The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-31

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civil tionours wha had stIgmatized the citi-
zen soldiers Of that state, on the memofa-
BILE 8th of January, with a failure in duty:
whe had charged them with having /" an
glortouSiy fed" before The enemy ; AID no
correction If the mistake having follow
ed, under brtter information The cleo
tion resting betw een Mr.. Adams and Ge-
neral Jackson, was il necessary conse
quence of Mr.. Adans's election, that it
NUS have been the product of corruption?
Better consideration, am sure, will allow
you TO admit the contrary. Mr.. Adams
being elected, was it not obtiOus Mr.. Claws
standing, talents and local situation, all
concnrred 10 point him out for the office
he now ho.d!
u der The influence ofrecent mortifca-
ton and disappointment, il was to be ex-
peci0d, though not less 10 be regretted,
that harsh things should have been utter
ed, and groundless charges advanced.
The public will Judge with what weight
they can now be repeated, after an inyes.
tIsalion was anxiously sought and avoided
by excepting to the Jurisdiction of the
house; such course, gentlemen, must
work injury 10 YOU cause.
What "as the course they took at the
former election, and how WAS it that Gen
earal Jackson became the candidate Of the
people of this state2 paper at Harris
burg, under the control Of the late state adj
ministration, first put forth his nalne, md
from policy 1t was borne along on both
SIDES DUR & the election then pending. II
became an object with the friends of all
the candidate, except those Of Mr.. Craw-
ford, In iorrgo the long established mode
of nomination by caucas. This howe
yer, but part lily succeeded. In the mean
timr, Jackson convention was proposed
Il; Huntingdon, aud delegates partially APP
pointed. Anotherwas proposed at Han
r. burg, by the members of the Legsla-
turc. Calhoun was suddenly given up by
his friends in a body, and they joined Gen.
Jacksun's standard. The result was, an
abandonm"nt of the Huntingdon project,
nd an almost entire concurrence Ia Jack-
sons support at Harrisburg. Thu vas
eferted, by course of events, s7dopn,
aud little 10 base heen anticipated eau
Gus nomination at tine seat If tar State
Government, whde the same persons h o.
ted and derded ore al that { the Nation
al Government.
That nomination was in the pubIc
m,nd general, identified with the orga-
nlzai'on of the party In Penns, l,anla and
he election of the ticket was matter of
course. OF the electors choseo, some in
drVlduay did not approve of Jackson.
they voted as mere agents. That the
sound feelings of a majority of the people
of this State were eti'r Interested in his ia
vor, | must have better pro before can
believe. The papers most noisy for hun
declined AID disappeared on his failure,
and there has been since, tn my know.
ledge, no indications of l.npaiIpnce or dis
SUBSECTION in Pennsylvania until the call
of the meeting under which yon act,
which has not been reciproCated from any
part OF the State.
General Jackson has been dominated
by thu Legislature of his own State, and,
In prolx communcatior resignng his
seat in the United States Senate, he recurs
| To IT and accepts of il with satisfaction.
lie also urges the amendment of the con
| sliuton in Tong argument, notwthstand-
Ing which, and the arguments of those
Who felt with him in Congress, the pro-
position has descended to the tomb of the
CapnlPts. can neither feel appreciation
eor re pect for Il STATE nomination putting
forth their own fellow citizen. 1t is every
way more Obj rctionabe than Coagres-
sinnal caucus. What peculiar fitness has
The Legislature of -ingle State to nom-
nate President? For twenty-five years
the nomination by Congressional caucus
ses preser> the harmony and integrity
OF the party. 1t Was then abandoned ;
and tell us, is the party integral and har-
monlous now or can it ever be, without
Il recurrence to the old mode of nomina-
tlon, or by convention of delegates at
some central point of the Union? per-
si,tance in the error If 1925, can onl, pro-
duce division and controversy. Take the
paper, the Circular before me, and from
such beginning, nhat extent of yirnlence
and acerbity are we To expect IN the Sc
qori? Your object is frankly ayowed to
be to make the Congressional election
coming on, turn upon the contest between
Adams and Jackson, instead of fitness and
integrity to he useful in legislation Are
not the public already Disguised with the
factlous squabbles exhibited at the two
last sessions? Is it to be continued and ag-
grdvated, and are the people to be excited
10 fill their legislative councils with men
enlisted to promote the elevation of a par
tIcnlar man +? Yeu may mean to make
Jackson's election sure, but to effect this
object, must disquiet and violence per-
wade this happy Union in the interval 1t
is respectfully, it is anxiousIy, hoped not.
The agitation is as yet confined to the city
and coan'y Of PhIadclpbi9, and there, if
we may credit Respectable authority, it is
confined to narrow circle.
II, in his selections for office, Mr.. Adams
has looked among his competitors, or
their friends, rather than among those
more attached 10 his own person and cha
racter be has thereby eyinced a magnani-