Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-09-28

dent from G. sneya, and yet object TO one
for be,aY bern IN the sigh, OF Bunker's
Hill! We know that it is urged by ma
ny that tho people OF the North nave
some prejudices. But may moi 'nose
who advance this objection have some
And il prejudlces exist, Is
II not by reciprocal concession and iioe-
rality, and moi by high handed exercise
of influence that they are to be cured
Let us look on which side steps OF con-
citation have been taken. It's now near
six and thirty years since our consu'u-
ton was adopted, and OF these the go
vernmen, has been administered thirty
two by Virginians The people oil the
Nor,hem and middle states have no, on
" acauiesced but concurred III our.wish-
es, and have cordially united in CRAFTY
ing our pride, and giving energy to our
administration. The excuse we have
h,inerto afforded for inviting them to
sunnort our Candidates, was, thai they
had no man oil tie republican party
whose reputation br talents, probity and
experience, lustited the selection o, MN
as president. Bet, now that they nave
brought forward man whom they all
admit to be equal to any IN those parl-
culars, we hear 1t alleged by some that
he is Northern man-thai he is
! Yank co, and that The Southern interest
should be agaInsf him. Is this motive
worthy OF your naionai generosity, Viz
sinians Is IL according to tue sublime
maxim oil christian revelation, what
sorver ye would thar other men should
do unto you, do you even SO unto them {!
Docs not justice require mat the honors
III governn ent should not all be enIoyed
by one member OF the contederaty !
Does not ps,ridtism require The occs-
slonal postponemeht OF our own predi-
Iecions Ia those OF others and that
when state pride begins TO degenerate
into State vanity, we should remember
hat The human character is compounded
OF &" sell. ,nve 10 urge, and reason to re-
sr1n I" Are we no satisfied with the
present 90 ernmeDt, and il so, why should
We change il {? Is il wise or unwise II
the Southern states TO throw away this
opportunity Of gaining strength, by ne
glec,ine 10 conciliate friends IN the other
states y? Can we ever expect the people
North Of the Potomac 10 produce man
against whom fewer objections will be
entertained in Virginia than against Mr..
Adams Is he not next after MIR. Craw-
ford the fsvorile Of Virginia, ard the ia
vorite Of Mr.. Crawfotd's friends! Is he
uot mex, after Gen. Jackson, the favurite
of Gen. Jackson's friends Is be net
next after Mr.. Clay, HE iavorite OF MIR.
Gays friends When the Grecian SOL
ders after the battle oil Saismis, deliver
ed III ir suffrages according o the Gus
tom n heir country, by laying stones on
the alt.r to determine who WAS the most
worthy, every ono gave the first vote Tor
hinseii, and the second for I hc;nistoCics
Should ~s not remember, likewise,
tina, Mr.. Adams is the Oldest Of all the
candidates, and the only one under whom
taere could be no sacrifice OF feeling on
the par OF any OF the Others TO serve !!
liav4 they not all pfsiseci him for rue
upright and independent manner in
which he has conducted himself during
the whole canvass? Did any politician
ever eoncsiiste his rivals more etfectu-
a.is, ny mere recttudc OF conduct, ,r do
more uniformly, what he thought right,
~t,ou reeafd to popularity? That
every supporter Of the other candidates
should ne satisfied with him, is more
nan conl1 90 expected. There was
once a man 3, no voted 10 bauish Aris-
tlles, onir becanse he was tired OF hear
ing him catle.e;he just!
Believing rheo, fellow-citizens, as we
do, thai he genera policy OF the pre-
sent administration Is wise, constitution
~ and Iust- nat an j,nntense majority
q the A neriean people concur with US
IN this opinion that i, 10 strictly conso-
osnt to me views and principles of Mr..
Adams--and that it is peculiarly I'M
por,ant, in the actual political condition
of the world, that it should be steadily
pursued, which it could not be, IT the
Opposition were to succeed, we could
conclude that our present Chief magis-
tra,e cannot deliver the government into
safer hands ,han those OF his steadfast
friend. 1t is for these reasons, that we
rejoice to discover every day new evil
dences Of the increase OF his popularity
throu shont The states, and of the general
tendency Of he pubic mind, TO settle
down upon him as the proper successor
of Mr.. Monroe. We therefore urge you
to co-epcrste with usin tranquiIlzing the
excitement, which prevails among US, by
adding the concurrence Of Virginia to
this general disposition. If by OPPOSE