The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-08-12

observe thai there are always rye Witnesses 20
sach scenes. aud % il was ~ tins case; and they
+ have declared thai The wound Is mol skin deep
50 thai ON Republicans thoughts all turn out
I 10 be Of The poorest KNIT not worth the tlinc
mat i, consumed in hafchins them inio bring.
! 4 a proofof H. he thinks il strange tliatl should
ask, WY Mr. Clay did not vote ior Crawford,
when ai the same time blame MN for NOT sot-
! ing for General Jackson, who went into The
house with the greatest number of votes. Our
| Republican, thinks he did right, IN supporting
! him Who had the neal greatest number, although
/ Mr. Crawford vas the choice Of Kentucky IN
preference TO Adams; what, then, was hr
/ Clay's dnfy on this occasion lihe could not
/ vote for jackson, he had no proof that Adams
would be the choice of the United States: No.
he had no such proof lac was not then bound
+ 10 support HIM But he is a corrupt represent
alive, | care not VINO he Is, ~ho suffers his prl-
waite feelings, private rescntments, and private
notions, 10 Influence him To aei IN opposition to
the known will of the people ; aud that will Clay
could but be fully satisfied of, relative 20 General
Jackson. But ON Republican sres all very diff
ferentl, he saws that Mir Claws vote on Ihat
! occasion, MS conoeis ed IN wisdom. Now, defy
the gentleman to slew me single iHdefasi
who does not think Is lie does. But ! must cor
+ rect his error; for Clay vote WIS conceived ~
inqufy, aud brought forth by intrigue : aud nr-
neral jack on letter will lead very near the
borders 81 revelation. II is presumable, that
| NJ CLAW will try aud keep the rlo,ru foot bud
tor this purpose it IS no doubt. that hr Is travel
] ing about through through the country | had
| Thought that the duties of his Office were almost
endless from complaints which were made
| scare " ayear ago hnt now II seems that he
can travel about for months together and neg
loo
sumo that Mr.. Clay concluded 10 put the matier
10 rest, lay dong that quick y, which he resolved
20 do Alas poor man II Is matter not so
easy 10 be put az resi- he Will often hear II pro
claimed that he aud Adams entered INTO a com
bination but not oitener than his conscience
will stare him in the face and mold up tohls view
the deed which most deeply wounds his soul,
| furnishes his honour. II can but follow him to
| the avs of death, tormontug his mind with the
thought. that he should have been so unmlndtnl
otthe streams ofhlood which poured toiih from
| or dying fathers during the awful struggles OF
! the revolution as 10 sell the highest Office of
| trust and honour Our Republican seems goa
ded TO the soul, if chance to convey his IDEAS ~
angua different from that which he uses lie
calls il perversion, and, in this way, seeks to
| hide his defects. The matter here aludedto, Is
a question which. he says, was put IN tue
doubtful case :; hui was satisfied that The gen
| tlrman could but believe that Clay knew ADAMS
| 10 he corrupt. But turn il into "A SUI position !;
we will sav. for instance, suppose MIR. Clay did
! know the fact, that Adams Was corrupt, was
thcrcno good reason apart from personal az
grandizement that would have influenced HIM,
| to accept OF the office of Secretary 7 Oar ne
! pul,can thinks there was. What was II? Use
any language you please, to convey tn ldea OF
The gentleman, and the amount IS hr would ar
| ..,r,t Of in o,IpT watch Nd
am. il can mean nothing else. his was no
doubt looked upon by our X publican, 10 he
potent argument in favour OF hr Clay but lie
did moi CONSIDER all the bearings for can salts
fy the world that NJ. Clay could nave no good
reason, for accepting the Office OF Secretary, an.
der he supposed fitet. that he knew Adams 10 be
corrupt for he could not be satisfied of the cor
ruptiou of Adams in consequence OF the combi-
uation, without finding himself 10 be as corrupt
Is Adams u ith such knowledge he could not
be itsniablc; for rs before observed II would
BE- setting rogue 10 catch a rogue, aud you
could bui ~. Get them to combine and turn upon
you. kno"i it Is wrong to waste SO muchpap 10
COMPUTE such childish superstition but ii had
passed by unnoticed IT would have been
thought by our Republican, TO be an argument
ilh " hich dare not Interfere no wonder, Tor
he tells us, that he is a cousin TO maniac.
have followed the gentleman ill he has
come At length to the consideration OF tie powers
otthc federal government and the limits of
state rights and here he defes me. We'll
shah not shun the challenge; SO we are at issue
again. Our Republican asks wherein have
state rights been tramplcd upon, and then an
swers. for AmIc'Is that il an alluson, he
supposes, to Internal Improvements and the Ia
riff measures. | should consider it dull gem
ms, that would not enable a man TO THINK OF
guess right, once in dozen tunes he knows
my meaning when say that state rights are
trampled upon. But he turns away immediate
iy from plain letter of the constitution TO tell
us that he and Mr.. Clay put the same consttuc
ton on certain articles in the constitution Why
this is the poorest proof Oft the correctness of Mr.
Clav's notion, hiatt the gentleman could have CIV.
en-. lie admits that internal improvements,
which have not the general welfare IN view, be
iopg exclusively to the states but, wherever
the object Is for the good of the whole, or tor the
general welfare, it belongs 70 the general go
eminent. Now, call upon the gentleman, TO
point me out a single instance, that is not plain
l. named IN the oonsututon where the genera
government has any right TO interfere with the
] Internal concerns of a state and | call upon
Inn to bring with his assertion, that article
which he has tortured into such meaning.
Congress has no 9 Il TO establish even forth
cation within the limits OF state, until they Pur-
chase the land by consent Of the State L.. lsa-
turr and every child knows that fortihcauons
are ior the general ? cd. 1t might be very de
81. able with all The states, that Virginia should
lhnyrthe IS atefs OF Roanoke and Potomac unl-
tel " q canal ana it might be urged that Il
would be Tor the general good could the 1ener
| al Government interfere. and say that the canal
should b. established, when the state legislature
says II shall not be undertaken We grant
that all the rest might ovelpower Virginia (pcr-
tips) aud do it by force but, If power gives
| igd tim all sense OF Justice is gone forever, &
the weak mus, 20 TO the wall II such prnc-
pies a these were admitted, our union would be
offering an insult To common sense. 10 abide
cllhcr hY the PLAIN letter, or common sense con
sruclon, congress could not undertake to estab-
lsh .uch awork us | have mentioned. Now,
] .y..1 ~. LIE nLnLI1ds mlnn which nnr kennhl-