The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-14
sr'FPi9 YIN RlnJAGs
I.yN,,pBURG, sEPrE aBER 7, 1893.

u. nrpsu,ne that W. are In Consider the
,.,,., mart Of lhr essay in the Chariottes-
III. G,z,ttr nribe end inst. "a red-mp-
g., ,f the EDITORS pledge To prove that nr.
Gu !, corr apt and dishonest; thai
necessary Consequence, Mr.. Adams is
'.rt,k,r in If he was not The prUmpter IT.
HI. inlqniiy and that the Cabinet general
l., A. well az all those who defend the r1ea.
.,,,.s nf the administration, are his para
ITS ,s well ~ his psr'lzans. We tbl
n, me iearned editor Of the Gazette has
,,,.riakrn n task which he cannot per-
I'm. TO Belial 1t was given If Heaven TO
ankle the worse appear thu better rea-
.ann hut, Az. he not grossly deceived. II
,,,ll require "A siouter heart AS well rs
.,,,rrs .kilfal hsnd than belongs to the Char
,o,,esyille EDITOR 10 attain the " bad ernIn-
.,cpn to which he aspres. Ii is not in the
,.tpr.. however, Of infatuated z.,lots 10
hstr,y any signs of temerit,; and iii there
fore that W. 80 often see
rools rush in where angels fear to tread
II must be confessed, that the enenies
NJ Mr. Cify have u manifest and decided
advantage oser-hs friends in the mode OF
sarfare they have chosen To adopt. They
ae,l in rou Il assertion, and then triumph
antly call or US TO prove that they have
uttered faisehoods, under the penalty Of be-
;og dubbed liars oursplves We believe il
il a rule. in all Judicial proceedings, that no
matter how stfong the circumstances may
be- in support of any allegation, yet that
ALLEGATION is presumed to be false, until il is
nrorfd 10 b. true. We fee, ourselves bound
r. hold our antagonists 10 this rule /; net
that we are afraid of defeat, even should
we meet them on the ground themselves
have chosen, hut because the onus probnn
4; rests upon them, and they ought not to
ne p,rm,tted to throw 1t off s. retreat { ON
the disgrace they have courird, in daring
10 make charges which they are unable
10 sustain either by evidence or by argU-
men, Thes say Mr.. Claws vote for Mr..
Adams was the offspring ofgross corrup-
tioa. We call for proof, of the fact as We
have right IL do; and We ARE answered,
that tre nnst produce the Evidence of the
contrary, They tell US thai there was
previous understanding between Mr.. Ad-
ANS and Mr. Clay. We ask them TO lay
their fng-r on a single title of proof which
will give his assertion e'en the semblance
ofprnbablity and we are told. that it is
IN "hisforicl Il fact" and ii is for us to dis.
prove II This IL a new mode of rea on
Ing; worthy, however, of the cause to
which il owes lis origin. We ask these
mel, If such course were pursued toward
them individually, hop they would stand
thr test? How they would relish the idea,
Of being held up In the indignation of the
community, upon the bare suspicion that
in sore great emergency Of THEN lives,
thy hid acted from impure motipesf We
ak if then would hmk it just, upon an i'm
pc eminent of this novel character, whtch
does not admit Of dispraraI, 10 be subjected
o. the rrvilings of deceived and an Excl
td popuIace2 Let each one Of Nlr. Ciay's
enemies put these queries to their Cohsci
>nres, and answer them IN sincerity and
truth, and they must admit that they would
shrink in abhorrrpce from course of pro-
evenings 20 unfair. and so utterly ct war
with IN" plaiD.si principles OF justice and
ih- dictates of right reason, Such Is the
course, however, Of Mr. Clay's enemies,
among whom We may rank. as the
most inveterate. the Editor Of the Char
iitrsviIle Gazette e." They have a gene-
and finding nothing to blame in his &C
TIoNs, and perhaps much To admire in
then, immediately fall foul upon his
horrvEs..----' Doth Job fear God for
sough% What vile insnnatinn," lex-
claims Sierne Yet was it made some
thousand years ago, against job is now
made against Mr.. Clay and will continue
10 be made, III long as dishonesty renders
men mufuall, suspicious of each other, and
shp bsser passions shall hstten 90 human
VIRTUES, which they have the dIscernment
10 see, though not the candour to acknow-
iedgr---the bitterness 10 envy, though not
The courage nor the disposition TO initiate.
Thus il is that the Eagle is so often
ha"k'd at and kll'd nv mousing owls
Thus is il that mpn whose little Influence
and honesty offer no temptations N anh- !
flon to give them bread" for their prosti
ihlor, and who are of 80 little consequence
That even The vicious rdicule the idea Of
'"spnrn'ng" them frum their path, have, m
happily, the means at hand of disseminate
ing their poisonous ISLANDERS among the
n'h'st yeomanry ofthe conntry.apd there
10y ohscming regulations which dazzle
ahfi weak visions by their brilliancy, and
driy The comprehension Of their narrow
mn'is, They cannot admire what they
nnof appreciate, and consequently, seek
~ shrt For their modification and chsgrip in
shr eaIly discharge of their dirty missiles.
10 enter into formal defence Of Mr..
1'ay, on the present occasion, would he
u,ei"s'- The Editor OF the Charlottes-
VII" paper. it is trns, has rnng the changes
On AZ thu allegations which have been false
promulgated against Nlr. Clay-but they
nave he"n 20 often and 50 clearly refnted,
'ha 1t would be waste of time now to no.
ote them.
l" add perfume 10 the violet
Were wasteiu and ridiculous excess"
Whene'er The Gazette becomes con,in-
sta mat rs mere assertions are not Gospel,
anu that eridence is necessary IN support
"iP'o, and shall answer ~ our repeated IL
ue"nswrrahlr cali for proof orthe charges
against Mr.. Clay, We shall h. willing Ia be-