The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-12-14

scech the members Of ,he virsin,s LEGISLATURE.
in the grvd, questions connecicd win internal
improvement. that vii be b1ouaGi Toward 10
act vnh the enlarged views Of Fusin,aas 10 DIS
cmd the trammels Of county and sectional nfil.
cncc-to put iheir shoulders to the wheel. as
one man. aad redeem the chan actero of the whole
state while they add to the individual wealth
aud comfort olthe citizen. If they act other.
wise ;-ifthey prove that they are not the pa.
rental guardians Of the Commonwealth but. on
the contrary, each curb on the otner.-one
guarding the " sands Of the east' from the weight
Of Slight tax, which night render their frrtlll.
cation comparatively unnecessary, by opening
communication o the now useless riches of the
Hcs--while another sits with folded arms. in.
different 10 the tate Of the measure. because he
nor his constituents viii be essentially injured
or benefited ~ i've have no other alternative
but an appeal 10 Hercules. flour own brethren.
cndcarcd 10 rs by state feelings, and who ought
to be actRated hs something like state pride.
should exhibit criminal Indifference to every
measure which relates not to III. In immediate IN
tcrest they ought not 10 be surprised we ask
aid ofthose WHO have both the power and the
disposition n afford t.--B b., enough of this.
for the present.
While We regret we are not At all surprised
that Gov, Tyler has deemed it essential 10 soi-
j cit the attention OF the Legislature 10 what IS
called, in the slang of the times, the alarming
usurpations Of III general government Iae
, atmosphere of Richmond is almost fatai II a
correct appreciation ofhings as heg of1, com.
pared with things as they hare 5eea aaa it is
not therefore astonishing that GOV. Tyler should
have really supposed that greater erts's' ex-
lists, and that more dangers threaten the rights
OF the States now. than when Mr. Jefferson Sign
ed the Cumberland Road bill--whcn uneonstm-
tional powers were conferred on the first GOV
crnor Of the newly purchased Territory of Lon.
isiana--and when Mr. Madison give lis sane
ton 10 National Bank, with the overwhelming
capital of Htrtgmiiiom ofdoHayS-to say nothing
of a hundred acts ofnoIcss equivocal cbafac-
ter. Gov. 1yler's principles are lust Tie
question is whether there he any more necessi-
~ in enforcing them now, by an extfa-egisla-
tive act, than existed three. four on ten years a
got Whether the changes which a~e etarnallv
rrng in our ears are not produced rather by
personal hostility to John Quincy Adams than
by any devotion TO the inmutability of the prin-
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commentator of the Governor superindnced,
We have no doubt by the camors Of the unto by
whom he is surrounded, we cordially hope that
no step will he taken by the legislature connec-
ted with this subject. Although We are appris.
ed that Ms Report oisomc 20 or 30. pages
is ready to be presented AMI all thati, necessary
is to 60 through the tonnaity Of appointing a
Committee to give il sanction in its ncipicncv,
we hope will be stranglcd in its birth. as a
measure at once unnecessary and impolitir
What Hare We not Mndison's hcpor' u hat
need we more2 Ii is in politics what the Bible
is in religion We speak rcvercntly when We
say, that he who will not believe the reasoning
ofHm Report, will not believe though one rise
from the dead And are VIC TO expect thai
conviction will follow from the farthing rush
light which is 10 be produced at the present. egs-
ature Or, has Madson's Report blinded the
people by It's effnlgence, that the miiasr ran, Of
some Quxotic imiator are needed to enable them
to gaze on the truth with stcadincss Such abb
slrditcs are truly ridiculous, as might be eyi-
dcnced by the weak attempt at the same result
last a0tHter, which commenced, as tbs has. in
factious clamor, and which will end, as that did
in the degradation Of those by whom it was
raised
Weregret, that, while the Governor is so very
sensitive respecting the assumptions on the feder-
al constitution, he is so very indifferent to the
effectiveness of that of Virginia We have ben
astonishcd, more than once, that question in
vohing the deepest interests, and which has so
long attracted the liYeost regards of the people
of Virginia, should ai.engs have been deemedun-
worthy ofnoHcc in the annual Message of the
Governor to the peopte's representatives,. Tie
people of Virginia ought to amend their own
constiluton-they ought to make it what IT pun
ports to be, but what it is not, dsm0cratic--thcy
ought to strip it of its lordIy and arstocrate
features, and make themselves felt in the adj
of every deportmcnt--the ought
10 simplify its opeI ations---as the great Jeller
son recommends TO them, they ought to put eve
~ thing, as far as practicable, into their oun
hands, before they complain Of abuses from o.
thcr sources Trey ought to remove the bran.
from their own eye, before they complain Of the
inoic in tn rir neishbor's. Let them do ths-let
them cvince to the world that all powers inher
ent aud resides in them and they will have no
mor1 Randophs or Bankruptcies, to scout them
When they no longer need their SURFACES, and to
ridicule their supremacy when that supremacy is
no l,nser necessary to their aceralIsemcnt.
CdnpbeH Eeef,0n--An election tosunp!y the
vacancy in the House Of Delegates. from thi,
county, took place last Monday. VIM NJ Rives
Esq elected, by very large majority over
L. g,n.n.ttforc AIassra Eurt,,t, aud