The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-01-08

rits Of this unknown aspirsnt to Office. Ia cstt.
vass his lineage ard pIetensions. ere ii,"y de-
telminc whether nc shall p es,de at so,nt ,,oss
road, overs the little di,cords o. Etgous
ueighbourhood, brandish his blaze ., prty
muster. or assert the peace ana snity y. Tie
commonwealth in some tavern biUi
The advocates or a con> cn, I'm dccu. al ca.
ccutive council, useless and 6y cou>tvu,nc,
burthensome appendage to goSs, nncut.
they consider the duties OF our eAs,0ti.c as
both two trivial Ia thcmse', es aud too specn.
calIy marked out by the letter of The conStu.
ton, to require eight unse,:ors To be ,elain,
ed, at high salaries, to advise and consult with
a governor whether lie shall do that which
some body oil men, under the authority oil the
constitution, direct him to do They regard
the Executive as too impotent in itself too
dependant upon the legislature, from which i,
derives ITS existence aud its powers, AID to
which Il is almost exclusively anIenable This
responsibility would be no objection, were it
due to the proper authority. Responsibility
m elective governments Is always The most sal
ntary, as it is sometimes, the only etiicicn;
restraint which a people can exercise over
their official agents. But responsibility.
which grows out Of the weak ness. whfcs ono
OF the branches OF a Sov e., nu,ent feels il, isef,
aud the dependence, which it feels towa, is an.
other, can never be a safe as 1t never was n
natural one
Faction is dep, coated as one Of the evil.
which may result from an accession O. power
and consequences to the executive Faction.
Is the political disorder, from which popular
governments have most to appreh, nd The
reality, can never be two much dreaded, or
guarded with too much vigilance But il is
too often conjured up by a sort Of political ex
orcism, into dreadful appantion, to alarm
the tears of ,he timid, and excite the reserve OF
the prudent IL is not very singular, that IL
should have deem the standing '.sca,e crow''
universally and uniformly adopted, bv the en-
em'es OF reform, both in Europe and America
when we consider the abhorle nce with which
It Is regarded by ali mankind But. the trick
has been played too often. always to succeed
rms, was tor long time the tavorite and pre-,
Vaiiing argument against popular govern
mcnts the prop by which every dogma and
absurdity in politics and religion was sustain.
ed, the general vindic alton Of Injustice and ty-
ranny. This Hydra, is still kept by politicians
IN their closets, To be uscl when occasion re-
quircs, to brighten the people from a purpose
which Is too reasonable to he confutel Fac
lion tseii IS dangerous thing but the ficti-
tious dread OF il. is yet moe dangerous, when
IL assumes the false guise Of patriotic love or
political caution.
A government whose structure is loose and
badly proportional. where the lines OF dis
elimination are SO family drawn, that no mar,
can say, where one department commences
or where 1t terminates, Is most sure, soon OF
late, TO become the government of faction
Whether we look at home, OF abroad, there IL
every reason TO urge US in strengthening the
executive arm Of our government This ter
1tory OF our state is extensive-its population
rapidly increasing The cares and duties OF
our government, must increase with the in
creasng population and resonrccs oGour coun-
try, Til the Numerous, extended and diyersifi-
ed objects OF ats protection will demand a con-
slant and untiring vigilance, always PROMPT
10 AFFORD redress where any grievance shall ex-
ist. and prepared to visit with ven geance eve
ry insult to its laws. The sessions OF our IT,.
gisatures are now protracted to tedious and
unnecessary length by the number and cha.
racter OF many duties which have grown with
the growth OF the country. and which are des-
tine d st' 70 nauitiPly. Many of these duties
might ,bc discharged by an executive proper
~ constituted, more .judiciousIy and moe
promptly than is possible by a numerous and
nnwieidy legislature The intimacy Of our
union with the other states, and the powers of
tue 'euerai government, relieve our own COY.
eminent OF many cares which it must be To-
tally incompetent t. pro-, ide Tor. Il this u
mon. which now SO happily exists. and which
as Flrg'nian and an American, | trust NAV.
ne perpetual, should ever he dissolved nv a
kihdlIng OF the heterogeneous elements which
cement 1t, and we should be called on to take
a separate stand among the nations of the
earth, II would indeed, be an iuauspicious day
TO Virginia The faults of our executive. as.
Well as OF many other parts of this govern.
ment, must then be folly developed The c.
WI would come upon us when, perhaps, we
should be little prepared to meet it
Inc unstable and unweldy powers of our
present government would prove inadeonate
10 sustain the immense, additional wejuht of
ioreign and domestic relations, which must
then devolve upon them. And shall we rest
IN dangerous security, because we dare not
contemplate the evils oil so drvadful dsy?
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