The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-28
South and South Welt are so frequently

South and South-West are 30 frequently
Appealed 10 hy Southern pollicians 10
raise their tolce III favor of tLn Hero of
New 0reans !? u is becaase, born ID
southern and bred In a Western State,
his interests, his iocui interests are suppus-
ed Ia he mnrs completely identified With
those of the people of those srciioos Of
country Than those of Northrrn ,iian can
be. local feelings are openly Appealed
Ia, and by members Of Congress TOO,
Maj. Hamilton OF ). {. and Mr.. Ran
doiph of Fa.) III hls hrhalf--ihe sL,ve-
holding states are called on To support
nan from a sla,.hnhing Siste-the
Southern planters are appealed To, td sup
port p,ahi"r--our pride, sectional and
personal-,'ir ieelngs-onr iears-aie all
aroused, hy turns but then, no mdrruur
of Misrepresentation IS heard. Mr.. Randolph,
on the hanr OF the lional Senate, repre-
sented by taenty-four sovereign States,
can nnhinshihgly place all the country
north nflhe Potomac under the ban nf
the eiauire, and nothing is heard but notes
oflnud appreciation ar murmurs of halt
suppressed dlscnntent. But. 80 soon as
Nj. Weight of Ohio, or Mr.. Msrtindale of
N. Y. he 70 m,r grated by AN unprlncl-
pied personal Opposition hey Ond the
bounds ofpradence. and thu latter actua-
ted 10y a bliad aud infiria,ed zeal, at
tempt to excite" local jealouses" In their
respective section3 Of rountgy, the press -
employed to hold the,b up to the lndlg-
nant abhorrence of the com immunity. To the
gentry, ~hoactthus partially, we would sug.
e - kah &C
their own eye, aud then they sh,ll SEE
more clearly the mote that is IN their
neighbour. "-And why, we ask, do We
r'ernally ring changes upon the lmpru-
| dence ofthe zralnis VIII in " little learn
| ing" hath made mad, and forget the nobl,
sentiments OF the master-spirlts," of the
East, compared TO whom these men are
g. as dust IN thr baiance"i Did not Mr..
Everett, OF Massachusetts, on the floor of
Congress, no longer ago than the last SEES
sian, dlsclaim, both for nImself aud for all
the sober minded people of the non-slave-
| holding States, any intention TO informed
die in the slightest manner, with our
slaves2 Has not this sentiment been ret-
eratedby others? II has. The pruple If the
| South have been therefore unnecessarily IA
harmed. The general government ha. 90
lntenton-it would not dare under the ad
! mlnistratlon Of any man, come he from
what quarter of the Union he might, to IN
terfere with the right of property, rendeI-
ed inprrgnable by the sacred shield of an
express constitutional provision.
We nave so,ne further remarks to make
on this subject, which We must reserve for
another occasion. We conclude now with
the following extract from speech lal-l,
deliver at d public dianer IN South Car
DINA, b. Mr.. VI Dnffir. NJ. McDatfie, 1t
is we'll known is a devoted enemy to the
Administration, aud would, il he could do
81 with auy semblance ofproprety, fan in-
to a flame, the fire nhIch has ALREADY
been kinked, and which might go easily
be made to baLr, by the sedselrst ravIngs
of intemperate demagogues Hear what
Mr.. McDutfe say Of me views ut the lead
ing men of the nou- slayeAoldins Safes, n
relation TO that species of our property,
81 believe, il it be possible, that any dagger
can arise from the election to the Preslden-
cy Of Mr.. Adams:
Z" That the grounds of my opposition to the
Administration may be more distinctly under
stood, | shall avail myself OF This occasion 30
do an act Of justice to Mr.. Adams, and more
particularly the section of the onion with
which he is more immediately connected.
am aware that great many OF my fellow.
citizens in this, and in other states, have
been opposed to Mr.. Adams, because he is
from a Notwithstanding state, under the aP-
prehensiou that our rights in relation to that
species Of property, would be endangered
by his election | believe these apprehen-
slons 10 be utterly unfounded. know the
sentiments OF most of the gentlemen in Con
gress from the N. England and the Middle
States, on thi, delicate subject. to be emin-
emily liberal and enlightened-and conf
IDENTIFY believe that if PROF osition where sub.
mitted to Congress that would go to impair,
in the slightest degree, our constitutional
rights as shareholders, it would not command
twenty votes in the popular branch ot Con
gress.'