The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-29

! ,sh history. Gould he lave wre sied from
those conpatriot hand, the in,alnabl. right
ol suffrage, then, above all, might they have
been transferred in irons 10 Gen. Jarksou.
the humble, reluctant Instruments ri his
inevitable exaltation. But deeply as this
abhortrnt aim entered into the outlines nj
tile plot, aud ennspicuously ~ it igut.s
IN every scene thereof, up IL The moment
of falIFe, its success was, prima faeia. a.
mong Representatives,. krrmcr's fatnty
i, Gully rduall.l by his bssrness in The very
imag nation of such IA conspiracy. An m.
rant d0lt he must have been IN tn basrness
of proscly,eism, In think of dragooning 81
less than forty of thu hieh minded rcpft
seniatl,rs Of the reope INTO y scrslIe sup
port, even Of such parsonage "a General
jackson for lhe first ci,il Office IN thv
world. What other eject could the I'm
blnshing attempt have produced th4n the
one already WITNESSED a frmrr and mnre
erect adherence on Tie part of the assailed,
to their own right-lined principles, aud n
reaction destructive IL III" assailaut, ~ Will
rs disgusting tn the honorable mass # his
own patty. "A RESPECTS Mr.Clt ndi,iln
ally, he WAS charged with bartcnng away
pupular confidence aud hsown golden chhr.
aeter for the office of secretary OF state ~
der the man he preferred, as the next IN
cumhcnt of the presidential chair That
man il the president in fact, aud Henry
Clay has accepted from hin. the depart
mcnt of state. l. this coincidence honest,
crlminhing prophecy fullllrd, ar on the
hand hand IN occurrence simply mstihh?
For no matter who had hrcu elected presl
drut. whether Jackson. Crawford ar Ad
ANS, the splsndid qualifications of Mr.. Clay
would have drawn hun intothc department
Of state. Under Jark,on he might by u
remote possibility have been left out al
view, upon the principle of preserving III
/ equilibrium IN the cabinet between the ~
riouS dhis,oas of one great republic. Mr.
tlay's prcirrmcnt thrn, stands upon
g,Uunds not 10 br effected one WY mr. tht
other, nv thr cry of bargain and sale. y
1t * IN incident of bis own commanding
| greatness, and would most probably have
taken place amidst any combinations III
party success arising out of the late nation
al canvas. AID WAS Nj. Clay bound by
aoy role III The eodeuf morals or Of honour
To decline his accepted office, because ol
| the inferred suggestion thrown out IN the
watch dogs Of faction, that the Office would
come 10 him by previous contract Whilst
his own conscience was Quirt-h's act
manly and opcn 10 universal scrullny--hr
assadint PROSTATE and his honor without I
stain, would he moi havr'cOmuiitted pollt
cal suicide by shrinking from tllcpatronag
OF the new adminst alton Such pin
cipc Of mere casuislical rcctituds woul,
.v tl cr,,,,, .ntinrIlu tina tntuI Ia
aud talented men II would have shn
out Mr.. Crawford of Itself from tn
presidency inasmuch nv no cAndi1.ae fo
that Office hns ever labored under ~ man
and no doubt exaggerated impntatibus {
corrupt management rs the hon secretm
of the treasury. This same prlnepl,
too, might llatc deprived America Of III
services of n Madison IN the Jefrrsoniai
cabinet, as no leading character Of the day
contributed more sguaIIy by lrecspi, fno
bv acts, 10 the election Of his friend the sag
of Monticello.
! Is Mr.. Clay arralgncd for setting n
naught the sentiment OF his own ronslltu
epts, or of The western people IT large p
! | deny the fact The instructions If IN,
| kcaIucky lcgielatsr were not at all bind
q
! hieing 10 riYht In instruct member ol
the popular branch ot cong ress, in regard
TO matte, either Of ordinary ar eStraor-
duary legislation. The people themselves
elect that class of their representatives,
without allowing To the local legislatures
| the least agency in their appointment and
controul Thai these Instructions 10 TN
/ Kentucky representation echoed the wlsh.'
! Of the mass oi their couytltucnts Is not 10 b.
credited, from frequent luslfcatlons %
public sediment, 10 De seen In the lfgsla
tive resolves and edicts of our times A.
! little room i there for the assumption thai
Mr.. CLAY betrayed the great body ut on
western brethren, in throwing his weight
into the prcpond,rating scale of the ptesi
dental election. TIE electoral colleges oi
the west afforded TO CEy and Adams Joint.
! ~, n larger uurhrr of votes, than To jack
son sngly. Their standing with the YVES.
| tern members Of congress proved still mort
| imposing, upon lis being asccrianed thai
! the election would dryolve upon that body
! Admitting, then, for moment, the Obllga
iiun of members of congress 10 voting for :
president, Ia respond the popular sentiment
OF their own section of c0untry---thls sen
llmrol, to hc biodng, must be dllusn'ly
and cquivocalIy expressed Now, IN whit
part Of The western country, having claim
npoo Mr.. Clas's loyalty, have the people
for lhrmsrives commanded him, together
with their Other rrpree"nlalIyes, 10 support
jackson 10 the fnd ballot for president :
The Kentucky RESOLVES are demonstrated
10 be without authority, and to have merit
ed little or no consideration. We lam uDap-
priscd Of more authentic Signs from the
west than these same futile rrodyes The
records Of the times may be learles1y ap
praacd to for tIlrm---ney, Tor any thing
like those explicit "idenccs al the
.nArrrirn will which nlnIr Cnnld lnsllY