The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-01-28
TnF pprsIpfNIiAL ELECTION.

TOE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Astot tie 1hai decision Of this interest Tin
contest. IL j. utterly impossible Go lrnue
plausible conject-,re Al Washington, II
SAID, scarcel, a whisper is heard upon the sui
jacl, AID that only sinofs ihe friends OF tb
candidates, and 10 private cdterics. II Is
EnweVer, We fear decefiul caln, the pre-
cursor ot serious storm. Each party 1
~re.tiag on its,.ar,, and ail lock forward VIII
apprehension TO the last act ~ the DRAMA
The friends OF Gea. Jackson appear To he tb,
niosi confident OF success. II Ne may ludg'
freln the lone Of arrogance which some q
ihe leadfrg presses in his iaYnr have assumed
But IN the words OF "a letter from Washing on
IL is utterly impossible Tor any man 10 say
whose ehance is best, or To predict epon
whose shoulders The mantle OF power will fall
y is contended ty some that The House o.
Representatives is'Soabd t0 elect Gen. jack.
son. because, forsooth, he obtained the great.
est number Uf electoral votes. The absIrdi.
" of this course OF Reasoning must be appa
reni Mt single glance.. Why has the conf
tuition sieento the llontc the rigid Ia choose
from the three highest, IL claim urged upon,
this ground were enlitied to any weight
Why did II mai say nj once that he who OBJ
taned the greatest nnmber OF votes IN the
Electoral Colleges should be the President
Why is the House gifted with n discretionary
powsr il il cannot be cxcfcsed2 Why all
The useless parade and iormaity Of on eIec.
ton, il il Is bound 10 raii(y what some have
ben pleased to call tie voice of the people
Why keep the nation in a state # suspense,
nnd consequent agitation, by the ceremony
uf shaun election But have the people las
7. commended by some, given snch an nnequi-
vocal expression ut their sentiments in tavor
of Gen. Jackson MS II Justify the House OF
Representative IN uiekiug him President, in
compliance with the democratic principle OF
representative obedience In the will OF thr
constituent We consider TINT they have
not Is Il not known, for instance, that in
New Jersey aud North Carolina he Obtained
the slectora vote by combinations, in The for.
rer state with the friends OF Mr.. Crawford,
and in the latter with the friends Of MIR. Ad
ANS who were too weak themseleesto con.
tend for their lavoriie cBnddatcs' THE Gc.
nerat too, In Maryland got aud MIR Adams
9 votes; and yet tie latter gentleman had
soine hundred votes more In the state thnn the
fcrmer. How, then, can II be- said That Gen,
j. kson Is the choice NJ the reople-that they
have given n decided aud uHr9niVochl cx-
preston OF their voice in has laYor' As 10
the foolish threats which have been thrown
oal b. some unre hcciing aud Incorporate 20.
litcians, that II Congress do not elect Gen.
Jackson, the Indignation of the people will
serves no notiuc. tue people Of America ure
not a rude, unsettled mob, whose passions
IA Y br sgayed by dsmagsgue, and who de
lsLt in strife and carnage, like the red.c6p
enthusiasts of revolutionary France, They
are calculating, reasoning people, who,
however they mRy be led ustrry for while,
oil inevitably recur to the path OF right -
Before they would venture TO aise The STAN
dard of +" cirii pGf,' they would count the
cot nf the hR2pfdous scheme, and look In is
f,t4 consequences Editor. should rot give
currency 10 such expressions. Ii bstiHys
something worse than Hn ignorance Of the
fcehass aud disposition OF their coanlrymen
ard excrics no other emoisn bus compassion
for He ceukness wh,ch'cHn Tics mi5iHke then
character and slnudrr their pntr,otsm.
In the exercise of the discretion vested II
their HINTS Fry ther CON stfution, the reITcscu
tati,es of the people will no doutt nr' frte
pendenly N honestIy-A eiact Gtin whose ser
Vices n quaii6 atoms, IN their estimation, pre-
sent the strongest claims 10 the oscV II wIl
Ae the duty of every good elt,zcn to Hcquesc.
iuiheir decision, and instead oi weakening III,
administration of the successful candidate b.,
opposltion, and casting slGr upon the char
a.ier of the country by coarse abuse ri men
who fll is highest Offices, undoubtedly to up
hold him and his measures So long as theN arr
IN acctsrdance with the principles OF the con
.tit,iiuu and The substantial Interests OF the
nation Let US follow the eAcrtlcut advice o
Governor Peasants, given IN the true spirit o
annhlc patriotism " When a choice shall b.
made. (says he) there VIII be qnlri hcuu
eacppce in that choice, and n general DISPOSE
fou TO snpnoft I've administration ui the per
son chosen as long AS his measures g NIL b'
Ola character 60 deserve support, when G
n different cAtracter. they ought, md ne
Doubt Hftl M With thai open and mani,
oppess;t;r, vtse. The nnture VI onr politich
institutions jus,ifcs and requires Fms cor'
s.slibe pursued by us Having entertained nj
homes, preference for Mr.. Adams, we hav
honestly and zaalously endeavored 10 pro
mote his success. We are not, however, tr
less ready 10 do justice 10 the merits "i th
other candidates Whether, therefore, Nj
Adams, Nt Crawford or General Jackson b
called Ivy the' constitutional tribunal npo
whom the decision Of Che Question has devol
we'd, to preside over the deslinies of the union
he shall always receive our Cordial suppor', s.
long M hi. conduct in our opinion, deserve
IL 40 those who pirate about civil war, an
force, aud al thai sort of stuff while We wou
admonish them, with oil humility, to leWar
how they tins sport with such serious matter.
wewonld, respectfully oifera word OF advice
to do likewise.
IsAAC q. DESIlA.-The rnpers were Il
r1en,ing some days since the unfortunate sit,
nl;on IN which the Governor OF Kentucky WI
placed, by Che apprehension and rspecte
eonyielion of Isaac Il. Desha, his son, i'
nurte-.-ii Was thought he would have
play the part Of he mid Roman, and sign Il
Death warrant of his son, We have jnst seei
however, speech delivered in fire Legisl
ture Of Kentncky, by Mr.. Il Wicklifte, again
a bill introduced in ihpt body, authorizing
change of venue from the county OF Flemin
where the murder was commlt;ed, to II
county Of Harrison, five or six counties d
tant, where the Governor is Immensely pop
lar, in which his great wealth is located ,whe