t
" "HP .,: .
Arc Waefcro UTe peace ?-T.
dUenrU JtcrnailT io rgeiu
paUicaTmaki fSotnt hopes were
entertained tSit lhe '.caucus, woatd
brughealinrtinarfitivrinj Jhatas
won tl.e public mind Cad ic tied
down in favor f Mr. Monroe, 'all op
positioninna contentions would cease.
ihat there-are wmie person not b ea
sily satisfied.-'. They cannot forget the
abitioUdream..tber badjored or
forritc the mm who nw uc .ru
tb'em.: if.tbejr canriot succeed, they
mii hope to ; wound If thej , cannot
rratifr their -ambition the mar glut
their Etvene. . .
.This passion js as dark in its means
as it is iViU'deiigns. IuhijnUfrom
Ai
- tnrb. fcut deal its blow in
a
When it attacks the person,
it wields thV mnfiled dagger of the as
sassin; -WheAU strike at reputation,
it throws, out whisper, to. set other
tonzuein motion'. When it seeks the
Pres, it .conceits itself under some
anonymous signature. 'As it is base
moczh tMd'a niean action, ithasnot
spirit eoougn jo u
than tlhotrs press ai WUU V
.-- , . . . t,
.:i.,ilr4 v.ttUiou of the mottuesjor
James Tonroe as next fresiueni m inu
' lite Caucus at Washington. '
" By ,w)it)m"thif wretched -piects
" was bcrotten,', it is not charitable
enough to;nform us. Tiiereisnaoame
signed talU ScVthe art of the wri
ter. He wishes os to believe that it
was' sanctioned br the jifty four dis
sentients j.xrhen there Is not one of
them 'disposed to put ms name.io-u.
So far from its being the act of fifty
four persons, we are told that it was
xrriltpn bv one member. of Congress,!
corrected "by anothar, and landed bva j
tliird to the printer.;
Thrwme cowardice diJ tatdistib-
" V
ruish'the conduct of those Vho oppos
ed the election of MfVMadison cigj:t
ears ago. TZiey produced a lormal
protest also jcxpoaing their motives
for oDDosinshis nomination" but nei
ther did thej shrink from the exposi
tion of their names. The instrument ,
was signed, sealed, openly aeuverea
to the people. Those men went upon
the broad ground of political opposi
tion. These, upon the mean princi
ple of personal revenue.
There is, indeed, sotnu prudence in
this policv. If the arrow hits, they ma v
come forward and claim it as their,
own. If it fails, the hand that shot it
will be concealed. If the attack suc
ceed, ther w il! be the first to partake
of the triumph If it fail, they may
be the first to crouch at the feet of the ;
,.rJ tn t.nS. -
Vet no blow could be weaker, than
the one which is now aimed. It has not
I ven the merit of novelty to enforce it.
It U but the thrice told "tale of federal
' politicians again dressed up. All the
an which has been uttereu tr vears
azainst Kirinta lnjlurnc9 and the
llrginia Succession, is once more re
peated. Having no weapons of their
own, these men are obliged to take up
suc h as they had once couibatted them
selves. -They axe doomed to repeat
what has been so often refuted ; and
Ftill more mortifying to their pride,
what the v have themselves refuted.
No winder that the federal prints are
so willing to return the compliment
winch is paid them and that they are
affirn uttering the counterfeit coin
which had originally issued from their
mint.
Jt is not'then, because the blow- is
dreaded; but became there is so little
afloat ttf interest the public mind, that
a few haaty remarks are given,' to the
Imposition, If better tame, had of
fered in view, one woalu not willing
ly hunt the feeble hare. ..' '-,.
