The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-02-27

,fIss5Aph 81 nr. grahlufd'3 hieuds, and
Ia.4f iHiir rndea afs 80 hide Their mnftti
eaiIau---H fae universal seofn II his uprn-
n.nfa--aud Ia liz uHcqulN0cd declaration
Of .sar alrrad 8ade aeaiasi ne ror'9h-
ton. under trisliug ttfeaB slaacfs,' by
sun. Is be- wee lIieadIs ia "a eaalus llsil1,
81 ~ ized rs 49, LIE ,t-.est=se = y bon 10
nlinated Madison All Nuafaf, and consii
fned, as Ehy ugs, ~ tftly republican
nneinbrr of Congress, with IT, exception
If snnis two of ihfee Is ha Here frsirhntd
fromaltcnding b. Constitutional scrnplef -
such men rs Macon and T., lar II Caro-
Inc aud Newton, who haze pl.scr'fd
through al lie mutations and traushglfh
iions IL party, thep regulations Pdre.ana
nnsnIhcd as tie eternal SHOWS which crown
the summit Of tie ADDE'S.
But We are lald with quite becoming
gravity, that IN " 1908, Lui g5loembers at
tended llre eaucus--in 1872, but Stu
1916, but ia Of which Mr. Monroe Lad
Co. Aud what Is the Inference Why
| hat, if 90 votes, being neafly The Vhoie ot
The members nho attended tie late eau
cos, are moi imposing enough, exlranrously
considered, 10 conmobd the adhesion oi
those who profess 10 bclung 10 HE rrpHhll-
en- ranks, iney dfT 50, when viewed ~
rtf.rtHce TO previous nominations. But =
Ibis Inference lasl Is II mol aekno" iedg-
ed lhhl of The III members @ho compose
the present Congress, about 10 only belong
In the irdcrm party, lea, Ing 10 their adHer.
saries ubum go Aud of the goo, Mr..
Graa fordlGld3ins GO, tess Haa oae-HHd.--
In all pre-, lous eases, il will be recuIleclfd
lat there we're fewer members of Congress
than NJ "rcsent, aed tllHt the two parties
were NEARLY tanaily divided in point Of
numbers. Are moi lie tie true catses
why So few attended the cane s4ses oI i8o9,
/ 1912 and 1916 l. it moi known tn lne
ffdtt6 mcAibers are djs(iaaohised that the
III itaGDns 10 those tpn"t;as,s are address,
eXclnsi' ely 10 ihear al the opposite party,
and that this circumstance alone ptDducrd
lhr sparsity Of numbers at those meetings
Iden, there were not more than half the
present numb, of repudHcfn members, eX
ccpi in 1916 aud yet, on one occasion 80,
aud on the other 81 attended What re-
valency is there in The two eases We ask
the question il all simplicity, and merely
" for igformdtioa.p
Bot again, II Is said that notwithstanding
Mr.. Crawford's friends mustered so fcebly
III the caucus, yet, LAS the great General
Alexander Smythe, Mr. Grsfuford's great
FREUD, once saldl they did not ali " rush to
tile field singly and in pairs" They kept
behind q so1 of corps du festrre, whose
numbers might bc magniGed according 10
The necessity Of the case--and MS, IN the
first instance, = EtiydctS 10 He Editors from
Udshlngion,' aud The positive assertions of
certain Editors on The spot, ever ADD anon,
rs the Tagging tsphlts of Mr.. 81 friends
/ required a stimulus, bUdly Proclaimed
that 90, and probably MOI less than 100
republican members would attend The eau
rus, 50 they INV, Folstan-lll>e, swell his
meagrc O. to The extent of the lumber
Which they nj first avUwed bad enllscd nn-
der his banner, aud wottd lead his way 10
IL. t,r;, of 1T. W. trs naw it'd that
notwithstanding his apparent weakness, he
still - Sampson that he Ctn still conquer
the PhIlsIloes, and towcrabose hIs pgmy
competitors, the only giaai But let him
beware that the caucus nomination be not
the Dtiiidh which lac hrs hug ged 10 his bo
sum, While It was stellDg from him his
strength Sampson, shorn Of his hair, be
came an Easy prey 10 his enemies. Let not
! the moral be lost on him Who aspir"s TO his
deeds, without his meas. lie seeks ANGLE
waited station, which he can only obtain by
intrigue, and from which, if he shall thus
obtain il, he vii ho speedily and Indignant
" hurled, as an inevitable Consequence
reservations nadeby .CrawfGrd's friend,
true Are not their calculations of his
strength in Congress, exaggerated, rs were
their representations ct his strength in cat
euS May mol, and in all probability will
not his ASSUMED friends dNindle from 90,
which some say he possesses, aud 100, as
others say, rs II has already done, duwn IL
TIE more probable number Of 20 ? w
are aware, that his mouth piece, the InttI
hgencer, has Published a statement, hearing
Internal evidence OF its source, IN which Mir
, = trends are made Ia outnnmhpr LieatlS
ih"sc OF any other candidate. This Wa
ihroWn out rs a sort of sop 10 Cerbrrus'
But the very next daT, "a Hrmbtr of Con.
greSs," boldly deuics the accuracy of the
statement, aud promises IN few DAYS IL
make the public acquainted with the true
standing OF the candidates with the mem
befs.
Bnt, after all, of what mighty consc
4nfntc Is II, whether 80 or go members
are N Favor oi Air Craw ford Are The,
sent to Washington to forestan tive puii,
sentiment on Il question in which the pee
pie are So deeply interested? Are the,
Sent thitlier 10 give the nation c7te, on
matters IN which they have, in common
with their follow citizens, only an indni.
'' w. - vi, are the people con
tent to pm their t1Ith to the sleeves of their
servants, aud go 10 the right or len. as the
caucus trumpet may sound jee or hog in
lhelr ears' Their viii be donc!
9he fact Is, a STOP must be pat 10 con
gresslunai nominations, seeing liai The CON
tenil"n of number of iuda idual4. bv ma
king them partipl viii alway render them
lneiirctual-that they open wide door
tor corruption and intrigae-and that their
eh"ice may not, under these ciraunsfan
lees' be the choice OF the people, or even OF
Tue dominant party. If, then, the practice
ihosl nt stopped, why not noio ? Is there
any more favorable period likely To aiise,
when We may meet the crisis with more
elect or less danger? Believing not. We
are Tor raising at once the standard Of on
position and committing with all our migbt