The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-03-13

coast Ot Birbary. lhfft II ihilptf w
ieIioraiion--if deterioration II be In
the Creole Spanards, III ali The Spanish
aud Portuguese posses-i0ns, hut above all
in Guatemala, the mmed late adjacent pro-
vince Ia Panama, and IN Brazil. No"
these thugs, said Mr.. X. which are of M
sort of Importance In some feaple, are ol
vital Importance 10 thai district aud DIES
crlptiJn nf country, aud not altogether
contemplate, shetber IN point oil "xteni
or numbers, not quite unworthy oil being
taxed into consideration 10 the dribera-
tons aud decisions of tins body, aud Of the
Federal Government. He would not de-
tam the Senate farther than L suggest.
that he had heard that this great man
he had no doubt he VAS great mana
good man--thrfe were great many such
great and good men-LAYFAYErTE was
onr of them---at the commencement Of
the French Northumberland nt near of
any parlry at all with what they called
the inpresclipthle rights Ut man, they
played the whole game, they would not
hear OF qualification, and we sire what THIS
desperate game has efentudted III :eKtremr5
always heget one another. TINS GeneI Al
! Bolivar, called the South American Wash
Iugrou--as every nan, sad Mr.. k. now
DAYS, who has commanded platoon, is II
/ Cr var or Hannibal, Eumenes or Ser
/ torlous at ieast-so he Is the South Amer
lean Washington. remember, sir, that
when the old Earl Of Bedford when he
was condoed with by a hypoerite, who
wished IN fact To wound his feelings, on
/ the murder of his son Lord Russell indlg
nantly replied that he would not exchange
! his dead son for the living son Of any man
on earth. So |, Mr. President, would not
give our dead Washington for any living
! Washington, or any Washington that is
! likely to live in your time, Mr.. President,
or mine whatever may be the blessings
reserved for mankind IN the womb of time.
| do know-the world knows-that the
/ principle Of the American Revolution, aud
the principle that Is now at work IN the
! peninsula of South America and in Guate-
mala aud New Spain, are principles rs OPP
poste as light and darkness--prlncples as
opposite as IA manly and rational liberty is
opposed to the frantic orgies of French
BacChanaIs of the Revolution, as opposite
as a manly and rational Plety is opposed 10
That poIitlco religious fanaticisn. which, l
am sorry to see, IS not at work enIy Ia the
peninsula of South America aud new
Span, bat has pervaded, or is pervadlng,
| all tins country, and has inslnuated itself
whefeS er il can, To the disturbance of the
public peace, the l0osening of the key
stone Of this Constitution, and the under
mining the foundation on which the arch
Of our Union rests. No, sir they are az
different as light and dorkness--as com
mon sense and practice differ from the
'I'lonhry theories OF moon-struck luoaties
The Message Of The President Is before
the world. The President of the United
! States has told us that he tVW act and
that he has the power. LIT hm-let
HIM act-let hlln act on his own RESPONSE
bility but let the 4 erlcan Peope-and
rspe, ally that part Of the American Peo-
ple-that portion of them who reside
South of the Ohio, and South of Mason
and Dixon's line-know what are the de
puties whom hereafter we are likely l.
receive in return ifom them, in character
aud color to our Congress that is what /
want 10 see. | want this to open their
eyes-l want, instead of public opinion re-
acting on us from unrnt5rned pubic bO
| dies, however respectable from loaste ~
ven al public dinners, however respectable
the guests Holy Alliance of liberty in
opposition to Holy Alliance of tyrants-
want the good SENSE of the People of the
United States to be informed as to the
fact; having the most perfect reliance on
their decision when they shall have the
facts, and having disposition to submit
most implicitly to that decision, whether
it shall agree with my opinions or not !:
From these causes, move that the Presi.
dent of the United States be requested To
lay before the Senate such information as
may be in the possession of the Executive,
touching the principles and practice of the
Spanish American States, any of them. |