Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-04-08
Proposals for Publishing at Richmond, Pa.
Semi Weekly Paper, to be called
HE VIRGINIA TIMES.
By II. w, GILNTER,

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E'HC LIN ES VIII be conducted the principle
II OF free and independent Press Its claims 4
pubic patronage will be rested on candid mpartia
ahd fearless investigation oftruth--a steady adher
encc TO the first principles of our Republican lnst-
,,uuons and devotion TO the permanent interests o
"gihla and the Union. While it will endeavour I,
geeeht iathful narrative of public events. it vii
principles with the freedom and temper which
oo'nE the ress OF an enlightened and liberal coun
~ pecSaTdiHg the purity OF our institutions, ant
e PUBIC security, as always paramount to the tri-
imp" OF mere parties or men, it will estimate the lat
% oliy as they may conducc TO the former Public
es are created land should be confrTed) as sacred
"'ts ior the benefit OF the pcopc--uot for the per
oo"ai ggrandizement qualification of those who
may seek to fill them. In Representative Democ-
'acy, organized and administered bv the force Of
po"c opinion, The fress is the natural or.
gan OF observation and intercourse between
me People and their Governmcnt-Lke n
el'h'u mirror, 1t should reflect the true IMAGE of
measures and men, that their merits NAV n. ?ustlv
appreciated, and their tans freely condemned In
te uScharge OF Its delicate and huhlv resnonsibIe
unctons' the Press should cautiously forbsar IN on =
crouch on the sanctuary of private feelnr mr. IN
'nse the sympathes of domestic life with the con-
,esnoc, ne oi PUBIC affairs 1t should challenge the
resPect OF others by manifesting prooer respoc,
ior ltsef-and inert, by never ABUSING tho rs
eence which may be reposed in it,
Ire LINES will maintain the doctrines Of Viro;n
IA WIN regard to the Federal Compact as they have
oeen eXpounded by Madison in 1893 md nrac
ticaiy enforced by jefferson 1t will cline to Tho
o"ioh' ana the principles which it was establish
Gu as the charter of harties The divers,tv nf
interests ana occasional collisions of opinion which
nave arisen and may arise, in the administration Of
ourFederal Governments are the natural efJ.o,s e
eovious causes. They should admenish ms IN room
SUI ofener to the fundamental principles OF onr ITn
on ana TO preserve It by that Spirit of elevated
patriotism, that temper Of forbearance and n,,,roI
Cohcesslon' which alone led 10 its adoption nv tho
otateS. in the exercise of those powers which have
oeen delegated 10 the Federal Government too
iucn regard cannot be had for the sanctitv of writ
Ven CONSTITUTIONS Their salutary restrictions afford
'.ie only means of preserving the purity of our in
Sututons, by defining the powers of Govornnnn,
ana guarding The rights of the people. Ifthe now
efS "lich have been ceded To the Federal Cavern
euI Oy the states, shall be found inadeoue Ia tho
necessities OF orr repidly expanding country or foo
lnaccurately defined, let not Others h., ,ssnnod INV
dangerous and vague constructions bur rather snnh.
mt 10 the constituent bodies the proprietv of rrnnt
lng or withholding them The real Causes of differ.
ehce among the States at this time are far less Co
t!ou anu lrreconciable than those which were aG
Justea NJ the formation Of our Contsderacv-and
Ihat csln crested spirit OF American uafr,otis Which
tfiunPhed tSen, will triumph again-the Union viii
W Preserved ana Perpeiuated by sacrifice of
oca leafouses and minor interests on the altar NJ
cur country-by scrupuIous and sacred rero,J e. :
Tue original Compact of the States T'he DArno
ehce OF our Tree institutions depend essential
J.! oi our adherence TO those fixed ani oreat
principles OF Government, which canu,t a.
tuate with the changes of party mr. +h
capFlceS OF statesmen. The people are the MAIN
raj ana the safest repositories of power The tendan
~ VI man TO usurP and abuse authority admopish
Us US that II is better too to resi- riot t,p
tne powers of Government. The -eynarierco or III
history tesuties, that when power has been onco 40
4uieu either by the voluntary cesson of the n.onIe
VI Tue arbitrary assumption of Government It Is ne
'ei resianed-it can only be wrested b,c. bv ~
strong arm of revolution. The Executive Den,r,
n'eht OF governments has been most dannerons +,
,he hoerties of man-ts organization ia The moe
ui,lcu't IN the theory ofour While it must bf
adequate TO all indispensable PURPOSES rs C,oras
nent, 1t should be modelled with renubijc.n s;i,:.
G rendered las far as may be- mpotent far ni;scbis
aud oppression. While the office of Chief NJ
Iaie OF the United States must always BIO an nh}ao,
OF honorable and yirtuous ambition II should 10y ~
uouseu as means OF elections erine by the ncunben,
nor ootanedb by the petty articles of jntriruo. IT,.
term should be fixed by the Constitution At tba b,
est period, which will srcure Il iudicOus and is,ro
Aal administration of its various and ir,norton,
-ahd the incumbent reaGcrad nelrble nr,in
w ncn the lime shall arrive for the selcctiop f
successor TO the present. Chief Mauistrate of The
united States, TIE VIRGINIA TIMES will M, y, =, ,
nuShccd ey personal predictions or antpathes bnt
VIII regard the interests of Virginia and The nrin
ciplcs OF the Federal Constitution md ,u;It I'd
Vocatc the Claims OF him who will best prono O the
one and sustain the other. Without heinz nIedoa5
70 any man, 1t will dlsdan to betray itself rr 9;s
read us country. to subserve the ambition mr. tIo =;
trgue Of any individual. Principles are Of con,ae
forgotten, when men become the exclusive obi,
Of our regard. 'J0''e
HE VIRGINIA TIMES will be zcalouslv and ndof,,;
ganly devoted to the cardinal objects of orr stote ~
ncy-Public Education and Internal Imnrovemepnt
me time has come, when Virginia should cease to
SPe cuiate, and begin to act With love of conntr,
unequaiied-~ith moral and physical resources wbicb
ente us to maintain elevated rank among na,;ons
we nave done less to improve our natural Alliances
than any people who have long enioyed the bSoss
tngs OF tree institutions The proud examples of Viz.
g'nias chivalry in war, and her magnanity in neace
are recorded on the page of hstory-but there il mo
monument of our public enterprise to speak Our cha
raeter as people to coming ages The energies nf
States like those of individuals, become narsIvzeJ
when they are not e1erted and improved The On
cFoachments of Federal power on the State ursd;c
Mons may be ascrbed, in great measure, to the NEG
ect OF the local Governments to cherish and imnroys
their own resources The most efFectual mode n
preserving the rights Of the States and attesting
true value IS to exercise & enjoy them 1t is the duty
OF the Press carefully to collect and disseminate
tefIas OF information, which furnished bv the cv
perIeDce OF other States and Countries that mir own
plans OF education and Improvement may be successes
fully accomplished, and that the public mind NAV be
prepared to estimate the importance of these sub
jects.
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