The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-03

liberty oi thouglf, and freedom OF insesiis
galion, and Independence Of opidion arr
81 maeh basstc of, tat 50 many men
should be found ready ON al oecasienq 10
surrender their Judgments n the bidding Of
those whom ~. IRE pleased 10 regard IS
"masier spiits." \ drgtee ofrrspcei Tor HE
opiuiena Of such mon - no more tltae It's
deserve and than rom ION minds Owe
bot . hind and hrsdless adoption Of lhoil
opinions Is what Ne l. oat ou. "a mtae
and Is direct dcgri3s'ion II ourselves.
W. assert tbat the cons llliooib defective.
Th,s ~ abstract proposiapni aud an ali.
sifiW nfnpoaiiidn can the be demonslrs-
tel Us fafuted by The cunbiog of sopbisifs
or The Establishments OF eloqaeoce tho
the Que may proceed rom Mr. belgh and
the other from Mr. Johnsoo. Each of
these great men have seen remarkably YEA
laas IT, 'insi HE revision 0l enr eangtiintionj
sal Iat 100 they proved by thcir zeal
s.tgc toey proved thai the constitution IL
mot delsclive NJ. They have ,ayoNed
themselves IN this singular dtlenmL Tiny
hascaa9l. I'D that tlle constitution IS de-
4ect,,e, aus Ra' ticmPled to prove,
and in their own opiaieos, no doubt have
done 50, by hosts OF written aud oral argu-
mrnt, that II isnot ~ They adult tho
proposition, and yet oppose the measures
winch necessarily grow ont Of the admis-
sion Upon what meat have these our
Caesars fed thu they should thus bes,ride
the nrelts Of the multiludc
"vnpinin. thor hast lost the breed OF noble
hloode
" Nhenp1si ere hy an age,
" Hut II ~ #rh1 with more than tlVo men,
rom The .Iniint1n Spectator.
ne 8uperiui court OF law Tor ms coun-
1 " met u little earlier than usuui the Judge
delivered an unusually nhle charge Ia the
Grand Jury and adj ed them IN few
minutes Ill, The ne>t day, tbat A. johnson
might have plenty I'll tlme to blow these
~ ID chaHy radictls ont of thpir t2uhed
watcrp Court IVA, adjourned The bell
rung-rnd about hall p,st one i1e disiil-
gnished Virginia Senator commenced his
yer, long, lo,ld aud learned sPeeth, whlel,
! r. ,rnt mp til about O'Clock l.. NJ -
:
/ qntui, somewhat pathetic, a..d IN the gene
ral ,ey interesting. The dj.nty Of The
/ man aud hts speech were Il good deal les
senrd b. occasional sophlslry, and cunning
by Ia Needless mud ungaarded epth.ts
/ la,lshed on all who happened bot Ia thiul,
with himself Gen Washington and MI
! Leiph--ihr latter of whom IL aaid 10 hp thr
anthor of the Chesterfield rcsnlutiuna and
! coanter memorial II il trne nr. J.llef-
son and some Of the meeting Of bcatdIess
! Boyg lately held ~ STANTON ATTAINED Il
I partial exemption from bl anaihcUias and
/ genrlal philpic agpiuat those who differed
with him in opinion. Ills general course
~, instead of explaining 10 the people IN.
! reason # hia disobedience Of tbeir WILL 10
/ Justify his Own cpinions on The subject, 10
rous iurr tnrn that their viii WA Wong If
! uppnsrd 10 lis own. He promised Ia obey
4 thrir Instruction, hai assured them, In
vould do SO, with" ~ much reluctance, II
/ oppose 20 his opinions and wishes, rs ht
/ Wa4id obry Il mandate which would r.
/ quIrr him 10 execute hls Either NJ the gal
4 ioNs.n iic examined deliberately the pro
cccdings OF The late merliu9 ~ Stdnniun /;
objected to each resols" AID attempted Ia
pont out errors in cseay expression Of u
| pinlnn which ihey made on lue inpa AM
eu.s which brought them together. liz
! toll. Q4 AHal indeed lar need GOT have done
! " tn; he was thrie Watching them."--I
say he nred not have told ~ this FOR ne
one present al that meeting could have fail
ed observing. what did, with much sur.
Dfisf. I'D regret, Ills prominent FEATURES
5.4.a.#r# ..ea srafly 10 drrision or contempt
ot the apiuio8s u these "frstlcsa, sisinHa.
rs theorists tiiese Discounted dislnrbcts Of
all governments; lhese deht ridden, power.
tY-8mittrn uaforlunatrs, whose opinions, on
rather Wishes are the offspring of Iha~i own
drgcDefacy and Nefhics.ness."
~ the cunriusun 81 o., long, and in JUS
tice mast 4ay able aud ingenious epecch,
OF which IT he does not publish II hmsclf
yau shall hear mare anon, he presented
Mr.. Lcigk's falias the heslerfeld) counter
memorial, 10 h- assembled county for their
signatures and wirn the battle WAS over,
and all was STILL and the champion walked
forth TO measure his victory aud count bis
cunq vests, the appalling and dsconaoale
disclosure was nude - him that including
plarcmen, mobiles, officers, aud soldiers,
rank and file, one Interpreter inclusive, he
bad aboat ten for oach hour Of his speech.
there hung in the whole about 10; " lille
the memorial of his adYersafies had Its bun
drsds--more than ten 10 one tbns far a
Y INST him.
Departed TINS lie on Friday the 3Oh Sep
tcmbcr, al the rcsideuce OF The hev Edward
Cannon, IN Lyncbhurg, the Rev. cHWSTG.
IHlR SIMMONS MORlNG lie mud been
ahoat 81 years Meti 1list travelling preach
err A he lived deeply Devoted To lie lord
and his sacred Gapse Sc died On the fol
lowing gay his remains were removed Ia the
Methodist Church where an Appropriate scr.