The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-01-06


sell.
Our governments, he said, was On. -
compromise; ar Why give, by AN arlirI. i,
The constitution, IN Rhode Island and d.
laware, the same pnwer ~ the Senate. MIN
the great states OF New York, PtnnsSl,.
MIA aud Virginia Was not this the result
of that feeling which had induced nur an.
cestors IN prefer union aud harmony :,
disruption aud faction? The who'd, So,
TEN tnroughou vas one of compromi.,
and II required that the members or tEt
confederation should consult together H.,
the mutual benefit of the " hole And IT,
was proper 10 speak at all, YOU must sn,al
in such Language as To be heard and 10 ha
understood. Suppose thai Virginia was ,o
declare that w. IL. Crawford was her r.
yorite and that she was determined f,
support him, but invite her sister states.to
l 20 into caucus with her, and consult ~,
| the selection ola candidate. What wo,II
be the answer Would YOU not he tJd
| that such consultation would answer ma
PURPOSE But INSTEAD of pursuing th,.
obstinate course you invite your republican
| brothers of the Union 10 assemble arnn,b
the common table. To offer up mutual pre.
| judiccs and partalities on the altar of Won.
country's goud, aud to pursue the course
which will secure the harmony of m. IN
ion. This was the course Recommended
by the preamble and r.soutiuns-and !,
was the feature objected to most str,nueus.
] ly Ivy grntlrmra az that floor.
But we are told we are doing an unntc,s
| Sary Work--that our vpice will not he heard
| beyond tire confines of this antent Capitol
And Was itcone to- this, Ire asked, THAI
this State, which had always been the po.
neer.in the.csuse ofliberty, was sunk 50 love
in the slough and n1irc Of degradation as
not 10 be heard When was it that her
voice was not listened To with respect p
! He verify believed that our sister states
were still disposed to listen to our arsu.
mcnts and 20 consult with us ton tic gene,
raj good.
But we are told there is no danger, be.
cause of the number of candidates. Why,
he asked, WAS not the argument in the re.
port met ? The danger was not in the
number of candidates., hui in the difficulty
of making AN election, and in throwing the
election into the House OF Representative,
where he feared the undue influence Of the
small tates, and where Virginia will be re-
i'duced to level with Rhode Island. The
powers of the House to act on the subject
are next called IN question What, he ask,
ed, were the destlnies entrusted to the lie,
; gtslatnre WIS it exclusively to watch
ever little population, and conduct them
te numbers, to prosperity and to happiness
Was not also the Union conided to its DIES.
tiny IL was the cloak thrown around the
states-it was the shield of their safety -
aud 1t was mockery 10 say that the Legs.
lature could not legistate ON subject of so
much interest and Importance. lie cOnsi.
J. dar In al.
danger of internal con.motion-of having
no President The member from Bcrke-
ley Mr.. {. had served in Congress with
distinguished ability-he knew the obsti.
macy ofthat body-that when its members
came IN collision on local matters, they
took their ground with imn1oyable firm.
ness, and yielded not an inch, no matter
whatsmieht be tire consequences. Had
net there been a Missouri Question, and
how was that question managed? Discord,
dsnnlon may, separation of The Union
IA comparison of the physical force III
each state, were topics Of public debate
aud OF private conversation. The Union
was denounced ON the one hand, and lie
advantages depicted, on the other, in the
brightest coors. Look, he said, to the
election of Speaker, a few winters ago,
"henihere were twelve Intellectual ballat.
tngs. look to the contest between Aaron
Burr end that man whose light will burn
pure to adj eternity Thomas JeGcrson.--
Was not AN unyelding pertnacity NANTES
ted on Those occasions ? But it was i'm.
possible To use this argument with Vrr.
gina facgislature. 1t was their duty and
their pride to preserve the Union. They
we're not dep.ted to iegeslate exclusively
on petty aud local affairs, and remain ioi-
grttal OF their highest and brightest dest-
nies.
! The gentleman would excuse him Tor
dissenting from the remark, that the hos.
fAc array of party did not exist. He pre-
ierred that array of party To local feeling
because it was founded on principle, and
elected the truth Not so with the array
OF sectional interest and local feeling an
array Of all others the most To be dcp,eca.
leu and carrying the most appalling conse-
qucnccs IN IFS train. lie could not believe
That he was about to barter away the rights
ot his constituents. He was even willing
to say openly, that VIM. II. Crawford was
his tarortc, FOR he had never feared 10
speak the truth before God or man. But
he could not by regarding IN individual,
give up The interests of the Union. He did
| not " love Cesar, less but Rome more
ana WAS prepared to surrender his prefer.
ehce' II II WAS necessary to preserve har-
! mony aud secure union. lie asked, are
gentlemen afraid of a caucus, because
hydrd-llke il was calculated to swallow up
liberty Has any evil ever arisen from
congressional nominations II so, let them
DE pointed out. Do not present to US
phantom of the brain, but real and tang,
bile object. Show the evil and he would
give them up. But has this course prcdu-
ced any other effect than to give 10 the.
nation its choice Did the House regret
the election of Jefferson, of Madison, OF
Monroe He was prepared to say in that
House IN his legislative capacity, what be
would say any whore else. He would not
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