The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-09-17


means of Subsistence.
= oDfdlng, hewever, in The justice and
lih.rality of my fellow citizens, shall at
tempt the establishment, or the contln-
uaucp OF newspaper, To be called THE
i NATIONAL ADVOCATE, 10 be pub
lshcd under the proteetionsof the Repub-
ieau General Commute, and to take the
rank which the National Ad, ocate now
holds, 10 support the same principles, aud
the same men. / shall, in this new paper,
attenpptto heal the unhappy divisions now
existing in the republican party, aud sup
port al who declare themselves free from
thc influence of this Specializing Junia. !
have n list ofthe siibscrbers TO the National
Advocate, and shall have the honor to call
on'earh in Person, 81 solicit iheirpatronage
for my paper. Subscription lists will be
issued shortly, and | have no doubt Of
success. lnpeed a new, independent, aud
decided paperis necessary at this time.
"Ther. is "A small select party in this
city, who having peculiar views Of their
own, not only attempt IL control the poll.
lical affairs Of the city, the state, and union,
but are industriously employed in manag
ing the whole m0neyed operations Of the
city. They keep employed gang of lob
| legislature, and attempt TO 0verawe aud
control that body. They are continually
dr,isiag new Interpretations, in order to
speculate upon rise of stock, or rather by
fictitious means to run up the stock, allow
| ips themselves time To sell out In immense
profits, Leaving the unwsry To be their
d,ipcs. They miDgl in the affairs of the
Banks and Insurance Companies-elevatc
! Il t,,f,
in the election of Directuls---vamp up old
aud broken characters, aud innndate the
country with their bills. To carry their
objects into View, they are anxious 10
control the delegates from this city To Al
bany and Washington, and wish TO place
themselves in an attitude hich will enable
them 10 say 10 The next administration ot
the general government, I'VE are the InHn
ential men of the democratic party--on all
questions relating To the city aud state al
fars-to contracts, appointments, and ma
tlonai measures, we are the persons To
whom application must be made.' 1t is
needless to add, that the administration
may never expect TO hear the true state
of the CASE, or Of the fair Claims of an,
man a"t devoted 10 their views. They art
an intriguing, o,erreachIng, shaving lunta,
whose support is ruinous, aud whose oppo
sllon is empty and una, aling. To pro
tect the community against such men,
press rs indlspcusably necessary, and no
man understands them better than do, or
can be more Disposed To protect the public
against them. | know the Interior views
Of their leader, although protesting to be
wholly dslnterested.
al have@to apologize for the length of
this statement, which, though it may ap
pear to be a private transaction, is never
hcless one, in which the public has an in
crest, and a deep interest, which is to keep
The press of the country free from sinister
motives, aud Specializing and deceptive
objects.
cannot stand the combined attacks
of friends aud opponents. | am be led
not Aforementioned by acts Of libcraliiy
and cMNence-not trampled upon by
wealth and power. If this expose brings
into pnblicSdisrepute some of Mr.. Craw-
ford's-2eaous friends, let 1.-THE remember
ed, that Mr., Crawford, a truly hunourahlr
| aud hishmndcd man himself, cannot be
made accountable for the bad conduct OF
some, eaihng themselves his friends and
supporters, and neither can il be required
of me, tAlt | should submit to insult and
oppression from any quarter, or for any
| cause.
IL respectfully solicit from Editors
tlro4S bout the unlon, publication OF this
statement IN their papers, or such part as
! they may have room for IN their columns.
| ! have been faithful in u cry trust reposed
an nae, and the wrongs of an individual be
the wrongs of the community. The
rights of every editor are in my case geo
| pardised. If men of property can lay
their hands upon the presses oftlrc country,
and bend them 10 their sinister views, our
freedom rests upon fral basis indeed
and # a friend, called upon in the hour of
! di'tress.--Can discharge his obliga tious in
the manner Mr.. Eckford has done, man
kind had better" dwell IN their necessity"
/ than place themselves in the power Of such
friend. NJ. VI. NOAH.
New York, Aug. %, 1924.
a. Although Mr. Hoah has retired
FROM the Editorial Chair of the n. Y. AID
vuca,e, that print, twhilr it has lost his
spirit seems determined To preserve his
lttrncss and hackSnardism. Take, for
instance, the following paragraph, which
has appeared since Noah's Reinforcement !:
The National JournH. This f,cetions
Gazette ediedhy one John Quincy Adams.
better known as n spurious candidate for
the presidency, aud The hereditary claimant
OF the American diadrm, has grown ren,ar-
kably cite Of late. The novel and inse
nous luke of extracting our remark ami
madscrt.nS upon his copdnct, and publish
ing them as applicable II ourselves, is
played OFF with most imposing eject ia one
of his late papers. Indeed Mr.. Adams
has proved himself possessed of an extra
ordinary portaion of the arts of au able
editor, bat what of that? we nr1cl doubt
ed his talents
On the above paragraph the N. Y. Anne