The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-11
THE vIRGIf51aN.
LYscHBURG, AUGusr Il, az.

MIR CLAY.-RE MlNlslkACES Sc.
We have not, for some time past, trou-
blrd our readers with any remarks ia rela-
ton to the late Presidential Election be-
cause We had supposed, tbat. as the que.-
tim had been fairly settled by the censd.
iuiond authorities Of the country, the in
cnnnheni would be assailed only when he
deyi4ted ffom the great landmarks which
have been drawn By the conman sense OF
the nation As the prescribed orbit of mis- du-
RE. AMI privileges, aud that he wenId not
be a,saIlcd by lllibcra prejudice. or be the
victim of undeseryed calumny. Generally,
the nagnanimity Witch always Character
izes honorable opponents has been display
ed and public sentiment his reslraiucd
majorify Of those, who, auxions to iind ranlt,
have submitted with impatience To this sa-
Iatary check land who eagerly anticipate
an occasion, which they as ardently desire,
when they may
Draw the vent-pegs of their ire.
"Andlet the stream ottheirrevenge run clear"
So far, however, the indictments have been
disappointed. The government has been
administered upon purely republican prin.
ciples. With one or tao exceptions, its
officers have been selected from the ranks
Of the old republican party repnblcan an
name, we mean, for we defy any man To
tell us who ars republicans and who fate
raltsts, in the ancient acceptatioa of thos"
terms, If we refer only 10 measures. and
1ot Il PrefesstonSj Aud w. s.p 40 chan
ses of the horoscope that indicate a diff
rnt systen o. policy from that pursued by
Mr.. Adans' pred-cess5Es phey, upre-
fore, who Landed the our, cannot With any
show Of consistency, denouace the otter.
- That tnere are some inAitiasls, howe
yer, VINO viii adopt any measures, hovr-
yer remote from justice, To secure 'neir Oh
lect, II, fallag II their ate npt Nill Law
.sh lgdiscfni1hte abLsc upon all who have
been Instrumental in defeating them, il n
fact eVlnced ptunly by the conduct PURSE.
I'd ny some ~ the late opponents of Nr,
Adams.-Tals, AR, Clay has become an
object Of hatred to many who had deemed
hin the second man in the natlon.-Be-
Cause he followed the dictates ofhis con-
Science, and gave his support to the polth-
cton, whom he deemed better qualified to
discharge the dntics of the first dice Of the
Repuhiic, thaa the " Soidtet' whose sole
evidence ofcapacity had been exhibited 90
the field Of battle, he has drawn down up
on his head the most severe. though the
most unmtrlted abuse. Mr.. Clay's views
in relation to the Tariff add To ia" consti-
tutional powers of the General Govern .
meut, are such as we most cordially disap-
prove aud being such, NJ would never
ads ocate hi- election 10 the Chef Magistra-
cy Of the natl9n, unless his competitors for
that high Office were equally ectionableiu
their sentiments upon those or other sub
iects. We expressed this sentiment during
the pead"ney elthe IttePresidential contest,
aud we no~ repeat it, Much az we admire
the talents, ard the undergraduates, and TIE
honesty Of 'lr. Clay, we could never, *
crpt uader the circumstances To wai,A
we have referred, give our voice 10 elevate
him To the prrsi Irutial Chair, aware as we
are Of bis VIEWS ~ relation 10 two subjects
If paramount importance, aud with regard
to which We are At direct issue with him.
But this is point which il Is not worth
while here To moot, and 10 which we al
Iude only because some who may recollrct
our earnest opposition to Mr.. Clay duriug
the pendency of the late Presidential con-
test, may require some saiU9 Of this kind 10
accommodate their fstdions pilates
Two years hence win be time enough for
the battle 10 begin-and five may Judge
from the past, sufficient for the day VIII
be the evil thereof
II is well known that the major part of
the advocates of General Jackson, where
he had any strength, always looked on Mr..
Clay With aneyil eye. Both coming from
he west, the friends Of each regarded the
other as bar to the success of their favor
he and every means which impudence
could suggest 10 deter, or Ingenuity frame
TO prfs'fade, were employed by the adyo-
Gates OF Sen. Jackson, to induce Mr.. Clay
10 peIlaqalsh his pretentions, a Ia mode
Calhoun, IN favor of the Hero. but
VIZ. Gay was neither 10 be deferred or
persuaded. Like the great and good Will
ham Lowndrs, whose celebrated express
son. that &" the Office Of President was nei-
their TO he coveted or declaed,p was so
,easooabIy, and apparently sincerely quo-
ed by Gen. Jackson. when few of his
elbow cltlzrns solicited his consent to be
lominated for the Presidency Of the Uni