The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-10-05

Crawford, full OF compliment and fattery,
inviting him TO accept the appointment p
Did he not accept it Did it not combined
with the prospect of foreign mission, sof.
ten his opposition II il did not, how
came Mr.Crawiaid, after repeated previous
declarations, 'hat IRE ought not 10 go 10
iodr, 10 return Ia the Senate the next wear.
1912, aud without II single additional rea
son i"r declaring war, when, in fact, lhete
was one less, as compensation had been
made for the attack on the Chesapeake, ]
r0fe for II when recommended by Mr.. Ma
Olson ? Was he hot, at the naxt session of
Congress, Q8l2 49, appointed Minister to
France, although he e0ud NOT speak one
cord Of French
The attempt Of Mr.. Crawford's friends
to prove that he enjoyed the entire eouli.
dencc ut Mr.. Mddison al that tine by al
hedging that he was offered the War De-
partmeni, would not, if true, rebound To his
credit for ii would so to establish the fact,
that at a moment when oar country was
in, AIDED, and in imminent danger, aud when
we stood in need of aid in the War Depart
ment, Mr.. Crawford preferred the compa-
ratiyely idle ission To France, with TWEEN
ty seven thousand dollars for two yeaI 5
services, To the arduous duties Of the De
partment OF War, with its 10 or Il 900
dollars salary, tor the same period When
he returned lfom France, the year after the
peace was concluded, aud after Mr. Dallas
had nobly discharged the insidiou7 task Of
reducing the army, and ~ selecting the
officers, Mr.. Crawford with great willing
ness accepted the appointment, altho' he
still continued intimate with the maicon
tents, who voted for him in caucus the next
year, 1919, in preference to Col. Monroe !.
And has he not been closely connected with
those indictments during all Mr., Monroe's
administered and the opponent Gifts most
liberal measures Was he not In favor of
giving Great B,iialn the right of search for
slaves on her own tcrins--and did he not
tell Dir. Slratford Canning that it was Mr..
Adams who who insisted, in the cabinet, on
not allowing it unless the British govern
ment made the slave trade piracy? After Mr.
Ada as succeeded Ia making the.conveDllon
on onr opn terms, did not Mr.. Crawford,
who had been ia favor Of giving 10 Great
Britain greater privileges, inform his friends
that OWNS tn his indispostion, he had not
been consulted ON the final treaty, aud ad-
wise them, Tor clectoneering purposes, 10
oppose us passage III lllt otHdlt, dhu "
raise IA hue and cry, if possible, against 1t :
Add did they not oppose it,wlth the excep-
tinn of Mr.. BArbo II, vino, as chairman, had
recommended it, and Mr.. Lo"r'c, who
feared publio opinion in Pennsylvania
These facts and enquiries shall suffice Tor
the present. Ii the friends of Mr.. Craw
ford desire more, let them provoke them.
In the mean time, ii may be asked OF u
candid public, whether man, who, like
Mr.. Crawford, never orig inatcd single
important measure in Congress, NOR ranked
as a first rate man there--Who never gave
more proof OF executive than of legislative
talent who never fought pubic battle
mr. made IA treaty-Awhp showed signal
want Of infpencc or ability in the case oi
certain schooner at Nantz, and who nete
ranked above second rate dlplomatlst
abroad, Nhether such \ man Is fit To be
made President of the United States, even
if his health we're good, and II his comperr
Mr Galltthl, lid not cling to him, ms Boi-
lean r,pr, scets the Spectre of ChaGrln,
IN ountcd hchlnd, aud cIugmg To man
who j, sparrtag his horse to escape from
him,
I'm vain il von1roit Ar Get incommodc ami,
Tosjours il monte Ell uroupc, Ell gaiope a'ec
lui.
C.tNbrpnDIIrE.