The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-10-22
TO THE REPUBLICAN, FRECllOLDER'
pI BEDFBRB COUNTY.

TO The REPUBLICAN, FREEIIOLDER9
eT BEDFORD COUNTY
The corresponding committee appointed
for the county of Bedford, fn the purpose
of promoting the election If WILLIAM H.
CnAwfonp Ia the presidency, and ALBrRl
uALLAriS to the vice presidency Of the L
States, beg leave respectfully 10 address
ihelr brethren, the republican reehollcr4
ofthe county of Bedford, on This Interesting
sabject They reeommrnd " N. u .09,Aw ",
roRD 10 the Office 81 president of the L.
States. for the following rcaaa0s;
/. They consider him afthr ony one 81
the candidates for that u,llcr who untrs in
himself thr character Ut a consistent rrpuh-
liean; who has nnifhrmly progressed and
slllllisHff.hl p IA ~ qyiqeipes which brought
III their head 'rhsllds Jeilersan, who ha-
been happily sly led the great apostle ul
human lihelty.
2. They rrcnmnend Nj. Crawford as
the great ui.nCdle ef rctr, ncbmcnt Of the
expenditures al sosVroneut nad ot the re-
fornauoa of those abuses, In Which our
government, like all others, il tending 1900
IL the year 1870, WHEN during u period of
profound peacv with all the wurld, Con
gross WAS borrowing nj the rate of five mil
lions of doilars annually, 10 cover II extra
,asant expenditures, aud opPr~tiag the
people OF this county with the hutden OF
these loans, Nj Crawford, rs Secretary
oI the Treasury, had the Virtue aud bold
hess to rrronn'rnd 10 thai body, u rrduc.
tiRa of the expenses al So,efnhent, aud to
hrfng them within auu means of pay mpnt,
Without fee5rtlu, n .oaus or bSSa--C IN
gross acted apo this recommendations, aud
10y tolliwmg the II litinus cpu,sr pointed
ont by Mr.. trawferd, not only made i,
npneccsshe5 to resort Ia loans, but rapidly
diminished the pahlic debt, which, II is
iltimatcd will h. eatir@y eKlmguished in a
few years, by JdaeriaS ta llis system of
economy. In adoptiuS this syatem, how
ever, Nj Crawl has encountered n host
OF enemies, ~ those persons who had been
liking on the public money. Almost every
species OF chagr aad porsrentlau has hrrn
raised against him, as Secretary of the
Treasury After repeated and no1t minute
examinations ot lhosc charsrs he has he
fotind 10 pcrfarn the dulles al his III
tnnst ably aud faithfully /; while his a,cu
GERS have been covered with dios,ace and
jhfimy.
3. They recon nrnA Mr. Crawford, be.
NaASN Wy tf''N' iilft W bNAiiN bih9 'll'
OF the candidates who IL oprnsrd to t.r
Tariff Syatcn, 81 IN othcr words, To plan
BY which the growers Of tehacco aud cot
ton ar. to divide the profits arising from
their labor and land, 50 as 10 If1dce them ON
an .quahiy With, 10 pecunlary mn,tcrs
the inliabiiasls of Michigan aud Ms8sosri
Kentucky and Ohio. Tw" al the candi-
dates are 4Ae ayeEed supporters al this
l..
Mr.. Adams ale s.teusig in favor Of til,
Ta,ilf. claim him,as lis ad,osntr, aud would
abandon him if he Mere opposed Ia IT, Ga
the,conirary Nlr. CMwfoid, his friends, his
property, and his in,crest, is in II part 81
the country in which alEAst every lndi' J.
duali uppasrd t"it--'rhe, may therefore
safely say that he will oppose II.
a. They present Mr.. Craa Inrd Ia III,
republican frechuldeis of BedfuEd ceaoi y
because. ae baa hren recommended by ;
large nsmhrr OF the most Intelligent anc
Respectable rerotllc8n met4hrfs uf Coo
grs'as. assenhled At public mrrtine, {,
nnish al thc iepohlicaa mrlnh.rs la,
hern previously invited ard brcause h,
has bren ilsn Recommended by nta1A In
vii ole al tie republican M nbr,r of tn,
T.rsislaiurr IL VI gaia, as,rmhh.d.. 1t
meeting during tae last wN,trr. 1t. hi
been oslFcitd 10 Mr. Lcanford, that he
eauc AZ candidate, and therefore that Il
ought AL To De satp,rtrd. IL viii be M
NECESSARY IL rciniuli the republicans {
Brdinfd reuufy taat i'homFF Jefferson
James Madison. aud James NeiWae, mei
Recommended 10. the republican, Farty
the same way and it has been by til
nieaos Of enaeert that the repulllcaa par,
mainly csc thu success uf the triumph
linen cause. Ii ihis Course heretofore ht
bern d,rmed proper, wien one or I"
candidates were Letore the public, no