Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-08-24
From the Linchburg Virginian.

From the Linchburg Virginian.
Be just, and fear NOT !!"-SHAKs.
There is 10 disposition on the psri
Of the trends of Mr.. Crawford 10 pursue
Mr. Edwards. $50 says the National
lneliig encer; and In SO saying 1t Is gull
~ OF a glarlng anu wIllul departure from
| truth. Ii the TRENDS of Mr.. Crawford
feel no disposition TO hursue Mr.. Ed
wards, why is every mail burdened win
their maled1ctions aud imptecatlons on
his head Why do they wrest the very
ligh,ninss from the hsnd OF Jove, TO blast
him WY do they conhae him to infa-
my aud disgrace as deep and lasting as
their own mora al hatred Do they not
Pursue him, when they brand him an
unprincipled wretch" perGdious
william" an " abandoned prolligate," and
a " shameless liar /" Do they not hur
Sae hun, when, having OF his own accord
resigned an office which had been con-
ierred on him by the hlghes authorities
known 10 the constitution, they unfeet-
ingiy as well as falsely say that he re-
signed 10 prevent being :" kicked out" OF
Office! Do they not pursue him when
they continue to reilerale the assertion
that but for bis disavowal OF the A. B.
publications he would never have re-
I ceived thai appointment, when il is dis
,inc,iy proven by the evidence recently
taken before the committee Of investiga-
ton, that 1.-THE ever made the dlsavogvai,
II ia
the vote of The Senate Oh bis nomination,
and that ii had no such Influence i? Do
they not Pursue him, when contempt
able local committee, dress'd in a lit
tie bret authority" dare attempt to pre-
ven. his uniting with his feliow-citizens
in the celebration OF our great National
Jubilee +" Answer these questions, un-
believing Jew"
The Richmond Enquirer The Edi-
tors OF this paper seem TO be writing in
agonies, at the prospec, tnat the public
may yet be disabused in relation to The
controversy of Mr.. Crawford and Mr..
Edwards. Their paper OF Thursday
last if submitted TO a jury of physicians
ona charge oil lunacy, would unquesuon-
ably procure them one of The strongest
cells in Bedlam and we regret to see,
in Saturdays Enquirer, every symptom
Of strong eXaceroation of the parox-
ysm. The name OF Mr.. Edwerds seems
TO have the same effect upon them, that
the sight OF water has upon animals la
boring under AydrohAobia-it cAoaks
them; it produces COW .sions, rawlings,
Ioaming at the mouth.
Are The editors Of the Enquirer aware,
thai the violence which they exhibiI
agains, I" fallen" degraded" mise
rable" man, may be construed as proof,
that they still fear him-lhat they do not,
in truth, believe the " trtumth" Of bis
antagonist, to be SO " glorious and "com-
plele," as they represent it.
Unable 10 ansscer the argument OF Mr..
Edwards before the Committee, they re.
sort to their usual cunning, and seek 10
divert the public attention from the ire
sstablc ruth of lis conclusions, by exci
ing doubts OF its aufhorshih--as if the
question Of the gull, or innocence of the
Secretary Of the Treasury depended not
upon the truth OF the facts charged against
him, but upon the identity Of their avthor.
They pretend to be cegnoscenH in style;
and quote latin, to show that they know
from wha, "skilful and rhetorical pen"
the argument of Mr.. Z. comes. If they
are really deceived by ga few striking
and idiomat,c passages" we pity their
want OF critical acumen: if they are not,
we must despise the meanness that can
s,oop to make illusions, known TO be
false. Nat. Jour.
The 9th section Of the first article of
the constitution Of the United States, is
in the following emphatic words: ".No
money shall be draavn from the 7reasu-
.ry but in consequence Of AUTHORIZATIONS
) made BY law."
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the matters contained in the Adj
dress Of Nnian Edwards, in the report
Of the 2lst June, 1924, speak Of the
"practice" Of lending money to the
Banks, as irregular and dangerous.
: That the practice is dangerous we all
know.--But why j. it " irregular !" Be
cause i. Is against rule, we presume.