The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-06-01
i" PaLtied By Ire VII Of aar en,..l..-----

~ oppression, used ~ President A
MS hfs' Message TO Congress- has oiy.n. 10
cfit'eisms as numerous as therr arr nol.....
anu has received As mauy dillerep, -. 'N
oslhere are shades and desiec, il,
ih'se VII" are opposed 10 him, md vt.
uamlng every nerve 10 turn Lin on, ,.r q,
give TO II the meaning which the VOID, &.
'nport' when viewed without coppre,;o..
Their context, and seek to propagate II.
tna' Mr.. Adams wishes rot ony to plsco b,,...I'
ABOVE Tie restraints Of the Constitution h.,
above tue DEGREES elrhe popular vii. a, ~.
ed IA the form prescribed and paaT.,,,,
'hepfopie by that instrument But so mn.
Gus ana absai is this idea that Nc chi.
suong doubts flour sanity, five could -,
'neh' be induced 10 indulge it and win. III
charity, We have avery mfayorablc oo;..;..
'her OF the talent Or honesty ofiho,c =. -.
4 p h1fmltss expressiua INTO an odis,. ~.
they may eiieoi the political ruin of,l,,. -.
''e"' chi"en, oil whom America cnn no,, h..
among her active politicians lVevil chi.
hatr the position we have taken. very Hmm,
| Nerepcat then, that the expression :. n,
! " Construed, without reference 10 a,b., ..,
the Presidents Message, by MS on,o,,.a..
Is ''ias made 10 convey an idea Of which II ,s0,,
susceptible, II the spirit of the whole no,,s...
be taken into view, When the Presia.o,
ma KING On the " gigantic strides in tho
o. public Improvement which Nations "a
blessed WITH that tyaes'om, aohtci isposger. tb,,
ourselves, arecvsfv day making, asks ia w..
10 sunber IN Incidence, OF fold ,,p Our ann.
proclaim 10 the world that we aie palsina h,. a..
vii Of our constituents - he meant az ey.r..
sonnons aud candid mind will Il, once nerrsi,,
'ha', Inc idct being evident thai the power is ,e,.
ted by the Constitution in the government tod
vance the Cause OF human liberty bv oi,,on
spun to human knowledge, aud this DOVE, b,,.
/ ing frequcntlV received The sanction Of finn.
pie, through their representatives it would b,
worse than folly 1T would tie criminal if gosern.
ment should now refuse 10 aid the qlorl,ps -s,.,
and shelter itself from the zen sure it would ur,,
by declaring thai it was "palsied by thu uiJ
+ Gifts constituents In other words h., co. =,
CONGRESS. " your constituents hare given YOU tn.
power TO effect certain object; these object, ar.
intrlnscalIy great, and promise to lead TO preat
results: viii you neglect to use the bowers c,r.
ierred, and then antruly say YOU were palsedbv
the will 81 ynu constituents = This was ,bs
Presidents meaning We say it was, because,t
cpui not have ben otherwise That he did M.
intead to recommend to Congress the assunp-
ton Of powers not p .antgd, is evident. from Two
crcun tahces ist because he is not an idco,.
and none 5nt a. deot SO circamstanced, would
have lad the har lihood and shameessness 10
make such recommendation and 2dly be.
cause the whole spirit Of his Message completely
reiutos such an absurd idea.--The first reason
bears its own substantiation with it. The Sc.
col'd we stall endeavor to sbew 3 equally con.
elusive What says Mr.. Adams, in the very pa.
ragraIh preceding the passage which has been
So much harpad on, aud so much distortedl
" The Constitution (said he TO Congress) un.
" der which sou are assembled is a charterrfli Il.
'mted powers. After full and solemn delibera.
" lions upon all or any OF the objects wbich, ur.
t. ged bs an irresistible sense of nv own duty
= hase recommended TO your attention, yoA
should come 10 the conclusion, that, i0werts
dG'ratie m Themselves The enactment of idus
=" for effc'ug them lcoRid transcend The roras
=" commit d 70 g1H bg that r6perdJd inslru7lea:
'raira irf are al found 10 support, Let no c0na-
derdf'oH l1d ICE y0u 10 asSunie the tEtreisc q
=" Po'cers not granted to you by the people"
Much as we reve e the memory OF Thoma;
Jefferson, and as sincerely as wc believe that 70
man whoever lived was more deeply imbuei
with the true spirit of Repnblcanism, yet We do
u.hesRatintly say that 10 sentence that ever
proceeded from his pen manifested a sincererdf'
sire TO protect from violation the sanctsty Of the
tons'itation and the chartered rights OF tie pee
pie. than the preceding extract from ,he irstand
much abused Message of John Quincy Adams.
And, We ask, too does ii not show concluslFey
that the meaning Of the Objectionable phrase
with which we have headed this article was not
such as his enemies have given TO it, but tlatt
could have had no other meaning than that
which We have above supposed to wit that Ia
the Accomplishment Of certain beneficial e3ecls
zee gere not pasted by the will of our cons''a'
ents y tat II We neglected TO accomplish heih'
we should have right afterwards 10 excuse
'ul Atih'a ny SdNluS lidt we UtTt NHue F''''
/ Nh. Albums enemies, however contend that ms
paragraph was tapslts penn0, and not the usf
liberate conviction Of his judgment, without per-
cciyng that they give his friends the right to Use
the same plea and to say that, even II the 'u'o''
construction placed upon the sentence under eA
animation were the true one, ii, also, might ''a''
been inconslderately penned. But we have u'
best reason to say it was the deliberate con'e"
on of his judgment, because, in the close Oh '"'
Message, and in the paragraph immed'oeysD'
ceediag this " pnlsyiHg" phrase, he thus spe"'s
| Finally, fellow citizens. shall await WIN
cheering hope of your faithful co-oPe,",,Iie+.
" the result of your deliberations assured Ua'
Wdhom encr0achiag upon The Po"etS r''u'
" to hc0uthorilieS ofihe respective stats "
The people, you will with due sense OF %, i yis
obligations to your country, and oil INC ~
responsibilities weighing upon you,5s''',G. -.
! Qirp cfirur3i IN "a ,gqUur u3ey In IUU, IOl ~