The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-07

he urn mns quietly plauund execute What The
pohlif good rfqnit's, ,uaeiinted by lie passinn-
Elnrh accompany thefH eoufirtB--nnd that Tho
People shond nol be kept by the ats aud sxatl
lions 81 Political phttzana in continued stAie
oi tftriieh excitement. OF les unfrendiy 10
then prace. Than miiasnfnblc Ia The exercise of
thru Judgment II when m indisianal u APP
pointed u discharge the dutes Of President, 10
Doe known that The question of his re Election II
~ be determined aithom regard tn the rpnussf
IA which those duties shall have been ppriofnad.t
we mhY hereafter expect ~ aninter mfted strife
The instant one election Is decided the struggle
fnr fhr nrxi will hrsin. The disnppainicd Can't
didnifs md thrii friends. without waiting 10 wita
ness The nnlileRl course eft the inl compe'
t,tor, will hHHeutly take the Geld pnPty, bui mo-
dspifcd bY i, feat. aud wreak their united.
vengeance on lin who hasbeen The eausr OF HEIR
common discomflnrc. Tie bopr of public ap.
probation, orr OF the strongest incentives 10
pnhlie vtinn. will be inLen away. No course,
however WISE OF honest will secure The pgesi=
don't ifnm ob'oquy. silence opposilon 10 hts
measures, or allaY the animosiiv Of his enemies.
! lie can haye no confidence that he viii be ALLOW.
ed 10 fni b any beneficial scheme of National
polfey which he may have hegnn, aud TINT he
must anf surrender h,s unfinished work, togr.
tier e ith hs reputation, 10 n successor unequal
30 the task NJ unffcndly TO his views " LET
MS cal aud drink, tpr Tomorrow We die, - the
hnfnasc Of the sensualIsi Let me enrich my
family nnd ifends--lst me- ureng hen the power
my Hdheienta during thc short term Of my Of
nee 'uld then hs the natural snRgesiion OF af'
| arlce and ambition.
Let w not bc nisrrnfesenfed We ARE not
ndVocnirs tor AN indefinite re.elribilfty ut tho
President. Custom, ionndcd on the precedent
set by the nan whose memory all nov venefntr,
mas fs'hl,llshed hfmly nnd ~ tlooh happily,
thai no President shall Told The oilicc longer
than eight years. But the srmc custom has
sanctioned thaI the prcslhcu, who has conduct.
ed The affairs Of the Nation ,iruously aud wise
ly, shall receive one reelection
Why then, we would ask, of Cur calm m"
reasoning ielloW-clIIzcns. shah wc Join IN this
opposition 10 Nj Adntns five take fof gran
ted fhr declarations Of his opponents II We
believe oil that the opposition.pl csc. have char.
god upon hn,-nny, II We ooufdc IN the fhrton.
ral. and ever honesl denuncahnns ol on fellow
citizens over geaiaus III the cause Of General
ekson, there - indeed abundant cause 20 visit
him With the iull measure of or rfptobaiios.
Bm political opposition il seldom either candid
| or just ssersAise gcal blinds the understanding
| aud petvfiis the judgment and the Press,
which should be The vehicle ofiruth. IL too ollrd
| the MEDIUM ~ ca4umnY and la |ehood. We
1 have heard We hnyc seen the President chnrg-
| the Constitution. ~ claiming tho tight 20 send
! Ministers 10 foreign lowers, against the Viii.
| and without the consent OF The Seunie. What u
| the fact The President aonounecd 90 Con.
