The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-28

doris az ,ho uonqe exn,rssed =, me- his nsfonish
men, ,b,, vVhatI said an ,h, oerasion eoul,
hav, bee, 80 much misunderstood and mis,eptc
s.nted--tha, he heard ,n,, ms d,stinclly.
now call o,any member VIII, understood m,
diflf,entiv nj The time 10 ne in his Mace anc
say so There Mr.. Il paised for n reply
| Nome heits sIyen and some r,ends having SAID
across the seats. that no monber could OF would
say thar he mad ,mdefstondbl Mr.. II MS he had
been misrepresented. AZ. l. went on with
ont meaning 10 MEAD tn--hat a without mean.
inc IN a1s,if tla iarisd ION of The press. in the
,sIent uhieh i a,.fpaafas 10 ilsslf. ann nerfect.
V sensihirtbatno mar Is ,be,e public opinion.
| God forbid thai n,v man ~ this country shall
ever be able 10 ,yeit-,nd regret tha, any
ane should have supported ne rapable of utter
| me such a sentiment. So Gar nom il. have
! hspn the steady. i,tn eAnnnt. and strenuous
advocate. 10 the hast of ny poor ability of the
compressed People ofTreiand And why For
thr reason stated on Il former occasion, They
fought our battles, sir. Ihave known and es-
teemed many of them. Some of them have
heen-lhey are dead aud others arc living. u.
mong my warne,i friends and best neigh
bors In the course of not uneveutlnl lite,
| have seen m,ny things, out | have yet 10
see that rarnariS interriS---l have seena black
sw an--an Irish Tory | have known tories
Of every description. Yes, sir, aud some
even in Virgin,a-even we had few oi
them during The Revolution. but too few 10
give us any trouble or aIarm-but ! never
havr VT seen an Irish Tory, or the mnn who
had seou one. Sir, | don't rend thu nhwo-
papefs don read the gentlemen speech
es. and Thea como here 10 answer them.
Bull am extremely pleased. my, flniiered, in
the highest degree, NJ bein.r told by my
idends, TINT the gentleman from Ohio nttri-
hted, In his speech So much 10 my efforts
IN bringing the Administration To its present
flank and lean condition. Ihe gentleman
could not hnye pleased ne better--l only
fear that, with all his buntness and frsnkness
the gentleman was not quite sincere, and
was only adjoining me- with 6llets and gar
lands like the priests Of the sacrifice oi yore
previous 10 knocking me, aud with me-, the
PARTY whom he strives To wound, though my
sides, on the head He was pleased Ia place
me al the head, OF what has been denom,na
ted tho Opposition party in this House hat
al lis head, or that OF any other pnrly IN thi.
House, he will never find me, for reasons
which could stn'e. but which are wholly
unnecessary. Ilmes are indeed changed with
the gentleman and his friends when they hole
this language concerning me. But little
while ago, and the friends OF the Admingira
ton, nay, the members OF the Administra-
ton, affected 10 consider NE rs one of iheil
irmr5t props. They could not, indeed. vote
for me they were men too nice in thei
principles Tor that but, considering tb,
| great benefit which they derived from my op
position, they could not Except for the hon
or OF the country regret my reelection. A
miable and excellent men But they now
sing TO very different gamut. II any gentle
man will bring against me any ALLEGATION
| from clean aud respectable source, will Dc
i one af two things will either deny il, o.
admit il, snd defend IT upon my views ant
principles. Sir, il seems committed grea
offence in not voting for the admission of lh'
new states into the Union, and especially o
Ohio. Yet, siI, ithe thing were to do owe
again, | should act precisely in the sam'
manner. aud past experience would ieacl
me was right. What were the new STATES
Vast deserts OF woods, inhabited bv the Abor
| gines, to whom, IL we come 10 the qhesiot
| of right, they did OF right belong aud il wa
a question whether sound policy would die
tate that WE ought, by creating these states
TO encourage sparse settlements. and ihereb
TO weaken our frontier. ! thought this wa
bad policy. Not that | am in favor OF VI
ry dense population. am against the rat
BILE Of your great cities, but am equally OF
posed to having a land without inhabitants
But, sir HAD other reasons--gfdpi0rd nld1teH
Does the gentleman from Ohio, with al
his landable pre- udice aud pnrtiality toward
his own State, think that |, as Nirginan
feeling at least equal prejudice and PARTIAL
~ to my native land with that which he feel
for his State, would lend my sanction TO ~
net on the part of Virginia which besgars es
cry instance OF fatuity and folly exiant in tn
history of nations Why, sir, the knight q
La Mancha himself, or poor old Lear in m
play, never was guilty Of grosser act of Ii
tulty than was the State Of Virginia, when sh
committed maj snleida' deHd--lhe snrrendel
ing o' her immense territory beyond N" XIV
ef on'o' upon NE express conditlon oi "hc''
ulng her own ciuzens from as dement,, Whr
lhe country yielded Tor the common gooh
Tue Cohiehefacy) should come 10 he setuet
fes, slr' II was an net OF sui9'de--o' poil',cu
sumioe--fhe effects OF "hloh she has ten
and WI continue To feel, 50 long as She ha
any ponhcai existence at all. 9ir' TINS wa
one ct me ahihble aud phlhhihfope acts
legislation, winch, however gooh ~ polhl {