The 'Imposition opens the mailer
with stating that.. ' :
The objection to Col. Monroe as a
candidate for the Presidency,, was two
fold : Fi rst, as it regarded thr oU 'cy w b jch
prescntctl hioi for adoption to that hih
stiikn ; .Secondly, as it respected his par
ticular qualificatloas "for the chief magis
tracy. '
"Oa thefint pdat, the fblbwing con-
are un A t instil the prove it tut wulies to infer it from
cZiti 1 Fifty Fo'u raic Lnotherc, that with-the exception
$derarim.s, founded upon facts universal
ly known; seemed irresistably to prescibe
1 The Dresent Constitution
f ho ?n operation about.27 vcars, dm
intftlie whole of which term (excepticj:
four yean) the President has been from
tbe first post in the government, - so far
from beinjj considered by the Virginians
an' "encroachment cn the fair claims
of the other sections of the -Union, has,
by dexterous sophistry been converted
Bn Artnimnt tn.nrovr that those who
? Ues:iau the propriety of continuing power
or so long a time in the same hands, are
only guided by ambition, or impelled by
factious motives ; as if the tenacity with
i which a few menin that state, cling to the
' presidential succession, were not in itself
! an'admruritory indication in them of the
'. most ardent and unquenchable thirst for
i power.- But this feature of local jiolicy,
i odious as it is. would not have awakened
j a spirit of indignant resistance, had it not
; been apparent, that in order to insure its
success, the whole weight of the republi
can party for fifteen years past, had been
; artfully wielded tvur ."from thepopu
i lar respect and estimation the moist dis
ftmgufcbed characters in other parts of
the JJliUetl States. To support this asser-
tioli, it ii only necessaiy to recur to a few
1 fact wKliin the reelection and observa
tion of every politician wha has been on
'the public stage' ' '
! It U the 4 policy which presents"
t Mr. Monroe, that fofms the first ob-
" T I r v:...:..u , iM..1
flft c iiaracicriscu as a lucai wnt?
tcj v v. v.6....9 v rr':rv
from the state of Virginia.
It w-buld not be right to argue in
this, way, even if it were true that it is
Virginia alone who chuoses the Chief
Magistrate for it might have been
true that she was anxious to chuse
three of her own citizens, without be
ing so to extend the selection. 'Virgi
nia mijit have been anxious, that
Washington, Jefleraon aud Madison
and Monroe should be chosen, because
they were qualified to serve the state
w hen their race was run, her choice
mighthave fallen up'n the other states.
1 1 1 oVirv nrn&mt ntitr n n nrtnn P r c w-
It t . rr-i
ten, vu qnauuei r ne
ilinpaniai nunn nu uui, iiu fcJtc
proceeds to tiue arrogant length's, un
til the only question with her is, not,
who is the most worthy, but who is a
Virginian ? It is nut fair to. ascribe
her preference to local feelings, or lo
ecl' nolicii.
It U less so, when it is recol
fctcd that her voice alone does not!
cAwse that Virginia alone does not
dictate Presidents to the Union. On
j this question,1 the voice of the Union is
I heard no - mun become President!
j who La3 not the majority of votes in
i his favor- The success of her sons,
! therefore, quiets .ill doubts it proves
; that !he i not misguided in her choice LI
. bv anv nartialities, that it is not she
, atone, imt a majority of the votes in
the Lnion, whicli deems V ashington,
sand Jefi'ejson. and Madison, to have
beeu the bet qualified t serve the na-
; tion. It prove another, fact beyond
1 dispute, that if thcrcueratiy establish -
ed. policy to concede the monoxdy of
the first piKst in the government to the
Virginians,' it is pot a heal policy, but
the policy of he majority of the Union.
But such an assertion would be as ri
diculous, as.it is, false hotv. then can
the argument be trne in one sense, &
not in the other ? How can the other
states' be cleared from the imputa
tions of such, a policy and vet' Virgi
nia lnnr lip. fuiltr of it ? Whv" irilor
I it from' the single fact th.at'Jhe'PreCi'
ifent hex been from, the state of Yir
! iii?a.' - when the other statc9 have e-
j irially rontribnted to produce-the fact?
but thev ure clear fron uch a'vofici
why then charge it to Virginia aloner
Where" theais tlAs '.cncvoachmcnt,
about wliich &o".much is said If is
jo; encroachment on.tlier Constitution
hetanso itidoej".not forbid Ihe jict hor
on the principles of thRf public be
cause it was. done by, he will ,t)f .the
roajbnty nor, on.the'fair claimgof
thct:otIier BecUons-' or'the- Uniorl, be
cause, if Ihey had any, they have?, ivaiv
ed.them. C4' j I ;v; . w
"'JJhis charge of ambitionwould havfc
beena more feasible onej if. there had
heeii .110 otlier means pf acconri ting for
this 1 Vjrtnta Iniccession;' as nt has
been termed. . But this is a good rule,
in state as well asplulosgphy, to call
in no other causes for'aphenomeaon,
I IJlf niSl OOSL III 1UO 'JUTnUillCHU I
.::-;v :-H::& ;
vuaii buwu as ai a nr, anvi SUJJlCieni U
explain if.' - We; have. already seen,
that jhe Reason. assigned .by the: other
side is not demonstrably fruevwe' will
now aee,'if there are not reasons tiiffi
.lent without Jt IFhyy.-then, fliave
three Presidents beehchpseo front Vir?
