud refuse
the public a picW al the olhrr. Yet such
Is thu COURSE which Qnimllldn has pursued.
He his given Ia every action ii the young
rr Adams. M matter bow hudablc IN Dsrlf
or beneficial IN It's consequences, the sem-
hlc hue of guilt, spfluelng from deeply
Is rrfnrd palicy, Nhirh always looked 10
me tttsafd dteaf, while he j. forrclosed
from tar praise 10 nbi,h he Is amply eui /
lied. 10 Say the beast Of il, such course
Is cxffeh,eiy ungrnrrous. II smacks more
Of the paiilzIu. Il fclmtled Ia ind iauIi /
with u IDe ih,a df the SEEKER after truth (
aud the Dispenser nf Justice, disposed to /
" render unto CTsar the things nhch ara /
Cpsar's.'
Bat, says Qninlilion, 3" | hold the Young +.
er Cunningham justified against The nj
a1iss, IN making the publication IA ques-
llou. .g.imiiitug his coHdud IN BE-. ~ n
SIR, he uioiotiou Of II hieh mofat obiga
lion, get against The .NesSrs. .3dagSS, IA |
TIER AND SOY, Il as sc ofrENCE They !
hay. uo right Ia complain (eontinncs O.
because they have sci him he crumpIc,
taught him he art, and receirtd he bepcH
OF AinlaunS the sanct;y of private CORES
Never before did We sce such
a monstrous doclfine broachrd. Is this
The code Of ethics by which Qulntllian re-
golates his conduct? Where WAS his
good sensc, nh"te his discretion, when lac
prnned these sentences Z Shall crimes
br defended upon such ground AS this
Shall their commission he justified by the
plea of prccelcnt2 Because, forsoolh,
Cunningham, the father, procured the
consent Of Mr.. john adams Ia publish a
prlsptc letter, IN " heb his son was highly
spoken of.-aad this, too, IN order 10 r"b,t
the vile ealumnies of his enemies there.
for, Cunningham, the son, il justified
/" agalHs, Hc .idams's,' talthongh the act
" an iself ul0iaies u high nor1t obljgdiioR,')
IN Publishing Ia tine world letters which
his father had received under the most 50
lcmn pledges Of eternal secrecy We
say lhot it's IN offence against both or the
! ADAMS. II Is al oacnrc against the elder
| Adams, because, without his giving re.
lease from the ALLEGATION which lac Ind
Imposed upon his correspondent, neither
! THAT correspondent nor his son had right
10 hetray The confidence thus repaspd in
him because he I'D moi '' st him IN tx.
ample ar teach him the art of Violating
the slnruty of private correspondence,
by tar publication OF Gen. Washington
tIeter TIM publication having been mad,
by lie elder Cunningham himself, whrr
he uas entirely ut liberty To publish il 81
not Aud II Is an offence against The
younEer Adams, because, cvra If hr hai
received benefit from the publication o
Gen. " ashnigtou.s letter. IL is only sncl
benefit ~ his splendid talents, ardnauSl,
eNcrtcd IA his eountry's service, richly en-
ilile him 10 aud because he at least ha,
no hNnd IN procuring lis publication, ant
should not therefore be made 10 atone 10
DIE guilt, il there he any attached to Tia,
tfansartlun.
80 tar, therefore, AS Mis argument goes
II falls comprtclyin its object of justilyin,
the younger Cunningham.
II DE CONTINUED.
| -."Aas..
RI SPAIN.
There can be no longer any doubt, tina
Tor time, al least, the progress or liberia
PRINCIPLES has hcen ,flcctually checked II
+ friends NJ freedom reposed their hopes, ha
fallen, aud the meteor which played in In,
political horizon with brilliant but gIin
mtflns lnStrr, has been followed by ;
darkness more profound than the gloon
which preceded It, Spain, after a fee
bic resistance, has bowed 10 the ,ok.
which the unholy dsspots who swa,
the desti1ies Of The European continent
prepared for her at Laybaeh and already
the Hood of her hravest generals and he,