The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-02-16

'ne open aso~al of Their fnstilty. To conhfm
the faithful, aud 10 deierniiuo iiie nayelngl
fi'dieuious Tie very mover of tbs resolution
aud all who ave Associated with him. know tiat
II has grown on ofno desire TO benefit uie pa.
lie-'hat, At has arisen from no love o. the iber-
y Of the press-from no / ar thar that lihefi,
was IN danger of being sliacllcd hut from u
sp'rii Of personal m%alisni, against MIR, cia,
which hs scorn ofthe previous prosecutions of
his enemies. and his towering d,fance Of their
caluinnies have eonuibaied Il urge 10 is utmasi
poini OF extcusion-apd which, from the dali,
exhibition OF his contempt. acquires new f,ee
and energy. Finding ~ larger game. a, which
10 loose their ialcon, they resort 10 the purlltus
of corruption, 10 drag tbese liuIe things 'n,o no
tee. We should be disposed TO view Mr. saua-
dcrs's resolution with some allowance. ii any act
o. Legislation could, by any possibility, grow ont
of IT. But no such thing can arise. Ii Mr..
Clay say, am innocent OF any wrong mo-
tive'-what will these modern Solnns do They
viii be no better satisfied than they are now
But, even assuming the w~orst-that Mr.. Clay
N' 1919 . hhha' wv AAiAiiaAH " hiNN'Iitt Hf
political interest, and because my personal feel
ingS dictated them, what, then. will they do ?
As the la" gives I'm the power, it IS consequence,
not an impeachable offence " these wise gentle
men may therefore SIT X stare at each other, with
affected astonishment that corruption should be
so bold as to avoW, what it was vicious enough
TO accomplish. We say " affected datonishmeat, =
because these honorable gentry are themselves
nothing more than haRgerS-on aud tchippers-in,
looking grcedily for the crumbs of Office. and
eager to clutch them, at any sacrifice. We do
not mean all, be it remembercd-We arAude
principally TO the loud takers, as We take ii for
granted that the most noisy OF our patriots ut
Washington, and they who are most eager
10 exhibit their patriotism, are the very men who
will first barter their faith for Office. A goose
saved Rome, it is said, by It's loud enckling, but
really We fear that from the oyerplus of another
genus of this SPECIES ia our Congress. The republic
rs IN danger, from the similarity Of their notes,
OF not being able to comprehend which is the
real and which the pretended Guardian of It's
safety.-Thc fact IS, If the law which gives to the
Secretary Of State the power 10 appoint pIin.
tors is intrinsicallv wrong, alter thai. If abuses
arise under it, allet the system, bat do not de.
nounce the agent.
The bill for the reiiefof Woolten Mdnugacttp-
ers, or, in other words, imposing a large add.
tional duty on Woollons imported into the Uni
ted States, has passed the II. of II. by a small
majority. Ayes l08-nays %. We trust hat
there is a rcdeeIning power in the Senate, 10
rescue the anti-InanuiaCturing States from this
unjust and ruinous c%naction. The mahutactur.
ers, at this rate, never will be satisfied, until
they procure the %enaction OF prohibitory duties.
and thus force us to purchase of them, whether
we will or not. Like the horseleech, they are
etcrnally exclaiming " Gitci G.te - bur we
hope We shall not much longer have TO say that
their demands meet with success.
The controversy between the United s,ates
and Georgia, ii will be seen, has BEEN referred
to Select Committees in both Houses. The
President has pursued the only course wlueh
was left to him. A minority Of the Creek Ma
lion mad made a treaty with the United States
ccding all their lands to Georgia--wheu, after a
hasty ratification had been given to it on the
part of the U. 5. and foIty-nine fftieths of the
detranded Greeks with one voice protested a
gainst this outrage on their national soyereiz nty
and personal rights, a nf,e Treaty vas formed.
and, with the exception of the Alabama and
Georgia Senators was unanimously ratified BY
the Senate ofthe Us This last treaty resefued
30 the Creeks small portion Of the lands which
had been coded by the former THIS being the
case, Gov. Troup and the Georgians contend
that the cid Treaty is valid, and the United
States government contends that the DeW one is
the law of the land-Gov. Troup, under his
mad, and, to our view, simple assumption, sends
his surveyors into the land reserved by the new
Treaty the Indians arrest then progress. and
| appeal to the national executive to protect them
and the President, in execution ofbis oath TO
support the constitution and laws, orders the
surveyors to be arrested and tried, and threat.
ems, if the survey be persisted in by Gov. Troup,
TO drive him OF, as bel IS bound 10 do, by his du.
ty and his oath, N Ct drmis. This is the tnie
state Of the case, aud, from il, is il not ~palpable
that the President IS right in pursuing the course
| which he has done, and that ne would have been
wrong TO have pursued any other1 II is true
some individuals, who are determined to find
fault with all he does. and who complain, to-daV,
if he talks about " lighthouses ofthe skies that
he is too Customary, aud, Tomorrow, il he threat
EN- to enforce the execution OF the laws, sa, that
he is too practical, have discovered something
wrong in his late Message. They say he ought
not TO have threatencd-he ought To have conci-
~liated-pretty language this !! For the last cigf-
teen months, the President and his officers have
been assailed in the grossest and most intern
perate manner by Gov. Troup aud his satellites,
in relation TO this very subject. They, on the u
Their hand, have been demonstrated with in the
miidest t6rms-lhis course has been adopted