The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-20

MAKE tllHIu HE fpuHuiifbn VI IfbHt ~ az
! monishfs rs that nosacriner nor eSffiion
Is too great to make in Tile effort Ia prevent
another precedent of so.bancfnl tendency
from brlng rsfabll.hr IN ON government
But we TIRE not disposed To admit that
Jefferson aud his snccessors were indebted
t., former caucasses for their elevation, or
that there IL Ire trsl aualsy between
them and the last Washington raucus. u
profrsses To be III. legitimate offspring u
"A long line IF iilusiriouo auccstursj bat b,
assured. frllow citizens, IL is sptnlods. IN
the lirst place, we believe, ia all preceding
caucus nominations, that the voice 0f Ill.
nation hid fixed upOh the candidate. Who
can do Justice 10 Mr.. Monroe, aud his wOr
thy predecessors, and doubt il Z Who does
not nj ore SEE the calIse of their elesa
ton they were men Of the retolution--
of the seven years struggle betN reiI liberty
aud d.spolisni--a constellation ufihe most
iinsrions worthless that ever 'sgured on the
theatre of life immortallZcd by their he
roe deeds IN arms ; ennohled by genius O.
political wisdom aud reveIeattd and ado
red for adalriolIsm unparalleled IN the his
tory of maiI--They had been assayed by
III. iouchstone Of tie revolution, and found
'of eiIfln.purity By that ordeal that Cried
mems souls" their merits had been tested
and their different pretcnsions in regular
graduation assigned them. The nation pro
Duunced them the most worthy and when
our federal government west incorporation
Il bust Of gratitude The most Simultaneous
and universal, as we'll as the most noble
IA gratitude thai rcdrems the character of
republics from the Dputation of ingratl
elevated them successfully To the
high Office of president, beginning with the
rather of his co'fatrs aud Coming down I"
fhc present chief magistrate. We can ad
nit no other causes for the elevation ~
Mr.. Monroe and his predecessors. We
are unwilling 10 stiginaiize the people OF
III" U"Ion, ar the objects of their gratitude,
by such an admission--ils that tlf.y ,re the
creatures of caucus nominations. We can
adnti' this much of former caucuses--they
were harmless, because they followed in
stead 81 dictated 10 public opinion--thc,
might have been useful Ia promoting per
feet harmony and silrucing every note of
discold that might have intercepted the
caln'ha sublime spectacle ola nation no
norng its behclic,ors, by eIevnting them
by one consent, tothc highest office of their
sIit.--But where, In us ask, is the analogy
between these and the caucus Of of GJ 2
II is but in name. II the first were inadmis
slblc, though hafulrss and we'll Intended,
what shall we say Of this The members
ot 1t, forgetting the objects aud principles
IT the carcnscs that elevated the former
notwithstanding that Monroe is the
last OF the revolutionary stock, and that III
HE Cnnipp M hIl Ihprp wnulI
necessarily be greater diversity of opinion,
.rrseriing the principles Of former caucus
3, and arrogating To themselves the right
opinion rather than n,odcstly
assuming the character of mirrors that &c
beet it---they have erected themselves into
!, self constituted and permanent Body of
have by thc inilucnce Of
false precedent been taught 10 look thro'
m inverted Telescope, that dim,nlshes the
power of the lr'op'e aud magntics their
pwn--that exhibits them revolving o5edi-
cnt IN the orbit prescribed by themselves,
Themselves the source of grayltaiion. Like
the followers ofAIalIonlCt they hat. began
10 regard the people rs the mcun'a III aud
Themselves tile prophet, who by nod cdn
bIing them Ia In feet. 1urmti cdncuses.
II not CONSISTING uf i taajnrily of cunsr S.,
numbered IN th,ir rank III least d nia larlly 81
the great republican phaianX. How stand9
the account with thi> ? Sixty five members
out of 2Gl not one fourth of that body,
nor one third of the republican ranks--a
ineaEre band of seccdcrs from these ranks,
we should more property style them- who
seem to have set up far themselves uew
iormulary of p"lltival faith, the first article
of which is war To destruction against the
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