The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-10-05
From The .Nntsonni Journdt.
MR.. CRAWFORD'S CONSISTFY

MR.. CRAWF0RD'S CONSISTENT
Great credit is given to Mr. Craa fordy
the opposition papers, for what they csI
his independent vote on the embargo, and
On the proposed renewal of the chatter al
the old Juitrd States Bank There are
some frcts, yet ,mdiselosed, connected With
these votes, and with Mr.. Craw ford's no
| lilical career, which are worth knowing
and rs these Journals have refused 10 ing,
the Wcstmorcland Address, notu il6sbt
! ding its hberalty aud torbearance ia spe4.
ing of Mr.. Crawford; aud as some Of them
have violently rallied al its rtpuled aut.qr
| Ma jor S.ncr,illc, for suggesting that NJ |
Crawford WIS una.iendly to the gradual.
! crease of the Nasy,it is worth while to d,
close few of them. Without pretending
10 know from what information that gen,
| llemas drew his conclusions, it is Easy 10 |
show that they are correct, and il might
not he difficult 10 prove that he has spoan
too iudulgently of Mr.. Crawford Ii any
| inlpositlon has been practisrd on the pndc
crcdulity by Mr.. Crawford's friends, in
consequence Of not having been sutlict6lg
| conspicuous Is 'r Is years ago To hayehd
all his opinions distinctly noted aud remra.
| hercd, il is TIME that the veil should Ia
withdrawn, and the truth made known
| The pebble are already informed, that tbs
| exclusive and consistent republican, SIN
ed, in 1893, an address, declaring his CONT
dcncc IN the Wisdom. justice, AND Grmncs
Of the administration of Mr.. John Adams,
and that after the flll of federalism, he &c.
nouncrd it as regardless Of utility in Ii
measures.
But the extent tn which he carried ba
opposition TO the administration of JpAtf
son and of Mr.. Madison, has not yet bern
sufficiently pointed out. 1t will he red
lected that Mr. John Randolph quarbl
with Mr. Jefferson and his party, teAot
! Mr.. GallaIJ,l about the yeaI 1906 Ut
and succeeded in forming little malc0n.
tent faciiou, which continued to gore, and
10 oppose the government until the decI1.
ration Of war, aud during the course Of Il.
| Who were the members Of this opposition
tn Mr.. lellrlson's administration ? Wee
they net Mr.. Randolph of Virginia, Mr. d.
K. Williams Of South Carolina, Mr.. VIII
Crawford of Georgia, Sc. /? Was not NJ
| Crawford FIRST elected to III" Senate about
1907, and did he not identify himself win
HE Randolph opposition on the embargo
and other questions Did not the raacO-
rons opposition Of Mr.. Randolph to nhI
Jcflersou's administration cause violent
qaarIe IN, or about the year 1908, betwecn
him and MI. Eppcs, the republican leadi
| IN Virginia, aud the son-in-law Of Mr. Je'
| icrson and did not Mr.. Crawf ford CARY
challenge from Mr. Randolph TO Mr.. Erpe'
aud did not Mr.. Eppes select his political
friend, Col. II, NJ. Johnson of Kentucky, %
bear his acceptance of the challenge, alI@
II was known that he, Mr.. Eppes, could
scarcely hit barn door with a pistol =
Although Mr., Craw ford voted against lie
embargo, did he not, hen the repulpc
party deter mined 10 repeal it, vote against
the repeal, and the next year declare IN a
speech, that the embargo, alIho' fll0ti
and abandoned here, had proved eflicacIoI'
and ought not TO have been repealed Da
he not : te with the malcontcnts Against
| Mr.. MadIs0n's administration, and agda7
The republican party; aud not only Oh l0e
embargo and the United States Bank, O''
on almost every great question, FROM w
time he went into Congress, li8oHl
'8i2 Does moi the following extract u
| 80 g'""''iN oItttAh Oli WI t'"
message, of the esd January, 1910, PRIV
not only that he was not ia the cOnldt"'
OF The administration, but that his 0PposlHu'
TO IT was bitter and severe ; 'Ihe re -.
gents Dent mess 90 soid he, has been 'gnp
'''' uy the chairman of the COMM" ,6s
III support of this bill. Feeble must OF ,S "I
aid " hich this measure can derive !fG''99"4
source. This message, in point Of olsen IL.
~ comes nearer 10 my ideas al a ptf@S
Oracle, than any state paper when "q'
come under my inspection. Ii is 50 ''1 =,
uohbly expressed, that every man 'p gs
what construction oD il he pleases' . i'1s
Tor war The message breathes NOME no
but destruction and bloodshed. Is he sd
peace The message is mere ma6 p ~,
'fdter, and wholly pacific. Is he for liie "a r.,
before you ? The message calls iof ~! rs
| passage. Is he friend to large stal''" :.
afmys Why, then, the message i n'. ;,
10000 regular troops. Is he irlcna,y
the militia 2 The message does mol ,r3 -
for regular troops, it means militia. u" =,
| SIR, this message means any thing u u
thing, at the will of the conmcntator'
Ithis message is oracular in it's mcan'nt,r1,
was miraculous in its PRONUNCIATION, -.
spapefs, TO the east of this, stated 'p'
ueb message would bs dtN'Hie'' y