Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-07-26


as raw head and bloody bones, they enabled by
their tales OF tubplos ocean massacrcs bloody buov,
ana pulpit iyngs and slandernys & monacal rawlings of
their Gardeners their OsgooL and Parishes To vpead
arm into all but the frmcs breas, Their Attorney
hencra hau the mpudence to say to a republican men,
Der that deportation must be rcsorted of which, said
ne you republicans have the example, thus daring to
identify us with the murdcrous Jacobns Of France
These transactions reco!ccted but dreams of the
night were then 81 realities and nothing rescued us
o their hberticdc effect but the unyicding opposition
ID those hrtn spirits who scrnly maintained their post in
denco OF terror at their fellow citizens could be ar
reused to their own danger, and rally and tho
standard OF the constitution. T-has been happily done
liberalism and monachism have lang from that
moment until their reasonable combinations with the en-
emes OF their country during the late war Their plots
OF Remembering the union, and their Hartford convcn-
t!on has consigned thcm to the tomb of the dead and
lonoy hope we may now truly we all republic
cans all tcdcrasts and that the of the
to which our country viii for rally will be- Federal
union, and Republican Government, and sure am we
may say that indebted for the preservation of this
point OF rIhance to that op2postion
Much of this relation is notorious the world & ma
ny intimate proofs OF It will be found in these notes.
From the moment, where they end, of my retiring from
the ADMINISTRATIONS the Federalists got unchecked hold
OF General Washington. His mcmSrv Was already .en
bly impaired by age, the firm tor. imnd for which h.
had bccSeuarkabic, beginning to relax its ENERGY
was 'bated scssneSs of labor, desire for tranqu-
t|u crcpt on Him. and Willingness to let others &
even THINK Tor him. Like the OF mankind he was dis
gustod with the atrocities of the rrcmch revolution and
the
noio VINO were used as instruments of their perpera
ton and the steady and rational character of the Amcri
Tni people: IN which he had not sufficient confidence
ne opposition too ofthc republicans the British trea
W ana Jealous support of the Fcdcrats in that unpopu
lar but avorte measure of theirs had made him their
own Understanding moreover that dsapproved of that
treaty and cnpiously nouris!ed with fasch0ods by ma
hghont neighbour ofmine who ambtoncd to be his
respondent he had become aicnated from mvscf
ally AS from The republican body generally of his fellow
citizens and he the letters TO Mr. Adams and MIR
Carroll over which, i'll devotion to his mpcrshabc fame
we must ior ever weep as monuments of mortal decay.
Feb 4th 1913.
The following is the conclusion of long and
able address Of the Republican Presidential Con.
vention of Massachusetts, assembled at the State
House in Boston on the 10th of June last. The
whole is too long TO be admitted entire into our
paper. The portion which we have selected will
bear being taken from the whole without injury
and we recommend it to the attention Of our
readers rs al able, candid and closely reasoned
view CT the probable result of the present contest
Tor the Prcsdency.-Editors
We have thus far ventured to submit some of
the considerations necessary to settle the previous
and most important question of duty, whom we
think oH9ht to be President. We may now be in
duiScd IN discussing the question of mere curosi-
ty, who probably 'riN be called to that station.
Il o answer this interesting question, two differ
ant modes OF calculation resortcd TO- as afford
!n5 the most probable indications Of what will
hereafter be the result Of the election The first,
and THAI which must be tho basis of all reasonable
articlpatous, is this to ascertain as accurately
as we can, til" state of parties in relation to the
pcudns canvass, IN the tWenty-ioar different
states Legislatures OF the Union. together ~ ith
tacir respective Delegations in both branches oil
Congress, and, according the rcspt gives
majority IN these bodies for either presidential
parry, 10 assign to such majority the electoral
votes to winch each State is respectively entitled
Ihc second process is to take the aggregate of the
electoral Votes given in al! the States, at the last
election, tor the two present candidates and
then to tAcse sums TO add, respectively, such &C
cessions oil strength as may be fairly claimed for
either candidate by tho most recent and authen.
tic manifestations Of public opinion taking care
at the same time, to make such deductions. from
the votes of 1924, as Legislative changes may
prove to be necessary.
We shall employ both methods of computation.
and see how the prospects of either candidate will
ABIDE the test. But preliminary to this, we
Shall make brief summary of what we know i'm
respect to the character Of the State and federal
delegations, in the Legislatures of the several
States, and in the two houses of Congress
To begin with New England. Granting for the
sake of argument that the whole electoral vote of
SSNh'''i
for Mr.. Adams, still it is undenjable, that import
ant changes adverse to that candidate, have taken
place since 1924, among the Democratic portion
OF its irccmcn Even in this, his strong hold of
power, where he has deeply intrcnched him
self in the Businesses of local pride, and sectional
potlcs,-the very foundations Of the citadel of
his strength are fast crumbling away beneath
him. We apprchend that the history Of Ameri-
can politics affords no other instance Of change
50 rapid and extensive, has occurred within the
last three years among the most active members
Of the republican party in this section of the I'm
ion. Perhaps VIC shall be within bounds when we
state 1T as our opinion, that at least FTfty Thou
sand New England Democrats, who either assent
cd to- or actually voted for the electors Of Mr.. Ad-
ans in 1924, are now to be found among the
most determined and strenuous of his opponents
Vermonf-votes by general ticket Tor seven c.
lcctors There is rapidly increasing and ac-
tive party in the opposition in this State. Its DEL
CORA in a.