The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-10-22
). rt.eaoidees Of Din'0i'tdie. Sassss

b. TX and Southampton.
c,rtzsNs-fa an have no doubt
FELL Ion in the public papers, that /
freenl! ,crd To you by the ffederlcks
10 aIl' ,''''. committee. as Elrcior an that
bur- ~ u. III. district composed OF your
roai' nm. permitting myself tn be brought
u w w.. at this late h"''r, 1t Is maps
10 20" at should cooperate IN the com
|proI' 80, Which has been already made
n9n'a still farther nntofie'y. aud II Is
to ~ especially propei On ms occasion,
ref.IF shoGid give -" il reason Tor NY
iah 49,. and my preference, IN an eNPosl
| ofa'o. -, tmpofiaut question whi"h has
roh u linn. asilated this cnuairN, ahd
ior 'o.J ',ich. On thc lirst Monday IN Ma
upo .hnr next, yoa viii be called 10 decide,
't,.' rho ought 10 be the next fr.siarhi nj
w w p..aubl,c | viii, however, IN the first
lHs G.low ritizen-, Bug leave Ia pre-
,hat my opposlIIon to the present
l u.,bal 81 eleciins your President Is not
n'''"s .xtent arith me- NEG bora %edt. -
ps', III Imam 10 some Of YOU, that ever
j / have been old enough to form an
"''' a nnnn public matters, aud take an
'ln,',,bI intereat 10 our public concerns,
'rs,I have condemnrd la as. s'ee' a"Sd
m ,br must mls, hictoas consequences I"
WI" lerty, aud the durability OF your pc
lical institutions.
Ia representative government soeh as
.,,,s il /. iniispens ,hlt Ia us lar aud WISE
'I,oi,i.lr.tion, that the elretlnS power "t
~. ,,.onlr should at all times take II lfeilnS
"a ,,i,ye interest in the sci cli0a OF thasc
;. H., are To administer II, and that Their
sa,nts shouIl be inspired with zral 10 Il
t,ilbf,l discharge Of their oiilelal duties, by
!, direct and feeling responsibility to those
nv whom they are elected. 10 the truth
III his po-ition " i'll venture 10 assert that
no one will take AN exception. Ii Indicates
/, noli,y, however, the very reverse ut thai
,,blrh has been, aud which now Is attempt
,rs 10 be praotsed upon you, IN the eiec
,Inn Of your next President. The election
of ynur Chief Magistrate by the present
oraclice Is begun, where, by fair interpre
Ialiou Of the spirit and lntent'"n OF the
psd.rd Constitution, it is meant, (and that
by mere contingency only II should era,
Through the inleIposilion oi uhSr'9a'"lla'
Canrnses, and Caucuses of The members
of the State Legislature, aud liie co'nei"ta
,uprslion Of the General Ticket Systtu4'
# zoe suppose lie pi,m 10 BE- etie'eAt as Il rs
attended 10 de, almost every t"'p5 /. u"nt
n Vrsmia by oticiui UyR"snee, AID by the
toYtrutuent In tAe rlretiou ol ms important
,0ic,r The constitutional process 10,
hereby, as to all practical purposes, VITA
Nv reversed The ped!te are put lat"
radiup Sting. !; are Tia own -tnto the bdeh
,roand Opposition hcutrak@ed !; pnh'Ic q
)inion smotn"red, and quo nj tHlo e"neern'
Of lransceudaut inportan. ~ every b"dy'
such degree of political death had been
unlctrd by tie systen, that ihe patriotic
ye,mSnry Of the = OLD Donlnial,' seem
II know but little about the eiccitt'n OF lhsh
President and Ia care less. " ny =
Because II has been by Caucus management
takrn out Of hrf hands, lsoswhon 4 fl&li
fully belongs, aatll.r tie constitution oI
their country. Aud 10 such al extent ilas
his bpen dnnr among as, that c,en II
Virginia. II we may be permit
ed to boast. tarre Is no, - ny beilrNt;
ne lreet1lder IN ten, excepting the mast
ltclbseul ~ no cares any thlna about going
j. tlr presidru,ill poll and sare am, 'l'al
king our poPatatlon tnron@h' ii'''re Is not
ne IN twenty, no can moo tell n''"Hliho
resions enquiry. who i President / the
!. States /; now Ions he has heea in oihee,
any thug about hin. l. mol this, fellow
itlleus, IA most CRYING rsiI j. ]. not lnSh
Imc You Ind told your representatives tat
system If rlt ctlon, dark and intricate,
rnJected by those IN power, and operating
. as 10 create IN the great in'dy at The
Community the must alarming mdliereeFe
} It's results, can never ttarmohiHe viii The
olltical Institutions of Il country based
Pan tue Intelligence, aud the capacity 81
ne people lor sell government. mt
IN never endure in government III which
ieh clliHeu Constitutes an integral pprii'n
the sovereignty, aud il require d 10 TAX"
! active aud in,eiiiSiblc ,ntrrest IN his
tlfare and The purity al its administration
I'd espet iaily tlidt it ctn never endure IN
Hrrnmrnt founded ou the great ih"da
tntal principles al justice and eqaG"'y
Ilhuut inltictinz periodically upon Il iafa.'
lrtnn of it, o~t patriotic aud i'itiilbenl
tlzeus somelkiuG bke prescription, aud
IL deepest aud maei dangerous SENSE oi
,rltrity, ouI-rcachiuS and onta'rn''ss.
In illustration of The Truth of Tins last
osilion, one moments rttleelion wil! So
est, that elections IL the Gr-t ulitra Ia all
popular governments, when the ,sreat mass
i the people TIRE mol politically dead, viii
ways be turbulent aud dangerous in ia"
rect PREPARATION To the lDtriracy and tar
aesS with " hlch thry are eondnrtrd, AMI
ne Consequent opportunities Tor faes~" y
1lnasrr'"nt which delay aud "bscurit!
fesenl Hence it results, that elections,
D be satisfactory, ought TO be conducted
eeordmS To law should be- n open as
'ay' and the proce-s should be sanpi''
fifD Il, drd il irr, Il the same for al. far
llrpeh NJ of til; ircmrnhous Influence
mn lhr passions always have npoa these
eeaSiells, something Of feeling, of cilara"
'r'pi Apnpr, and GrqacnIy Of principle,
rs involved IN cheese necessary contests,
:" combined opeiation Of which, Is apt to
,af4's n he polltitai body the very highest
u we OF excitement, ADD which not only
'eI"'as to be disposed ,l' with the utmost
J ppQludr, bat ,1o avoid TIE most sinlenf