Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-12-25

aue TO the character and integrity of our antien
Commonwealth, will play the spiri, which. dur
ing the proceedings of tho Convent ION, has man
rested itself anon: some Of our western breth
! rem. y ="
from The commencement Of tho disc,;ssion 4
was manifest, and as it advanced il became more
manifest that the entire claim Of neither of the
! parties could DO obtained.-From this s,at. =,
things, resulted the necessity of some msssnrs
IN which portion OF hothishould he surrender.
o' Severai OF those presented, we should have
oeen wiling to accept. That which In. Con.
Vent'on has at length adopted wo prefer 70 M, -.
ny OF those which were offered while ,bero a..
some to which wo should have postnoned :,
our chief objection to tho arrangement which
"a'' nee" hnaiiy adopted, is rather to what i,
'o0S moi contain, than what it s.--It contains mn
provision by which future adjustment, of ron.
tesentation, which tae varying interests of 81.
ota'e may require, can be made We ,.,;.
heo' however, that it is tho only compromise
winch could have been effected and, as such. IVA
accept it. v" w
we have already laid before our roader. IN.
first message of General Jackson to cono,o.,
i"' APPROPRIATION which it has received from the
candid OF all parties, is the best evidence Of ito
"of's-H has been read, with attention. we I'm e
no doubt, by all our readers; and il would H.,
unnecessary for US, to call their a,ten,io, -
''i"se Just principles which it unfolds with 81
much cienrness and ability, rs the pu,dc -, IN,
measures of his administration and the to,ob
''""e oil MS public conduct. We recognise in |
'"cn tne views OF Republican President. en-.
'oEeins the responsibility of public agents
of'ds'hg, as far as practicable, the PATRONAGE al
the government, and guarding with , yv;,
''"ce inc public treasury, by nfusing lust Q. |
'"'y 'n.o all the expenditures, and recurring
a" unre'ax'ng accountability in all tho deport. !
"ehts' In these just views he is supported bv !
,"e heads OF departments, in their rcports the
hrst that have been submitted to Conuress- IN, |
UNITS do not permit our laying these interesting
ana valuable documents in e1tenso he fore o,,r |
renders We shall endeavour, hswevcr 70. mo.
sent TO them their prominent subjects and most
inte1e sting views
We have received several contr;br,;o,,,, g.
our poets corner. We cnnnot comply with
~ give HiS eHuSlOn " 10 the |
memory OF Jefferson" place there. The Hind
Part'aiity OF authorship alone, could present tho
article to the public IN its present form, and we
cannot consent to undertake the task of co,rec.
ton, which the author dcvolves ON us.
To Jnoenis," who dates from the uniyers;.
", we would recommend an avenue of ac,ess
to the public for his muse more readily ov,i,,
BILE, in locality VIC mean, and which would cav.
postage We doubt, however, whether he would |
hnd the learned editors Of the {" Museum les,
astidious than ourselves. "a
On Thursday the 18TH, JouS TAr1or low,
professor OF Law in the University of Virginia,
was elected by vote as nearly unanimous a.
IL could be, Judge Of the General Court. To
supply the vacancy occasiohed by the death ofl
Judge DADE.
ino intervention of the Christmas Eolvdovs
WIN compel US to omit the publication ,of tho
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