Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-10-15

: "a any VI our views, we must settle that diff
4 ference, not In spirit Of evaporation. bn
with moderation-with forbearance-in ,
, spirit OF amity and brotherhood.
f ~ Is an era in my life for me to find my.
: sell on the soil of Virginia addressing spcb
t on Sssemoiage as Is now before me- feel i,
:, 70 be such deeply feel the resnons;b;I;,,.
OF the part which has this day been throw
upon me. But although it is the first tine T
+ nave addressed an assembIage of INV fellow
cl'izens upon the soil of Virpinia. 7 nov.
am not altogether unacquainted with the his
Tory, character and sentiments of this verers
Bile State. The topics which now are ao;ta,.
ing the country, and which have brour{t no
all mere to-day, have no relation wbatever
WIN those IN which differ from the oDin.
IONS she has ever entertained. The prieyan-
odS anu the misgovernment which have rous.
Gu The country, pertain to that class of sub
lects which especially and peculiarly belono
10 virginia, and have from the yerv beo;p'
ming OF our HISTORY. l know sometime NJ.
me community amidst which | stand ito
,i sunguished and ardent attachment TO civil
lioerty; and its disposition for polit;c,l dc
QUESTION. know that the landholders which,
!! contains are competent from their educa-
ioh ana their leisure, to discuss political
fueetohs III their elements, and to look at
o'elhlnehI In lis tendencies as well as in
~" ue measures 1t may at present pursue.-
There is a sleepless suspicion. = v;~;I,n,
jealousy OF power, especially of Exaent;,-.
power winch tor three-9uarters of century
mas marked the character of the people of the
| via dominion and if have anv riubt COZ,
ception OF the evils Of the time or If iba ,,,,e
oDJecuon TO the measures of the present Al
,,liin,stration, 1t is, that they are of such :,
hilu aS TO expose them, in an especial man
nvh, 10 'l'al sieepless jealousy, that stern re-
Puoi.cdh scrutiny, that acute and astute in.
e. which nave distinguished the pre-
sent as they have all the precedina oronpre
lions OF men in this ancient CommontS,,aaI.t,
Allowing this to be SO, let me present IN yo,,
my own View OF the present aspect NJ onr
public affairs. u our
III my opinion. a decisive majority of all
tne People of the u. S. have been. foy sarar
years past, opposed to the policy of the ex.
iisuhg administration. I shall assume this
III what have farther to say, because bc-
lle'e IL TO be true; and ] believe that events
Gu: oh 'ne wing, and will soon take place.
whlch VIII proclaim the truth of that nos;,
ton, and will show vote of tbree-fnnr,bs ne
! the population Of this country in favor of !.
GLANCE OF MEN. (Cheers, and stronp marks
OF assent.) Taking this for the present .as
Ihe true state of political feeling and onin;on'
heA' call your attention to the fact of tba
very extraordinary excitement, of agitation.
anu 1 mad almost said of commotion. which
MARKS the present moment throughout eyeIv
part OF lhe land. Why are these vast as
for $3.50, e'eiy %here congregatedl Why,
fror, anPe' am here, five hundred miles
rom my own place of residence. to address
Such ali assembly of Virginians {! And WIN
ooes every day, in every State, witness
something of a similar kind? Has this co.
Deoh the case before Certainly not in our
'llne' and once only in the time of our faith.
efs. There are some present here who wit
messed and there are others who have learn
Gu from the lips of their parents, the state Of
.seeiing which existed in l774 and 3. befoTs
:no resort 10 arms was mad to effect the Oh
Jects OF the Revolution. I speak now nc ~.
time when Patrick Henry, standipc as ,va
no" do, In the open air, was addross;no H.
Slrglnans OF that day, while at the SAME
moment James Otis and his associates were
'nahing the same rousing appeal to the moo
pie OF Massachusetts. Noud cheering r.
rom that time to this, there has been motto
ing III any degree resembling what we nov
oehoid. This general earnestness, this mi.
'elsai concern OF all men in public affairs. ia
No" Witnessed for the first time since the
nevoiu'ion. DO not men abandon their fields
IN the midst OF seed-time--do thew not Leave
their various occupations, as Won have no,,,
done, to attend to matters which thew daar,
more important And is it not so throycb
al Grasses OF our citizens all over the whols
idna Now the important question wish
10 put, Is this, and ! put it as a ouest;oo e.
lor the mind the statesmen of Virpinia--J
propose 1t, with all respect, to the deem de-
iioefation and reflection of every patriotic
man throughout the country-it is this II Il
De true that majority of the People of the
" -. nave, Tor some years, been opposed in
sentiment TO the policy of the present Admit
histratlon, WHY Is 1T NECESSARY that these
extraordinary efforts should be put forth g.,
turn that Administration out of power. and ~
put better men in their places Z! We inb.b,,
Tree country-every office of public trus. /.
In our own hands, at the disposal Of the Pee.
pies own unbiased suffrages all tublic
concerns are controlled and mana ged by their
, tthelr own pleasure: and the trust has al
ways been to the ballot-box as an etJec,ua1
means 10 Keep the Government at all tjmes
IN conformity with the public will. How
'heh, mas III happened, that with all this, such
extraordinary efforts have been necessary .,
! put out particular Administration VIII
mas 1t not been done by the silent power ri
r the elective franchise WHY has not tho
Government been changed both in its pejicv
ana III the men who administer it desire
from the free, the thinking men of Virginia.
an answer 10 that question. When the cleo -
lions are every where showing that large
majority OF the People are opposed in SEMI
ment to the existing Administration. des;ro
them 10 tell me how that Administrators ~.
l held its place and pursued It's own pcc,lis,
system of measures so Ionpl
! My answer to my ow n question is This l.,
my Judgment, 1T has come to be true in tho
actual working OF our system of Government
= that The FXCcutiyp pnuer h.s ;u,-...-I :. y