The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-30
Il LAST CALL

THE LAST CALL
fonce more unto the breach, dear friends, once moro
u see you stand, like greyhounds in the slips,
" S,rainiug upon the start. The games ailoati
Follow your spirit and upon this charge,
'rry-God for our Counuy'-its Liberty and Lawsi
Shaks.
This is the last opportunity we shall nave TO
call upon the friends Of as honest, as enlightened
!. as patriotic an administration as this or any
other country was ever blessed with, TO rally IN
its support on Monday next, though defeat stare
them in the face. Let us hang on our ban
nprs On the outer wall, aud strain every nerve
10 sustain il there. If, after that, we he ontnum
bered. we shall strike our colors without a mar'
muir. Conscious of having performed oar duty w
shall not ne disgraced by d'feat. Ve shall on
ly he disgraced. if we permit our active and en-
~rgetic opponents to carry the dav without con
Testing with them every inch Of ground. We
shall always believe, If M. Adams be supplan.
ted by Gen. jackson, that that result will have
been, in a great nnlsrre effected by the swag
gering port aud ulbluShing oodsJings of the
friends Of the Military ~chiettain, in all parts of
- Coti'if ANU " 'HN NNSp'"'"S INV ""'
as generally employed by the friends Of the ad
ministration. While the J,cksonians have il
spirited the lukewarn and won Over the hest a
ting, by assumed confidence in their success,
and by the polite course of always claiming
more votes than they could by possibility OBJ
tain, the friends of the administration, by pnrsu-
ing a contrary course. have disheartened some
of the most ~zsalous OF their own party, and
efTectualiy deterred from joining their ranks
that numerous class who cannot bear the idea of
heing in a minority. By fearing and predicting
defeat, II will be weiIiftbey shall not have pro
dRced il. But, can il not he prevented ? As
%sared'y, there Is get no cause for DR. dependency II
they viii grid on their armor for the combat
vita the Grnnpss and zeal Of mrn determined
on Success, But. even if We o. destined I" ia'l
'--ifthe { ,untrv i. IN be 3" curse d" with ,t"e RUE
OF violence, ignorance and knavery for four
years, IT will NOT he a slight thing to present to
DER rulers an imposing minority. We may
ahos moi only check some of the many evts which
We seriously apprehend from this continuation
nj m'schievous qualities in our rulers, but we
shallhe better prepared to win over to our ranks
d sufficient number of the detudei followers Of
'ae Military candidate-wh, will too soon Gud
nat they are lahoring under a fatal delu-
snn, iileed,-'o crush the principle to which
ms success All give birth, before that principle
saan acquire strength enough to crush the lib.
fftIes o the country. We wish the Ancient Do
lonion particularly. To exhibit a formidable par
", opposed to the ,dea which she will express TO
me world, II her vote he given for Jackson, that
"thfdFy qualifications alone are requisite for the
Hh'ei Magistrate of a free nation-a nation
whose dlpipmatic, relations with foreign powers
Afe oftha most complex and intricate character.
requiring the labariouS study Of wears TO ac-
falfH even n fn'rrable idea of their outlines.
iisn9 ittn inheritance. too. as we increase in
wealth and neutrality-suspicious. of Internal
Money Of the greatest interes, and magnitude
ionnded Oh the most al,struse sciences. are daily
PRESENTING themselves for consideration and de-
's'on.-and we wish Virginia TO show that a large
paftIon of hfr citizens, are opposed TO conGdins
''ch deep interests ~ the hands Of n man whose
eancati'n, habits. te nper aud studies. in youth
manhood and old age, all testify that he is as
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