cinia? Whjhavej oher states tar
lied with her'vjri this particolaf ? J
As sdon ' ii t'i'e Constitution vtm
framed, every eye naturally turned to
GenJ vWishington as'Uhe sfir8t Cnief
Magistrate. JFastlrfi ambition ;
., -During his administration, two par
ties began to appear; . OheJ.bf tftem
turned 'their ie.w9.t0j John1 Adams 5
the.othertb Thomas Jeffqrsbn. The
last was the most distinguished roan,
who waSjOn the republican sidev He
owed this distinction!, not. to his Vir
ginia birth, but to his services njd ta
lents. TJ'he sword otj Washington had
conquerejl in the fiejdr the . pen: of
Jefferson had triumphed in the cabinet,
fie had penned the Declaration of In
dependence and was one of the great
est Statesmen who had sprung from
the Revotut.no. It Us true that Sir;
Adams was elected President : but the
next election nlacedlAfr. Jefferson in
the chair; Was this Virginia ambi
tion ? . j r - . t
When his eight years were about to I
expire, the eyes of the nation looked !
anxiously for his successor. 'Wre
vas he to be found?; Many -of the f:
great men, whom the 'Revolution had
produced, had-gone off the stage
Green and Franklin, and Laurens, and
Samuel Adams, had sunk into the
tomb. Some, who survived, had not
shone in :the Cabinet.; and somev as
Hamilton," and Ring,' and Jay, were
supposed; to have strayed from the
paths of their country's interest. Ma
dison stood pre-eminent. He had
shone amid the storms of the Revolu
tion ; he had proved himself the faith
ful interpreter of the Constitutionrhe
had contributed to frame; his heart
was pure.5 , The majority of the Re
publicans selected hira as their candi
date ; and he was chosen because, he
was deemed best qualified for the ap
pointment. Was thii ambition ? ;
In fact, the Revolutionary School
has always, been preferred. The race 1
of men whom it has reared, will' soon I
pass away ; . but they (vere tried, and I
they are tmsted. Was Mis ambrti on? ,
r Whether. the qualifications of Mr.
Monroe are such as to forbid his suc
cess, willi hereafter, be examined.-
. a. La 'it- n i
ai present,, we win cpnnne ourselves
to the proofs, which are given by the
Exposition of the means which Virgi
nia has liken to gratify her alU'ge'd
ambition. r ,
j (fTo be continued.-
NEW-VORK GENERAL- BIBLE
i; SOCIETY.
Anants3 to the peofle orTjiK cjtited statjcs.
Every. persm of observation has re
market! that the times are pregnant
with great events. The political world
has undergone changes stupendous,
unexpected, and-calculated to inspire
thoughtful men with the most boding
anticipations. .
That there are in reserve, occurren
ces of deep, of lasting,' ami of general ,
interest, appears to be the common j
sentiment. Such a sentiment has not !
been excited without' a cause, and !
does not exist withoutan object. The t
cause is to be sought irt that Providence '
vlnch adapts with wonderful exacti
tudey means to ends j and the object is
too plain to be mistaken by those who j
carry a sense of religion into their
speculations upon the present andTu
ture condition of our afflicted race, y
An expitemcnt, as extraordinarvifts
it H powerful; has; roused the nations
to the importance of: spreading the j
knowledge j of the.;onelivin and true j1
rnvo.laJ in litai Civk f Vm ' TVf t-
God, as revealed in his; Son, the; Me
diator between- (rod 'anjd.;hiep9'piiHt
Jesus. This; excitement is the wore
vyorthY of notjee, as it'has folloVed.a
peri oil of philosophyVialsely so called,
and has gone in the track of those ye
nairtes of Reason :ami JiberaJityere,
attempting . to .seduce mankind - from:
allwhrch can blefss'thel life' thatTs,. "or
tq whatever sr exq u Fsite in human in-1
. . .A .I1 J - '.I,-' I j ."--- I
joyrnent, or..- preciou to nnpian nopt v
vWc woulciy to theaid palljtliaqis
holy, against all that;ii,-profaaf-of
the - purest iutereit bfthe community,
the Tamil v . and the individual against
me
place in the a?e ofBibles.v
i
l nave lnaeejJ? "yPaTJ
praise bui's'tillrth e prais e4t)f treadi n
lh.lhexMJtsteps of thosewho have :et
an eVajipre withoatia pardllel-ajrex
ample of i h e m os tu tfbpu n ded be n evo
lence and beneficenee And it Cannot
be to iiS Aao'utce of any pain,' That lik
has heeri set -by those 'who are of,, one
uiouu wim uie most ot ourselves ; ana
has bee n mbod i e" d i n a form so nobl e
and sci Cafhplic, as Th British akd(
Foreign liible Society" 4;
''he impulse' whieK thafinstitt(ttbnV
tert thousand times more glorious than I
all the exploits, of the-swdrd, Jias given
to the conscience of Eupe, d to,
the slunibering hope of mdlions in the
regions and shadow of death, demon"
s(iate to Christran9 of every country
whathey cannot do by insulated al ;
and- wLat they can do by co-bperatlon
In tIo United States ve want noth
ing but concert to perform achieve
ments astonishing tophrselves'disr
maying to the adversaries of truth and;
! piety ;a'nd most 'encon raging to every
evangelical enort, on the surince' t
-IoDe.
