The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-07


W, ha,p. III \ ou NrpUeIs. explained
10, satisfaction Of every Impartial ca,-
mai Mr.. Henr, Ch,. III voting for
AR Adams as President, acted honorably
it,nna,t,aily. " hen In. people, ~ the
8 Al instance, have faIltd, hy dis ding
-, electoral VOTES 10 git. either Can
IN, for the Presidency a majority. the
mi /. absolutely vested N Congress Ia
-. hy States, with express power To So
f6n the Candidates nho may have
...i,pd thu greatest hummer af electoral
l,s. nnp of the u, wiz, IN Their judy
..,,,i. Is tnr most capable of filling thai
:,,.,tant Olhce. The Site Legislatures
80 no authority 10 control lhr .hoic. OF
,loosr.ss. u eat evils might arise by ex-
.,,,s,ng such authority. FOR instance,
,.r,,,sr nine States instroct then r.pie-
motives IL vote for \. eight States Ii
;, ,t their represeniatlse to vote for b
"A .,,,n States aIrect them TO vote for
RI, such management, the CHOICE of
!. PRESIDENT would never tax. place, and
,r N ZION would he agitatrd To lto centre.
That gredt patriot, philosopher and phi
ln,hropist George u gihe. many y,afs ago,
,,.nI,oned tothe writer of this article the
extraordinary talents of hr. Henry Clay,
rbrn he Was young bad, and observed,
nd. # he ~ ed, ne ouid ae an ornament
i, turlln. | kaew Mr.. Clay, aud uni
t,I m opinion with Mr.. Nythe, before
# peuod when ne iofeluld the bless
49,. thai opld esult Ia MS country If
he hlr Of Inc lila trioas Fnoma ffrrsuo
.,nnld be- prolonged. The great George
Wynn parliy Instructed both OF these
gentlemen
t.n,, aud ambition will traducr worth
md merit. hr. Clay has ,ig rous and
d. eliminating mud. H., IN my humble
opiatsn. is an honor to Virginia, his native
state and, If he lives his sdom and pat
noll.m, like tnat OF the great Jefferson,
viii sllrne. envy and eaiumuy.
AN OLD FARMER.
August cath, 1896.
Remarks By the Editors.
NJ The abave communication is from
sht pen of an old, Virginia republican Er-
rer. W. arr proud 10 see the aged men
Of the State, whose recollections go back
10 III. earlier periods of our history, step.
ping forward, to aid IN rpscoing from un-
mpred calurnny The tame of men who
should bp regarded as tn" brightest otna-
meats of Their eountry. We rejoice still
more, that the I" armer" resides IN a
county which gave, at the last PTeslden
bal election, scarcely single vote for Mr..
Adams. We have hopes that that part #
Virginia viii begin 10 examine and think
f. itself, aud throw off the sharkles of
Riehmond influence, under which II has
- long suecumbed. Of the + rmtr"
himself contemporary of the celebrated
George w the II cannot be- SAID thathe ~ a
puasylicai sycophant of power for hr Is |
beyond the reach of temptation. even IT |
MS age OF his principles permitted hun to |
acc ommodate himself to the arts of the
counter.
Mr.. .1dqms's Reply to tho citizens Of
Charleston. -" Mr. Adams's Reply to THE
funds ofhe administration al Oh ,rIeston,"
(Which will b. found in our columns to-
day J" is in the" most 4" happy vein Of all .
his compositions" We sptak both of !
lis style aud the sentiments il express, 81
The language seems tn flow warm from
the writer's heart, animated aud cheered I
rs II must have bern, by the fact that,
there are Vet many OF his country men, II
not majority, South of the Potomac,
who are determined tn indge of bis merits
by his measures, and who disdaln the ida
ot beng made the dupes Of tactlous 0ppo-
slIonists, or the slaves of sectional PEAL
ousy. fever an unrXcppuonabie doCn.
mem preceded from Nr. IS pen, his re-
ply 10 The people of Charleston surely Is
ri / A
have expected to escape the car lis of his
iynxeyed enemies, il certainly must barr
been IN The present case. Bot he had rs
well hope to hravr Mount Atlas from rs
base, or 10 roll haekwarGs the Mlsslsslppito
Ms source, ~ 10 look for 'Hstlte AT the
bands Ufhls determined eurmics If his
pm were guided by an Angel OF lIgat #
Ms doctrines were drawn rom the pre-
cepis 1--WE say nothing of the examples) of
Messrs. Jefferson and Madlsnn--and il he
enforced them IN the most clear and per-
splcueus manner, h. would still he de-
n0unerd As u statesman whom experience
had failed To make wise, and as hereto
whom no Efforts could reclaim. Under
These circumstances, he pursues course
which entities INN to the admiration Il re-
~ " ul''efS nut P'nuenl n'lt-f1e makes
MS own jndgmen the rule of ms cosdurt, Il
parsues lis dictates with a bold and ieal
69,sS Independence ch has astonlshed I
',,"any othl former Opponents, who had
hten taught tn believe th,t he WIS devoid /
81 personal frmness as If tirmness of
purpose was inconsistent with the chsrdc-
Ter OF one who had never put on the airs
ora v"!-finlrng no pnlitlcal axIn,n
iaid down in Mr.. Adams letter, 10 jnstlfy .
The cry of" No Pope,y"t was found ne
cessary, ~ Older 10 connt"ract the effects
which might BIZ produced by the tone of
manly feeling that per, AIDES it, To fore-
s'a'' the public judgment by aurhuting 10
one oi ITS sentences a meaning whi.h II
was never intended To convey, and which
could oniy BE- given to it by the most IN
Ve'efa'e spirit of hostility or the weakest
understanding. Mr.. Adams says that
the APPRECIATION of the candid and disln-
'erestrd Is d"abiy precious, because it pro-
hoances IN advance the Irrevncable deci-
zion ot posterity." Does lhs remark oe-