The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-15
L~YNCHBURG, DEC.I5. iSos.
THE GOVERNORS MEssAGE-No. ..


THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE-No. ..
haHords Us much more pleasure To hest,w
comnendation than oensure, WHEN ue can IL, so
with propfiety-but when fragrant cases Of der.
ELECTION of principle OF duty in public officers
exhibit themselves, it is not proper that they
should pass uncondemned When Gov. CHESS
late Message was presented 20 the public. we
venture TO assert that NIL men, of all parties, who
fead II, were not more astonished nj the little At.
iention he bestowed on the acts of the fedsral
government, which had almost monopoli1ed his
previous communication 10 lhc Legislature.
than AZ the subined and can,ious tone Of the 70.
marks which he veninred TO make. Nor did
they seem to be, ne heretofore, the spontaneous
and willing tribute of his wrPth, but n reluctant
and extorted debt. that he was compelled 10
pay to public opiuion-which he knew expected
something Of that character from a man who
had never failed, officially and individuality. 10
favor the world with his splenelic eilusiois. on
the hacknied theme oil federal encroachmrnts-
II may be saui that, as he has been reelected,
w sho"hd w adilShSu WIN me CcnStfca Wlllcn
have already been bestowed upon4im for wla
he has done, and reserve future criticisms for ia
ture errors. But, we Ito not think SO. We
object 10 the means by which he secured that
reelection for it will nos, we think, be denied
that it was done by The crosses, hypocrisy and
dupiiclty on his own part. operating on the ca
I silv satisfied cfpduliiV nf tIara NH, IBID E5s I.s-
tiny in their hands.
Was il nat hypocritical IN him who had been
one of the mos, steady aud bitter opponents of a
Convention, TO cour, the favor of its friends,
who, on that ground. alone, he knew would have
been opposed 10 his reelection, by a
dation TO the Legislature to adopt measures for
carrying II into effect speedily, and on equitable
principles II is true, he CLOSES oyer this sud
den and complete abandonment of his former
views by reference to the fact that u majority of
the people had demanded the measure. But, il
his memory had moi entirely deserted him, in re-.
alton TO this matter, as it lately did with regard
to his correspondence with Mr.. Adams in 1907,
he would have recollected that. in his speech de
livered two years ago in the Virginia Legisla-
,ure, as we'll as in his newspaper essays on
the same subject, antecedsntIy TO that period. he
denied the ri III! o the Legislature TO grant any
facilities for the purpose OF subverting the Com
stltution which they had s'Vorn, en- taking their
seats. TO supper, aod defend We admit that
the position is unsound aud unttenable but that
fact does not relieve Gov. GILES from the i,npu.
tation Of having advised the Legislature, ala par.
tlcuinr and pressing ]~anoute in his affairs. 10
do that, which. when that %juncture had MOI arri.
we'd, he commended they had no right to do II
does not need that one should he able To see
through a milestone, TO penetrate the motive
which dictated his late recommendation to the
that at one time he entertained "A serious pur.
pose TO retire from the contest, afraid 10 risk bis
strength against some formidable competitor,
whom he expected would be aIrayed against
-. him, there cau be no doubt that the same adyi-
sers who " screV'd his courage 10 the sticking
! POINT - and induced him 10 alter his determine
, lou, furnished him with hints, whereby he profit
! ed. Of the manner in which he might soften the
| opposition which existed to him on this SUBJECT
| as we'll as OH others, which he treated with no
less dexierity. If, however, his recommends
non shall have any weight with those VINO ere
while labored with him in defence Of our roften
may reasonably suppose it VII ave, II we may
| judge from the large minority by Which he was
rc.elecicd. his dup,icily viii not he entirely v nh
out value, inasmuch as same 4o9d viii be edu-
ccl from the evil.
The Governors remarks On the great ques-
ton OF internal Improvements, which have been
suffered so lon; to IangLish by our inertness, or
WHICH have neen brought into contempt by our
Encouragement, are mol less hollow and insin
cere than those on the Convention question He
has been an underwriting and vehemen opponent,
Of every scheme of this sort which has been a.
gitated by the State authorities nor has his OPP
position been confined TO his Gre-sile and hts
closet, bu, it has been trumpeied forth to the world
Through every channel which presented itself
~ '' 'te S''"'i'""''' '''' NV "'sNh
wealth which good canals and roads necessarily
create in any country where insuperablc obs,a-
cles otherwise exist to easy, safe, rsr,id and
cheap intercourse between its disiaa' sect. mo
(Which we cannot supposc,- or whethc = Iiv.
ing himself in a section Of county Y whir p ,yoo,d
be only partially benefited hV works. or ,bis cbo.
racter. (which is more prcoable,l ne cared MOI
for the convenience or '.afereso of others wo
pretend not 10 say nor. indeed, is it of impor-
lance 10 Know 1t is en ough for our purpose 10
know that he was hoe die TO them and universal.
y opposed ,hem~.-~Iyheoce, then, his sudde n
cshVor' ION 7 \. man with half an eye can per.
cetys his moi &c. He had not been an %inatten
n'e observ ~ Of the deep interest which this ques
tI0n had .vcitad ,iroyubonf tLa Cor,u,,.a.tL