The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-12
IHE NIRGINJAN
LYNCHBURG, NAY o,Iass- :
MIR. lNGIAMS ADDRESS

NIX. lNhll ANS ADDRESS
We pabiishio day Mr. lnsham', Address
not BECAUSE 1t furnishes us with a,,, no.,
Facts. or because II ihrows any aldi,;,aaI
| light upon The subject which if ire.ts az
Indeed, II is the exact image of Mr. L..
iners address, which Mr. Ingham. getting
somewhat Jealous of his colleague. in,rr,s
ing popularity in Pennsylvania. t,lkes ear.
To tell tbs he wrote. II was always knn,vr
mat Mr.. hfemer was not himsrlrthe anIhot
but so Lar as Facts are concerned. il i nor
| irctly tmmateriaL Ii the statement. r,n
tanned IN that address, and now rrilpr,t.d
by Mr.. lngham, had been trur-if a. tn.
e"ahllon aNowed. they could have br,n
prored-then, indeed, the author womb
nave deserved the thanks of his conntry
lot exposing the corruption he had defect
ed, ana ior holding up the authors of il
ia the rrprobaiion of their country. Rut.
instead OF The charges being true in the
| sH5htcst degree, they are admitted almost
universally 10 be uufounded, and are aItri
mated In The hallucinatIon of a f,yctish
hfain, OF the ambition OF an Intriguing one.
none but the mnst heated partiLans, who
approve or condemn by the lump, T. never
take upon themselves the trouble of in,es
ti5dtln5 matters, believes that there was
any thing like bargain or compromise
between Mr.. Adams aud Mr.. Clay. II is
absurd II say so; because ifthcre had been
such bargain, it is al most impossible that
IL could have been carried iuto effect with
out discovery and exposure.
1t Is asked Why has Mr.. Ingham SO long
delayed the publication al his address -
Aud Why, having delayed it thus long, has
no nnl1It ShaI ~ all frbor. =,
II than meets the public eye. He was aware
that he bad nothing new to communicate
--n"lther new chtrges nor fresh evidence
Ia support the fnrmtr onrs. TIE Incentive
WAS evidently Of "a different nature. A new
Governor is shortly tn be elected in Penn
sylvania. He, AS well rs Mr.. kremer, has
an eye upon that office. He is awt'7e that
the Jackson mania is so strong in thai state
that he who opposes il, in any saape--
indeed II he does not oppose IT., and is q
mere qulescent spectacle, is politically
prescribed. lie saw with what enthusiasm
Mr.. kremer was hailed on his arrival home
he saw it already whispered that Mr.. X
was TO he put IN nomination for Governor {;
and he could delay no logger, without
= giving up the ship" He issued his ad
dress not for the purpose of answering
Mr. Clay, but to provoke IA contest which
might direct the public eye to him, and
which, by throwing his rival in the shade,
for "A time, might eventually change the
current Of popular favor from Mr. X. to
himself, and raise him 10 the Gubernatorial
Chair. Such, no doubt, MAS the laadablr
motive which inspired his address. OF its
ability, our readers are as well qualified To
Judge as ourselves. For our own parts,
however, wr consider it a "mOst lame and
impotent' production Ii was great de
Scent from the dignity which should attach
To the public character and acts of a Rep-
rrscntatlye OF the people To stislhatlze a
man who has filled such various igNd in,
portant stations as Mr.. Clay has done, and
who is NOW one of the highest Officers Of
government. as " desponding deSPdssfo
Such ioW abuse, when applied to a man Of
Mr. Ciay's integrity, falls harmless at the
feet of the object against whom ii IS dlrec
ted, and recolls upon hun who resorts 10 it.
But, If it suits Mr.. lngham's taste, let him
use Ii