The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-06-30

"phsPau"h al every iacl. an on not rssl-
= perceive that tire nPposition look upon
themselves as the chosen Israel, and ~ az
lie proscrihrd t'lbruailrs, WIN. because
Ne wish to breathfthr rommnn az Of lea
, I'll. aie made#" ittN ers al Nand aud draw
FRS st water 10 all the cougrr.aflon al ep-
Ppsliieal-t, Sarely. surely, tins Il tie
'hominauon winch IN rs progress makelh
drsn'Fie. i)a 5ua act perceive, too, that
TIE opposition look Upon themselves as the
great architects OF lie pile, aud upon ms as
me l'beufefs. "up prepare the materials.
'ha are compelled 10 ply them for the
I'I'I'rs" Ut being permltrd To do 50
" Thy form TIE great Virginia Colossus.
aud The hdlance III the papIIauon creep IN
der then huge les aad peep abo.t to find
themselves dIshonourable graves They
III ;ud bound upon The SUBMITS of STATE
policy, pleased with the drmoialIslns inc
quality thai degradcs you, and IN all Their
political movements they surrey ynu with
the eye OF a MASTER as You ahour and
trudSe through these unconstitutional en-
bdrfassmenio 10 sustain a nnm0al exist
ence. While you are every day sinking,
they, III the same proportion are rising A.
hose You. VIII You rrfusc 10 open your
eyes to this measrc lmpncy, until il has
pushed your IrrcdrcmaDlr thraldotn !;
Do You not see tyranny organising itself
under republican colours Aud when ii Is
property prepared, aud saswcionls fallen
TO sleep, under this precious semhaure,
." like Ialel III the uiSht,' some chosen
despot viii touch the secret splng, aud
cause the pondrrous .luuntaHcbe TO rush
down from every political summit, pouring
IFS cungregated evils over every village,
valley, field aud farrst--paraIy ziog al your
powers, aod rendtaing them subirr> lent To
The yoke which tyranny has long been pre-
Parlns for your uecks. This would br the
certain effect of tbs procraSttadtlRg elpedt-
cncg prtnctyle, for which sGme gentlemen
81 strrauoesly coutrnA. They arr Wiling
foramendnents but tins is not the tine.
Why; We are happy and prosperous /;
aud what better test can YOU have OF the
unpolicl Of innovation answer none, il
tbs prosperity WAS the result of the pres
ent policy, aud not Of that equality and
Justice explicitly defined in our bill Of
rights, because 1t woud evidently prove
that bfl to be- false, upon the principle that
two oppositrs cannot boll be rgat. j
tii' ~ ~ prs VI lit f'l ~ llbtt;
then the blil Of ri.llts ought 10 be cNUod-
ed, and the republic placed on hri'er
to lndAtlou. But if the co .sttptioa Is
wrong, it ought TO be amt ended, and never
was there i better time tlan upw. Yet
now they declare ItmeXPrdicat. farIr acu-
ons proclaim tdeirtenels, aud their esllmate
Of republican, pri-cipes nay be known ~
the policy they ADJ ocate. T5ry sill yield
Only to compassion. They WI add thcir
weak lmPogcrlsalns power u9td tsal'tanee
becomes hopeless, aud then make ii virtue
OF necessity, by holding Out the ollyG 10 the
republican slc,oTs, IN hope OF beng ,ndnci-
ed into thtlrrLHks-to hGrdtthte themselves
With the people as consistent rcpuhucdns,
brsl fitted To fill the Offices they bdHe 10
hestaW. Their policy is stlt-dsgraudiHe-
ncnt, and not the good OF the people.
To this edd they have taken up their linz
ot march, and vii. never deem II eXpedleut
10 amend undri any other circumstances.
Nieh to be explicit but not to inlarc the
feelings Of any. lwIsb To unite and to dl
vide Ny object is tn point out the dan-
ger Of too much lethafSy upon tue one
hand, aod of too much ambition for power
Oh tne other. | wish 10 arouse spirit q
noush ole party to claim, and magma
uinlty enough in the Other To give 50 that
all paltie, nay un,,c upoulhc principles ST
forth III our tltl of rights, aud Il spirit OF g
quality aud good tcrIog may prr'ade the
" hole state. Upon theae Cun.lderatiunsi
and these oniy, vii venture to Us" that
candour'Nhlch friendship permits, aud dH-
" requires, .in,t to inform those Seaiiemon
Il the opposition who remaln inconiSble,
taat they VIII ind n"og the tn usaudy ot
those prescribed fellow cllzrus, some Of
the nus eminent political physicians that
e'cr Opened ayein or pr"hed Al ahress--
some OF the most celebrated practical )"
se"ns hat ever amPut ted limb or IRE
Pahped Uranium and "ho' ",ta"n ne
lsaAt violence or danger car 5hafoiy "l'Id