The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-19
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without their kind aid editors Of Jews.
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ia serve MP In thrir readers They
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r. nat what te sls.an. Whichever way
,sr, ,nrn, they find = beaten path, and arr
.sstr,ined sometimes To 'amp up old
lei in new dress, and AT others Ia adopt
.s.rxact verbase ot their predecessors =
rb.y ramhle Over vide surface, and are
..,,nfdrd if they find, STEW and Ear be-
,,,.en."a scattering treasure to repay their
i,hors The presidential contest having
.sen decided aud the themes of which it
VA. the fruitful parent being consequently
.a hunger fair game even the disPutaats,
In have acquired some little notoriety hy
mir accidental and unexpected connection
9th this subject, having ceased tn interest
nc nv their paper bullets OF the BRAIN"
m, body poltic is left in that state of ap
.tby and inapiion which always succeeds
,.ajn. and f.yerish excitement Ii is there
s,r. ,b,t we are glad occasionally to see
en-. ,n;xed p,tons of spleen for the occur
.snc,s of the past, and horrible imagininss
If m, future. dolrd ont lay Al, opposition
,s ,troog in subllrty "a 1t IS weak in mum
hers through the columns OF the itch
,nond Eoauitrr''-lre viii not name 10
,hp same line that common sewer OF filth,
.ha Columbian Observer.~ This was
4a.,nr,IIv to have been expected FROM those
whose anlipathies to a New Enslaod Pre-.
,i1ent have led them in terms ro,mdly to
assert that "no good can come on, of Ma
aarcth"-Tbey seem 10 forget thai in that
norb iradaced portion of our counlry was
Laid the foundation of a mighty contedpra
cy--tbat .ilere the first cannon sounded
the appeal 10 arms, in defence of our colo
o;al and individual rights--and that there
the first martyrs of our glorious revolution
,enose under the turf halowed by their
natriotism and valor OF thi-, however,
We repeat, we shall nat complain. The
nohlic mind would become torpid but for
ihese appeals 10 its worst feelings, and, as
re are aware Of their impotrncy, we are
inclined rather 10 thank their authors for
the amusement they afford MS, than 10
ecnsure their anti patriotism and to depre
cate its consequences. Like foolish insects,
buzzing around the blaze of ii candle, Their
own wings are scorehrd by their rashness,
while the light continues steadily to shine,
unobscurcd by their idle Efforts 10 Intercept
H. Let these determined oppositionists,
who see a ghost in every bush, and dream
of nothing but i'll, with morbid iasensbii
lity to virtue unless il proceeds from par.
fcular source, To whirh they alone look for
good. witness what ELECT their effnrts hive
slread; produced, and, If they can, blush
At their inefTitMy. HIVE they caused any
Dissatisfaction On the contrary, are not
these worthy l,horers laughed at for her
pains: How many a self imagined Brutus
has, with pen in baud, fought over The bat
tie of PhiIippi, and lameutcd the issue,
which divided the empire between CG,ar
and Anthony? Your parallel viii not bear
you out, gcntemea: il is far fetched and |
strained. Your proposition is untrue, aud
your deductions are necessarily nnsenpd
aud ridiculous You are not The exclusive |
patriots of the land; nor are they who have
tnumphed less inseos'hle THAI Yourselves
oil the Freedom wtenles, oriess determined
sa preserve II. The success or the defeat
otaoy individual cannot, at once, Affect the
stability of . government based On popular
opiaIon. 1t IS an Irresistible power, which
bili sweep briore It, with certain destrde
s'an, all invaders OF popular rights. II ilas
hrtn, II IL IS not now, ld'oHtc maxim
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iaa'serrehy, therefore, 10 pace yo"fse'i III
opposition :" pllneipie WIG" you ha,e
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