Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-23

ADAMS Il more LHtoHnded fdfsfho0d tf9S HercT
lRfentea. My personal acquaintance with him
commenced in 1896, under the administration of
Washington. The intimacy beiwera us WIS great.
anu our intercourse was constant, aud hom HAT
lime TIL In leIt Cincinnati, WIS in the habit of mr.
eulog and dsputing with him on political subjects.
"@a Fedrnlis-honestly 50. from principle, md
adhered 10 the parry I'll II dissolved. and its ele-
ments mingled with other parties for ned differ
ent principles. can therefore speak on his poiui
with absolute certainty, and affirm most sotcmniv
That uhdcr The administration ~ IIdshine Ton. and the
administration 81 The elder adams. WILLIAM llrN-
ny liAaRlsoS WAS \ FIRM, CONSISTENT. uNyifLp.
INC RtrunlIoAN. on rul JEFFERSON SCHOOL. he
ddrocdtcd The tifctioa ct Mr. LBcrSop. and todrmiy
ma,n'dined ms claims, against ar, 1dams."
That he was the friend of Nj. Madison's Rspub-
lean Administration III is y, Is established by the
following;
Extract Of Resolution passed unanimously
by the House of Representatives. OF Indiana IN that
year.
They cannot lorhem recommending To, and re.
guessing OF, the President aud Srnate, most
earnestly IN their own nsm.s. aud IN the nnnrs
oi Their constituents, the re-arpulntnenl Of ihelf
present. Governor, William Henry Harfison.-
because he posscssas The good WISHES aud alice.
lion OF great MAJORITY OF hls fellow citizens -
brcause they bciiere HIM sincerely atiaohed 10 The
Union, The prosperity Of he Ubifed State. and rnr
ADMINISTRATIONS on IRIS GoxEuNMENr ,--berausr
they believe him III superior drgiee capable Of
promoting the interest Of our Territory, from long
experience snd Luxurious attention 10 lis concerns
from his in1no over the 1ndiars. aud wise aud
disnIefestcd management Of that Department aud
because they have confidence IN his virtues, talents
aud patriotism" Aud this laet has been confirmed
recently by an
Extract of n letter from General Harrison To DR..
Browuley, dated lllh Nov, 1909, published IN the
Richmond Wing OF l7,h February, lao.
~ rcjoice sincerely IN The triumph IF The Repub
l'canS Of Natyiaad. hare mriHen 10 my jf,tnd
General Smih 10 congratulate hjm has appoint
ment 10 The Senate niHont harng any erdeoce 0f AZ
than The success of he Repubiiedn Ticket" The
General Smith alluded TO, was the sane individual
10 whom he refers in his reply TO my Randolph
In 1892 the poi, zeal opinions of General llarri.
son published Win high CONNIE nda,ion, rs
"Rcpubicdn Doctrines" by the Richmond Enquirer
9th Oct 1927 Those material 10 my present
purpose, are The following
Il deem myself Republican Of what is common
y called the old JelIcfsonlan school, aud believe IN
The correctness ui that interpretation OF the COST
tuition which has been given by The Writings OF that
enlightened statesman, who NJ the head Of the
parry, aud ohtrs belonging Ia II particularly, tie
celebrated resolutions 81 the Virginia Legislature
during the Presidency OF Mr.. Adams.
deny, therefore, 10 the u, neral Government,
the exercise OF any power but What Is expressly Civ
en- To II by the Constitution, or what IS essniall,
necessary TO carry the power eAPr s,ly given into Ell
feet.
believe thai the charter given TO the Bank oflhe
one OF those measures necessary to cary any Of the
expressly gtamed powers iuto effect aud whilst my
VOTES IN Congress will show that | VIII take any
constitutional means to revoke the charter, my votes
in the State Legislature will equally show that am
opposed 10 those which are unconstitutional OF ,u-
lent, and which will bring us into collision with The
General Government. | believe IN the tendency of
a large public debt 10 sap the fonhdafi on Of the Con
sfltutlon by creating monied aislncracy. whose
views and interests must be in direct hostility to
hose oi The mass Of the people
deem 1t the duly. therefore. Of he representatives.
ofthe people 10 cndeavur to exftguish II rs soon 40
possible by making every rcnenchmeBt III the ex-
pendnres of the Government ihnt proper perior-
nance oil the public business will allow.
bclye ia tie right Of the people 10 instruct ihcir
representative when elected aud he has sufficient
evidence thai the Instructions which may BIO gwen
him come from a majority Of his constituents, that
he ~ bound 10 obey them, unless he considers that
by doing IL ha would violate the Constitution, ~
which case think II would be llls duty 10 resign,
and give them an opportunity Of elrcting another
Representative, whose opluions would accord with
their own"
shall now conclude the testimony which have
introduced, with that Of Thomas Richie. Editor Of
the Richmond Etqnlfer. ask the especial notice
OF the Speaker Of The Senate, Of The author Of the
Address 10 the People of Cnlpeper," and Of Nh.
Goode OF Mechlenburg, To the win itatlon OF the
"old General Of Tlppeeanoe,' IN the Enquirer Of
the 2Gh Of October, 1873
the Federal printers are impuden, enough to
claim all the lanrels Of the war by denouncnr
The most distinguished Of it's heroes Frdcralisls.
llu say they. is Federalist. aud are Chaunrey.
Decatur aud HARRISON /! oh no, not HarrjSon. be
cause tie Fcderat Rcpabiicda has Gerry lately eatied
HIM Tic Democratic Gcaerui.'
Bat how those mcn be called Federasts.
according to the definition OF The Fedora. print crs
Federalisl, now adays, is synonymous with
lriend If peace" POWIlATAN.
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