Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-08-03
DOMESmIC.
He PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

IN
CHARLorTEsvILLE, July % There il mo
sulleeJ OF more solemn import To free peopIe
than tie selection OF Their Chief Magistrate Ii
concerns the people OF the United States emuhati.
cally as nation, without regard local dis,Inc-
tions-lt involves The prosperity sad glory oil our
common country, and must contribute essentially
10 The hhSl PeTPe uatiOn or overthrow of that svs
ten OF government, on which cur destlnies and
those or our posisrty stake!. In exercising
this nigh pTer"6stive, the people should discard ey.
cry motive but sincere desire TO promote the Duh.
lie weal-they should cherish sentiment but one
OF hdelity 10 themselves and their country l.
should be remembered, that Offices is conferred for
the benefit OF those who bestow, and not for tbs
honor or en,oiument OF him who accepts it-ihst II
Is created to secure the peoples rights by accom-
plishlng the peoples will. The examples Of btorv
and The experience Of our own Brief though sue.
cesstuI Career as nation, sdmonish US, that the
rights of mankind are 10 be preserved only by IN.
most active and jealous vigilance over those into
whose hands their protection is conhded, and that
there Is always most danger, where there is most
poweT-in the executive department of government
We need not attempt to prove what indeed is anna
rent, that the federal executive OF the u State.
Is constituonally Invested with very ample mowers
that those powers, when diverted Fl ON their Ieg.
mate objects, may become the means OF injury and
oppression to the people; and dat the ambition of
man is naturally prone 10 seek It's oNn aggraudze-
ment by perversion OF pow err 1t becomes US Then.
as seniinels Of the press, to look with untirine
wachiuiness for danger, where 1t il most 10 be an
pTehended amd boldly 10 proclaim its approach
whene, er ii is discovered.
Those pIe~eminent claims TO the first Office of mn,
government, which cheerfuIly recognized bv
all, have become extinct with Tue Illustrou- men
who were coeYal with the origin Of The GOV eminent
and il is scarcely pro5 bile thai we shall ever asai
behold The election OF Individual to the PresjJeu
cy, who will completely reconcile all the various
and conflicting interests of our immense and Va,
extending country. Ii is obvious that there ,yi l
but two prominent candidates for the next Pre1
deacy MIR. Adams and Gen. Jack on. Il is there-
lore Incumbent on the people, az Oh ourselves ia
choose betw cen them. la doing this no motive Of
paTtiaiiy or aujpathy be ascrbeJ to the Deople
oil Virginia or 10 ourselves, since neither they. nor
we, were favorable 10 either OF these jodiv,Jusl.
on any former occasion. For ourselves, we profess
with csndour and sincerity, 10 have approached the
consideration Of this question, with a due sense Of
us importance, and to have weighed the respective
merits OF the candidates, with deliberate and lnpar
tsl judgment. We should be unworthy OF that
Confidence hirh is so kindly reposed in US, If we
were capable Of becoming the blind par,izans Of a
Jackson or IN ADAMS, o. Of any OF party yybat.
sseyef. The object Of cur pursuit, we iu,st. j.
more exalted and noble, than the mere triumph or
defeat OF man or party. We are the friends ol
our country Of ns constitution is glory il.
happiness, and preference for either OF these s
dIVlduais extends not beyond bis comparative cana
city az means TO promote these great end.
Believing, as We conscienuOusly DO, tbat the
opinions and conduct Of Mr.. Adams, di-ou.l,f,
him for The safe administration Of eoyefnu emf
like ours, we have always deprecated biz election
or continuance in Office, dangerous 10 the wei
fare Of our country. In surveying his pas, life. +,
struck with Lbs peculiafilies end nconsisteoc.s
BY which u is decayely mail ed. Born and oir-
iured in the school Of high toned arslocracy. he
hes inculcaied % bis pen and illustrated by bisS,m
e'l acis, he pernicious tenets which lie nL,bea
under The imposing sanction Of parental precept and
example. Mr.. Adams was feIeraist Of tl'. I'm.
Boston stamp OF '98, - bile be he'd any ibioe A.
hope from ihe influence ct his raftJ when IN. b.,,
risen 10 a conspicuous rank among The advocate. -,
n' iaihsf's PRINCIPLES and administration; whse
those principles, and hey who held hem y,,,e ia
oienanty denounced by The American psspls. be
attempted o. axe meri. Of wlet vas rbfeg mo-
cesfiiy, and io!essed TO sacrifice his parry m -
cure his rw5oaal advance neni. The Circumstance.