The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-29
TIE NIhGINIAN.
EYNCRBURG MARCH 90, 1925.
TIE buckingham Resolution

Our COUSINS of Bucking CHAM always
foremost in seeming SUIT danger afar oil ~
the tainted breezc, have adopted . Fream
Bile and Resolution at the instance of {.
X. Fontaine, esq, which, after reprobating
the "coalescrnce, management and IN
trigue" displayed in the recent presidential
election, instructs their Representative in
Congress 10 eudeav3rto procure aa amend
nent Of the Constitution of the L. States,
by which the election may be placed more
Immediately in the hands of the people
4" diSprnsin. with the General Electoral
Ticket, and substituting therefor an Elrc
toraI Ticket by districts ; and at any rate
50 amending said Constitution as hereafter
TO prevent an election by the House of Re.
prosentatiyes.o We are glad 10 sre a spi
rit Of enquiry gone abroad among the pro
Gle nc this subject, which may not only
prevent the alternative OF an election by
the House Of Representatives in future
bat which will stir the people up 10 take a
more active part than they have been wont
10 do in the choice of their chirf masis-
irdtr. We cannot reconcile to our no.
tons of popular government that ques
c,S.ce and lIstiessurss which too many ma
nfest on sncs occasions, Simplify the
subject so that the people can understand
il, and they will take that interest in the
subject which becomes free people in sc
lectiu2 then chrf magistrate.
Would II not have been brtter f3r the
Buckingham people to have stopped here
Was there any necessity for them to " ira
vel out of the record" and give currency
tn the ISLANDERS of George kre mer: Surely
not. II there has been corruption, Prov
il hnt do not lightly advance such char
Ees against the highest officers Of thr Re
= tblic on the bale surmiSr and lnsnuations
Of "A man who has not only betrayed the
most cOnsnmmate ignorance, but who has
shown that hr is the C1tS- pdr of a party,
drtermlped, BY fair means or foul, To elect
the destruction oi Mr.. Clay. Al any rates,
the question is now decided and it BIZ
hooves every good citizen to support the
measures of the next administration until il
errs-grossly errs. To encourage and dis,
seminate the SANDERS Of its enemies. is the
most efficient way to render it assailabie.
1t Is almost unneC' ssary to say that the
Restitution takes untcnable glound when
It compares the recent Presidential election
to the famous Burr conspiracy of 1901, 80
dlsslmllar are all the attending Circumstan
Ces--so different the characters and views
of the actors in thc two events. Beyond
fhe meridian of Pennsy lvania, we had ne
yer expected 10 hear such a comparison
institnted--a comparison which betrays an
entire ignorance Of the important events If
1901, or Judgment SO ciuudcd by vindic
tiyeness as tn be incapable of discrinlna
ton. 1t is unnecessary To detail and com
pare the events of the two pcriods--eyery
man who knows any thing about them
must be compelled to admit that there is
not the least Jot of similarity between them
this one being a direct attempt 10 palm
upon the people Aaron Durr as their PRES
nent, when mol one of them had ever voted
for him for thai office tie other the ever
else of the right of choice by Nr. Clay be
tween two individuals, both of whom had
been voted for by the people to fiji that
office, and who appeared before the nation
with nearly equal evidences of popularity.
IL not the difference manifest and palpabIe!
II ri be said that Mir. Clay and his friends
voted for an individual whom their constI
tuents would not have preferred, we reply,
! that this is mere assumption, and must be
entitled only to the credit 1t deserves as
such, being now unsusceptibe of proof, ex
cept such proof rs is afforded by the feel
iugs manifested by the western people
since the termination of the contest
What have been the 1stuse Of these mani