The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-13

| FFf 100 lfHfgHHti W =fDp 10 IldH NV IHFHaca
look tVt courteous words, with WHICH 10 address
tn ealun,nisloi. | wish Ia be perfectly emil,
cit TO leave no ROOM 10, evasion or .auiyoca
tion, and therefore say, never hive ~ any
tune. %, thldei any circumstances, sand or writ
! Ten, hny thing To reflect Bivn my cgnnirs men
lhueb less hive ] ever abused, silI6ed or caiumi
! mated them.
ain myself native Of ireland. have not
! aniy the common feelings Which binds country.
NAN 10 couniiy man, but mn or,r Of an oppfess-
ed race ; oue ola brave aud generous walton
which is d,Rinded by oppression, IN the scale
OF humanity while ihr k,hdest aud best feelings
mge he, people, and eosd them TO resist oppres-
sion, they should also unite them together IN u
baud OF hendshp, himei snd stronger, aarIneg
aud mUre durable, than Is TO be iouna 10 unite a.
ny people on ea,ih
WIS am IN exile from the place OF ny
baih '--why nm I'M from the friends and CON.
hanons oil my youth, aud the iotnbs of my az.
cestor Why, but hoosus. would not tsmel,
submit 10 the whip. anu seorbs Of the proud
man coniumely and the inaoleuce Of office
Because although wm uoi OF the prose, lied
sect---alihongh eas ono Of those whose Iel
fous opinions did MT ,niei iefe with his hope o.
authority yet could not patiently endure TINT
millions of NV couhIfy men should be ground IL
death. beneath the neither milestone oil oplres
sion, because they preferred TO worship God NJ
their fathers had done. Ihesr aud many o,het
wrongs aud grievances we're 50 severely mHiciy
ed and bitterly enforced, as 10 fl my soul will
anguish, and move mo onoile with my coun
rymen 10 obtain federation, Freedom and In
dependence In pursuit OF tlose blessings suf.
te'eh bondage many times wins often iDcafee.
rated, aud my life II, imminent dangrf---not for
my crimes, but my virtues. for this love OF my
coontr, nnd my country men, aud OF he PRINCIPLES
for which Washington fought and conquered, and
for which ORR aud EMalET laid dpwn their
lives, have oitun been branded rs y Irniiut, by
simpson and such slasi,h spirits rs hts. You.
my eoont,ymen, know best. whether, for those
efforts and lal,ors, whosc imprisonment, md
dangers, ind IN such cause, ough, TO lie ihua
branded. Many OF you Know that he who ihua
basely aud falsely bellies me To you, as your en-
innnintor, would not adm, ono Of you. no, NOT
one, 10 the privileges Of citizenship, II his vote
could proven, u. His illiberali,y !. notorious.
lie snhe ,ericst slave in principle, the mos, ab.
jeei lo'y, which brea,hes. he, entrusted with
press IN free county,, ssid it--yes, basely
sold it--s jewel worth more than ali his tribe
Tor Filthy ncre. linpas bought with prize
|, is OF record In our toiifts. lie has recorded
II h,msclt--Alajor Eaton knows he has recorded
II. This hreag scilbblrr, who Ihns IN tina
country pt0stitaes one OF the most gloi ,ous pfy.
ilegrs the most sacred rights, why What crawl
IN. caterpillar, besllnlng The iaoiStupis Of Inc
great, would He have been, II he had been born
IN ireland I J Yet this public aud pnblished
prostitute would wickedly ,nisfepresent me TO
you. 10 assis, to cosen AMI 10 coax you oal Of
your votes TO elevate bis Military Idol, 50 ihnt
he forsooth should be Navy Agent of PhiIadel,
phia -
tell you my counirYlDen, yon should pause
before you vote with sacb y aalumniator OF your
counlfyinen, and \ caumnator OF the best meu
IN The county Of your adopf,pns Ma the very
paper IN when he so Ihlsely e&k4fbully WHITES
and mis,epfescnls me Mcssps 4fIhms and Clay,
Rush aud ShnlZe nre abused ~ IL they were a
gang of thieves aud traitors; aud on formef
OCCASION, he 80 entirely forgot all regard Tor
truth and decency us 10 call the late President
Monroe, HOARY HEADED TRAITOR
Excuse me--who have purchased, by my ioii8
aud my suilrringS "a right TO address VOC, nyr,
aud 10 bs llsteird To wth no uuil,endiy ear -
| excuse the, II addfesAlo yon, IN u spi,i' Of
manly irankocss, sDms thoughts which may In.
duee you TO think, that you. oi all the people
IA The Upion--sltoud not vote for Cen jackson,
aud that You are mos, deeply interested In hsre4
Jeciion
| The inan does not I've who IL more averse 10
making uy,dious disinctors, OF any distinctions
between Native aud Na,ufailnrd cil,zeus, or be.
tween the natives OF one coualiy and The nBtiyea
of another, thnn mn. have never done II
never, IN lhe nearly twenty SIX years IN which 1
| base edited paper IN Pennsy lsania. But when
an essay is nude, loul and base begolen libel
oct forth TO subserye political aud personi.t
! pnfposes--'d cham me down, and ny false and
villa nous ptetrnces induce M, own country
men ID set upon me surely | shall be excused IL
! turn indignantly upon my prosecutors. expose
their ulcers engendered In the s,ews OF public
prostitution, and call upon every honest Ifshloan
In In IA a shall m
way 10 the bone, yea 10 The very marrow. Why
should / from very fendrrnes/ forbear with
those VINO libel me Why shall | M reiurM
the poisoned cbnIice 10 their own lipsf II they
fall, rs hey doubtless Will, pfosnnre aud perish
mgai my feet, 4 will play the good Samaritan
pour ia oil and vine into their wounds give
ihein good counsel. aad hope that When they de-,
part, they will depart and sin no hiofr
am allowing my feelings 10 carry away
my pen, bur as the column write is defended
10, those whose warn, hearts are no, oiien chill
ed By thstf cooler Judgments, ihey will excuse
me. Those who are not Immediately addressed
viii pardon me, II after a SERIES of more than
twenty years persecution, when one base siander
HAS kicked the heel OF he one which slowly lin.
ped before IL, when Calbmny called forgery IN
her aid to put down stranger, ind | iotbore.
that she'll now turn somewhat angiily tIpoa
my chluiDi,ators.
As an American ciiizen--.a iiitle OF which 4
am prouder Than should he OF Dbkedom--i
should think was oeggeni Of my oath 10 sup.
port the Constitution, II did not isist my Voice
lhgainst the elevation Of Gea. Jackson 10 the high
place to winch he aspires.
A. an Editor Of an American Newspaper, de.
voted to the sarue p,incpes for which | am au
exile feel called upon TO labour innessastl,. u
> spread every lsc' aud every argument before
my fellow cizrns, 10 prevail ON them TO lister
10 the voice OF History, and iorbear 10 place u
here military man a9acquainted with Slate at
, iai's, and goaded by ambition, n, The head Of
4 the government, Ia on day We have had III
EUROPE Ndpot On, and ~ our own Helms
iphrre An Hnrbidc aud a B9tirI would moi
nssisi % insdiply The number OF usufpers and
lyrsns.
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