The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-03-10

lSit thai the two latter fDIaerty lrf him IN a mi.
noriiy for which he still feels E,udee aud
lint hei"o former gave him majories We
ask foI information.
COMMUNICATED.
Mesvs Editors Ii Won think the following
remarks are worthy ot notice. III your excellent
paper. they are al your service.
Vre in,a, since the revolution but especially.
since the establishment Of the edetal Gonstilu.
ton, hns exercised greater moral influence u
yer ne deliberations Of our national councils,
aud through them, over the American people,
with the exception Ola very short period, than
any other Commonwealth of the Federal Uni
on. II must be- admitted, thai she has Mt been
diirngS ludlClpus IN the usc she has nude OF this
nnuence--aud hence the reason she does not
NOR possess IL There can ouly be moral inf.-
encc, where there il merit Moral worth Is not
produced 10y prescription Virginia has held
station amongst her SISTER 5iuca, heretofore,
which neither Of Them eyer held no nor will
Virginia ever hold nenln uufil MIGHTY rcyola
ton tnlScs place IN her internal pole sud 10
her SHINE be II spoken. that she Is now az en-.
,ious, that the sccptre has pas Ell INTO the hands
of her great rival The marnapmty mnnitrtt.
ch PRIOR to- and during the Revolt ion, by Nh.
snchuscifs 20 The Old Dominion ought TO teu.h
her nusrftll lesson.
Thu best blood of Revolutionary lngnn,
with u few exceptions, has destended into The
tomb The majoriiv OF those patriots ADD he
rocs knew well Nuglnlus best interest. They
did not fail on all proper opportunities. h maxi
them known They knew thai TO maintain her
standing amongst her sister States. she musl do
something more than make daiCmtH They
knew Tint .hc must exercise fostering care o.
yer her internal resources, aud turn them 10 her
oirn advantage They saw thai the spirit oi in
isrna improvement was abroad They pnhy
saw what has actually taken place, tbat unless
virginia by u wise policy, would improve hen
advantages, which were numerous and great,
that she would be- outsirippcd by other States,
then IN every respect hci inferior She Hns
then the fri State in population she ftupw the
fourth IN free population. How is tins WHY,
! n set al politicians have recently hrap NJ the
helm ofnilairs who instead of attending 10 tn
domestic concerns or the State have spent The =
time and ialcnts IN las eighng against, what they
are pcascd 70 call rucfnachments, on the rights
ofinr States, by the National Governments
Hey have been beating the air. fighting phan-
tpms The people begin to find them out and,
recently in Richmond, have the representatives.
81 tlc people given some evidence OF II The
Tariff the Tor!T, iterHni Improvements have
been the bu den Of their soug. The slang has
become perlccilv contemplate.
Look n the writings 81 the Chief Magistrate /.
" ho notices thfm even his friends are disgust
ed with ihcm aud drop the pnpers in which they
are contained, when they loOl. nj them. hs Kan
dolph did the famous Eicgrdph. after he nude
his comment ON It's contents. The Governors
prcsrni conduct resembles thai OF Mon de Cha
tanb lhnd. when NJ. de tAJele, IN Short note re-
CURED hin 20 leave The Hotel dies hnditcs l.
angcres H." lie agaio joined the opposition !;
edited, 81 purity edited a newspaper; = wiotc an.
gry pamphlets and reviews, and made angry
speeches ~ short, took the air aud bearing OF
a person. who was determined 10 force his way
back ar ain 10 power and place. Nov "hl
point oul TO YOU what Virginia ongb, 10 do .
what size must HitmalefBdo
Virginia uusl faise horses, hogs, mules aud
sheep Many thOnsand, Of dollars are srui 10
the West, annually fot horses hogs aud mule.
which migbtae well be circulated IN The Stair.
surely none will say this cannot be ayoidcd.--A.
gain, Virginia Is It's 6ne a climate rs IS ~ the
world for raising sheep. Now. Why rnnnof
"oollrns aud eotions be Manufactured in this
State IN sufficient quauties 10 nrntralse the Ell
frcts Of the 0bonindbie TARIFF lis II not rs
honorable Hn ayociiion lo raise sheep as 10 CD.
iiyate tnbacco2 Il !. vastly less iabhrlous. A.
gam, whoever teBrhes how to make rs much
corn on one acre HfS year n5 was made on icD
acres iad year, does moe for the state Is n
pr atet bcneiacfor Of ms own fellow citizens,
and Of mankind, than be who IS evefla'i'nely
filing up the newspapers With learned dtsqusi-
lions.
Sufficient reasons may be found ~ the last pa
ragIaph. why the prosperity OF F'gina ~ Of
the wane Nothing will restore her prosperity,
but an intense applcai ION 10 hei domestic inter-
esie Shr must care less about her moral pow
.iab no he liz * "a
small or in the National Councils ;--afIairs viii
D., ola very veil although she sits MOI at the
helm. inc Union IS in no danger. I1r cen
trif,tgal power IS much more likely 10 become
too strong than the centripefal. We are all
p,ole IL "nnder.
let every woman instead Of making all his
sons petfiloppers and lnoun'cbanks, teach them
10 weld lhe plough. cultivate the so raise hors.
es hogs, mnles, sheep &c; md also let them
erect nIanuElctuies and make all their home
wear, and so much more as they can, Let this
policy lac pur ned aud Virginia will he more
independent ia seven years than she has err
hCrn.
have no hesitation in saving, that Virginia
ha ,le means within herseGof becoming one Of
ihc n,asi indepennent States in this Union Bu
il IS not b, brawling out against every measure
of Government. that does not exactly compot
with her notion otthinss-0ny State would be-
come oontcmptbie by pursuing this course In
tiis conntry ,he majority must rule
| conclude these hasiy remarks WIN express
ir- hone that Virginia will pursue cftfuP
policy IN future turn her attention 10 her own
domestic concerns endenyor TO become Hoe'
prudoni on her own iuierna resources; give
hcfsrlf le suneasiurss alton consolidation It Il
+. mere hobby horse upon which some halfway
Just so cur Governor,