The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-05-15

erapari ofthe District upon iocaf considerations
II Is hpwrrcr areriGinfd. that Iohn J. 4lten
Administration uiH be elected By majority Of
from toHrio FIRE hundred rotes The Jackson
Pr1tV are rcry much ehop-tallru. They all he
eioic ercinim corruption aud intrigue ieariug
MS 10 infer from The course which Heg Themselves
pursue that there smueb ruth IN me oHprortrb.
lint "ttro Of a trade cannot 1eree' THIS rice.
tioH has been Of much serrce 10 'hr Jacbson party
IN one bariitu nit has siren heHcd Heir mfm-
0ry-tor ijcW reui,fe 10 soy, meg ioW nat tG0fi-
H. taJ5t the name Of hiueheioe aud has famous
rdcc.'
We have no further letuns 4 elections TO the
House Of Delegates. or Of votes given on the
Convention question by counties which had not
been before heard from While there is ~
doubt that there will he an immense majorit, Of
the people N favor Of the measure, tits not less
important that It's friends should continue 10 ex-
| cri themselves, aud nseeyery exertion 10 carry
10 the polls, during the present and ensuing
month, all who havenot vet voted
Ncshall he much Indebted 20 any OF our
friends VINO will forward the state OF the polls
| in their respective counties III May aud jun
Finances Of he present .7duiuisr0tiou"--
Under this imposing bend has just appeared,
| III the Richmond Enquirer, an imposing
" Letter." (Which we have copiod lo-da1
| from Mr.. VIM. {. Rives TO his friend in Am.
| herst The letter is interesting 10 all bul Il
| more especially 50 Ia the large portion Of
our readers whoare Mr. Rvcs constituents.
| aud who therefore feel much interest in all
! that proceeds from him in his oGicidl cnpacitg
| Ne regret the necessity which demands thai
| il should be accompanied by few com.
mpnts. They will be much abridged by the
| a.
| tact, that Mr.. Bartlett intends TO reply 10 Mr.
! R'yes. through thu samo channel which the
| after has selected. Mr.. b means Of obtain.
! ing the necessary statistical information, as
well as his better kuoWed g OF the principles
| by which public expenditures are regnla-
| ted, Will enable him Il sustain his for
Nor positions conclnsively, il they were
| correct and II they were not, he will doubt
! less acknowledge his errors That they were
! correct, we have reason Ia believe both from the
| nigh character Of the source rom VIII ch they
! proceeded, rs we'll as The improbabiity tn I
! theS would hhveheen advanced 10 n body ot in
| trlligent men, aud designed for public peru
sal, if they were not. On the other hand, We
! have Mr, Rjves' calculations and We lskc
| this occasion r. say that no politician IN Viz
| pinia stands higher in our estimation, both
i for ability and Integrity, Than he does VI,
! stance he has been led To erroneous concn
sions by that same unaccountable .tatdiiiV
which has induced him Ia espOuee with such
ardent zeal The canse 81 mnn whom he once
regarded with loalhing and disgust. Political
j zraluts, such as Mr.. Riyes has proved him II
/ 10 be, are not the safest light 10y which ibe
/ public Judgment should be formed lbry are
/ too apt TO run into wild extremes. aud be.
/ stow, indiscrimnately, praise nr crnsure, np-
on individuals whose My merit or fault con
| sisls IN entertaining the same or opposite sell
timrnts with themselves. We should refer
] 10 the opinions OF cool, dlspaseIunale men,
/ such as we once thought MIR. Nvest he, and
/ nope again 10 find him. when we wish to ar
/ rive al correct opinions OF public men. Ihf
moment we take the ipss diru Of heated par
i iizans for the truth we surrender our jndg-
menls, and are deluded iu,o gross errors.
! We do not say that Mr.. ktves has been
I guilty. OF inaccuracies OF statrment--lor The
means are not within our reach, If we did say
So, to suhstautiate our assertion. But, W
. 10 shy. that be has charged the present al
/ mtHisIrG' ion with the commission II acts
with which hey had no more to do than the
man in the moon, and The blame 81 which, II
here bc blame at all attachable 10 thrm,
rests with more Justice on his shoulders Than
on theirs. Every word that he uIrr- AZ inst
! the administration is Il daggsr pointed at hun
/ self, unless he can shoH lhal he did not vote
! for the rrrV appropriations ciirb cHob!ed The
/ Erecaiirc 10 mnke the expenditures which
/ form the subject OF his commentary. We
care not il the expenditure Of the present ad
ministration had exceeded those Of all the o.
Their administrations which had proceeded
il pat together--t would not have been the
Presidents fault, nor should he he blamed for
il. Congress holds the purse-strngs of the
] nation. Without lis consent, not one dollar
I of the public money could be used and, y ten
II makes SpCcifc appropriations tor SPtfHc
purposes, the Presiden' has no more right 10
shut the doors Of the Treasury than Mr.. Rive
hims rlt-Hid Mr.. RireskHotc' II Why, then,
doe. he bring forward his formidable array OF
figures, to show that the expenses of the gov
eminent during the present administration
have exceeded those of the preceding II
the tact he so, we ask, whose fault Is II j.
il not the fault OF Congress, which said that
certain sums should he expended, for certain
purposes, aud which, therefore, were compel
ted TO be expended rather Than ofthe Prea
dent, who was merely a ministerial agent,
10 see that they were property expended
Does not Mr. Itive5' good sense show him
and does not every man at once see, The
giaring injustice OF ccnsnring lthea President
Tor expenditures which were ordered 10y Con
gress Should mol Mr.. Rives particularly
teel the injustice Of such course, when ht
reflects tint he IS a member of the legislatiy,
! branch of the government which made these
very appropriations, and roted far The bill
which enabled the President 10 disburse ih'
very money which he now So rudely censur
him for expanding one jam sdiis
DRUM. We ask Mr.. Riyes bv what rule h
! vas gui.led, in charging TO Mr.. Adamss admin
/ istraiion expenditures made. il is true, undo
that administration, but which were made puf
suance Of appropriations of Congress While Mr.
! Monroe was PRESIDENT Can he seriously be
lirvc that Mr. Adams is Justly charseablc witt
ihrse expenditures lie surely cannot or, ifh
does we can ouly wonder aud regret thar snc