The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-08-20

"ooTes which keep constant possessi ION
OF 'heir minds; and recoecting the state in which
they hrst emerged from the shell these nol;,;o;.
Intimately ascribe every attempt at reform To
'"e same nntemPercd, unenlightencd spirit of inno
tsa'. '"at once possessed themselves; erst when
they ha.i not yet become bes with political
" ana oisc'etlon Next come the men who have
nerve, ana ballast OF mind, enough to recover their
eomposnre and sober reason: who lave reconpoi
ueo 'he dangers which startled them, and
mat they arr far from being such as To make ia
pause indispensable who have studied the rocks
and the shoals and the sand bars and after tbns
duaniyihg themselves as pilots, lead the communi-
ev' ""ich possess them IN the road to Improvement
ihey perceive thai reform may be- and rs yery fire.
q"eh''y PdcttcdHy eSpedient, and are not guided
oy maNlms which must either ha, G, in themselves
no weight whatever, or inds Intimately deter from
at reform The causes then of this Ina, tide of
constitutional and republican principles are plain
NoSt OF the Poiillcians of the third class who con.
a1 ~ .nronsh our ous REV oLuTIoN, have
cropped from as and the few who vet liuncr arc
mostly HofS dc combat The greater number of
nose VINO now occupy the arena who now direct
she Ve'sel CT state, and influence p,.h,
in our conn, euNee'e@ with the state Of education
,h country OF the second class. Tbeyreco,Icr.
'ne 'lme when they also us ed to bnz "a Eo2r Inc go
,tNi' ana Tor reform butthey are now Wi er.
"ave discoVered dangers In the road Of refo, m
nave driven all idea Of locomotion out of their
heads; and, as they deem tbese-gsnfFcieo, IN Ja,
Indn IN ms sensesfrom moving they of course
presume that they were unknown TO those wild and
Ii, m"ov''oTS, whom IRE in the habit OF
Gaming sAGEs or THE REVOLUTIONS With 70
caro- 10 the constitutional principle they have nad
"o""eFiu discovery that. although, yer beau,;
u' h Mec'g, u VIII not answer in practice that 10
'y " Is ~ me 7cdy OF Their schemes il is not as,
oWd,Y; IL docs not invest them with that d;scrs-
rny power, which all funclionaries, honest or
us"onest, are so prone to sigh after The mass NJ
"s Pe1P'e oeing SO perfectly conyersant with the
pr ineiples of political economy, every measure ,ha.
ney Sdncf0n, must of course DO right and this ;s
"e way the tide is now setting, from the const;su
P,nc,Pie 30 1t is with regard the re p,bI,-
can hht. the waters viii again return Our Uni;
,r.pSi!y ana the humorous other torches tina, arc
ngmhg up IN the land, fnrnis, an earnest tina, Eoht
VII once again pervade it. The time will come
Nnen virginia will again yefo,m; when she will a.
nS.. ,"he up 'he march so gIoIi ously begun. when
'ne idea OF constitutional government as vet mere
germ Will be developed and The goodv Tree thai "a
20 spring rom Vt, viii shower down on this land
',u'y Otopian iTut when the constitutional nj nri
PIE VIII be reyered by all the chosen politicians e
wy anu, As tne eSP eaency par amount to all othty
and no naau calling himself poIit;
c''p w" % s,re TO inmoats IL 10 any measure what
: - no foi even TO roads md canals when net
d 'esthers weight OF the peoples power will l;pb,
ano mol particle Of the peoples substance be an
Pheo, except IN virtue of some clear and .xnrcss
provision to that efect As the time viii inf,tl;lI
come when the IOrk will snap the socrca ,,,J
reRer1ofe boz" string that now stran giles him "a btn
the oPanIard will denoIish the .sacJcd emu re1e,n
0fe inqnlsition, which tortUres him whc,
Sdc'ed and renero6fe' rotton borouchs will cessc
TO hang and plundcr the sound men Of Engl..1 -.
will the time Df,Iibly come when the people Of Vi.
gInia also " III abolish whatever sac, ed and yc,e
bie abuses exist among them and the choscr, ayoE
ftcdS Of the state viii longer seek to deter tbc
y ON the undertaking by the unmcsnino rhr,o,;r
with which their ina instiun is no ~ prsved y,o,
and their sober reason con'ouDdcd.. 70