The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-02-13


elect which tho competition Of Dewitt Clinton
for the Presidential CHAN would have upon the
prospects OF then t%aNofte, \ tev weeks ago,
We iaeld .'tally mentioned. 10 erat r,'it" Of
Coy. Clinton late Na=sagn 10 .Ee Nes istN
Legislature that hN lsne'l es as a'o"ed IA
thai message, aie tho. la os.f.t, d moi IN tr-
tent, Ne should nave seta H.#sh Virginia ha,
always made herself COZ uoHs ~ defending
and mich. therefore, seel. til ondcr sniou
administrations iNcy "et. g i4aliy crow lne
les aud less ias'' I'12ie. s'l' 9aaat TO manifest
some ambition 10 restore 10 ttflr former ac-
Nh'htea-'i aft-rmnfn=s, 10y voting Tor the on
n''' 10 III. 'oe i.Neeh''r 'h7ff" h' had gwen
any 'ad'"ce 81 his alta Hnruj II them This
7'af 'l'''nea lHos'' VIII i"'msefr IN uadf pre-
tended devotion 10 these p."siHles. make as" of
them TO cover then rea' ae,Ogpt winch design IS
have no more reverence for them than Nh y
dams himself Two - thr n. York papers on,
OF them distinga ISL II lar it., l1ng-standng aud
inVetefatc hostility to III. Clinton, aud the other
''s '' '''As H''"'H+#hh {'tfthHH#f ~
that gentleman, if its assumption to be a conf
dental partlsl3antm his opinions BE- not IN ebul-
luton OF It, "9n.ed vanity took occasion 10 re-
mark on the article which appeared ia our CO.
innns m 4 manner entirely characteristic The
d%af7raie, WITT is usual hostility, implied q
doa5t of Nh. Clmlon's sincerity Ar. Noah
(oaf old friend) assuming the alrs of It man en-,
trusted with more than he is disposed to dl,ulge,
IniofmsuS is # by anltority, that there viii he
no third candidatc-that MIR. Clinton will not
consent to thWart the pfopic's 1eis4,S lf;od save
tie meuk > by clashing with Gen. iaobson's ia
teTest-and, inibucd, at the same time, with The
spirit Of prophecy, he declares that N. York viii
"a toI O!d Hickory All this sound, very well
on paper aud so did various predictions made
during the last Presidential campaign, by this
same '.r. Noah, who did not dlscoy,l that New
York would not go Ion Mr. Crawford, until the
cteat lalSiiied his calculations. And so. We he
state not to believe, will be the east again bc
this as II may, however, Nh, Noah's consolato.s
dfaaehtis g'eed'y swallow ed by the pretended
States Rights men, 1t Is eagerly trumpctteo
forth by the - Washington Ieleefoph,' which a
Vefs that MIR. olnton.s patriotism, as well a,
Vi. Noah Sagaciit, Is "a voucher Of the cor.
reetnes, OF the information; x by the" RiehmoiG
Laq0rcr, which endorses for is co-laborers, and
adds 10 liahew fact. 10 Wit, that " Mr, Clinton Il
~daardFa. VT would here femark, tby WayO
palehiLtsE that Nh. Clinton, never llaYins been
considered candidate couIdnotb be ''oihdgloH;'
and that even, had ne been 50 considered, the
mere assertion Of VI. Nj. Noah, that he would
not consent to serve, affords not the slightest cvi.
dence of Mi. C's intentions, no more than hi,
prophecy does OF the true state Of opinion OF III,
people ct New YORK.
10 us the whole matter appears perfectly
simple, aud the course TO be taken perfectly
plain. lfthose politicians who aver that their
hostility 10 the present administration is solely
the etlectofi'a measures, are really serious il
they do indeed fear that the federal government
Is too rapidly encroachulg on the rights of the
States; At they dread the effects Of the tdrii, on
the commercial and agricultural policy OF the
Middle and southern states II isIa solemn duty
which they owe to themselves and 10 their
country 10 the present generation and to pos.
terry, to avert these evils, by b%eNtowing their
support only ON that individual whose prncl-
pies are hnownt to be adverse TO them contnu-
ance, aud whose hdelty can be relied on. II
they do this, they stamp their conduct with the
best evidence oil candoor, aud they cannot fail IN
embodyInS that portion OF the people Who think
with them, intoa formidable, II aot a successful
phalanX' Bntn' on me "tief hand, they act o
thei"l'e-li they denonnce Mr.. Adams for en-
teftalnlng certain opinions aud "'thdfa" from
him their support because he advocates them.
while, at the same time, they support General
jackson, whose opinions are eXss'ly the same
| tho of,,a tho came .CtIIIuCn that thpiF gpuIpgi
is hased IN ner,ouai~ considerations and j. nnrsu.
od with an eve sinoIe to the advancement of am
bf,io,s dom,oogucs Notbino can ne nlairor
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