The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-04-09


Adams or Grn. Jackson"
Thea W. feel very little hesitation in say
ing, that the vote of Virginia viii be
Thrown away. ID.
ca COMMUNICATIVE ENQUIRER.
We invite our readers TO serious deli
beratlon on this subject. and candid tx
animation Of the argument for IT. Tile T.
,liurs uf the Enquirer we congratulate
the friends Of the call on it, have avowed
themselves favorable ts tins measure " of
the people, They seem 10 be situated
though, like Thomas Aq'Iinas' ass between
the two bundles of fodder-thcy are equal
/ IS attracted by their desire 10 promote an
object which IL certainly becoming very
gopuior IN the State, and IS so really re
qnircd by lis inttresls-aud withheld by
,Irir Discrimination TO do any thing, which
IN GIN prejudice the high standing of their
paper by attaching an air of lerty, or i'm
prhdenc" In their motions. They would
render the cause more service, by cireuIa
ling through their vide spread Journal the
reasons and necessity for Convention,
than by waiting for public feeling Ia come
10 a head of itself. .N0w they could do
infinite service Ia cause which they have
al hrart-hen, il will no longer need their
assistance.
In the Enquirer of Tuesday, the Editors
ayow themselves friendly 10 this object
but they seem willing, also, 10 throw cold
water upon the proposed meeting IN this
place. They say. mo COM enton should
be called without the CO.. cent of the pco-
pie" Granted there never Was Con-
Iention without the consent of the people,
aud there never can be one, as the ln,tru
mentality Of lhc people is indispensable to
elect one. The Editors might as well have
told US. that there world have been uo
.Hooa, without the fat of the Almighty
But the quo modo, the method of arriving
AT this VIII of the people, is We acknow-
ledge, the difficulty. The Enquirer is first,
for getting the LaUe Of the Legislature
They mast direct the opening Of the polls,
g Comrution" or" No Conventions" But
may ii not SO happen, that the Legislature
may chooseto think differently from tn. pep
pile, 4 refuse To direct or recommend this
or any other course, WHICH may lead 10 the
proposed Object? Is slot sach determI
nalion extremely probable, from the dis
tarf responsibility Of the SeDate, aud from
.ihr knnwn circumstance, that gentleman
of Colossal iu1uence in 1hat body, is, and
always has been, against Convention p
Suppose, after waiting IL months for this
ieaUe Of the Leg stature, to hold Go I'm
ton, they should at last rcfusr il ? What
, course would the Enquirer then pursue
Acqacsce or wait uHti we Can find LIZ
Slsldturc which vii prove H;ore c0mplui
SAINT. This course really seems To rs, in
compatible wish the Democratic tcnets of
lhui paper. We do nnt see what the lie
Si>lafurc has to do with this question. They
might very we'll org inate itlf they, We're in
srssiei,, and chose To do 81. 1t would be
/ less dilllcnlt of execution, originating With
them, But they may never originate il,
aud we verlly believe that they never viii
Cannot the people themselves do il.
without thein1ervcntion Of the Legislature !,
| They cen. aud il i, mere respectful 10 then
! rights n, do il themselves, than TO have il
] done by th,ir servants. II the example of
! Richmond is followed throughout thu
j State, II will be known that II ma joflty OF
/ the people is in favor of a Conyrntinn.--
/ The people al their meetings, first Or last,
/ can RHtu or ROT, the powers ~ the Conycn
| iioB--fix on sumo general time for elecling
itutir Drlrgatcs-ihe time and place oi
tuc.r meeting. They too, ean prescribe
the mode ot raising the necessary means
! fof delaying the expenses OF their melu
b RS. In fue there are dihculties IT,
surmount in this, as in every other inpOr-
tant mrasure-but they can he surmountcd
by the Peopic as well as by the Legislature.
Con. Whig.
MIR. FLETt1IER-7Be Horse Racer.
Mr.. Fletcher, no seems at last To have
had his claims to the authorship of the
" Political Horse R,ce" established, has
since the appearance and ecint of that pro-
dHction, published two others. We forget
the name of the sccond-thr third and lpst
Is called the " Presidential Voyage, aud
Political Storm" We were never of the
number who were struck with the merits
of the FIRST, but VT arr snie his most ardent
admirers will acknowledge the llatness and
inSipldlty of the last. II is a pity, Mr..
Fletcher had not some honest Oh Bias
near him, To remind him Of the increasing
inlrlioiit, of his tnurts. He WAS, e,idrut-
~, equally ,astnnshrd and pleased nj the
success Of his Horse Race, and has hcrn
lahorinS tn rcw9rd the pubic, ever since,
for 5 unexpected and generous encourage
m"nt lie Is in f3ir way 10 piddle away
all his reputation, precisely from the com :
mon fault of not knowing when he had !.
enough; and we lay Il wager HAT in two
years nforc he wall be u = literary bank s.,
rupt IL.
Totte rondato%ofN Ne Constitutional Hhig.
GrNTLrMrN--lt may he distastefol to
III" far, hai am persuadedit will be graft
fying 10 the man& to be informed, that
slr. JEffERsoN is decidedly aud warmly
in favor ot n speedy call of "A CONVEX
TloN. This pronounce from good an
shortly. We may presume the sanc in
reference To Madison. This is, in itself i
powcl1tI cousidprafion In accelerate tt,,t