The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-03
THG ViaGTNIAN.
LIZ N1HbuRG APRIL 3, 1926.

WI" chnnse 10 investigate their conduct
or I" abuse them without in,estiratioo
that he ured mt himself EXPECT ia nsca,.
from It's operation. When men Law down
rules, neither they nor their friends ought
10 expect that they will work to suit tbcjr
wishes aud feelings upon all occasions. If
they devote their leisure and their TALENTS
to the "dlons task of ferretns out flaws in
the characters ot their cotemporaries--in
rrvIvIng long buried SANDERS and in a1tri-
bntlng good actions TO bad motives. thew
need not be surprised if, in their turn, they
! should he reduced IN the necessity of MIA.
clnS Themselves IN the defensive. Ham
l"t says, i" Though a man be pure as ice,
aud cHA7te rs snow, he shall not escape
calumnF.' lie might have said, with O.
qlal l"S'iee, thu no nan who ever Mingled
n0rh with mankind, and particularly
those who are selected To administer ac.
fairs OF govern nent, has ever yet failed,
or ever will fail, To commit some positive
'ndlsrrellon, Or br guilty of some act of du.
hIous Import, which the hand of malr,o-
lence will drag into light TO blast his
fame when his head shall be covered with
the SHOWS of honorable age, or laid peace
fully To rest in the tomb. To say that Mr..
Giles has steefed clear of the dangerous
shoals upon which so many fortunes have
been stranded, would BIZ to say that he had
escaped the common lot" 1t would he
going further. It would say TO the people
OF Virginia, that, IN permitting his fine tai
ents to remain unemployed in the public
service, and in the virtual sentence of ban
IshmeDt from the public councils which
has confined him so long to the shades of
Wigwam, imbibiog venom from solitude
-and Disappointment, they have been guilty
of an act scarcely less ungratefh aud re.
prehenslhle than the ostrascin Of Aristldps.
But such Is not the fact. Mr.. GrIps's poll.
teal course has not been free from error.
Error, did we say 1t has been chequer-
ed by sins of the first mag nitude and of
the most dangerous character He has
openly dsned one of the funda rpntal !
principles of representative government,
depending upon the intrinsic weight of his
character and the strength of his ntcIlrc |
tual powers, TO protect him against the !
., i 4
he now declares this is not true Not
wlthstandins his denial of the right of in |
struction compelled him to resign his seat
in the L. s. Senate, lest he should be un.
crremoniously diSmiSSta he has now the
harolehood to deny that he ever disputed
the right Of the Virginia legislature to in. I.
struct him Notwithstanding his printed
ayowal of this opinion, and his printed de- /
fence of II, IN addition 10 his loss IF public T.
confidence, are all so many living mouu
mens the fact, vet he AYERS thot it is |
no such thing, aud that ~ he will make it
appear on the day of Amelia election ! =
Some men are gifted with wonderful ia.
Guilty Of obsenring truth by metaphysical
iarGn, and by the same weapon of max
ing fllsehood look like truth. Such is the
character given by Milton to BeIial. And
If Mr.. GILES can now show, that he never
denied The right ofln.tructlon, and that ms .
countrymeD have lahored for fifteen years
under mistake in regard To his opinion
if he can convince US that tie people of
Virginia are not able to tell the difference |
between an Affirmation and a denial, we
shall be prepared TO surrender our iudg- |
mrnts hereafter To his sole control, and the
dcstinies of our country to his sole gui-
dance and protection. Until then, howe
yer, we must be permitted to wish Mr..
Giles safe deliverance from the strife Of
political arenas, whether IN the Senate,
the House of Representatives or House Of
Delegates, and a calm and peaceful retire
men,, during the remainder of his days, in
the shades of Wigwam We wish it the
more, since bis ambition, unlike that of
most men, seems to be of a retrograde ra-
ther than a progressive character. As he
could not reach the highest seat of legs
lation know to our federal system, he is
CONTEXT at this "awful crisis" to take the
lowest known to the state constitutions
And if the people of Amelia should think .
it best not to impose even this heavy task
upon him, he will doubtless be content
with the Office of county constable Any
thing must be Gone, at this momentous
crisis, big with the fate of Rome to stop
Mr.. Adams in his career of splendor, The
g Practical Government" must be res