The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-29

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| Isaac Letter, eleciei BY lsee majority In
'en Of sgssph Joho'osei' oppoocu'. Mr.. J.
was sNao of sz'mT all things unto all
insa put presumed - in Washington Guy,
Z, be Tether partial 10 Gen Jackson. Mr.. Lief.
tler is decided friend ofthe administration. and
E".ithaI7a man of better talents than MIR john
sen, fapdoubted frmness aud incorruptible in.
tegritys We wish that all trmmers. and turn.
coats from interest or ambition, may share 81.
milar fate.
William Mccoy, reelected without, opposition.
Mr. Mccoy is in favor of Gen jackson. and an
honest politician. But, from what we have heard
more especially in relation to his conduct in Mr.
Powells district, we much fear that his zeal con.
sorts but badly with bis grey hairs
Charles f. Mercer, reelected, by considera.
BILE majority, over Robert T. Thompson Mr.
Mercer is one Of the ablest representatives from
Virginia and very moderate in his political sen
timents. He prefers MIR. Adams to Gen lack.
son; but, with more consistency than many who
claim to DR. more soundly orthodox, he Is, as he
was at the last election, opposed to both.
Thomas Newton, reelected, after vigorous
contest, by a large majority, over Mr. Loyal
| 10 say nothing of the triumph of friend OF the
administration, IT IS gratlfying to see that MIR.
Newton was not made a sacrifice to an opposi-
~ personal in its origin, and which il was hoped
would be crowned with success by adding to per.
sonal hostility the war cry against the admins
tration. Be il remembered, that Mr.. Newton's
district Is more interested in the Cole ala,
Trade than any other portion of the State--tha-
he approves of the course pursued in relation to
it-and that to influence the election the celer
brated Sophist, Senator Tazwell, employed hi
Ipen on the other SIDE of the question. What is
the iuference7
Robert Allen. elected, in place of Alfred II
Powell, after hard fought and close contest
The riotous scenes which dsgraced this election
In one OF the counties mas been made matter OF
official complaint and will undergo au investiga.
ton before Congress Both Allen and Powell
are Jacksonians, the latter is not ferocious, the
former is. He and his friends foam and snarl
as if they had the hydrophobia. They appear
TO be absolutely mad because there is such "a
man as Andrew Jackson in the world, and be
cause he has been conqueror in some half dozen
fights. Wonderful Bonaparte was a mighty
" hunter of men" before jackson
William c. Rives, reelected, without opposi-
ton. Mr. Rives was decidedly at the head OF
the Virginia delegation in the last Congress, and
he will stand by the side of the foremost in the
next although Judge Barbour and Gen Smyth
have been delegated 10 interpose their mighty
arms between the Constifu5on and the enrroach.
ments which portend its destruction. We fear,
'ou that he is the most decided friend of Jack.
son who will be sent from Ill State We were
given reason to hope some months previous to
our April elections, that Mr. Riyes's pre- ference
for Gen. Jackson was relative rather than posi-
tive that he did not SO much like him as he dis
liked Mr. Adams and that, Notwithstanding
this preference, he would give to the measures
Of TIE administration fair and candid e1ami-
nation, and an impartial construction. But,
how stan DIS the fact Some portions of his speech
on the Appropriation Bill though characterized
by great ability, are evidently, what they were
designed to be, ad cdptaudum. They were not
addressed tn the Judgment of che House of Rep.
resenta.ives, to induce it to strike out the obec
tionabe item in the Appropriation Bill; but to
the people, to induce them TO suspect the motiUes
OF the administration, in causing surveys of diff
! ferent sections of country TO be made, with a
prospective eye to their improvement And, if
we have not been misinformed or il MIR. Riyes's
speech at the Nelson huStngs, in April, was not
msconceived we have still more conclusive evil
dence that he is up to the hub" for Jackson. He
| is said TO have remarked IN substance, " that he
believed Providence had raised up Gen Jackson
AZ this great crisis to arrest the patton in its
| pid advance TO destruction, he being the only
man WHO can turn out Adams and Clav-that
Clay rs President de taeio, and dangerous
rnan-that, from the fact of his corresponding
with Bolivar, it is r rational nieret &C that he
approves if he did not suggest. thai feature of
the Bolivian constitution which gives a life tenure
TO the President Of that Republic, and confers on
him the anti-republican and odous power of ap.
pointing his SUCCESSOR -and thai il was Clay's
design to succeed Mr.. Adams, and 10 endeayor
TO intercollegiate same system in this country, by
giving force to his doctrine of safe Prccedents'
the constant succession OF the Secretary of
State to the office of President being but mo-
dification of that principle Such being the
views entertained by Mr. Rives, it is hopeless to
expect from him Just appreciation of the acti-
onsand motives of the administration Every
thing viii lie viewed through the medium pas
sion and prejudice Livery doubtful word will
have latent meaning, AID every obscure sen.
telce an awful sqninung A ghost viii be seen
in every bush. which nothing can exercise ba.
tbc hand Of Jackson. we 10 not intend to ini-
peach Mr. Ryc,s correctness of intention. or