The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-03-06

,.,,.on has been blamed for the exercise OF q
,ac,ions disposition, but not OF the hihu SO slo-
.,,ncea in Congress. Is II required OF
iei''' 'Iy,n,aos 10 Join the standard OF faction,
I'm 10 acquire any rank among the sup
opP. ~ GEN Jacksoni | assure you am
PO''.i' o,Iv one who is astonished al their own
no. w., friend OF the General, an admrer
49, r,blic character, and at one time in favor
49, nretensions 10 the nigh office OF Chief Ma
Oi,.a,a--but can adopt the politics OF toe party
b"-h;hited in the temper OF hrSsrs. GAes, NJ
~ a. Forsvtb. Hamilton, and others2 Penn
I,',,s must be Bsoiieaps indeed if they will
- "a forsake their d Arrest principles TO fol-
%, tbe fortunes OF any individual surrounded
-, che most noxious politicians the country al
go With the cabinet at Washington am
ard,ctly satisfied There Is one remark, on
~ s,b;ect. that ought not To be forgotten IN
Taug,fss. The members refer the election of
Adams TO a coalition--a corrupt coalition !
A. Adams and Mr. Clay could not corrupt!y
"anbne to elect themselves, or any one ofthen.
If,bcre was any thing corrupt, it was in Con-
'roes II is, therefore, great mistake TO at
-, IN transfer their own odluni, If there be
- rrom themselves TO the President and Sec
reiary. legal aud constitutional election took
nlace: Mr. Adams was preferred by a majority
nf,otes. Is any man so weak as 10 suppose he
rbou,d not have accepted the offer? The thing
:.,bsurd no man living is so fastldious; and no
Lonest man would have done il. The spirit of
,action might have dictated TO Mr.. Adams TO re-
fer the question back, by an appeal to the peo-
nIe Ii would have been out the mode provl-
dedin such an event by the Constitution. And
,rhe had done so, he would have been respon-
able for any consequences that might have fol
lowed. But his offence was the appointment of
W. 'lau in, pom
.vlvanial Was there any other man our State
rould have preferredf Was he not emphatical-
iv tbe choice of the middle and western States ?
The western States were not to be passed with
out notice. Who has been suggested preferable
10 MIR. Claw Who was passed by that should
have been preferred Pennsylvania and all the
States on the Ohio and its tributary streams pre-
fer him Virginia has the Secretary of War +;
South Carolina the Wee President: Ohio the
Post Master General; Kentucky the Secretary
of State Pennsy vania the Secretary ofthe Urea
sury and the Eastern States the President
There's no complaint MS TO the men--uo com
plaint as to their local situaton--no well found
ed complaint as to the measures of the admins
trahon-no prominent man passed by hoshould
have been taken into the Cabinet. Yet they
must be resisted in eoery thing at the point OF
the bayonct.
ciples to men; prefer am honest regard OF the
public veal to ebullitions of faction; prefer
erdef to disorder; due observance of the con.
vtluonaI forms of government, TO anarchy and
nnmea ling resistance. will support what |
deem right, and oppose what is wrong. Twill
adhere to the broad principles of democracy, as
practissd by Jefferson, Madison, and sometimes
BY Monroe. will view with suspicion any one
who dcnounccs party, whose previous life has
been a continued test of the msncerty OF the
denunciation; prefer an open, candid express
sion ofparty partialitirs TO covert attempt by
halfway means, % introduce an ezra of good
feeling :" and, as at present advised, it seems all
these preferences must he renounccd before
Can be admitted as party supporter OF ten.
Jackson. The prize may be great, but the price
Egreat.
"Thcrc is another poirt which has strong
bearing on my mind. saunders resolution
ispredcatcd on the sentiments of the Jacksonlan
party-that is, there is to be no party pdraities,
This denv IN toto. never want TO see the adj
minstration lose sight Of the principles they sup
port and refase 10 bestow their favorS on the
persons who advocate them. Ii is in human ma
turc to favor our friends; and in the soundest
principles of government 10 cherish those who
cordially aim i'll maintaining our political views.
ApractIce contrary TO those principles, is hypo-
critical or corrupt. il either pretends approba-
Ton where ii does not exist, or is the reward OF
y