The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-11

Bill is crowded ont Of our columns TO day.
lie shall have place next week.
Ditie, TO some others.
nP .Cosos," in drfrnec Of Hnry
Gay. WAS received last night after dsrk.-
lie IS alsays a welcome, AS well ~ an able
correspondent.
To the People If Campbell, Bedford
and Bncfin gidm.
.FeLLow CfrtzEss-Iua community ot
equal privileges, as ours Ia. every individual
possessing the requisite constitutional quail
LEGATIONS for office, whatever may be hls
professions. equally possesses elisim'RJ oi
pfamdtion to II. and Is perforHlag a part
that equally belongs To every citizen vi the
commonwealth WHEN he asks the support
Of the appointing power IL would have
rranirrd more than this congideratipn IN
ipduce me 10 come ourtn the ehatacter IN
which appear before you. II has fallen
10 my lot TO possess enough OF the Bood
opini'n Of many &c my friends helonging
! In the Senatorial District composed Of the
coup,irs of Campbell, Buckingham and
Bedford, To b. invited by them To become
a candidate NJ the ensuing election To rep
resent ,ou IN that branch IF the legislature.
/ How far this initiation will accord with the
opinions and the will of majority of you
Is not for me Ia determine nor Is II nnpor-
tani To The course that ] have resolved 10
pursue hat should. shall obey the will
OF the few or the many, as the case may
be, thpt have expressed their wishes IN
the subject, aud accordingly ! announce
myself 10 you asa candidate for your sui
frages. II drf.a, shall accompany the aim
that Am mus undertaking, hall have the
consolation 10 cover my retreat with the
fact that my efforts have been directed by
oh, dience to portion at least Of the pub
lie viii. Whatever may be my own feelings
! in relation 10 this subject, to reject the
principle that recognizes this sort OF ODE
dience, would 60 Car towards disavowing
what is considered and acknowledged 10
be- one of the first duties of citizen. Fan.
therefore, right or wrong, a candidate for
your ,nf ages. In becoming so, whilst !
acknowledge thr very great diffidence. anil
the nnftisnsd dis,rust that have 'of my
ability TO discharge 10 your advantage and
10 my own credit, the duties Of the station
that am asking your support for. ne
vertArIess make bold to acknowledge and
declare that no individual, who does not
widely differ from me, could under any
cream stances refrain from feeling an anx-
ions inclination to succeed in his endea,ors,
who. presents himself before hi. fellow
citizens for their support. but whilst
exercise the natural inclination Of obtaining |
your cunf,4nce, L. with il your snifrages--
whist It's y,ur prcrogative 10 hestow on,
or withhold from me for better choice,
the representation Of your district, shall
experience neither chagrin nor dlsappolnt-
ment in having to submit to your free
choice of leaving me At home. l place
TIN. matter by chuice rs well rs by necesi |
~, for il rest. with you, in your own
hands And tits uninportant for me TO
determine, under the circumstances that |
have Influenced INV course, what may be
the extent or llmltdtion OF my pretensIons
or my Qualifications t" serve you. Judge
for yourselves. Cnmmand my services VI
I be your 'wlll, or convey the power that
youh0ld in the government OF your state I,
to1ts representation, in better hands. In ,
either event am ready To submit without
pain Ia the Judgement and course IN It you
will pursue m managing for the benefit of
yourselves and the community at large, the !
sovereign power that ,au hold IN the cleo
ton of yOur representatives
II has been more my object IN this ad-
dress to announce myself II candidate for
your snlIragrs, and tn state the reasons that
have Influenced this determination than to
dwell upon all the various considerations
that Offer themselves 10 the investigation
AID animadv"rs sion of him VINO is offering
for sta,nn in the gift If the people, that
involve their exercise. To examine and ta
irea, ot matters that may hereafter be asi'
tatcd in our legislative councils, or to ape
prove or complain of the proceedings 1T
preceding legislatures, could furnish no
sttl, factory evidence of 0ry qualifications
10 serve you. Whatever are my qnalifica-
| tons, lei tlem proclaim themselves when
brought into avion. if il br your will 10
elect me, aud ,Then, from thci1drhciency,
! may commit errors in the discharge OF
| lcglsIatls. duties, let it be my privilege to
promise that the sin shall DC chargeab!e 10
thr had. -
There is one thing which is not to be
| go'ten over 10 becoming candidate for a
public office. A. long as nations aud com
munlties shall last, there will exist political
d visions, and diversity of srntincn, and
principles, az we'll IN relation TO the mode
Of government as IL the manner Of admin
istering il. Unrortunetcl, for us, our conn
try has been no little distinguished for this
ice Of evil aud danger to its prosperity !;
for an evil, hamhly consider political di-
visions TO he, notwithstanding am oppos
ed in opinion by some of the first men Of
the nation. II d'rr"cnces regarding po.iti
"a! principles do, Il amongst us, the can
ddate for popular favor ought not To he
lei of fran declaring what his principles
are. Whilst he who aspircs to she honnr
of representing his fellow citizens should
not he without fixed oliticalprinciplrs,it is
no lessto be assumed that when be selicits
their support, II is as mach his duty to