The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-13


which We now want, and whie, alone
can make America fiourishinr and
rich country Every part Of this u
mon IS necessary In the other, and II
we furnish more of the generous blood,
they supply much the larger part OF the
vital energy and the sinew That Mr..
Adams once acted with tho Federal
party, wr admit. That he ever did a.
ny act ahile N thai party. which was
al war will true replhlicanism we de-
ny. Against ~ rule of honest states
mlnshlp has he offended. lie left il
Just exactly when he found its leaders
tending 10 unite Will the British mlnis-
try he leit II we he found the oppo-
sltion 10 Mr.. ellerson was no longer TO
he American, but British he espyed the
working of thai spirit which must tend
inevitably, to the Hartford Convention.
he disclosed it 10 NJ. Jefferson aud ii
all proved true. To God aud 10 his
country he acquitted himself of an aw-
iul responsibility he withdrew himself
liton their miSied ranks, and the repub-
IIcan party through all rs divisions lelt
his powerful accession, while = Senator
ol Virginia vonched 10 The world tor his
integrity.
The Stttes whose leading politicians
! he deserted have nobly redeemed them
selves from these evll rulers and recog-
nze Mr.. Adams as their truest SOU, then
wiseSt patriot, And now, Republican
Massachusetts calls to Nrgnla Tor and
with that ancient voice which FIRST an
nounced to us that blood had beou sled
at Bunker II Il.
OF Gen. Jackson, we will speak
with candor, aud say nothing without the
utmost deliberations. That bis private
life has been dlsiigured wuh mauy lr-
| rGgullrities aud excuses ; that he has,
IN repeated Instances, shUNn himsrif Il
4 turbulent cllMen, a ready and vndlct Ye
| foe, often acknowledging no superior au-
| thoritv when III office, ii Judge withou,
Scrnple, and a cDnqn ror without elem
encV there is but one Judgment among
ciudld men. In all MS military en-
ploymcntS he has made or found a he
ccSslty to make hnsrlI master and des-
| pot of every thing wlll'n his reach
! Nor has he forgotten INNS Ii III all these
ia lions. Tae article Of the Crcek
Treaty, by which he was granted 10
miles square OF valuable Ian, Out which
was struck out indlgn ntly by the Sen
| NE, aud an attempt 10 insert a Slml 7
article in behalf OF himself and some
| friends III tho Cnlcktsaw Tieatv, Dus
which WIS defeated by Gov. Shelby,
prove the thrifty II tire OF his pltrlot-
sm. Ills arbitrary conduct al New o.
ins long after Tie enemy hid rrtHri !,
hS refusal to perma the orders of Mr..
Crawford, then Secretary Of War, To
90 To his inferior officers without passing
| through his bands, his INVASION oil lori :
da, contrary to the express orders OF
! the President, and hts conduct towards
the Governor of Georgia, prove him
too i tngerouS to be- entrusted with the
supreme command. But, let impartial
men consider OF MS conduct, his laws,
and his judgments, when Governor ia
Florida, where, by vntue OF his being
! told by Governments ihai he was 10
! have the authority Of Captain Gcnel al
ol Cuba, h. assumed an,nority, wnica,
under the constitution can never cxst,
aud which made him absolute drsnet OF
/ that territory. I'm This, let lhrm bcpoid
what might be expected of him as Pres
id.nt. All these acts define tyIant,
and sh Il we submit our free ncohs even
II the possibility of being CALLED by one
who has commltted single act OF tyran-
ny ?
All the advocates of his election
| but prove too clearly That lac never VIII
| be without that necessity OF tyIannIZng,
/ whleh they aIlegc as ms excuse III every
single important moment 81 ms bic. II
/ therefore matters lltlle, for it seem, his
! fatality 10 fund extraordinary emereeu-
cles wherever he ism power. That man Is
! deal 10 the voice OF history, who doc.
not know that as good pretevs as us
have justified every General who has
assumed the purple in The midst Of al
legged public emergency and necessI-
! ty.
Against all these things il is alleged
/ thai the Administration came into pow
er by corrupt means, charge frs
made by a poor bniloon, whom 10 see !,
I 10 think Of with derison ever after
wards then repeated by many who did
not believe II, but who thought 1t use
tul, and calculated 10 serve lis turn
Every attempt 10 prove ii has recolled
on him who attempts II, and now il
may safely be said, that he who believes
it is not 10 be reasoned WITH on eyI-
denoe.
But there are some precious adyo-
Gates of state rights who cannot be con-
teHtMithout having Gen. Jackson a,