The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-19

rEvNs1 fytNiA .ys. ViRGiNlA
1l,s ,fa,a 81 PransYlyanj" which has all
nl,,,p gone on quite cnoliy a. i'r course n
4 sort q dfdaght h9rFsl hisIa''ea 'o =" P,"'
= - Ia tht r,gf,t ar lett, ia matters oil cation
- ..,,orI A. size vas hiiden, has all ot y
, .5dIen become sInite FESTIVE aud Aery nnd
me Of her pniiiieai sawfsons biek up lsh'
tr,rty against fhetr old fetidef1 and swear
midi, fhat shr shall bu 10 longer dltia'ffss
=, the other memhefs 81 'he '''h''p' Nv!
ss.n,syIvania i, now old enough tshy ih"5)
- ,,.t ont of Iendiag string, and u per
nj, ,otnprfent 10 q manage her own ahalfs
IA .r ,,,st, cav without The instruction o.
,..si.tnnce al her sister virginia Now We
IN account Tor tins show al mtfaf, so coh'fh-
~ 10 the generality nnrrsislihg aud passive
.,,rss nursncd hv Pcansyl santa, lnt'tn ono
,,.-it MI comes of her @eso'eduess 10
/ rLsan who seems To have been destined
50, bi, cradle 10 liFht his footsteps win
~, torch of diseord She has caught The
3.r,ss seifs' rs she has espnscd bis eaute,
.,pd W. betide the unfortunate wight VINO
1,nedle4>ly treHds upon the toe OF Mr. samuel
i, Inyharn member of tongrrss, ar oil Mr..
Tsnrv.tt editor Of the Franklin Gazette ;
.y,pe which Wouii draw Forth iher mighty
judignh,ion, on Pdpff, No less I" DC reared
= M their late charge oi selfish anlhiaoh
s5insf virginia. bccHasf her representatives.,
: mpIe .aul.h Thought II n wiser plan Ia keep
"a "a a marx 81 fur our surplus produce thnn 10
d. a,r il 10 rot in oar barns aud helds be
e nae they deemed II more advantageous Ia
ii every branch oi nRtiouai industry regulate
rsclf thar give 10 Que branch hni-bcd, anu
iG.refare unnatural and unjust encourage
mart. 10 the .deiruent aud partial ruin oil
the othrr.l But IL return Ia Aessrs. Nnrveil
nnd fnrhan whoa the presidential contest
casnfueuceA they were the great champions
of Mr. Cnihoun--=hnt SO soon rs II was dis
covered, hcylHa the possibility OF doubt,
- .g4y,4a g.FsFI [fgsIg aRgBg
wn. Dissolved, or had never existed, they 'm-
euadintely wlerledto the left about, aud now
ecry. with ell firir might, =" Long IRE Jackson
aid Pennsglrf4irfa Ihcse are the men, VII G,
like Shakespeare Drsdemonn, can
-oTar,i and tttn aud nfa--and still go on"
svhu have the Pre- sumption 10 charge Nirgiun,
on the noor of Congress, aud in the public
prints, with amhiiiop aud cowardiee Like
The populaee of Tome, iu the dceltne OF It's
honor aud viriue, ia one respect, their readi
ness Ia change their livery ~ the wind vesrs
To this or that point OF the compass, they ate
unlike thai tabble ia another, rs they needed
not the eloqueace4ol an Antony, which "mhle
mouths of dead CAESARS Wounds aud stir
rel the stones at Rone to muliny and rage,
10 prodnce thrir abandonment of the cause
winch they originally espoused, and range
thrInselves'uader the banners Ul n man whom
thev.had most shame ,essy abused. Interest,
That gou OF mau ssadefation, points out the
course, and, obpdie nj TO rs dictates, shah you
ser men disregard consistency, sfnfn homes.
,ty mud csptelnn virtue, while they secretly
.ciut .lc NJ the idea of the wealth and power
nhithtltcy have obtained'by artUnd knnVery
M-ssrs. fnghsm and Norgrll have Assailod
Air slnia ia the most MlberR manner, charg.
ing her With possessing selfish ambition, be-
cAIse four of her sous have filled the presi-
#druiid chair, being found "AasT wonrHY ;"
and with having " rinced and arpnk from the
iat. toar : Both ALT cations are absolutely
aud unqualiGedly false Virginia is not am
bitioas OF attaining more power than her
phs seul aud moral surrIt ority cntitlc her 10 !;
anl II i prepnsterous aud absurd 90 argue,
that hcca,se ioar al onr five Presidents have
been NirgiuiRns, therefore she Is ambitious
AccalIse hrruN vote furms only mn integral
part Of the nHfiunal voice, and would have
been at itself insufficient Virginia has never
attempted Ia Rggraudlzc hrr-rlt al the eN-
peuse Of her sister State hut even While her
rNiztna 6llrd the dr-t office ia thc rifi at the
ptoria. Ac never Witnessed thcir ialuenCc
e>cltri 10 procure advantages tor their native
state. Hhieh We're oot common tn the whole
Mon. had iugliam aud Nofvrll say " SHE Is
amhtious, aud are they not honorable men .
The other allegation, TINT she inecdRnd
shrunk from the war; is hardly worthy of
serious notice. The rrcoilcrtinus ri those
brave men, some of them from this immediate
neilAh"rho"d, who, When It's news Of Hull
surrender spread n damp oNCt Inc country g,
sboui9ered ihcir muskcts anA rushed with
ai,crity to the North " stern frontier, rrpcl
The j. So SANDER Ii that be not ufcient we
GppeaI - the mounds which meet thr view
AROUND No lnlk, the burial place al hundreds
OF her hariv mouutnucefs 10 the heroic eN
ertiaps Of The herr sscd citizens oil the North
ern Npck---to the vhlur displayed by cur
handful II militia at Hampton asnin-t such
ovcrwh ming odds--tn the heroic nrdor e.
VinreA ~ corps which Won immortal hu-
ror fhr ITSELF for the town ol is BIRTH, aud for
its native state. he Petersburg I0tHHtetgS--to
the aeaiou. exertions ot Nirsninrs when
Washington was saeked-to the thousands
WHO poured To Overlooking Into Richmond,
when the report, like an electric shock, spread
from ore Stre nlty of the state Ia the either
that "hr rGpiiaf rns IN danger - These aud
n thousand other sacrifices aud deeds Of valor
give 70 the assertion the only reply II merits,
The lie dircci And, forsnoih, Whit great sa-
orifrcs did Pennsylvania make, or what
mighty pro ligics OF vaInr did she perform,
thai she pre- sRmptHeaslY throws such "a
I..rsion nppn the character of Virginia II
might he ~easonatdy supposed that when one
Jsiaunted for TIVE posse s~ion of n had quality
orthe absence OF good one, he who indul-
grs ~ the tauni should he invnlnerale 20 its
application bni how stands this case2 II
Penn sylsRnia dti perform any .sAing worthy
Of notice in the la,e MAR, we know not what
nor where IL was. Her cmlogisis sheule not
be backward in pr ociaiming II, IL she did that
the future historians OF that struggle ,nnv not
like fheir Predecessors, forget TO re,pember
AZ In all the histories OF the lssi Nnr. u g
hear Of none of the priSatiansto which Penn.
x,lpania was subject, and Of the patencc
with which they were misunderstanding ni
attacks upun her soil. and of the yaior vi h
whirh il WAS defended. Aud yet, with this
negative merit, ihAt hermigihy energies were