gfess Thai an hpplicat on had boen made 10 lin
! IN the recess Of the Spna 10 send Ministers 10
the Congress OF Panama, aud Hint although he
believed his powers adequate Ia tins Object, he
deemed il eapedienl 10 wgI for the meeting of
his tonsitnl ona Counsel before he decided
| tu ca, ~ he
rnf ~ supposinR lha his constitutional power 10
I'll safanrie. IA The uioe al lorrtn Ministers,
IN the recess o The Seuafe, did extend 10 "A ,.ee
! wberr - YffriOn5Hpp ollittHeHt had not heennude
/ candor would 1--we pi nounced thi error vrnhi
which bad bren sanctioned l.. efrf0 Prtdeetsspr
! IN tin ohre We would refer these tensors 20
the itesolaIious presented by Mr. core IN the
Ncnate OF the tnirrd States, on The It'll or March,
! 1871. in which that body WIS called upon 10 re-
solve, thai the President ol tie niled States
hayInH peee, TO fil vacancies which may IMP.
| pm ~ 'be frcets oltile Senate, no such yarpn-
! cy could necu IL office not before fuil, and
/ thh therefore thr granting Of Commissions ia
The recess, 10 Messrs. Adams, lasafJ mud Gal
! laun. tn negotiate o. Treaty 81 Penee " vi Great
Britain, WI IN ne. unwafianf.d by tbc Gnnsis
iuiioh an iuiri cement Dl the Sclntn, and Of tie
@fnies whom they represented Fea 1ursiiuns
were ever more deliberately consdeiet or more
. 'l'i'''t ny hlh' Hshf'l ~ IthEll, HtHl fnNHlf-
cnsd s"d venerable hoay, tbr special ruafdians
otthe rights supposed Ia have been thus yiolnicd
! on the I2th al April .ollpaing, rejected fhes.
Resolutions ly vote OF indefinite postpone
menl.' nlhls debate, prccsfieuB 0sre eifed ol
The exercise Of ihn IiRhl by all the IRE
decessurs Of Nh Madison In Washing.
I on Adams Jefferson, and Madison the actual
] "Ectcise oftHe power was deemed constitution.
/ al, and pronounced 10 he orthodox but ia him
/ ton thai II exists. though accompanied with n
| iofhearncr 10 USE II, II siiRmntlsrd ms u Poitis
I cal ileresy mud denounced rs 1yrnnny aud u.
| surpAton Surely he race is not extinct of
! those who stlain ~ t,nst. and swallt CameJs
Been use the President has expires sed The stue
timeni which lmpety rseli could scarcely ar
4 raien, thai his oath Of Office imposes an obliys-
ton pmampuut 10 ali hrmnh Consideration s. he
IL mlNrpfeseusd rs claiming power from Dr.
vine net ofify mud l'canst he has advanced
( The manly md honest dOclilne, that where the
course al dufg . plain. add Inc obligation 10 nc,
! imperative. the Public Ageai should never be
pasicd by the tear OF popular d,spleasuie---a
docuue once sonbly and so ell quenf', enforced
on tlr Hoof Of the House OF Rrpfescntativt. by
: VI talhopn--he IS denounced us regardless OF
/ the Constitution aris'ocrGte IL h,s bottoms, aud
/ q coatcpnrr OF the viii uithe People An intel.
! leent People should dRcI iinmaIr between nai.
! tcrers aud friends. Elat'ef.rs ndcea are never
/ friends. 1hc - magoare who, IA a Krpnblic
4 lives bat 10 please Inc People, under q Monar.
/ chy, would tr foremost ~ The train OF Conrtiers
| that bo.ipgo the ! hrone wnh iulsome adulatnn
/ Political sunHoHers alo Hys direct Their faces To-
the OH II Gght and ltaat in whatever qual ter Of
the Heavens itinny SHINE. II is indecd d,sira-
/ bic 10 hive he nvoI Of those who an confer
otiicr: but il Is nobrr iar TO promote the public
good by IA lionest discharge Of duty, even at the
risk OF pubic dIsplcas,lrc.
/ The President IS airalered for having lost the
British West india Trade, by undertaking 20 ar
! range the subject bt ancable negotiation, IT,.
stead Of conrurrnR in proposed enacrments Il
Congress, whirh would have secured to us our
| far share of this commerce. The charge is not