The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-11
LYNCHB0RG, MARCH -, isl..
Mr.. MoNROE's ACCOUNTS.

Nh. MOsfkOES ACCOUNIS-
The pressure Of other matter cempei
MS To omit sams remarks which we Ia,
Intended 10 make ea the extract f-ofp th
secret Journals of the senate Of Nov. lefi
.. stisr To Mr.. Monroe's nelniD tim am
hp,siutm.nl I. ihs Secretary snip /"
Stale. We wili barely al present obsel w
thai Mr. Gfir~. aheiher his recent acct
sa.ians have an, Foundation ~ taei or mol
has placed hlmsrIf m IA extremity a"k
Nard pred,csment. l. Mr.. Monroe gun,
then h~ Is parfieeps erimiais i-fm Dir. NJ
accounts with the government passed 1in
der AIS inspection while y. ). Senator, =
his instance and he, Chairman of TN
enfnriiter, 7, parted that there MAS moth
Ing IL, them which shouId prevent his ssp
pol1,ment; And subsequently voted fo
hin, Ne appears npon the record. Why 9
il, that Al fhis late day he is arraigned a
Oh. mar .f pubic opinion, mh-u the VEIL
Game man VIVA thusatralgns him, had a
m anterior period, pronounced him guilt
les> Why, bat because the one 6llee
the mrs-ufr' not only his connisy's, hut o
bis own henar, " Rir the other IS chagrin.s
aud mril,ied by the failure IL his ambi
lious hopes M a"adet, that, like III,
phlosnlhrr of the tub, he soaIls at and, .
Ne edn, bites, all vino commenced witt
him the career Of glory, aud whose virtue
aud r-publicanisn have throws him ini,
thu hack grou I'd. - he hero Ut the Pig
iram" md hest have a care, lest, experience
ed a LANCER as he IL, he be- wounded 10 In
cm gag s,.gssi warfare. tie wirlds q two
edged Weapon, 'bui u ms Often pie, ces III
owner a. h,s antsg inst.
Although, On THIS occasion, a general dis
position seems 10 be manifested In thrnn
back the slime upon the slauderor," yel
eome seem disposed to judge Mr.. Mohro,
rharshIy. They rest their opinion upor
the hithrrto' uudispntrd claim of Mr.. 0lle'
tO ctedibiliiy without rejecting that il
his charges even be true, he stands in u.
bad N predicgYneat ii they are false. II
they are untrue, we ALI know what charac
Ger vii. b. and ought 10 be given him j: il
they are true, Mr.. Cries himself, in his ofi
cial capacity, ssnctioned the fraud which
'fs now. inh's prisa,e Ferson denoanc,s,
avn i, therefore. as ell rs Mr.. Crawford
and Mr.. Rhb, mid the whrl- u. Siates,9e
nate who acted with them on that ocea
sion, convicted Ola gaiing dersliction of
duty, at least equal In nagniiadr To The
offence. IN. d. II is well Mr. Albums was
not chairman of the committee, instead OF
Mr.. Giles if he had been what co0,d have
protected him We ask the" Eaqabr."J
Irt US moi forget, In our haste to con
detnn MIR Moeroe, that he. like Washing.
ton, fought thu battles of the infant Re
puhlic IN the war VI the Revelation. Fhere
then pas Mr.. Giles ? Let US not forget
thai, duiisg the last war, etnphatGally our
second fight f's Independence, ut n period
when our reverses had spread gloom over
sns land--aftcr the sueeesslv. tstnement
Of DR.. Euslis and disgrace ~ Gen. Arm
sIrong--w when M one WIS willing 10 dis.
charge the duties u the War Department,
MIR. Monroe, although thcn secretary of
assunedThc new and weish,y res
possibility, aud, By I'll. energy which lie
gave to the operetluos Of the ar,ry, guided
he nation 10 victory and peace. Whert
hen ioas Mr.. Giles Was he planning
for bis county. sdod, or was he
,roodng over his own mortified ambition,
Ind s"edtsting plans to drag down or
irst patriots &c his degraded ieveli His
airy tells rs tnat lac has been almost insa.
iably pursuing the latter course. IT, &c
u CLEAN of justice or of truth
could be dlscrraed In The mingled mass of
.gotisn and envy, which has proc% eded
rom his prolific aud uotiring pea, It did
Tot spring from his desire "to give unto
Iasar what belonged to 'Cesar." M. Ii
MAS unprecedented xnd unavoidable like
lie eShaiatiun of the lsuagtnre, brilliant IN
Is transit, but full in lis origin aud obscure
h its end.
Men are So apt to listen TO tales, which
degrade their fellow men, that when an a
.usatlon Ia made even against the purest
,atr,ts of the age. forgetting both their
Iersices and their hitherto nnsuliied char
,cters, we attend to them with the utmost
ragerncss, and believe them with the mos
W accountable creddliry. So true is tn
soupi.t:
+" On eagle wings immortal scandals ly,
While virtuous actions are but Lcrn 10
die -
We hope this rule will not be pursued BY
he only Rep IN earth towards one oil
the last and most conspicuous survivors oi
he conflict tllat ter,niuated 10 its establish
ment.