The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-24

may please Ia place iittn. Bat 50, ke.,#
cuneise that a station ilfrrior Ia IL
President would BIZ an ample r,.a,-a
auy services he has hitherto rendered
tie circumstances Of his being s,.nu...
by the opponents of our present yrnqr,,
Chief Magistrate, would he IA powerful.
lection to him with us, even If ". In.
differently. Many uf his friends ,r, -
Iigent aud patriotic citizens We adn,it
do we not fled him supported also l.,
the rancorousy sioient and inlcl,rr,'
liticians of both the old partips-- lh. !
F.deraists and the ltrl Democrat.
know not indeed how to account for
strange coalition, unless what the G,tt.,
modern philosophy says he tr1o. T..
! factions men when checked in Their do.
become secretly discomfort, and loog..
ON men and matters with an r,Il eye
are best pleased when things 90 bag.
wards"
There is another objection which WI.
! heavily with us, the inseparabc Conner
of Mr.. GalIalin with Mr.. Crawford
do we know Why the former gcD,lee
was selected unless as IA bait to Penn.
vania, where events have shrmn he hal
influence. Is il possible tina, he could b,=5
been thought the second choice of In
nerican people. with the strong proclaim,
of becoming the first The nation M,
he disposed 10 forget that his name ~
! (luslly ar uniastly) connected with theeay
instruction that ever occurred in our conn
try, or that Inc disappro,ed Of Hami,to5i,
| system of finance " hen out Of power. aud
adopted it whilst in; but can the rcpn6i
can party forget that at the Declaration n
war the frdcrallsts thought him against ],
aud the republicans thought him fol =
Did he not AT the beginning OF the cot,p.t
too, when our armies were 10 be PROVIDED
for, and the treasury was nearly empty-
when the national honour depended on l5e
ways and means of carrying on the war
and when the federal party cxuIlinsly pro
claimed, what WAS generally believed that
those who were IN power when the war
WAS made would 40, be there when it end
ed--did mt Mr.. Gallatin at that moment
abandon the treasury, leaving it in chfxe
only of clerks. go over 10 St. Prtcrsborg
with an Gu . ,nd salary, and remain there
perhaps IA J ear after the mediation ol Rus
STA had been rejected by EIgland nhtl
the Emperor WAS IN Germany nnr
treasury from lying open for himl WAS on
the brink of bankruptcy hen our armies
were perishing on The frontiers for cluihg,
and provisions, aud when IA full treasury at
Washington would have been the mo,t
powerful of all arguments in favor Of
peace j? IL THIS be ST., aud if according Ia
the calculations of assurances on lives the
next President will not live out his term.
is ii not the duty Of every patriotic citizen
10 reflect, whether fwhen we have So ma
ny deserving naiireS) he would be milliog
Ia see a foreigner President of the United
States? Whether our national pride would
be elated aF!iot.c. or our national rcspec
liability Increased abroad, by an election
which would confirm the old European no
ton that men degenerate in this country,
1t this be the case, give us La Faycite, The
foreigner 10 whom we owe most gratitude.
aud the man whose devotion To liberal prn
Ciplcs and whuse beautiful rep ltallon have
preserved, durin1 hlly years, an unbroken
consistency
We entertain the most grateful sense Of
Gen. Jackson's services, and il high admr
ration OF the Independence of his tharaetel
but we d, ubt whether age has sufficiently
tempered its ythenenee TO ustlfy our
contldlng the helm of state To him and
we cannot think any man We'll qualified lo;
the Presidency, whose mind has not been
for long time familiar with the foreign
aud domestic relations Of u,ir guycrnmeHt
The postpO ntment Of his claims is not Tie
rejection of them, and lnere could be no
| sacrifice of feelings IN linn to serve under
| Nj. ADAM, who - an older AMI more cx
perleuceU man Indeed thp I,p1 aynpfi