Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-06-17

the oac hand 10 the longer continuance ol the ose aud
imheee tunlelcrarv Which II superseded and. ON the
olh,r. loa system Of Capitalization consolidation. IN
which the rights aud lhe so,creguyot the States should
10 entirely merged.
In very shut time however the phrase, sing lts
original sgpltraon, WIS applied Ia one ot the wo great
partles. into which, soon after the eNlsng Constitution
went ulo operation, the people Ncle divided. One 81
thosn pafites. led h, tue elder Adams. wished 10
strengthen the ErtcHttre department Of The urNy hrm
ed Government While the other under the lead
Of Thomas jefferson, desired 10 weaken lha branch
hy n ripld interpretation Of It's pnWtrs abd duties.
and telmrarl much vigsr passhlc Ia the House =
Representatives. tn popular branch Of iho Legislative
department III which, guided by tn IghlS ol history
the sage OF MuuteeoAnd his ASS eaith perceived the
people ultimately conidc 1r the preservation aud
parity uilh,r nee institutions and indeed rihe success
of the greul eNptfimon ui sot government Wheh hhi
,ecn e1mmcnerd under suspicious circumstances lhe
ioruet OF III, $, newly frmod parties assumed the Hp
pllauu ii itirfalisis the later o Republicans; aud
tins div sou umled contrsseIly upon an earnest silug
nlr on the one hand extend the n,ts ot Executive
power and. the nthar. 10 tostta II within the stre
letter OF the Constitution, continued. uu all qneauts
81 mtrty doW.suc character ca.o Ia he regarded hs ol
suhrd,hato Interest, comparison with The enurnl con
den Of relations With the Lending Powers II tnrupe.
which. ailor trad Of Enhatgo and Non Intercourse
laws rrsul cd IN lho Naret lsl2 The second term III
Mr. Mad,slu's Administration expired Anon alter lhe
e's, at At eanet tnd h, one al Tie mast Nltnons o
our thlel Magsuatrs MAS snccredrd 10y Mi MonI'e,
under win midland tolerant Administration "the era
II u,nd t hugs WAS ushrre,@ amidst the SHOUTS and
c,nlra alaoHs u HE people every Nherc-ohl party
lines w,Ie oGcracd, and tie applications the selves,
by which they had heen di. eushcd. wete scarcely
ever mentioned. The federal party was IN fact dtss's-
ed aud scattered. and many oi the leading members were
deemed mol unworthy 10 ill the highest ilcc under
Republican pt,sd mt. "'Ihr monster, Party sput,
u Gen Jncksen's energetic expression. III his ,ee-
baed letter 10 Mr. M5une. advising hun 10 call Nv
feierlists aud two Republicans luo his 'ahnot) Was
eltcually crushed. There was, in fact. Pliueal Jn
bile Iar The space IL tphl or ten yuuts perfect
mc,aiIcl scarcely ripeie being sccn an The great
u Puhlc OPINION, which, fr neatly twenty years pre-
vhul,y. had been yeAod aud apltard by perpetual
surhs.
Such was the state uf thnps when the Revoluuna-
" line Of Presidents ended with The expiration a Nh.
Monroe. srconu teIm and iho p,ule we required 10
select his success, from younger pruenliyn Three
the mt inhrrs Of his Cabinet, tpWiord Calhoun aud
Atams with tun uthrr distinguished gentlemen, Ten.
Jackson. tue hero Of New Orleans aud Mi Clay .the
uI,ai Orator and statesman. brought forward, by
h,r respective friend a. competitor for the uilea 4
feeble aud aharli,c ,an was then madt by The hcud+
ui one ul tln candidates. Ia revive obsolete party TERMS
Mr.. tmwipd. though an ardent friend 81 n National
iiuuk and o othr measures nov pronounced be ttd
eJot' ~ ih,ir origin and character WAS pronounced
Mr "ilcnubcun" candidate par cAc,lltnrc, although
Among his supporters were found several mdylluals,
who had foum.ry held prominent positions ia tie Tcdt
raj parry Without. how ever, infinitely tracing the
ol that time. iur have Nerf lllio M
,,lro slf "a il Il, say that the stfut,e which cunuen
crl in Is e.,utuaic IN lie TRIUMPH in 50 ul Cen
Jlrksin " hosn \lmnr IA ION may be sad 10 have ox
tended through a period 81 twelve ,,ars-Nan Burc1
bring SUBSTANTIALLY his appointed sutecsaor. and If mel
flluvipp lVa1s IN the Old llco's lulsrpa mover de
parting from tAru without the previous sanction Of bls
Monitnr Amonu lh, adi1p friends uf jackson aud Van
Buren, and the mos efficient ,upnr els 4 lhtli Admins
iraons were la be seen The lnoal eminent SURVIVORS d
The old Federal raffv -sine Of thc even Of the Hart
Ind Convention school who had forgotten ialatea
Gen IacL.,n'. aoeara1on Tint fhe had been the NH.
tafy commander IN the district IN which thai notorious
aa,cn 3nor met he would moi have h,sllard 10 haa2 lis
memn rs under the ID s,conp OF the Rules aud Arll
elcs Of WI Dufnr that remarkable aud ovcniu pc
Rod u,y pot,, aesouat,d liz n.v nppcalions, sp ung
,nto - senre The friend, ( The Administration or the
first Tine assumed the iliIe Of Demoeynis tickling the
ear, III the lplo " , The, were by constant usurpa
ms Nv rnlatpn1 thu limit. ul Executive Tow
er until n,. Tho ,icis of The President became yrlu
ally ihp laws at the ellrs, into copl lance with
which Conorrss was sometimes taligucd, and at others
oycraocd by The familiarity Of The Chief Magistrate,
with which its members lacked courage to come IN con
fir, aud which vrp ON 10 Sian one occasion issued in
defiance Of existing laws and in others indo.pe Of the
refusal of Comr,s. q mss snrh laws in obedience To
the will of the President And vet, these men, thus
occup,np The old Federal ground. bnt pong much far
tbcr 6,n that n,ry ever dared 10 venture claimed 10
in the line Of rcci succession from the gra Apostle o
RepuhIcnn,sui Thomas jrtf,raon. by nhu.e example
and vr,ips thrv vrr. every moment rehuhed; wiIle
the " h,ps who firmly resisted lhrac successive and
violent ou acb, mis- npon the Constitution aud upon the
ilo, n,If, and lnrititat, authority Of the Ieusla
tive Department were and still are, falsely aud absurdy
b,,,dad a. t,d,r,Gs,s