The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-17

REpUBLI, AN DOCTRINES
From he .llbdnE .frs as

! express SUMNER Dpihiobn III '' -
pirate language than the Add'fss pnpu'n-
ed hy the republicans of ihe s'sfn'h sen.
ate district. Its written with hbhts, apo
Is fearless add manly ayowal of Tire pr'h-
clplrs for wftce rrrnheahs contsn.' anu
thr hopes By which they sfe anin1d'eo.-
1he eonyenf,oa ut ~ heb IL vas dinpifh,
nas th- largest ever held IN that district
MAS conposrd af estlnable aud stesdfasi
republicans, and exhibited TAR anu s'rh'd
expression of the WISHES of the peoplr,-
i We regret that We are compelled III null
our extracts from thu Address 10 the tesl-
lowing paragraphs:--
IN. fnundal,als Uf the republican party
are laid deep IN the history nj this govern.
ment. Whence sprans the declaration III
Independence The mead thai conceived
and lhr hand ulst pennrd II. yet lives a
mong us, and yet pcclsrs ~. conlntntiy
aud r,>proach of many of those who. srtk
cnnceilmeht under republican nhr,..
rhi. declaraiion, which form, text book
for republican. and is snhght To he read NJ
every annual Jublef o or couniry's Tree
dom, remains d standing monument ri It's
author's greatness aud an rpitomr oi hu-
man lights without n paraHrl. With what
eandour then do men whose Indignation
will BIZ excited at the bare inrntlon of the
name of Thomas Jefferson. claim friend
ship with the r,ghts.of the people and call
Themselves r.pnblrans ? Why have they
been frequently asked and Is yet unaoswer-
I'd and unanswerablr. Conceaimfnt IL
tleir dengn, p"wer their object, aud the de-
sirnct,on of thegepubllcan MY III. means
Of obtaining it. II ought not To be forgot
ten that the majority Of ih"se, Who are
now in the opposition To the republican
party, derive their pplitlcal creed from thu
men, who at the time of thu formation of
the federal constitution, We're the advocates
oil a strong national government at The ex
penss of the ipde I}cudcnc- Of thp state au-
lhorltIes and aha. asaIlins themselves of
tue force of Games, branded tnese who
We're In favour of maintaining the ind-pen-
dence of the state WITH thu, then, reproach-
FIJI terms Of anti iederallsis," republicans
and "dcmoctats," aud il ~ an historical
fact Will known To every man acquainted
with the history of our goyern,aent thai
the distinctive terms Of iederaiisi and re-.
publican have followed The respective par
lies through every successive adnihlslra-
lion. The former uniformly adyaeatlag
the increase af the constructive powers of
the general government IN all exposition,
ut thr constitution, restricting the liberty 81
speech and of the press by restraining LAW,
and generally aiding all measures VINCE
had for their ohject The establishment Of
splrndid national government w Mle t9e
latter have be.n 80 closely watching In.
Footsteps nj pn"er thai they have .oats-
tunes been stgmatlsrd a. radicals amt ap.
posed To good gosernment.
The same distinctive character IS plaIfi,
ma KIDD in the later prrod. of our ai>totT
although men have found il necessary ~
abandon and discard nainps which Their
predecessors ~sre proud 10 wear. Il i
Therefore oar rlgRt and our duty ~ say,
that that portion ef our fell"w citizens
who have cn-npsraied under three success
slse administrations aud occupying the
most considerable porlloH ut our esrnitlii
history, during which the strength and VIZ
tue of our political and riv,l institutions
have been successfully tried and commend
hd In our vigorous support, sustaining IN
the mean llne.a war With the must pow
erfnl nstlon OF Europe and carrying our
country trluWphanIly through II, though
opposed by men who, when that country
was ballnrns between life and death, like
an annatural son that refused to support its
purent when Finishing for want of susie.
nance, stood by and 81" thu storm pass
over unmoSed, have Won toI themselves a
name aud a character ny republicans and
friends ~ the equal rights ol mn, which
caumny rnay hssai IN vain, but which
all good men will vigorously unite to sup
port.
The people will not forget that the cx
tension ot thr RICH, Of suffrage, was an ear
" object sought Ia be obttined by the re-
pnhlcan party, and that 10 accomplish this
lhey directed their perseyrfing efforts illl il
vas effected through an amendment of The
constitution. THIS single measure has
done more to- unbind thr liberties Of mn
and secure then equal enjeymrnt, tan any
Other Improvement nhlca has been made
during lis existence. Il was, however, ~.
posed with all the Zrai and discipline ard
talents aud power which our opponents
could combine 10 thwart the measure
When the enfranchiscd citizen therefore
looks back npen the period " hich opened
the door To the rfioymcn, Of In. liberties.
he heholds il rnirktd BY all the features
which Distinguish republican frer,nen, con-
tending on the one SIDE for The lights wh ich /
nalure gave them against the remnant If
those whose political creed ever has been
that man WAS unfit for sef-government,
and that the exercise of power must b. rp-
strIeted TO the hands Of The few. lie
looks upon n period, marked by the exer-
tons OF the Same men in thu improvement
nj our'p"itieal condition, whose characters
and talents were stakea, and whose for
tunes were hazarded in the support of our
country III her struggle for existence, while
their opp"nents laughed at her caamities
nnd inia.l ~ h..r