The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-21

sFFri H1'os 'fffFlff 'of 'rFPf7ins shsItfiahs
ant g,oupdleys impn,al,ons, against an
ahsrai and innor.pt indi, lduai. Dive
rum esrly OTHER hold. They have seized
~ The only plank if within their grasp.
| hal nj ny accept ,iiec uf the office uf Sc
tFeiary uf State. who his bern asstated
a. be the eonsuminai,nn III n pre-, mus c ~
| rnpi arrangement. What can | Oppose
to such AZ assertion. hui positive, peremp-
tory. and unqualified denial and rsprii-
ton af the demand for prbUf aud trial
Tue afRee IL which have been appuiolcd.
is thai NJ lhe country; created by it, and
administered for is brnfft In dreidng
ahethr should acrrpl il or not, I dad
40 take e unsel from thnsr, who f'resee-
iag thr probability of nv designation for
/ y, songhl tn deter mr from It's acceptance
/ hy iah'c4tlng anticipated charges, which
would have hrep preferred with the same
zeal aud alaerity, however might have
! decided. took counsel from NV friends,
! from my duty from my conscious inno-
cence ol nna orthy and false impnlatlons.
| WAS mol lrfl at liberty by either my enc
mrs or frlrnds, To decline thr office. /
would willingly have decnned il fon an
unaffected dl-lfnst Ofmy ability Ia per
FOR It's high duties, ,f could have honot-
ably dechned II. ! hop. lhe uniform t.
nor ofm, whole puhhc life, will protect
me against the sopaosiilon of any unrea-
southle a,ldty Tor public employ mrnt.
during III" administration Of that llnstri.
Gus man, to whose civil services, mote
tina Ia those If any other American Pat
mt living or dad, IBIS Country /, lndebt-I
I'd Tor the blessing Of lis present Constitn-
ton now 1i"re than ten Years ago, the|
Mission IL Russia, aud place III his Ga
hlnrt, we're sucessslsey offered me-. Al
Place IN his Calumet Al that period of my
HE, was NOR. equivalent To any place
nHdrr any Administration, ut my presrn
ldt tncrd age. HIS inmrdiale successor
rendered me the anne place ~ HI. Cabinet
wh'ch hc anX'onsly urged me to accept
and the Mission Ia Ecgland. Gentlemen
hOpr you will brllevc, thai far from be
log inprlled by any VAN or bOsblful spir
t. mettlon thrse thing, do II with hu
imitation and morllfcallon.
If had refused thr Department Of State
the same individuals who now, IN the alb
Sfhcr of all proof against all probability
aud IN utter disregard of all truth, pro-
claim the existence oil n corrupt, presipns
arrangement, would have prOpagaled ihe
same charge, with the same affected conf
deoce, that they now uehlushingly assume
and IL would bnv. been said, with al l.as
rs much plaoslbilly, thai had tonrbu
ted 10 III" elucllnn OF u Chief Magistrate
OF whom thought 80 nntaeourabl,. that
would not accept that place 10 ms Cabinet
which Is generally regndrd as thu fist
thought i my duty nnawed by their de
nnoclatloos, To proceed IN the office as
-lgned pr by the President and Senate, to
le"der 10 the country the h,st service bf
"hlrh my poor abilities are capable. III
this Administration should shcw itsrlf mr.
in"ndly to American Liberty, and to fre.
and liberal Institutions II II should he !
candocied upona system adverse to those
principle. If public policy. would have g.
yer endeaVo0red 10 sustain, and | should
be found will clinging to Office, then, no
thing which could be said by those who
are lnimical to mr, would be undrsprved.
But the President ought moi To have ap.
pointed one who had voted for him. Mr..
jefferson did not think 50, who called 10
his Cabinet n gentle who had voted
for him, ~ the most warmly contested e.
lection that has pvel occsrrrd IN the
House Of Representatives, and who ap-
pointed 10 other highly important Office
other Members OF the same House, who
voted for him. Mr.. Madison did not thlnk
50, who did not feel himself restrained
from sendlng me on a foreign service, be
cause had supported his election. Mr..
M"nros did nat think so, who appointed
in his Cahlnet genilrm N now filing the
second Office IN the Government, who at
tended tht caucus thai nominated him
aud warmly aud efficiently espoused hls
election. But suppose tns President act
rd upon the most dlslnterrsted doctrine
which is nov contested for, by those who
opposed hls election, and were To appoint
10 public ofr. from heir ranks only, 10
the entire exclusion Of those who voted
for him, would he then escape their cen
sure! No We have seen him charged
for that equal distribution, Of the public
service among every class of citizens,
which has hitherto characterized his Adj
mlnlsration, with the nelaious purpose
If buying up portions Of the community
A spirit Of lehnnclatIon is abroad. With
some condemnation, right br wrong, is the
order of the day. No matter what pru
dencr and wisdom may stamp the mea
surcs OF the Administration no matter
how much the prosperity of the country
may he advanced, or what public evils
may he a,erted, under its guidance, there
are persons who would make general, in
dis, Eliminate. and interminable opposition.
This Is mot a I'll occasion, nor perhaps
am fit person, To enter upon ylndlca-
tlnn of lis treasures. But hope | shall
be excused for asking what measure OF
domestic policy has been proposed or re-
commended by the present Executive,
which has not IFS prototype in the preyi
Gus acts or recommendation OF Admins.
trations at the head OF which was a citizen
OF Virginia Can the liberal and high
minded people of this State condemn mea-
sures emanatIng from ctizen of Massa
chusetts, which, when proposed by a Nr-