Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-08-18

says II Is duly maied-is Gov. Preston TO be reform.
ed?and is the independent Editor PAWN. the way to
1t! Lay on McDuf
For THE CoNsTIrUTIoHAI WHIG.
GOVERNOR GILES.
''Nr Southland essential mar, of the ir,,
Until drtCeu TO tell il, by the lash of tine Court"
Mr.. GiteSs remarks GU Ur. So,tiurd, q Witness
There is nothing which more strongly marks the.
character of people, than the feelings which they
openly profess, aud practice, towards each other.
If we find community united by feelings of mutual
affection, showing itself by every act of their conduct:
We may rest assured, that virtue and morality. are
the rules vi action with that people IT, the con-
trary find community engaged in strife and war
fare with each other, and endeav orng break down
character, be assured that vice and immortality have
taken deep hold upon the people and ruin and des-
oation will soon overtake themnor is il necessary
| that the whole community should be actors in. the
scene to produce these disastrous results fer if a
prominent man, IN any society, shall become a COM
mon slanderer, and common dcamer of cha ractcr
and, in his OF madness and defamation. should
rnd himself upheld by public sentiment, then, the
same consequences must follow, if the whole pco
pie were engaged i'll scenes of Gctamation Man is
an initiative animal, and III this country where pub
lie sentiment controus all thing other restraint is
offered, which can operate, bride the vicious
1t will be seen by ALL that the sanderer supported
by public sentiment and all the aspiring, vicious dem
agogues, will pin IN the applauded vices which they
see prevailing; until the whole morals of the people
shall, become mass OF purlfactCu. Then. indeed
may the fall of the Republic be expected for if it be
true that republics rest alone upon the virtue of the
people, ask what hope remains for such u govern
ment, after SANDER and detracon, shall have taken
| the place OF virtue and kind feeling? For while
the dominant party may practice al the oppression
which ingenuity can conceive upon their adversaries;
and heap Is many onofs they can find, upon the
heads of their party; but the time will surely
come when such state of things will wear itself out
and reflection will take possession of the mind. This
is the alarming point, which is seen by the dominant
party, and which terres them in all their thoughts.
Reflection, rarely fails, rcdeeminT human nature.
from the danger: and ruin, into which had pre-
ciptated them; and when 1T takes deep root i'm
the mind farewell vice, for virtue is approaching and
will regain the power, which had been lost by the
influence of vicious
1t may he that, those in power, have so long tri.
umphed and ruled that the ordinary course Of things
may fail in their effect it may be that, even the forms
of government shall be DESTROYED either by resi.;-
lance or by poisonous influence which is made to
pass the whole land; and this yes, even this,
may be, for while endured, yet, it will not alwa VS.
endure; for the oppressed will demand that the gov
ernmcnt under which they live shall be administer
ed. according to its form and spirit They will
consent to convert re1t republic, into a mockery,
and if all things else shall fall they will at last pro
claim
Let The steel sparkle, and the jareiip H.
These reflections have been elected by the recent
matchless SANDER and calumny, which the present
Chief Magistrate of Virginia, has published through
the columns of the Enquirer, against Samuel L..
Southland, Esq. late Secretary Of the Navy. The
slanderer prctends to quote the facts which he
rests his JuSthcaton, from the proceedings OF the
Court before which Mr.. Southland lately appeared as
Il witness in the of the unfortunate Watkins.
After ndulging in the language of Bitingsgute, until
the heart scLens NJ the sight, the sandcrer the
language which stands ut the head of this article.
] Render, whoever you may be, whether jackson or
Adams, j implore you to look at the language which
the Governor of Virginia has used upon this occasion
towards honorable eUsr bTe0thed, at am
tine in any country under any form IF GOUernnent
Yes reader look it; and look at the record ofthc
trial of Watkins; compare the record with the as
Sertion Of his ExceenCy, and then if you dis
cover 1ooTd IF truth in his ESceency's language
So far from any cOnccaDen the part of Mr.. South
ard and so far from being dashed into the truth by
the Court, no witness ever more prompt OF
ready to state all, and exhibit ALL than the honora bic
and exemplary man, whom now defend. His SIAN
derOuS Excellcncy has here given but another proof
ofhis wanton departure from truth, whenever his
annette MirSts fOr vengeance, after having been fed
and fattened by envy and maligny But this Is moi
all This undisg1Scd defctDlcr Of human eta1tcte1'
has the audacty to appear before the public the
advocate of truth and Uirtue and ifnpudently calls
upon the people to know, what will become Of the
country when the moral sense of the people is gone
Great God! TO what state of wretchcd degrade
ton has the people Of Virginia approached, wher
u Nm H. Giles has turned lecturer morals. Deep
" plunged indeed into the sink of everlasting infa
my the morals FOUR people be, there be any
one quality or thing in this moral lecturer, that car
improve them or even give light colouring to the
deepest black which vice can die. Is there no re
deeming spirit in our land2 Are the people resolved
to destroy their country by supporting this the
common slandcrer Of the living and the dead? y,
Heaven l appeal and inplore a wise Providence &
save CATO.
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