Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-10-21

norate 4 tTuly great mans name inO MS eou"'a ~"
t,ry and nk II 10 thai high reno"n when cVhs''e'e'
his own nfefishable monument and ief True e''i!'
,sh.f are James k Poik's claims 10 her support 'of
Ibis hill, office +? WHAT We ask IN VAIN ms poa'
friends admit tlat he is msn o but ordinary ei"'''
While as fof his services, they have no tale 70 'e upon
Which either he CT try dwell with prde a'o au''
ration Indeed, have been astanshed I" near "'s
reru iacapacifg cited his highest qtgeai'on no"
Because they say incompetent himself 10 steer WIN
his uepractised and .emulous hands the ship oi State
over the stormy upon which she has been bunch
ed, he will fsluh call to his aid advisers well qoali'
ed direct her and conduct her safely through
the sea Of STRIFE" Indeed What better argument in
favor Of moaarehica system was ever urged One
Of The strongest objections TO an hereditary monarchy Is,
that il furnishes guaranty that the heir 10 the throne,
always he eldest burn, may not be knaye or oo-a
dcsppt imbecie; where's. in a representative
government ii presumed the people will always ehuos-
,risc well as good men to preside their affair."
Bot what patters it. if to lave an Incompetent
Executive head, whether he be bora 10 or chosen ty
w2 Nothing will have stronger tendency to bring in.
to doubt the capacity If r self government, than
the election f the Chief VI lgs,racy Of MAJ whose
principal recommendation is that lie will te sort Of
kmg Log while 10 his User Ministers of State is con
eiaclualIy strike the grea, doctrine Of direct
official responsibility, which is Tie vial prin-
cple of the Representative system. In murar-
ely, the King, by fiction of the law ''can do no
wrong," aud his Ministers held TO accountability
by the people: But here the principle is reversed and
the President according the theory Ct our consl,u-
ton, is responsible, he ought be- not only for his
nets but 10 great extent for those of lis Cabinet
fer is tt,iil p Nipis thu,
they in Office he authors Of eyety great m.a.
Of public policy commended To the Parliament
while the contrary the President is here The author
Of all snch measures, aud the Cabinet the uere crea-
turcs ofhs Will. Bat, if elect an lndiyidu. desri
tute Of tie necessary qualifications for the proper die
charge Of the Executive oilice what llows? Ether he
will, from knowledge Of his ineriuty which srinhs
from the idea Of surrounding himself with subordnscs
before tue might olwhose Intellect he would stand abash
ell and humilaled appoint his Secretaries nea e,or
eren 10 hiHtStB and thus mperl the prosperity Of tie
people by Their gnoraneeor if rising sa eor to a feel
ing of pepetualy mortified vanity he should call around
him nen of wisdom and craftsmanship, he Will be. as
nneicnths Of the Kings of Europe are mere puppets in
their hands--a paael't,a Show and tnockcryi Aud
even SHOULD his Ministers be men Of exalted talents
who I'll they be? Amidst the variety Of hostile fac,
tos, each with lis separate badge and leader Of which
the Locoioco party is composed each will contend for
the favor Of the President-eac will seek to accom-
psh ends by The peryerson of Executive power
and palr1nage-and the nation will be governed, so far
the Executive department Is concerned, by fragment
of the party by which the President was elected ap-
pruprIang 10 itself all the honors aud emoln-
meu,s, 10 the exclusion of the others. So was II In
the earlier period Of Gen. Jacksons Administration
when Calhoun and Van Buren, contended Tor the smiles
Of that ronnerved bat incompetent msn and ioi .alon
lon" by him as the heir apparent 10 the succes,ion
Van Buren, as is well known, prustra ed his less alro!
adversary, and succeeded Jackson So il will he AGAIN
it Polk should no elactsi paodnd faeIious, headed u,
rival and hostile leaders, will seek TO :, in the favor m
PRESIDENT and VIII think less Of serving the country than
u Promoting hehsei'ts' This Is not Of the least
important consequences which will hJw from poh'se
lection
BtA hat erem cannot happca-A, least, /, cannot
we dare to hope and believe happen with the consent Of
Virginia II cannot, if she prove true 10 her ancen, re-
no"n or 10 her future glory L, cannot, if in The Wild
excitement OF party feeling she vi PAUSE oae moment
to compare no, not 10 eompae-o couas. thr qaal,(
Cations the services the wisdom the capacity Ia cavern
well, OF Henry Clay and james X Polk-"Hyper;oa
to Satyr" The shades fiber mighty dead vo "a ro-
buke her for such rash folly and unpo allied ior,,i
'ude The seorn oflhe living gerer ton would bis, in
her ear lie curse Of generaies 10 come would r, nm
on her forever
reno" e'''@e's OF Virginia let us then promptly gIid
On our arr ~ the conflict Let us determine not only ia
'e onrselves but each act as if the election demon
DID mol only on his individual vote but upon his active
ertons-ANDyIRGiNiAW WILL BE RNDEEAED
And then the shout Of joy viii ring through n he, byr
ders from the Alleshaoes to the Atlantic sea-coas, tina,
''the flag ship ofhe Union-the Ssrissina 73j,dodo
OF the gallant fleet Of Sates-is victorious over The INN
10 by which she has been 50 long msrued and msgov
efned Al all events, in the words of tie gallant Miller
let as ty and then, If fail shall have no c,pse If
self reproach, and may call Heaven to witness.
al Rome must fall, that we are innoccpto
Club Meeting last Friday night