The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-22

the skeleton Of poverty, must not we, IN the Bit
tefnrss Of indienaiipn forget 10 paiis,fe these
works Of weakness, folly, and imlnylieyz Tor
ourselves, We do not wish 10 look upon tie Nor.
ihern States with Jealousy and envy. We love
the stability of tie Union too VOL and We
would, IL possible, have no contentious bickcr-
ings. But we have rights, and among those The
important one Of being protected by thai Consti-
tuition which Is hallowed by the wisdom. and
rendered sacred By the blood of our ancestors
This claim on the General Government for pro.
lection, should be guaranteed to Us as well in
peace in war re hare all The resources IN
ourselves sehieh NIGH render US oputeat, and q
soil calculated 10 produce 10 our country by he
tabors Of our dgricidfgisfs, a poieertm iafa-
ence among the nations Of The earth; blu, our
trade is iettercd BY severe restrictions our can
yass no longer whtens distant industry
Is damped by gloomy forebodings offs own use
| fulness. The poor mans labor brings him no
profit, and a complete slagnaton of enterprise
has taken place IN the Southern part Of eur
country The true seat of The ritdtty Of our poiii-
| cal body"
0fall discharges brought against the present
chief magistrate of the Union, that at the head
this quotation is the most extraordinary The
heads OF the three principal Departments ofthe
executive branch Of the government have been
lafy of State is from Kentucky the Secretary
of War from Virginia, and the Secretary of the
Treasury from Pennsylvania The Secretary
Of the Navy is from New Jersey, and the Post
Master General is from Ohio. Both these gen
tlemen received their first appointments under
the preceding Administration, and have been
continued by the present. Among the foreign
missions that we recollect, one was from New
york, two from Pennsylvania, one from South
Carolina, and one from Tennessee, or Kentucky
we forget which. Exceptthe single case OF the
foreign minister above mentioned from tins
state we do not recolloct solitary important
appointment from any State north or east OF
fennsy lvanm, except the transfer of Mr.. Ever
etf from Denmark to Spain, Oi course Mr A.
dams has, thus Ia no claim for any excuse
ior his tavourtlsm towards " the place ofhis ma
tiyiiy,' even II the Kirginians could be indul
gent on such an occasion" as il happens thai he
has not discovered il in any positive act IN the
exercise of his unquestionable preroeatiye
In making his appointments in the cabinei.
Mr.. Adams has pursued different course from
that followed by all his predecessors General
Washington and the elder Mr. Adams filled
those important places with their early asso-
GATES IN the revolution Mr. jefferson made a
complete change in favour of his immediate
friends and partisans; Mr. Madison and Mr..
Monroe followed in the same track. But Mr.
Adams took Mr. Clay for Secretary of State
who had been set up IS a rival candidate for the
Presidency MIR. Barbour for Secretary ofWar
from Virginia, State bitterly opposed TO him
and Mr.. Rush for Secretary of the Treasury
who had been held up in Pennsylvania at the
head ofan electoral ticket, openly opposed to
his election.
On thedeclarationat the end of the quoted pas.
sage, that " the Southern part of our country is
ne true seat q The citaiity of our political body,
shllst We admire its modesty, we are not at
present disposed to make any remarks