Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-03-29

The most 'nexplicabe part Of Mr.. Ada,us's con-
duet III shewS him so much at variance with
| himself, as well as with sound policy, that wc
are driven 10 seek u solution for il in some .ys-
TEN OF concession 10 his political enemies; a
system the most fatal for himself. and for The
cause OF public order, of any that he could ms.
slhiy devise. II is by tempurisings like these.
That men at Tie head of affairs, lose the respect
both OF friends and foes, il is by tempoIisincs
like these, that in times Of lamentations and
commotion, governments are Frustrated, which
might easily have been upheld by an erect and
j imposing attitude"
Let the case o: the Six Militiamen, and that
OF Fries be compared for n moment For the
hrst certainly rested upon a primary and most
important maxim OF republican policy, while tho
'ast wa' no more than some extraordinary diff.
Guilty experienced by the revenue officers in col
Letting an odious tax Of n most unrepubIic.n
| character. And that difficulty arose entirely
from an ob>tinacy in appointing the most unpa-
puiar persons US excise officers, with the view
10 break the people in, at once, to submission,
mat The strength OF the government might be
o',rnta'ousiy displayed to the world.
treason against the United States shall
| CONSIST only in levyins war against then, or in
| comfort"
Who ever believed that the men convicted
capiIaliy could have been guilty or Ievyins
war against the United States aud the Trim
ping up the heel. of sheriff might be constru-
ell 9 resistance by force to public law, as
we'll as any acts they had committed; and vet
mat was the constructive treason for which
they were condemned to death, by iuries ccm-
posed of men selected for the purpose The
txlmple was necessary 10 accustom the sturdy
democrats OF Pennsy lvania to bear the insoience
OF excise officers in their domiciiiary visits with
more patience even although selected amonn
thrlr political enemies, who alone could obtain
the patronage OF that administration. Iu the
case OF the Six Militiamcn the example was
indspensably necessary 10 convince militia SOL
diers that while in the field they belonged 10
the armies OF the United States. Hamilton,
wh1 was great and good man, although not a
republican, not even counterfeit one lament.
ed IN the strong terms here quoted the want of
ti1mness of MIR. Adams. What would Hamil-
ton have Dug Int of Gen. Jackson upon his ir-
terferinS to save the Six Militiamen at such a
critical peri"d as that of January lsI5p
But this continuance has been Of some avail:
"a has helped to deceive many thousand good
Jefiersoninn republicans in New Hampshire.
| and thereby increased Mr.. Adams adheremts
IN that State TO something near two thirds,
from something less than half, by eliminating.
Gen. Ja'kson. Yet that and other decepiions
practised there on n late occasion, will be re-
mcmbered IN November next. A change of adj
minislration is called for from one end of the
Continent 10 the other, aud that change will he
effected by the well deserved popularity of the
candidate. The little army Of slanderers embo-
died i'll Virginia, 10 attack Gen. Jackson on the
Sih ofJanuary 1928, will as certainly be dis.
comftted by the confidence in his virtue and
genius as the great army of British veterans
was upon the Sth of January 1915 by the same
powerful agency. The leader of the former
ought to have credit for knowing better than
] Packenham W hat his talent was.