The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-06-15
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

We haye fer sonfc time past said bat little
onSihc subject oil the neSf presidency, simply
because we had no disposition Ia tire the pa.
stience of or readers With nm q" oft repeated
tale" Because wa have mol latlerly deemed
81 necessary 10 say much on the subject il Is
not therefore 10 he inferred that our ardor
has In the least ahntcd in favor of John q.
Adams, n patriot, and emphaiicily The Anne
rican Statesman. Time hts only served TO
oonhrn our orieinal prediction, aud 10 con
vince US that there is no man in the Union
upon whom the Office could With more pro-
priety be conferred, whether Ne view his ct
ness aud ability To FIJI il, or the ada Rntngcs
which would inevitably accrue 10 the country
from his selection. Calm and dispassiona
as "a relhician--mild and canciliHlory as
man-stuGiaus and retired in his hnlfs-he
eNempihes ia all his conduct the Grmncss of
The patriot, the moderation OF The philceo
phpr, and the wisdom Of the scholar lii
fame is not an electric spnik, which dies AS
II is kindlcd-a mere mOircatafy nash--but
rs nm enduring mud eternal stream of light,
which Will reflect lis msirc upon the pa les
OF his country history, long utter lac shall
have ben gathered unto his fathers" Our
recent silence may he an excuse Of my be
necessary for our determination shortly 10
enter Into IN enlarged investigation of his
claims, which will be delayed only until we
receive some documents, which we daily eS-
pect 1t wh then be orr object TO prove
that il Mr. Adams be MOI the FIRST choice of
Virginia (v'ich is protiemacnD he ought
20 be--nnd that being, if not her first hey"nd
doubt her second choice, the tranquility Of
the Union demands of her the sacrifice OF MI
opinion which we canuot hut believe WINS
conceived in haste, and Will he abandoned
when the necessity for its abandonment is
shown. Let the Enquirer aud the other par
tzans of Mr.. Crawford pirate as they may a
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IL is all fudgt Enquire of one hall "f the
opponents OF Mr. Adams the croauds of their
Imposition, aud they will answer YOU lie IS
a Yankee i" This Is the Aipha and the Omega
OF their objections lat shall we forget thet we
owe our Independence To YANKEE patriotism
Shall we forget HAT in Massachusetts the
revolution was Grsi spoken OF? that there the
hrst fires of freedom hlagcd ? that the blood
of the first martyrs was shed on the yTnkFc
plains of Lexington-Rnd thI the 0anktG
Warren fell, sword IN hand, nj the thrice glo-
rious battle of Bunkcr's Hill When " 4 Tor
get what we owe to those immortal men,
Samuel and John ADAMS, and Otis aud Han
cock, whose drathless elosprnce put words
into the dumb wounds oi their murdere Il
countrvmen, and "siitred the very stones Ia
mutinv and rage" we snail cease 10 lac worthy
of the liberty we enjoy, and necd not care
how soon we tear asnndcr the bond Oi union
aud sevrrally sink 'Lspised into sectional
aespolisms. But we fear not The result Of fhe
pending contest. We have no more doubt oil
the success Of MIR. Adams than we have oi
our existence, no matter how Virginia votes
We are Dnlv anxious that hrr vote should he
given to Adams, because we want 10 see the
old leaders in the rev lutoH once more con
socated together, heart and iand-hecausf
Massachusetts aud Virginia voted together 10
our JeHrrsoH--becaase they go togcther II
battling for state rights against the increasing
usurpaiions Of the general government-he
caHse they are both against the iariif-and
above all, because their union will so far I,
break down The middle wall Of partition
which iew designing politicians have con
spired 10 raise between The North and Sonih
With these remarks. we call the attention a
our readers 10 the following article from tn
last Richmond Wig:
To the .Giends Of Mr.. Adams in r,rsin ia
The time has arri> I'd when it is necessa
rs f,r the friends Of Mr.. Adams to acl &c
morally through the 5 ate. The election I
Electors, Is only four or five nenfhs Oh
and the citizens OF all the otimr States. AZ
expressing their various predictions, wit
the holdness that becomes frerntn, an
making the most efficient arrangements, I
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