,No spectacle can be so illustrious in
itself, so touching to man, or so grate
ful to God, as a nation, pouring forth
j its devotion, its talent, ahd:Jts. trea
sures, for that kingdom oCthe-Sariour
which is righteousness and peace.'
If there be a single 'measure which
can overrule objection, subdue oppo-
siticn, and command exertion,-this is
the measure. That all ouryorcesjall
our affections, -all' pur hands,' should be
joined i n, th e randdesign of proruot
ing " peace on earth anrfgood will to
man,,r that they would resist the ad
vance of misery should' carry the
light of instruction into' the dominions
ot ignorance 5 and the balm of joy to
the.. soul of anguish ; and all thisjby
diffusing the oracles pf God address
es to the understanding, an argument
whicfTcarinot be encountered ; and to
the heart an appeal which t$ holiest
emotions rise up to second.
Under such impressions, and with
such views, lathers brethren,! fellow-
citizens,theinericaw Bible Socitty has ,
I been formed. . Lcal feelings, party
prejuaices, sectarianj jealousies, .are
excluded by its very nature. Its mem-
Ders are ieagueu in uvat. ana in tnat
lone, whicli calls up every hallowed &
! puts down every unhallowed princi-
pie iue uissemmauon oi tne: ocrip
tures in the received versions where
they exist, and in 'the moat faithful
where they fnay be required; e-Jn such
a work, whatever is tlignified kind,
venerable, true, has ample scope ;-4
while sectarian littleness and riyUries
can find no avenue of admission.,
The .only question dsj whether j n.'
object of such undisputed magnitude
can be best attained jjy a National So-j
ciety, or by iftdcpciidentassociations
in friendly undersdingandbcres-:-
pondence.. . .' f::'-; ...s-Sf: ..i'-.'-'"
Wiiliout entering into the details. of
inquiry," we way be pff mitted to stated
in a fewvord3. Our reasons of prefer
ence to a National Society supported"
by local Societies., and by indiyidnaidV
throughout our country, " j; " ,S
Concentrated actioii is powerful ac
tion. The, same powers, wheri appli-
ed'byra common direction, will pro-1
duce results impossible to their diyi-l
Ueu ana partiaLiexerciae. ( a uauoyai
object unite national feeluig and con
currence. Unity of;a- grt system
combines energy of ellect ithcqno
ray oft means; Aceumu1atedHnpteJ
ge nee in tci est s un4 inim ates the p ub
l ; "ril n ii r anil the C Athiceffbrtst of
a .couiitrytliijs " 'harmpntod :giye
iy 1 . r : -r - TV . . .
er.t;!ac in th moratnvehtiontof
the worlds auuen-apie nerp acmi
.tlOnS V r '- ; f
lt; is triiel thatthe; pirodigiSud tern?'
tory of the United gteheincre
ortheir rDonulationiwhichls fgaining
r?iry-;iajrVr': cultiyir
tiond thpireau
WuiCU win enwe.jifju,.',-'jtiiiivw.t.-gfowink
the knpwledge'of eeTnalUfe,)
and re vertoi to a -species of heathen
ism,' whicK'shal lave all fie addr'esi
aiid i profligacy Jof dVilizedjsocity
vi thod t an vfrelirfbttscbhtroli present
ph5m
uus vimv U" k li
consDiracv .oi oarkness. oisasier j
1
Snil Annih 4- r Fialn r-rt U try.?
