The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-18

| an individual TO have deserved ,our
t"tlal apprehension: but | hope / am ~,
too obscure Ia br uaworthy Of tlat ias,r.
winch every citizen has i right Ia rxn.s,
rom every other eiiztu. ha.r h..,1
lIat ou have adopted the rule n.,.r -
give explanations. But your s,n.. # M
ral obligation ought nut To prrm,t rhis ,,I.
To make you guilty ot ndh dual I,i,.tic.
/" that sense Of etrInal obIig ,tion | An.
peai-coatlnced At the same time, TINT yoo
cannot wish ~ destroy ths fame Of an Ia.
nocrnt man. Relying upon YOUR ran.
dor, and coDfdlug IN lhe %suilici, ncy If I'm.
'S.lanatlon 10 remove your n]iuriou. I'M
prr,slons respecting me-, ! respectfully .sk
that You will MAKE an acknow Irdp nt,, T.,
that I'd. ct, 10 be Published 10 III. Nstio,.
al hot, lligencer.
JOHN Il. PLEASANTs.
Extract Of The speech # NJ. Bartlett Of. "
Hampshire, on .Hr. .NDgft resolution
10 amend the Constitution in relation 10
the eteoti0n gPresideot and Vice Pr,,..
dent.
Without reference to the particular re.
suit Of the ldsi election of President, | 50,
II Was the %prordrst day To the frieuds Il
free I.stltatIons that the world has ever
witnessed. On that day vas exhibited a
new proof of the euIhptttncy of TINS coun-
Try 10 sustain The form Of government il
has adopted. A new proof of the fitness
If the sy@tein for the purpose Intended
We hold an annual Jubilee, for the drclara.
ton al onr indr ptnden,e; but bur FOES SAP
II vas the tbnllItiun of excitement aud
hraDed passion. We celebrate our aChips.
mtnts in the battle f,Id, and a'e told hat
oppression aud cruelty compelled Il, 10
fight. We boast of our government nd
lis Institutions, amid p rdiciio S, that, Whrn
external pressure Is removed, It must, from
It's Heterogeneous character, OF itself, tAlln-
10 rulhs-ibat, mucd ~ W. profess oipnl-
rIotism, and our nations glory. throw a.
nnugst ns the apple of discard. aud the
prize would be aba d0nrd in strife, for s
hdublr. But. sir, the late election Of chief
magistrate took place under the It. hutnda
OF Causes calculated To produce An excite
thtnt, such hs may never az IN exist, IN iha
same degree. TIL re- citiZtns we're prtsen-
ted hy the people, from WHOM the u0uso
were To select a President not such mrn
as the gentleman fom South Caruiiua Nc
MltchtlI} has shown us would be prrsruts
ri, should he proposed change hr adops
ted. Not your mere Z cal men of a couu.
ty-n0t Sonr prodigles Of your oruss
road~' aud ''c"alt house yards."-Nos
men never before known bryond tho
zach "f their soIte, from the stump GA
which they had spouted themsrISts into
political importance. No, SIT. Inv
We're distinguished citizens, each advocated
aud supported by friends, numerous, sn
cere, ardent and determined. Each sus1
tanned and opposed, too, by all the feelings
aud interests, real or imaginary, Of Geogls-
phical situation.
OF these candidates, me was a long tried
patriot, WHOSE talents and public services
were acknowledged with gratitude by tho
nation one, whose faithfulness and lnttg"
'ity had been made illustrl0us, by The ate
tacks OF his enemles-onp against "h01n
opposition had almost bren sIlrnced hy
the Efforts Of persecutiUh-a man, whose
nnyi'idI0S republican principles, ARE tue
prlnolpl . of an ~undOubted majority OF ms
telluw ci'lzens-a man. too, pndearrd Id
them by a magnaBlmous sacrifice to una
Hlmlty, when, ON a former occasion urged
by large portion OF The country To the tAFs
ecutlSe chair. Such was the candidate
who came, recommended by names laihI-
lar throughout all the history OF ouf re-
publican struggles and republican trlumphs'
Another WAS ht, who 40 often Is sltir3
the second prtserNer of his country-lho
conunrror OF the c0hqaerors of Europe. ht
whose nafnr mingled with acclaInations q!
victory, on the field Of Oriean~-has been
repeated and echoed not by the throngs" Of
towns aud cities merely, but by the retlf"s
cottagprs on our remottst bofders-aho
this, at a time, too, when the magic inhu'
ence of the presence of the "NdiloH.
GUEST had aroused every latent spark q:
military ardour, throughout the UNION, mac
called forth, not only the parchment ht'''
with his unsoiIed epaulettes, but had even
started the decftpid veteran from his couco
-"io fight hia battles DER again,
Shoulder his crutch, and show how fields were
won"
A time, when the insignia of military fans
possessed more preCiousness than the feis
les Of the Saints because such bad been
once worn by the beloved Lafayette.
Another, was that citizen, who ID early
youth, had been called To public service
by the personal solicitation of Washington
and whose name adorns every page OF ms
country's history, from that period to Inc
present hodr. a statesman and scholar.
educated i'll the schonI Of nations, anu
whose pen has vindlcated his country
rights with no less fearlessness and t0rce.