The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-17
LYNCHBUR1i. AUGUSTA, 1876.
TO THE PUBLIC.

oT Sofbofht NJ. lalldicTrp, Esq OfHf u
ci.I interest in the " Vlrglnan," IT ha
beeo lutimnled To mr. az comfortable Il
usage. and meet IN itself, thttI should a.
dept this mode of apprlzmg the public oil
the nea relation 10 II whica now sustain
In doing so 1t Is no part of my purpose
10 make a formal confession of political
faith. Designing ttom considerations Of
a pfivate nature, to have no direct and ar
tive agency whatsoever in edliIng the
Vrg!nlan," such an exposition would be
in some degree soperfuons and unnecessa-
~ TIE Journal Of which have becoInt
part prhpiIetor havlng long .xlstrd among
us, under different names and various au-
spicrs, tits presumed that The political basis
Un which IT rests IS known 10 all. Ii viii con
tlnue 10 occupy this basis. II Is proposed 10
no ~lsr 10 change It's political complexion,
since the editorial department will CON-
tnue under the immediate mirage
mrnt OF those, benrath whose anspces the
Virgnianp has already experienced an
Increase VI patronage, which, whist II re-
fleets much credit 90 the conductors,
proves indispulabiy thai thu paper has
heretofore been conducted IN q mauner to
that on several gone by occasions, dill
fered in opinion from It's Editors. But
the ever shlfling Genes Of he political
ST e. have removed thu grounds Ut these
differences, and brought Us To a point,
where concurrence of views in relation
to the present aspect If afdits, neceSsarl-
ly imple, 40 abandonmeni of former .
pinions. During the rpcent cootrst for
the Presidency, which resulted in The ele
vation of Mr.. Adams to that high office,
| steadily and strenuously supported thP
pretensiuns of Mr. Crawford. N thing
has since transprtd to make me regret
the part which then acted. On the con-
tfary, do now lancet, aud shall ever la
nent, the failure of Mr.. T.. To reach the
exalted station, for thr discharge Of whose
dutrs, his sound aud practical mind, and
/ pnlllied lnccprrpptiblllty, eminrntls fitted
/ him. Bur az he is not spoken Of as .
candidate for The Presidency at the next
election, and as, from present indie TONS,
We ar rdt'lnd To believe that the Ameri
can people will have IN choose bet.ecn
Adams and jackson, cannot for mo-
ment hesitate to declare my hearty pre-
ference for the inrnner. Aud this, not be-
cau,e like Adams more, bnt because
ikr Jackson less INll not Offend by a
4 repetition of tn grounds OF distinction be-
tween these ilIaslrions ,nrn which have
BEEN oftenimes SET forth aad insisted on.
II Is enough for my purpose to remark.
+ that, SEEING 1t is acknn lodged on ali
hands, that the opinions OF thesP men IN
regard to the construction Of the national
constitution are eqnally iautudiuous
qualIy variant from the doctriors Of the
i Old Virginia school. in whose faita hay
lived, and IN whose faith shall die, aud,
indeed, that in regard TO all the great
questions OF internal policy which have
heretofore agltatad the councils of the Re-
| public, their modes Of thinking are known
10 be precisely colncideot, my declared
/ preference for Mr.. Adams rests simply on
the impression that AS a Statesman, he /.
wiser and more experienced and a.
nan, mIlder aud more discreet. than Gen.
Jackson. The preference for NJ Adams,
ton, avowed with gteat boldnes. at an
early day, and subsequently maintained
with great irmness by the conductors of
this Print, turns on considerations In no
wise connected with the peculiar dac-
trlnes Of the Virginia School These
Gentlemen have uniformly declared them
selves the friends of State Rights, and az
| cordlngly have denied, and continue To de-
| ~. the right of tue General Government,
AZ asserted by thr present administration
to cary into effect great system of in
ternh improvement. They reprob te,
/ too, that npiast and partial system of DO
| Icy, the offspring of the predOminancy of
noilher1 influence, which, in its tenden-
| cies. is calculated to render comparatively
unproductve the most important branch
es of southern industry and which. if its
| further extension in time to come, IS not
resisted by something stronger than neg
lected memorials of agricultural assem-.
! bases, viii, and that at no distant day,
convert our Southern planters into So M
nv" ileweTs Of Wood, and Drawers OF
Water" for few boatcd, insolent mann.
featuring capitalists, forced into this
breathing world before their time, from
The monster hi eedng womb of odIuns mo-
nopoly,by the quickenng warmth ola mis-.
chlevous and lIl-direcied patronage. bold
[ mp, then, 10 the public view a politician
in oar land, impressed with deep sense
oil the souDdness of these views, and 9TH
erwise qualified for the highest Office
known to the constitution, and the Vir-
giuisn, abandoning all others, will pled ge
itself, 50 far as its humb BILE exertons may
avail, to bear aloft on its buckler, that m q
through all thu shifting scenes of the ap-
preaching contest. But should no such
individual stand before the American public
at the approaching election, we ask, in
the name of all that is fair aud Just,
that corrupt motives be not imputed
10 US for refusing to renounce our present
preference, and adopt another, when such
, course could promote no one principle.
or pave the way for the Introduction of any
I one measure, which as Virgini ns we are
Interested IN promoting or introducing
, Bnt whilst we have resolved on giving
f MIR. Adams firm, but temperate sup.
port IN opposition to General Jackson
we wish It TO be distinctly understood tina,
we entertain the highest respect for the
f latter. The important services of the
great Warrior of the West can nepo- h,