Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-02
from Anstin's Life Of Gcrry.l

from AistiU's Life Of Gcr-,i
= T"aIt 'f"('iro" distinguished citizen IF The
Cnte@ Rhc'. fE6! 81. Peiergbryy }sL T.ra ~ -
me Massachusetts election appears 10 arjtat.
the Americans IN Europe almost exclusively. of all
tne o'her elections gong the same time IN MANI
paris OF tn' Onion see paragraphs in the newspa
peiS' Cn' near not syllable from any other quar-.
ter. But American federslists IN t6ia civ ho,,o
received letters from their friend, in To,dcc al ~;
IottenbuTg IN high eXult3tion announcing tho elec
ZION OF MI Gore by minority Of more than three
thousand votes. Other Americans of different nil
tics contest the validity of this return and ,F;r,o
that Mr. Gerry and Mr. GRAY have been rr-alcc.G
though 5y reduced majority compared with ,bat
OF the last year. Why this extreme anxiety ior tho
.dr's7rfU9,Hs election Is it Mr.. Gore for ,yh0eo
ee'atlon all ting enthusiasm is harbOrrds thiu; il
ny no means uIhcult 10 account for. There isrnrcb
foreign hope and fear involved in these Massachusetts
electlonS all the rest, New York are desosirad
o. Bui TIE Massachusetts federal politicians have
got 10 talk 50 openly and with such seeming ind T;r
ence, not % say readiness for dissolution Of tho
I nIoh meg are so valiant IN their threats of regis.
lance - the laws; they seem so resolutc for T.l,
experiment upon the energy of the Union and is
S''eT! anf That N the prospects eta war with Anne
rlch winch most Of the British sat csmcn now at the
hcn consider RS in the line OF wise policy tho, and
al their partisan5 calculate boldly and without la
Tlise or conceament upon tho cc-opcrati5n Of the
n a7sscEus"ttS tedeTali5ts The Massachusetts .lac
ilon' therefore, 10 a tJUchsone Of ua,i ruI r.rir
clfc' and upon is issue NAV depend tn o.iastion
England. However hostile a British ministry ,n,v
reel against Us. they viii never venture upon i until
tn@y can depend upon an active CO-cDcrafion with
rhem within the u. States. il is from the Now En-
Fand iedcraiiss alone that thew can cXpcct it, From
III SANE view OF the subject though PROMPTED BIZ
very opposite iceng7 too 6Ie a deeo interest in
me massachusetts elections. ! nave known now
more than seven wears the projects of the Boston fac
'i"h aCainst the Union. They have over since that
tim" at least, been seeking an occasion for ayoyv
inC the prinsiplc The people however. Lavo ncsor
been ready to 90 with them; and when in the ON
largo time they did for moment yet minority with
them they only verified the proycrb about gptfinp
oegBAr on hoTse-unrk Nh Quincy has been n the
pans now OF furnishing them with new pretnyt .
which will wrar no better than its predccegsors Mr.
g " should not have quoted me a. an nurhor;i,
Tor a dissolution Of the Union He may be nssuro1
u ~ doctrine that never will have nv sanction II
~ my attachment to the Union which makes me
specially anxious for the result Of the Mar,achuecfs
elections. They are contest ofln and death for
Union. If that party not ultimately put down in
Masrachusetts ~ completely as thcy already nro in
.S'w YORK and Pennsylvania, mad all the Southern
and Western states. the Union ia o1nc Tnstend IS
tncaf destined by God md Nnura ~ b. the most no.
rrpus and most powerful people over combined I'M
der ono social compact we hall have an endless nnl
r.ude Of little ysgnfcan clans and tribes Mt eternal
@or with one another. for rock or a fish pond tho
sport and fable Of Europoou masters and opnressors
Er'o7d GIH sHn,oN prc7cted ~ Boafo,i. ED .J,Iv
1914 ID highly rePert4bic Clcygyuqn. intp,gteIy
cyraerted 'ciH The moi eminent ieadtyg oChe hte,i
Ffdcrai payiy.
"The alternative then IT, that if Won do NOT
wish 20 bccon" tho slaves Of those who own
slaves, and who arc themselves the slaves
~ French sl,Y,s. you must either in the Ian
9roge Of tho day cH hc c2nnerion, or 80 far alter
Tie National Coretituion, as 10 secure yourselves
due share n the Government. The Union has lonn
succ been virtually dissolved and it is full time that
lh's portion Of the dsaid suites should tskecnrc Of
ITSELF But tiis as Mr.. Burke Expresses it, is high
matter. and must be lcn 90 the united wisdom Of
HOr1teTn md EostcyB CoDreDtion. The voice ofthe
people who nre our foycrcigns. will then be- heard
and must Ice respected. Tocon'inue ~ suffer - Wv
HAtE EIGHT Titns PAST, from The incapacity of a
won. Hnot corrupt Administration, is more than
cai be- expected from human patience, or Christian
resignation. The time has arrived when common
prudence in pus.ouiuty and moderation has ceased
- boa virtue
:. ''Ts JInmGt~ qrHc HulfoyG Coiycai lion.
H".os Cd. --eoeding-adopted 9TH December, 1914,
the iisst day OF thc Meeting.
e The most invioobic secrecy slraN be observed
lV "T"a member of tis ronva0fio1 including tho Sc