The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-26

fame WHICH he ha-afqif'a ~ ils Hi.H'aiN
| aeli.s nrnts-- yon approach him LIKE Inc
erauclrsg spaniel, Ind taan npan, "tfr
you snap ~ him. fpu base attempted To-
perform dut, 10 which YOU are i.'comPr-
/ tent You contend for the honor OF beard
ing the lion, but yaur trembling nrrrrs
warn you To approach his den with eau
tious steps, aud Sanibr hun vita son words
and gentle phrases, While You are pointing
Isour weapon nj his heart. Think yoa, s'rs,
THAT the public cannot deirctthe insineefi-
ty which gi,rs vent 10 So many compli
menis mingled With so much abuse Or
| il Your eucumillnls be- the illusions of sin
ceriiy, and are induced by the honest dc
tMesof Sonr Judgment, how can II hr re .
cnueiled with the other side OF the picture,
| In which your brush twell sklllrdin the art
of dauhing) gives suvh somhrc hue =
Every number Of your compilation from
! ReidS Biography, Is accompanied win
| n few sentences from your own pen, i"r
the most part expressions Of regret at the
necessity which eompels you Ia review th.
Generals Gains and qualifications, your
pr,bluInd respect for his character, ybnr
gratitude for his services, &c. &c. lon
pave the pay with coplnus dnsc Of hattie
ty-y.u then 90 ON Ia demonstrate your
own Inconsistency, by striving 10 show thH
b. Is worthy neither Of respect or graft.
tisls~-apd, Icy IA per, er4ity Of Intellect pc
eaiiafly your own, You throw hacks.so-
merset, aud admit, by your repeated eu'
logiums, thai yeu objections are hollew
aud uusound-and you make it manifest
that while YOU have not magnanmliy G.
n0ugh In bestow upon him inll share OF
applause, go you are too fearful and timd
Ia inlet unqualified censnre The qlrs-
tion arises, 'chy Mis squedmiShn'ss why
Is l., that Gen. jackson, who Is ~ states
man, fyrant, slave to hls4.asslons aud
a tool of other men, according TO your
car.caturc, is treated with such marked
forhearance, and his pretensiOns can'asscd
with such studied caution, while Mr.. Cal
houn, whose chief fault in your estimation
is thii he il some twenty years the junior
of Mr.. Crawford, aud NJ. Adams, whose
only sins are that he is the son ofh,s .fdther,
and that he is n scholar aud experienced
statesman, should feel the whole weight of
your tremendous ire | will not for
moment suppose that your .feer got the
better of your Judgment, aud thar1s on al
ready, like some Of the members of Con
sress few years since, no trembled even
while they censured the general, in imagi
nation, see your ears floating in the wa
tiers Of the Potomac.
l will now. gentlemen, point out an over.
sight &c which you have been guilty, for
am confident you value your talents IA
much as you do your candor, aud had RAJ
ther IL should be- attributed To any cause
Other thanwaat of penetration Although
I nave every disposition 10 give you credit
Ia all the virtues VOC possess, yet must
do Ibt whether your candGr would have in.
dnesd you to make n confession, which
would 50 seriously inJnre the Cause in which
YOU are engaged. With perseverance,
truly iandahlr, you have al along deprecn-
ted, rs the worst of evils, a resort 10 the
House of Representatives for final dcci-
sion of the great question which now agl.
tatrs the nation and | must confess that
the aaruIn which you have 80 increasingly
rnng led me to pai tiripate in your fears,
and l joined my prayers with yours that
the appeal To that body might he prevented
by union and chncert among the old rcpub.
lcsn family for never did, nor do now,
deem the triumph or defeat of either Of
the candidates ot such importance ms tn
l"opardize the tranquility az the country
by efforts To promote the one or to prevent
the other. am happy that your recent
conduct has induced ire To forcNo these
Fears, while ! regret thatI am compelled
IT, assign tn your conduct the only motive
Of which il seems Justly susceptible. It is
true you still give vent 10 your apprchcn-
s'ons-yon still implore the EAST To- save
~ from the " liightiul experiment" while,
~ the very same breath, you declare, that
Virginia Will, under no circumstances, vote
for Mr.. Adams. You tell New England
that tho man of her choice is unworthy 10
he the successor of Monroc---yon taunt.
ugly nnd"rra,c his qualifications, and tn
spa''ngly deoounce his political sentiments,
not" outstanding repeated and lnduh,tablc
proofs thatthcy are purely democratic, and
yet you lnpudcntly call upon her tn give
hun up, and enlist under the banners of
Mr.. Crawford You solicit the strongest
10 surrender 10 the weakest, aud denoiince
the nbstinacy which refuses to agree to u
proposition so reasonable and magnani-
nous cannot but admireiilIe wonderful
tact, gentlemen, which you display in this
man9uNre but. depend upon il, II is of
that" sanltng kjud which oSerleaps Itself"
u is NOW pretty evident that the success Of
the Secretary of thr Treasury is your sole
object. You act on the prudent though
dishonest advice of the dying miscr 20 his
son-E}eet Mr.. Crnhford by fur means,
= PoSSi6ie-6f at all erCntS eicct .Nr. Cru,e-
Jod To attain this great end, even AN
"',t ton by the House of Representatives
might h" tolerated, and the dangers of the
"JnghNi experiment. laughed To scurnl
You have already admitted, sirs, that
Mcssrs. Crav for,b Adams and jackson
will go before the House, If no choice be
made by the electors. Aud yet you say
that no circumstance will induce Virginia
To vote either for Adams or Jackson. pre-
trrrIng rather Ia make her voice nugatory,
and possibly, by her obstinate adhesion to
man, not from principle, but coHtemp-
thle pride of opinion, produce the very
evils wlr-ch yoI alice to drprecatc, and
which, with your woDtei lhcrality, you
heserch the EAST to avert, by forsaking
Its nrenilrcfinn FIR Mr. Adams E,nnInn NJ 3