The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-06
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Lf NtHBURH, JUYL 6, 1925.
uhsat-Thongh our harvest was This
year ten or fifteen days earlier than usual.
there has ootlheen any new wheat in MIR
KIT, and the price is unsettled. In fact,
we do not know Of any purchasers, as
there are no mills in this neighborhood. &
probably will net be any this season, IN a
situation TO manufacture it. We imagine
the price must he low, as those who hnv
here cannot calculate upon the profit of
manufacturing it-but must ship it 10
klchmOAd or else" here. to sell again.
-"ses"..
Mr.. 4ddms.-Ot all the charges which the
enemies of John Quincy Adams have brought
up III judgment against him, none has been
welded with more effect than the circnm.
stance that his political opinions underwent
change about the year 1907 At the time
when the alleged change Is said to have IA.
ken place, ii Is true, the Republican party did
not use II as an argnmentto prove his unwor.
'''i'''' Hal ~ SI'utHl Wa It5tEAttt0F The
wiser reflections of aner-imes. rtln. feel.
ing the value of his services, and acknow.
lodging the weight Of his talents, his conduct
was applauded to the very skies Its affects
were then seen, and appreciated by an unpre.
JUDGED aud disnierested community. But
now, when the storm which threatened us
has passed by, without leaving a trace Of its
fury behind, we have lost sight Of tho great
obligations we owe him, aed begin 10 scan
his m0iirts. Il is not now to be told the re.
aecting and candid mind, that any action.
however disnterested, may be suspected to
have originated in base motives, and that
those who choose to entertain and give cur
rency to the suspicion, can always supply by
conjecture aud inucndo what they lack in
truth. This has been tho case with Mr.. Ad.
ams From 1907 till 1890, br enjoved. uuin-
terruptedy, the confidence and affections Of
the Republican party. jefferson, Madison
and Monroe, had each appointed him to 9TH
ces OF the highest trust aud responsibility,
aud no murmar of disapprobaton was ever
heard. Bot, as soon as he bid fair to reach
the Presidential chair. the ''dogs Of war"
we're unlcashed, aud his motives scruiinizrd
by his enemies, not with the candor of men
in search of truth but with the rancor of de-.
| mons, determined 10 immediate him Was thu
the result OF a conviction that he was unfit
for the Presidency, either in his temper, hi,
talents, or his policy 1t could not have
been; for his temper is certainly as unob.
jeetionable as Gen. Jackson's or Mr.. Craw-
lords; his talents infinitely superior his pa.
icy precisely similar. What, then, is the
cause OF the opposition which has brought
to combine for the eiieCtuatOn of a COM
mon object, the most dscordant aud
conflicting materials How is it that
Randolph and Cahouu-Pickerng and
Giles-tbe ultra federaliss ard the ultra
democrats--the extremes of both the in
veteralely hostile parties which so long threa-
tened the integrity of the Union by their dis
seHsions,--We ask. how is it that they have
thrown aside their former hostility to unite
III iilte lhpui VI wv - - btIduSc lDCN 10
longer contend for principle. 1t is personal
hatred--rank and undisgnised personal ha-
tired to Mr. Adams, for what reason We know
not and which themselves woul be sorcly
puzzled to tell, which urges them onward in
their unfair aud inipdieions course. We
could honor the zeal, which, laboring to c.-
tablsh some principle deemed essential 10
the permanency Of our government or tbe
purity ofits administration, would use every
honorable exefton 10 accomplish its landa-
bic purpose. But, we cannot but despise The
maIignity which stops Mt no means 20 effect
the overthrow Of an iniividna, that another,
Who, ii is known, would be onded by the
same political principles, should be elevated
over his head.