The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-02-25

~. "'siea tn see crushed, 80 soo,
''''.' d system which we believe, .. fr
,sh.'e To he unjust aud dsnr' a'a ia,
9tJ"S' because II gives To 10 the -
mo may happen ~ have mors a'oldai'
'."u' ~ , ohgress than another, an ,' una
o nhgehefousa advantage over hisnna, saus
'hu dangerous, because IL ,nls,ss n, i,s'"a
| stitn'l"n, aud strikes nj lin. x.,, Wv foh.
representative government ii, 9'e u
iffring The election H. :. C,oooJ.' .ais
niue better than that of the " or. ut
iaple 10 an extraneous aud Er,;as
ence, aud 10 the guidance Of NM e' 'hla'
aei'i 10 small b dies met for the d.c;s;." '.
questions of great IN ,ment and s s'1'Op II
making our polls, not The arena or ~ Oy
ofabir, Tree aud fair con pei,nn :, :" nm
were designed to be-. but the r,.. oty
paseaots of subserrient fretmen l.' ".'s
the paradox J recording the .d;c, f lr,1h
masters We rtptat, for il cam, =, Tim
peatcd too often, that this mus, ha,o y IT,
The lnerttabfe land that il was mn, nal. oftn
Inevitable, but the iatendedJ oncr, - 'he
efessIonal iaucusses, il the peopi. /. i J'''
taken the alarm, and, jealous oftha;, ~ ''
resolved that no power on earth ,oa'i
wrest them from their grasp. Did I'M
bear, during the late presidential o's
the Precedents # l30i-e-i2a and IL 99 I'
forward TO sanction the Caucus Of ,e 9n't
Was 1t not making of them a law ,rG,.'
republican might disregard with INN M 10
And so it wonld have continued +, I'm!
I'll 1t had terminated seriously. had "i'
tocsin OF alarm been sounded from, ~ Tue
tn Maine, and the death-bIow aiys,',a''
by the voice OF the people, ere. TX :. ,,,ag
Hercules, 1t had strangled our hberl,s.
IL WIN not always be the tase-lipA..4.,
VIII often be "thrrwise,) that m ;eri,, =
the members of Congress and ma,a,;, /"
os the people will prefe, the same ind',s9a
ai-lh snch dilemma, whose will m,gI,
10 pre'ali whose voice be heard whoas
choice recognised? Shall Caucus ro,,
posed OF a lean minority of the mrnbp,,
III congress, as upon late occasion. nr.
| scflhe Tor the nation. or Shall the natio,
decide for itself? The people have dee,
d"o IN toic" too plain 10 be ni.unds,
STOOD ana III manner too powerful 10 /,
dlslrgarded, lihat they are the resjduum
ana The dispensers of all power---And tb.v
would have done 70 un u former occa.,nn
had the Caucus of 1915 nominated ~
Crawford in opposition TO Mr. Monroe,
| they we're on the brink Of doing; at a lin.
too, whea Mr.. Crawford had scarcely bp,n
heaid of by nine.tenihs of the nation.
| iien, some OF the very men who noWaA.
'oeate Congressional Cancusses opsoa4
them they saw that Mr.. Crawforl, VIA
was sarcely known, had nearly defeated
from feelings Of hostility against VHsiOs,
sectonal prejudice, and other causes, Il.
nomination of the last ofthe Re, uhIiona.y
Patriots upon whom the mantle of DOW,
VIII tall ami then they denounced Ca
cnssrs as nnjnst and inexpedi.nt-bat TIA
other day, 3" hen circumstances had con,e,.
ted Them into Mr. Crawford's f1eud, tbry
chanSed their tone aud 10 the Leon.
ard had lost his spots the Ethiopian had
chansm his skin !" Justice and Truth ara
lmmdtable, and change not: That which
was wrong yesterday, can never be right
to-day; and whenever a measure is oppo-
sed at one time, aud adv coated at anolller.
"ithou, some change in circumstances 10
warrant this change ofseDtimrnt, it ma, 10
set down as mronlroverlble, that lhrle
Is something i"tten IN Denmark"
IN our next No. Inch will conclude n.
series. we Shall review The mthtury pn,
cipte," or the influence which Gen. JacA.
sop's success might have had upou the
durability of our institutions, and the safety
of the Republic.