Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-12
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Extract from J. q. fdams'S GRAFTON al
RaiHeV, Juiy 4.

tSHHcy, Juty !.
The Constitution. ri.Ing from the ashrs of the
first experimental and imhrcie confederac,
has M" been IN successful operation upWn
OF forty years. II has ondergonr, since its as,
| establishment, very lew, aud, uumpnratively
speaking, "n'mpora0t alterations. II has pass
ed through the ordeal OF siA sue cessive admin
istrations, and Is At this time ~ ia hands of a
seventh. u has stood ihr test of Que lormida-
ole foreign war. and of two sppafenI changes
OF principle, effected by the conflict OF partIes,
but resolving In no material change of ihn Con
Sttuiioo, aud none IN the administration itself
aiftctlag ia any perceptbir degree the interest
OF the nation, II was originally the work of the
party denomnaIcd Federal, IN opposition 10
thai party which adhered with the most ienA
coos MI ssIbili'y To the unlimited sovereignty
OF the separate States. The administration Of
TIL general government, however, has been nj.
ternatey conhied 10 individuals attached 10
tie one and the other Of those imriirs aud il is
circumstance which will not es ape The oh.
servaioa OF a philosophical historian, that the
constructive powefs ofibe national K 9seinDeni
have bOen stretched 10 tb.if eAtrenesl tens on
by thai parry when Ia power, Which has boen
most tfndery scropnons ol the State sovereign
~, when uuinvesled With Tho authuray Of the
Uuion themselves.
Oh these Inconsistencies our two grent par
ties can have ltle 10 shy in rtpToof OF each 9th.
er, Inc charge Oh esther side can lie much
more easily rotor ed tina Tep,llnd, Our COLI
sious of principle have boen Hide, very hule
NOR. than conflicts f5r place aud in the mean
time, he nation n, been advancing, with gl-
gan,ic sprIde., IN population, wrsi II aud power.
InBt his has been, under the Alesssing OF Pro.
ydence, the result of the system, no one Gao
doubt Who wall cOmphrs the condition Of the
country under the confrdarHcy Of Slut sorr-
REGIMES, AMI under the Constitution orda,a ell
by the people of The U9,fch 5taes.-Yet no
one OF the Hdministt ,tlont Of the general GOV
eInmeni has ever gwen enttre satisfaciion 10
the who'll p~oplo. Partial discpot~nf- have NJ
different tmrs h en- prevalent IN diiT reni por-
tons OF tie Unlon; aud HE degree OF milan
nation VIM VIII ch they have ragad. Inns SCI
dun been prOpo,loned to the magnitude OF
tner exciting causes. Aashingion's admins.
trhtinD IN 'uunIersd an inshtIrCtipn In hftns.-
lis Immediate successor was upbraided for
spaiing the l,io of a c0ns ca for ,ieasDn. Ma
~ 1t tmpts have been made TO array So 5brhie,
aud ey.n combined Suite soveregn'ie ,, againgi
The government uni laws oi IN Un,pni aud
even al III day. tbe people of Wrnty hrpe OF
our 9ttes might shuddtr at the imminent dau-
ger OF "A dissolution OF the Umou, but Tor the
anticipation tina the most aTdrnt Inshgators 20
TINT catastrophe at ms nme, nay, Oh The re-
coVery from the angry passions hy which They
are STIMULATED, erase from their own memoiirs.
and suIye To eAphigr from those OF other, The
records OF theiC deinsOni wonder TIM they
s1onid ever have been suspected of slovaliy
10 the Unlon, lor winch even Jaw they profess
an al e.Ionare regards aud, it 'heir "ords aud
deeds should be to faithfully remembered by
their cooatry, reeur 10 tDe acknowledgement OF
The poet, aad eGclaim,
I'VE angry lovers nc an not half We sny.p
II is not TO he expected that thu present, or
any future ADMINISTRATION will ever prove salts
la tory AT once Ia tbs whole pTopli. A Gondi
ton u, Relative Cbmior aud bapptdess - al that
the lot oi mAnkInd upon earth can attain aud
II den'z'u 1T the n nth A u"rican Union
would form n candid esiIteaie ~ The good and
evil of hi. own destiny, let hI,n comi,afe II win
that ut ANY utatc iuntnflmt OF the Riobei ~,
con racing the compart,on 10 that OF the ciyI-
llzsa aud chr tan pofiiph 1t "a" rafth, let ban
look broad among the natioHs Of Europe, AID
III tnpII descendants In oar OwH heni,phsTe,
the poIuous ot mankint whose opihI1ns, ana
feelings, aud fortunes nav ue'n most deeply
agadlrd aud "a 'en,veiy iniluenced by the pin
cipies proclaimed IA our Declaration Of lade-
pendence,-dH draw aa impartial parallel be-
tween their condition aud our own.
| Inc frst OF tie European nations which fol-
! lowed Us ia tne revolutionary career, was
/ France. Her government Was an absolute
/ IA 1oaichy. Iue uuooattoled, irresistible, and
/ dos ,otic power, yhtch blackstone aud the Jh-
lists al the EDgush scho ), las,st must IN every
government ,es,ie So8lel0here, was IN France
yes.ed IA Tue person 81 The King. There was
indeed an obs Olele rrcotd OF "a constitution an
Assembly o. tho States General IN three ofuefs,
mobiles, clergy, aud commons, OF tbtri estaie,
Which Hofe tae sembldnce vi d representation
VI the people.
The very same year when the present gov
ernm,nt II tue UHtted States was first org anlz-
ed tins uncontrolled monarch was compelled
10 call sn assembly OF the otHtes General. "A b.
d. witch had not bren pefmtted IN meet before
tot ueariy t~O hundred years. Aud hls body
did then 40 sOone, Hs,e nbie, than, under the
inll1ence ot tue principles promulgated % our
/. Dcciarsloa Of lsdep ndence, The third esIat-,
l.. or pupuiaT representation, assumed the su'
ureme power to themselves, consirained the
w. otkei orders oi mobiles aud clergy to uniI,
, with tuen IN a selt-consttlttd National Assem-
I bb, ABOLISHED tie monarchy, aud, under the
: a4ns Of c royal democracy, lab. saated IA III