The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-12-22

.;,,a, :, h. grad and splendid ca"s.d
~, +, Gugei the tengre by Which lhry
III IL Yes, the Representatives "f thu
.,;,o must he patsied b, the III Of tl,ei'
,.,;ta.,,is," WHENEVER they atietnpi'i ia
TIT madly from their spheres" Aud
= .,hrr naiioas shmlld complain that ~
mn, furnished our u ,o,a nf intellect
,o,h, great aggrcgaie-that W" ha'e MI
hand in baud, With them, IN tra,rr-
zoo uakuown worlds, and dragging then
.iL,.u treasures into sirw-.'f They tell ~
a. ~. have never " scared into fame on Il
xorkel, no, burst INTO ghry from sheli'-
Aha, sei.nce mourns our back"a,dness IN
Arr cause.and 'bat .g'uias w'Ihers aud
r.sv within our borders let oar ANSWER
hs This E" lie are paisied By The mH q
~, coasfifnents :" Aud ii proud and glo.
i'm. answer it will Be FOR 1t will demon
..trle dat there Is Yet one na'ion'"f the.
oath where The people are sovereign, AID
xh,rr the rulers have prescribed orbits III
WHICH IN move, and beyond which they
Are moi pass. This VAS an unluek> sen
,inent If Mr. Adams and, entrrt 'iurng
lar him. AZ a statesman, the most exalted
,,ia,,,l. aud as u cltiArn, tie sinccrrst res
n.e,. we should be 10th Ia believe that il;
:.,b. Deliberate cun.iction of his nLnd,--
". are the more disposed To regard it rs
.bs .Tn,ion of Al, -ottusis ,iic moment,
.Gciled without delIberation, and pcnned
without irliecti2n, from tue ss'timents of
tht part Of the Hessas sc iminrdiat.ly pre-
.eding his objectionable passage ; for there
~. recognize the doctrines Of democratic
,,4,ubucaui,i, Ibid dawn with p-rspicuily
and enforced by the most powerful of all
arpuments--an appeal III each one, iate-
srity. "The constitution isaSR Mr.. A
dalns) under which you are assembled is Il
charter of limited powers. After tull and
1olprnn drberation upon all nr any of the
Abircts. which, urged by an Irresistible
srnse Of my own duty, have recoaugn-
d,d 10 war attention, should You come 10
the combustion, that, however desirable in
thsmsel,es. the enactment "f laws for ei-
Relmg them "oald transcend he powers
Committed TO YOU ty that venerable. in
siramrni, which We are all hound Ia sub
>sume the erereise Of po,eerS not g.'anied 10
Yu By the people ?" If the K. pres,nla-
lives are restrained by consideration Of
this nature, what 10 il but the paiSyiHg~ in
tgener Of thrir constituents will i? IN j.
nnthlng more nor less. Ii is The ,lial pat
Of our democracy. IL is that sIIit witch
We hope will once moEe be arods'd Ia j.
,srpose "A shield between tAe constitution
aad encr0achment.
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EItdot 9f Il letter 10 one q the Editors q
the Iugiaidn ddi, d
i" ftci..RoHd nrcrmhtr, Il, 1929.
" a'ail mts'ltot this nppn 'Iuity al
.eon,uling .on "u th' defeat oi Nj. OIle-.
A natud calamity 81 ailicil1g ran only
ae mngateA by the fact that the man utxt
20 him in point of quaiic itipns MAS eIret-
ed--aul, ou another circumstance that had
~, beaten Randolph on the fiist ballot,
yearly IA, wholc II, frirnds would ha,r
Supported him and made his elccllou -af..
What say yon to 'ir. Adam eousel-
slal"d 'tar-sner': aud indeed tbs Whole II
BIZ hrS>as' ? \ paper IL mach inflated
"hl federalism as any side paper tsat.,-
~ Esaed IN this cnuutrt.o
Remaibs.
st. AZ 10 Mr. tiles defeat, we are
h'arlly and sincerely alad Of it. No one
n'S higher respect l'r the abili te- al Mr.,
"''rs' at least as thy hare bten, than w.
Ihtft VAS lime wheu he MAS hims,If p
h"''-when hr led thu van III debate oil lpr
A'nr OF the Naliona Senate, aud in thr
great political questions of the day, c,pous-
ell with powerful effect. ih.. rnluiar ani
A'ht sdr. There was ti4lp " hen his
antagonists arihcd within his grasp, as
enough they were IN The f,lis of the Ana
e'''A''' bi that day - a.se,i--llr spent
'h' 'noInlng 81 nia lie auid the slornIe &
ien'prata of Il warm Iaiillcal warfare. aud
=" e'en'"s has h'.eD rnvrloprd in clouds
Ana darkness. tils lrmprr.s"urrd byscun-
Ta'F'n, has not been syrsirned hy di,ap-
P"'nl'nrn' He would now only hc laosL-
'"' hIf HE pantl,ss darts Whteh he
shud hnrl with ladi1rllminatr rag, like
NV "liad'd giant, against friend AID far.-
Inc shades Of WisNan are more f',"ra-
A-f'" HE r"p"ae which he 81 much needs,
''' could our Voice reach his ear. We
''''a ad''or him Ia lay aside ihn inph.-
",'"s OF controversy, aud adjust hi, rohe-
''''' HIM. By nhlrndns tnsrlf on tac
p"''c o"'lce, he is adding fneI 10 IT,
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