The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-25

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oil tie redundant shrots ~ wound tne y,
rent ytefn that j. IS h,t,e to "hear -. Ill
He have t'.fh IL Il others thu. We know
not 81 = that The haekreyrd capt of the
praple's beng SOVEREIGN, AID 'he best lnds
- 81 iBrir omn afnls, and OF Their wing
TIE exclusive right 10 control and direct
fhe-e aatif-. are the ht-eir7s yagarle- oi
Freach Jarnl1ns, and like thr Utopia II;
Moore, or the republic uf rlato, sple1dld
theories inappcable Ia man IN his present
sldtr oil mini and morals; jtat the people
are their own worst rnr'bits, mapy h"ad
ed munster. snrt of Nlnbtaaf, drIlshtlGs
IN blood, carnage and human sacrifices
dcfouting nj = meal every thing worthy,
every thing vituous, aud every thing sacred
in gorernmtntS. They have, IN their Zral,
even gone 50 far rs 10 d. IN aid of Their
Arguments, tire examples II thns" states
thai have taken, by them styled, the .jdtat
si.p of attempting to return they have
told ~ thai all Hho have tried ii. found II
Pandora's box a Nessu5 shirt, abuupdlng
with every evlI, with despair, instead 81
hope, II ths bottom. aud contamnatng he
b dy ratic with every moral and political
rc,iil, zee. To these arguments, and mdn,
ouch equally anti-repubIiean, ii'"raI aud
founded IN mistake, the friends Of liberal
reform have calmly answered, we feel 90
rretcrtnrr for our venerable Constitution
and The wise trainers Of il :; far be 1t from
us ; NFonly prnpusf 10 do hatthey would
do, if tine question could nov be PROFOUND
ed 10 them. We equally arprecatc thai
rash spirit of Innovation which contemns
an ancient and established usage, howe'e r
wise and venerable, aud thai tame sprlt Of
acquiescener s. submission that hugs with
a Chinese Spilt of prrtlnieliy every thug
antiqusted, however destructive Of justice
and human rights. The latter IS the doe
trine suited to the meridian OF the Hul,
Alliance. II was the doctrine of tnryism
IN the age If our revolution. Had such ar
guments, drawn from established usage
tbrn prevailed, We should have bceo the
obseqnons aud mosl loyal subjects of HI
Britannia AlaIesty George ". We know
there are detects IN the present constitution
that point is conceded on all sides /; We
know that some of its provisions 'loae
principles Of exprdlency and immulab. =
Justice. The degrep of evil that has yet
esulted or whether any has, ~ not tie
question: the magnitude of the lriarIes
complained of, and " hich resulted in our
rFoluion, VS. not the question prp
cple was Involved, principle Violated
Tat was the ques ION then, ADD should BIZ
nov. II WAS the attempt 10 vlolste prin-
clPe, AT the moment quite unlmp tautin It's
Consequences, that mrd Our fathers for the
c0inSat IN tins SIDE the Atlantic and drew
lorth such NHhrrtus flashes of eloquence
fom Chatham aud Burke ON the other,
upon Me heads ofthr enemies of freedom ],
and rs conceive II is the same cause that
now prompts the frrrd, OF reform that
has employed the pen of Jefferson, s1d
the zeal ot our Robertson, aud other wOr
thIes of the present day
The trainers of our constitution could
not have conceive The vain ida that the
work Of thtl. hands was immortal they
could not have intended to bind rs through
all tlmG. Such An intention would have
been in vocation fthc Bil. Of Rights VIII h
accompanied that Instrument and was the
work Of the same time and of the same
hands .lbey did not intend to impose
upon themselves, much less upon Us, Il
constitute ike The laws Of the Melrs and
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restraints ,f,,h;,h ihay had ,li.a,cou,,,..r
cal ntbar. est,,..: Lrb.,, snr,.lr conI1,n,
We saw the nronl, etbe in,j;rn,hI. and
inler.aslblc rio ht If remrdyiog these de
fects nointrd on in tha gnnsi;,n,io, ,ha,
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