The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-06
EHE VIRGINIA.,
LYNCHBURG, APRIL G ,,,.

ny Commune d'Hs 10 attract more and ,.
attention and interest. The s,,,.
suae !" whleh the existing admlois,,,,.
buds itself placed BY the nnprec.d,n, ','o
taatlon nf the poltich world h..
woe ne'd Tor the Operations offacdo,
and the opportunity has not been nj,
ed Attempts have been made, ars -
KING, '"' VIII continue to be made, to :,
false coiorlng TO all of the u,or
measures of the Cabinet and III. ool,
Iectnal defence it can hope for i. f..
the discernment of the people, wbob
50 often hitherto disconnected the srh.m
of factionists and demAsogup,. wbo
lose an opportunity ofra.inga stor,r -
they may the more readily and sur.l, :,
tain rank and power in the Stat. n,
readers cannot have forgotten the p.r.,a..
sentiments in regard TO the South AM;
can states, which proceeded from the -.
cradle ex-president Monroe, in hi. l,y,.
nual communication to the Natiooal
glslature. They were pronounced he ~.
concurrent appreciation of his cou"trympo
who enthusiastically repeated them to N
the unanimous sentiments ofthe ppoole ri
the United States. Those Mnlimeo,,
were, in effect, as well as in intsr,
"Pledgs," rs solemn as could be giy.,
aud as lrresocable rs any which can n,o.
coed from the Executive that, if the Pow.
ers of Europe should not eonRn. tbe,,
principles of government, as we'll as restrc,
the brute force by which they were d,.
semnlnated and maintained, within their
own slave tainted" hemisphere, but
should attempt, as WAS then feared and Of.
pected, To transport their bayonrts to tho
American continent, add react the scene.
of Paris and Madrid, this government,
would view it as movement of d charac.
! ter hostile not only to lis existence but to
its very validity, and would feel u.plf
bound to make common cause with Their
Southern brethren to repel the invaders.
This declaration had its-xpected influence.
1t blunted the edge OF the sword 1t ST.
cured peace and Independence to people
who had long been borne down by tyrsn-
| nical exactious, and who had lah0rtd, like
our fathers of 70, though carnage aud
! toll, to shake OFT the yoke of colonial bon
dage. If the pledge of Mr. Monroe was
not only received by the American people
without compiaint, but with uu5ounJed
enthusiasm, and "applauded to the very
echo which applauds again." we ask why
is it that efforts are noi0 making to render
a modification of that very pledge odlous
in the eyes Of the people of the United
States If no hidden danger lurked III
the original pledge, when it was supposed
that it was not an empty brayado, how is
il that so many fearful contingencies are
now foreseen az its necessary consequence
when SO many circumstances combine 10
render it improbable that We shall ever bt
called on to carry il into execution ? We
ask these questions of the reader, in all sun
plcity, and leave it with his good sensr 10
answer. We leave il with him to say
whether the oppOsitioniSts are urged 90
by patriotism OF by faction-"hether ihel'
country or themselves are the objects o.
| their anxious solicitude-whe they have
not an eye more to the" loaves and hsheS
| than to the substantial and lasting interes
aud Story of their common country.-ps'
featpd 10 the Senate, they first adopt ore
alternative and then another, to couuterac'
the wishes of the President, who is haas
sed, at every step by motions for enquiry
into matters sometimes irTelavent, and
when relayent, beyond their constitutional
jurisdiction to notice in any shape. VI
this character is the following resolution
adopted in that form after various tlnke;'
ings
=" Resolred, That the President Of the l
nited states be requested 10 transmit Il
tins Hruse a copy of such parts oil ,n'
answer Of the Secretary Of STATE 70 VI
poinse,ts letter To Mr.. Clay, dated Mex;
co, September 28th, 1895, as relates I" u
pledge ofthe United States, therein "''u
toned; and, also, 10 inform this Hous'
whether the United States have, IN al"
manner, made any pledge 20 the govern
menis Of Mexico. and others OF o"u'h IL
inerica, that the United States would az
permit the interference of any f''es
Power with the Independence or torn
Government of those nations and u 81
wArn, ~ what manner, and 10 what ehe'
And also to communicate to the House
7 copy Of the communication from our al.
\ister at Mexico, in which he informed 90
Goyernnent of the United States THAI "