The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-03
LYNcHBuRG, pEcgMBERo, 1874.
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the commissioners appointed by the Ike
sutiye Ia conduct the election were all
Crawforditc., aud that none OF lhrm
attended To they duly. Many smmi
SEES (says letter lrom Grayson court
housed were INDUCED rs 10 the alb.
sencc Of all three OF these men. livery
thing remained IN doubt I'LL II numicf of
persons present sct about ie ascertain the
sentiments of the people then assembled
the result was that Nj. Crawford friends
did not exceed iltecn, and tie rest wr1e
bout equally divided between Adams and
Jackson. Two of ia" eam,nls sioncrs were
members Of the last Legislature aud aften-
died the caucus. What will be said Of This
daring Outrage: What can be said Of il
If there be any mode of Furnishing tbc de
hnqueais for their neglect of daty, will the
executive permit iheu conduct To pass un
nuliced2 We shall indulge ia the expires
si0u IT our sentiments no further nj I.rcsent.
We shall wait uniil we see whether ihctr
conduct will he noticed or passed over sub
siieniis. Wen may il be asked, =" II these
things be done in the gtten tree, what may
we not expect in the dry -
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NEW YORK-N. IAROLINA-&c.
The yaerllating aud chansrabc course of
"
orrcmark ever since We knew any Thing of
political matters. Second To no siaic in the
Union in the extent OF her resources, and in
the wisdom II their application, she offers
the singular spectacle Of power without
moral iniluence- wealth without respect.
TO what is this owing Common consent
answers sothr dishonesty of her politicians.
Even she Legislation OF New York is u spe
cics Of trafhr--her bank charters, her VOTES,
her patronage in every way seems to be
rrgnlsttd by thu quid pro quo. She IS gui
dcd by no fixed aud stable principles i: aud
therefore it Is, that 10 day we see her rais
ing one of her citizens Ia the first Office in
hst gift, whom yesterday she had politi
cslly osii acised Therefore it is, that to-
day we SIRE her legislature approving OF u
Law, which tomorrow, When ncie lights
have been thrown on the effects 1t would
produce, t1o injure the proepcc,s Of an in
dNdnai, ! ili IT fused to sanciiun Thus ii
is that hersole On the Presidential ques-
ton, though no doubt mainly given in ae
cordanee with the WISHES of the people oi
the state, hns astunlshed every one No
rational calculation can he formed ri me
course OF hody d men, who are regulated
by no settled rules nj policy or principle,
but who fuctaair in their conduct in pro
portion as their Interests change. This ia
revolving picture of AN American legisla
live body is II moi true one Aud
does il not beeomeflIe people 'of New York
to" order lhsse things beiter?' Do we
not hear their legislature charged with
corruption on the very spot where ii has
met Ia deliberate? What is more com
mon than Ia hrar the charge of bribeij
made against,ihe most conspicuous men in
the commonwealth Tie Augran stable
must be rilcctutly Vleanted, ere the state
of New York will take that stand in the
American conGdcracy 10 which she is en-
ttlrdby her populations, herFcsources and
her talents.
The course pursucdhy her legislature, in
relation To hcPresidcntial etectiuo, We're
peat, has astonishrd every body htri this
irstomsmeut is moi the effect of knew
ledge or belief,hat il III. Electoral vote
had been transferred, as IL ought 10 have
been, at prior session of the legislature,
from lis hands into the hands of the people,
the result Nouid have been essentially DIFF
frr,nt. M. II is hrlir,ctl, and this belief
is founded 90 the w'r, best data, that4f the
people had gone Ia the polls aud given in
their votes, John Quincy Adams would
have received the undi, ided support of the
H.leClOTd 1tl'K' Vi INV 4 oTks ne us
touishmcn is created by tie single circum
stance thai The Crawt1rdilrs were So conf
dent of its vote, aud tire friends 'Wf Mr.. Al
ans had so little reliance on the intcgrii '
of tie n. York legislature, rhHt il WAS given
10 Mr.. Crawford by common consent :
This sang,nre anticipation rendered tir,
blow doubly terrible when it came ant
we hear nothing new from the " affiliated
ttt ts4n K
the Clay men vino would not consent to b,
led by the nose, and against the the,
"co'Gdent' Crawfordites, who put in blnI
ballots. Some go further. The Nationa
lntelligenccr, whose warmth of tenn, &c
seems for the first time 10 have been rais,
Il ferer heat, AYERS that Mr.. Crawford ha,
been " gdm6fed' out of the twenty 6v,
votes OF New York. No, gentlemen. va,
are mistaken. Mr.. Adams would have re
ceivrd not only the - Votes which be- Ia,
obtained, but the whole Sc, if the legisla
tufe bsd entrusted the pcopfe with the pow
rr If choosing th'lr own rrfrr II was In,
friends OF alr. Crawford who galtbfeH
fm the vote. They ri,ked all on The lnznr,
of single cas-, : and that they lost lhei
stake is matter of reloieinS Ia every ma,
who values the triumph Of principle ever
combination of unhaly a1eaus Ia cxalt Nj
individual 90 It's Prostraiion. 1.-THE vote o
New York had been given to Mr.. Cav
ford. who viii have the hardiIrood, in def
ance ofthe demonstrations Of public opn
lon,"tich has hurled se many of his friends
nom pnwer, 10 say that the voice ofthc PEG
PIE would moi have bt1n n.isrepresenied
~ nomd hare been and none bit the vii
iniy hllnd and obstinate viii deny H. The
fritDds of Dir. Crawford striv-d 10 cb.a,
The people out of their preference, and
taspsclses we're cheated by oyerwsenins