Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-09-01
CONTEMPLATION,
'oMe Editors Of tie VmgiMiu Allocate.

me Enquirer ofthe Eth inst has PAT the
PcoP'c OF Virginia III possession of the Address
"tnc freemen of Maryland, made by the adj
m'niStration meeting lately convened at B,lti-
more, styling itself u Convention of Delegates
aoPointei by tho people of that State friendy
ID the reelection of John Quincy Adams as
PRESIDENT of these United States.
n few remarks upon this address inipht be
eXpectcl from some Virginian, yet none have
appeared in three weeks, almost therefore the
following are rendered to you by one who fears
that the Address itself may have come so late
Ito nus hand as to render them uuinteresting
There Is want Of candour in the very title
oil tins feeble production of all the best talents
o. Maryland upon that side of the question
delegates appointed by the People of Mary
land friendly to the reelection" SC The
phrase implies that the people of Maryland are
friendly, which is not the case, and of course
there is deception i'll it, of which the words
that part of & tho People friendly to the reecc-
ton are clear, and therefore would have been
used, III proper candour had been felt on the
OCCASION. 1t has not yet been determined that
the minority is friendly The decision of a
ION oil the people; but Il small ma iority cannot
fairly be called the People OH any occasion of
their coming into action
The term appeal to the People, of itself indi-
Gates factlous feelings, when used for the re-
PLY to communication, made to the public, of
sentiments Individually entertained, and con-
hrmcd by consultation, in dcliberatve meet
ing, upon sufficient debate, and discussion
An unaffected, disinterested, cndeavour to de-
monstratc to the people ola free &, equal Com
monwealth, one of the Confederacy, that their
primary interest lies in the harmony and COM
morcial prosperity, which involves all others.
OF that contedcracy, was certainly made
Their attention was called, also, to the lurking
danger OF a policy procaiming change in all
the old political economy, and foreign relations
Of the country, openly ayowed by the admins
tration Notwithstanding it manifestly leads to
d.sunion, and even involves no small risk of ci-
VII war. These are characterized by the ap-
peal as an endcavour to diifusc spirit of
discomfort among the people, That is OK
actly the language which has ever been rails
cd by g implicit obedience" and "non re-
s'stancc,' at all times, i'll all places. Eff
forts to trammel public opinion, to stifle rea-
son in the popular mind, have always been
calicI " depressing unnecessary contests"
NO prot2statlon whatever ought to be regarded
by the public, when the Indications are SO
strong OF selfish. interested feelings, and an
lar views Luckily, for the most part, they
define their own terms. t' A lust Difference
for the opinion Of others" is avowed by them,
I'd immediately after those others are very
plainly told that their opposition has origin
Ilted IN personal Preludiccs;" private feel
lngs, :" the hope of individual aggrandise-
m2nt that they are not actuated by sense
of public duty, but by can inilammatory ia
naticism that delics restraint"
The word " dccorum'' must sound very
nwkwardly when pronounced by tongues still
ioul with the vile, unmerited, unmanly, slam
der OF Mrs. Jackson and we trust those OF
the authors of this appeal, have been kept
clean on that score. First having INDUCED
their spleen so far, to show their own con-
sciousness OF 1t they come out with pro-
mise to be " calm and sincere" afterwards
in the examination of the subject Not one
of the fivorte offspring of their own minds
productions and prejudccs," shall be per
mIttcd to take bounty in the cause Their
Own passions shall parade without drum OF
trumpet in this warfare; which shall be
wased with the power of their logic only,
without any noise. No rich stores of in
tcllectual learning" shall appear as auxiiiaries
on their side provided no banner inscribed
safety and glory of the nation" be display
ell on the other.
They then FAIR begin their scrutiny into
the lie OF Gen. jackson, having first made
known their intention and design, to hang
!'p W PuDiC view laltnlul portraits, side by
side, of the Chief Magistrate and the distin
guishod soldier whom they call also, with
their own candour celebrated Military
Chiettain," although they have taken care
Just before to limit his military glory to a
single victory, which all know saved bis
country, and which his personal enemies de-
clared he alone could have gained. But (" as
a member of the Bar, of the Bench, Of the State
Convention, Of the Congress, he (Gen. Jack
sony has never exhibited himself above the Level
ofordinary men, and if, in the civil stations to
which he has been called he has been in no
manner distinguished by the plaudits of his
country, it was because,that country was I'M
acquainted with any peculiar merit that he had
displayed Let 1T be remembered that they
have themselves announced the necessity OF
drawing this parallel in order to determine &c a
grea; national question before the people,
When did Mr.. Adams ever distinguish himself
Mt the Bar, on the Bench in a Convention or
IN Congress? What paudts has he ever re-
ceived for his conduct in the civil stations to
which me has been called Yet he +" recciv-
ed in early life the best and most extended co.
,ication tins country could Afford" and General
Jackson received no education at all, but from
his own observation in the great school Of man
kind. There, in the world among men. these
wonderful faculties were developed, which en-
abcd him to " I'll the measure Of his country's
glory" when his country's danger called him
ont to save her only. His mind it is true, has
never bcnn filled with tho learnino of scboots