of ChHsiian cfiaritV to rclajm ' our
IK. i)
ofthis Society, and of althe local Bi- C -4 1 1 J
Wetietidftliljeod.;'' i) '
jytn; theL distluct anticipation ft sucy v-fe v '
invi? he ;of theniainb
'ifre'rjfilyfQ ii;;f 1 , .;
;prihted-andf'awurdticditio " K'J f-j
Scripures" 4butaiofutmsCTear ' , Vi" "I I
.withiwell exicuteiFStereofflpeto f
thrugholi t?rtiQn$ whicVre
tijy ItippjiejLl tjV dcujifix ,
pense.5 ana wniciT,,neyertneiess, open '
at.'ide;an.d prepared flel(hbrthe ire- f
ceptiqn of iyieaied rthVXlfr- :- -.1
;.;ielet, if tsuihal'' i
geograph foal r tir rtje
be the, .lupit N)f tlieW:J?(v; f
Society, at eignationi
to ind.cltej niW
labor, utrthetsoa
l ney w 11 1, eioraco wi,inKtn.anKiu in es
and pleasiVe -ifcvry'ptoamijrof
rayi ng put meansof the Siblec-
cording (omeir ability J the ligh j)f
HfeCatidj mmoIalt to sVch partS.j&f-
the wrldf as jre destiti te of thebies
Singiand .aie fithin.itheir rea'cli
this hikhyocation, thefr ambition Istd" .
be fel I o w -workers with them whb areT ;
jr.iii.-i iiJt fi aU r " 1 . ' s i.
itM 10 w -worKcrswi in ucu.
73 7 iT. rrid.:J OilF;.
: Have you ever been invitedfo-an
enterprize of such grahdeur andi glory
Do you pot value the ftoly Scriptures y
Value, them as containing yoilr sveef
est hope yoiir mostthriliing joy !
Can you. submit tp -he thought that
you should ber torpid in yobrendea-'
vors to disperse them, while the resl
orChristeudom is awake.and alert ?
Shall rott hang back, in heartless indif- .
ference, when Princes come -down
from their thrones td bless thk cottage
of tb poof witli the gspgl op, peace,-;
and Imperial Soyereigniafe gathn n
their fairest honors fronvLspreading-a-
broadUth oracles the .Lord our od?
Is it possibleBat fybihpultl not see,
in this state cfhuman thjngs a midity
motion of DfyinFiWidencV?, 'Srhe
most r HeavnlCharity treads close
upon the march of conflict and Blood ! '
The world is at peace ! , ScarcV has
the soldier tjme to unbend his helmet,
arid to wipe away the sweat from . hi
browj ere the voice of mercy succeeds
the clariodsof battle.-and calls the tia-
ftion fif m enmity to love ! Crowned
headnoy to the head which is to wear
T M4;0or the first .
tira ncctfie pojmilitioii: of Chris- '
us ill" irduu il :ii ik wirn n n nm n oatf-' v
t mri, and honor to God.. -
What lias caused so strange, so be-'
neficial an alteration f : li3 is no
aoupt tQaoipg pi;e-Lord? and it is
marvelfpus in af eres. But what in-
struraetrt ,ha1iertouttn1tVchie8j to
use KThat ivljich coniributesj jn- all
latitudes 'and climes, to- make Chris
tians feel their unity, td rebuke the
spirit of strife, nd to opn upon tlicni f
the day; of brotherly concord the Bi- I
ble I the Bible! through BibleSpcieties! I
r'Co'mej.thenjTeiWw-citTsiftH 1
Christians, let us. join in the sacred
covenant; diet no heartbe cold f no A
hand be jdlej no pujse .relnctant ! .
Come, whileftroom is left in the' ranks fc
whNe toii.9o4iisii.d "fyhpse' :re 'imh
IV,' eagerly, ajenerallv; Beitimoress"
fed .oil your.Ts6iilsi that a contribution
savett-eveijrunv a cneap., inauigence, H
'may enilja iib!e to a desorate fimilvs
mar becoine- aJradatory point-? or
' grace uuuijHuui f ieiiuornooo:
ofp4-ror an(
jsuch -cpnibptipri m
af no; expeijsejmafjlpme ,aIarge
tract.pfcpuntcyan
rations tininjoital$v&
knpwledyi&ll secure itheir
presejitVifutur
v But 'wha
tweea z expetionandt eiperience.,
tiius"niuch isjrtainf V$haJl 8atisr
havectbe praise of5 high endaypra f o
of tHbustid of whom we ma v never
UeeJtive'f acei.i or-hear-ihe .nam es.-
v e snpusev-iprwaTji system. 01 nap
tiihlssl wiiicfi rill eo'onLwith Mcel era
Jjte mttjn
iter we aai if nave umsnea our ree r s
ana comer upon ourv-cnuarenv ana pur
fehildreh children ,tKe delightofseei n
therfiriidietns;turne?in
by thdblesiingof Ood tipon that
seed wincJil thea lathers sowed, .ana
Uifrnjesirffpq
thetesVednSoMbapd and ten
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