Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-06-16
From the United s,a,c. Telegraph.

This publication is perfectly in cha
ractcr with the blind infatva,ion hich
presumes upon the ignorance nf the
American people. Why this idle ga,
conade about an appeal to God or the
country? Does the individual who au-
fhorised this publication. suppose that
IL will be a substitute for a durl, or the
verdict Of jury? Does any one sup
pose that he who intends TO fghi.w ouid
publish his challenge in the Globel No /!
True courage .coras
To vent her powers in = storm Of wor,ls,
And % the valiant actions speak alone" And
There Is no courage but in innocence
We are told that San honest cause al.
ways looks with confidence 10 an issue
which depends on All appeal 10 God or
the country.!" Are we 10 understand
this as a threat. that the - individual
in question is prepared TO put the test
OF these . limited islanders" before a iu
~ of the country. whenever an accu
ser "whose standing in the country
subjects him to the proper responsible
lities" shall appear? L. this the tone
and manner of "a still and quiet con.
science!" Would the individual in
question put good name, which should
be dearer than life, on such an issue :
That he would not, is made manifest
by the fact that he did not when rm-
phaticaliy challenged TO do SO. When
there was responsible accuser, no suit
was then brought; and no one can sup
pose that such proc eeding is Low CON
templated. The authorized Insertion
Of such an article in the Globe had ano.
tber object. IL was to silence inquiry,
by making a false issue before the pub
lie. III. delIcaoy of the subject, the
difficulty of arriving at the truth, and
usage, refer IL Co the decision of socie
! ~. As far back as January. 1880. an
Intellectual attempt to regulate this
matter. Of which we may hereafter
have occasion 70 speak, was made ibr0'
a distinguished member If Congress
and the propriety Of the refusal Of the
dismissed Secretaries 10 permit the
wishes Of the Executive to control the
conduct Of their families in relation 10
IL, was for long time aequiesced in
by the President himself. But the
" malign influence" at length prevail
ed. BY constant importantly. he has
been induced to yield his own iudg.
ment. and put his own fame, the int.
rests of the country, and the republi.
can party, upon a desperate attempt 10
conirOI the private intercourse of So
eiety.
We know that we hazard much when
we venture such a statement MANY
OF "ur readers. unprae Used IN such ib-
I trigues. cannot conceive how such an
influences could produce such conse.
quenoes. II shall be our business, by
+ the republication ri we'll authenticated
cases, 10 show What has been done IN
other times, and IN other governments
and. II the spirit Of our mathcrs. if vir.
tue has not fed, and liberty itself he
come extinct, We will sisrile into lite
those reeumbent energies which arc
the patriots hope.
But 20 return - the authorised state.
ment which appears N the Globe. and
= endorsed by the Richmond Enquirer
We assert that is object - TO make a
false issue before the public. The
true question is not the guilt or inn0-
eence Of tive parties. Nor j. the pro
pfIety Of the opinion formed bv sOcici y
upon that subject. AIl know that there
- 10 process bv which tire evidence