The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-02-06
LYScHBURG. FEBRUARY 6.
- KING CArCuS ~

hrII he tie memhcrs al Gnngfcsa--'a rs
CERTAIN III caRtinuesl as that thu opponents
Of il will srek Ia vain In droDh The poift
# He peoBlt iu Their clamors agafnat :
The pranle what have they Ia do wan
caucils ? It's dtrrctiy at var win thtF
wishes in the general, aud more pafuea-
l.,rly 81 IN its policy IN t6e present e"se.
a. VI more of that, Ill, an ilnu i"'ssl
me- In contradiction .to the declaration
OF Inc Intelligence, The Rlrhm"ud wing
asserts with IS much confidence, that There
will bc no .eancue, and prof, ssrs In found
ia opinirn upon advlces from Washington
of an Observation-Disclosures i
Our opinion with respect To caucus
!. already known. We uIe opposed Ia II
bnth an granuds OF canstitauonalIty aud
cxuedtrpcv We are aware that om first
objection i met by the advocates nf n
caucus with the remark, which they would
I ia pass of as an argument, Indeed The
Governor Of Georgia, With le1ieographs-
cal acumen worthy of himself, his siAtton
and his cause, has already thrown II III
our teeth ihu the woRp CAUCUS has
yet een1rqilimailzed into the English
language, amos, st,"vsfavo ntui,liy h"Sond
The pale at legislation and the crnsurcs of
the "tods polite aud corporate 10 vii,
hr people. II IL MT against thr Irord which
5ct war we contend agaIn-t the pfiHcipie
whto44 il sanctions aud the consequences Ia
-, ,neh lrads. The members Ot Congress
are expressly prohibited by The constlta-
lion ts"m being appointed electors aud
the reason oil tins pruhlhitlnn IS evidently
because they are called Upon, ia the last
resort, when the other mode designated
fails, t. elect the Prczid,ut. Aud To pre-
vent compliance with this constitutional
~. al. 10.
of Impossible eieAis,
Lest aend Ntlas shnfAl forsnke his load.
And Ilcnve6s eternal battlcments rush
Gown
shey kindly take upon themselves to elect
him in the first Instance. Bat 'Se are Told
ethataeaucns nomination isnoteq IiHalentto
an election, and thai therefore Tins ob1ec
lion falls Ia thc gtound. That, of course,
depends on the rrsah that IS, whether
the nomination has the effect af proenr
ing the ehnict OF one Who would not 9th
ever. maj noDnniion is nat rgu,yaien,
10 AT lection, The question rrcnrs, Why
then, have a caacus at all ? IL the nomi.
nutlnn has a tendency Ia elect - man WIN
would nat utsefNise be elected, Nhat,s il
but II virtual, nay IN actual usupatinn by
the members OF Congress at a power
Which rs both inphedly prohibited and
expressly druied To them in th"ir indly duai
~pacitirs by The instrument which SO
Tenn cath has hound them 10 suppOrt.---
III II las aot thr eject of prornJiue the
election ol Que who wuuld DOT athrrw i've
be chosen, what is It but a complete mega
tjons Take either horn of the dilemma,
.and the advocates If caucus invnl,c
themselves il, contradiction ar an ahsur-
dity.
hut II is not oeiy ancnneiitutinual-it IS
1aexaedient. The canAi lai.s ar, not rival
leaders cath of i powerful party. whose
Nlr~s of our natnnal policy ave essentially
different. On the contrary. they all belong
10 the sams parry, aud the differences Of -.
Intpn which my ,Sist among them. II or
QUESTIONS al hi1I, import, are uut So far as
The people know, " the shatla,, uf II shade
Troc, ~ 4car ~ lrh ahnui the early pohi-
1cdl crrrds al Gbr randidafrs but The fact
3 th,d the grnsts uf federalism and re.
pnhiiceolsln netbandied about long after
fheI have been, as party aPprIlations, CON
slgaed 10 illr tomb anil nj THIS day, they
Arc not used Ia convey any distinct and
'o"hnlle idea, hut las cnbalistic terms to
producr certain results. AID lhry will
have some little ,Gfrt---iust ~ the raw
IA Nd and hIoody homes" Of the nursery
ccs of the FEARS which nrrrimprintcd on
our mIndsin .edildhood tn frighten us into
submsslnn. We do nut wish to be- UNDER
etood rs saying that there are not likely IL,
.s,ylse,lu the course of the next presidential
trrn quesllunt Ia which the interests of
tins country viii be- deeply CONCERNED, and
thr decisions al ~ jEh viii have n great and
listing elect uo the stability and purity of
har tie iift4ans, and on the lndts dual pros ;
peui} md NrpP'ness az the people. But
upon most or these questions the people,,
q" cPPat, are wholly in'the dark asto The
ntlments Of thp presidential candidates
We are lcit entirely 10 inference; and being
thHs situated II Is natural that old party
'rppeila,ioas should he preserved, long at
ter those who applied them Ia themselves,
and Ia each her nlvc,ceasedi tn contend
fnr The principles which gave them birth,
i(indccd they have not forgotten the eau.
SEES which led Ia the division. We there
fore deem a.caucussinrxprdieHt and Tune.
cessary ~ the present crisis, ms wei, az nn
constitutional Ii Is not necessary To pro
cuce anadntg ef sentiment among par.
Ay,4n oppnstl "a Ia another, as wasformerly
me cast Tor this age Of amatgamdtion
mas con iatrly ohli'erated purity disiino-
f'onS' nd m. expression of Mr.. Jefferson,
W. are al trserl,sts, we ar All republi-
cans," has become literally and pr,cticullv
SriIe. New partias iadeed. hsyr arisen
upontee rains OF the obi, bur they are has
ednrah personal predictions rather than
On qursfi ma of governmental policy =.
This fact is proved by the circumstance
that among the snppo ters nf all the caa !
cda'es arr utn whose sentiments on i'm !
D1rtant natinnaliinieresi which will ine,i |
tally he brought into discussion in \ few
years, some Of which indeed, are alread,