The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-12-26


ul the Uaitcd slairs. The crisis is onc OF
nei,lculhbie impnrlance to us all fraught
with The de-liolts Of tra millions of free
meu, and carrying in IFS sanrb the happ.
ness and rights, or thr misery ard bond
age Of countless myriad3 of onr posteriis
: IL Is indeed, We venture Ia say, crisis
Without al example ~ the political history
of ihls country one which demands all
our excri.gis, 10 avert impending evils
which calls US 10 rUuse I'll our ener,i es,
aud which appeals, IN the strongest and
most impassinned terms tn our patriotism,
public virtue, frmurss and love of liberty
We tread on the brink of an era, which is
perhaps, to decide the duration Of this
great Hrpnblic-=aDd certainly pregnant
with events vitality affecting the great De-
mocratic doctrine Of Uafrersai suffrage, the.
purity and soIidity oi our institutions the
continuance of the Union, and the sacred,
rights and happiness of a free aud indepen-'
fdr = people.
In ANDREW JACKSON, WI behold
"a concentration of high cnduwlnents, sci.
dom combined in one man, for the pr0tcc-
lion, security, homer, aud happiness Of a
People. Nurtured in the school OF Free.
tender age Uf fourteen, inspired By holy
enthusiasm for Liberty, standing in the
ranks of his country, with his mus<et on
his shoulder, aehanppn for the Rights Of
Nm. IL va, ia thh stormy era oi i77G,
thai Jackson first took lesson in III, ar
dnols task OF Liberty, and manifested To
an lIs0sat aud daring for, the spirit that
has carried him with such brilliant success
aud renown, through the great aud dis |
tlosuisllcd passages Of his public life
Considered in relation Ia llIs militia I
~ genius, or his great talents as States |
man, Ne looked ia vain through the history !
ot Tie United States, Tor parallel To this |
extraordinary mau--nIih the exception of |
GEORGE WASHINGTON. WASH
isGT"N rs n commander, was sk,ltnl, great |
and successful. His victories were bril-
llant, and decisive Of the fate Of our coun-
try. Sutn too, is the case with JACK |
SON. Like Washington he defeated our
savage foes, --and like Washington drove
back the invading English from our shores.
JACKSON never quailed before foe. |
was never defeated by an enemy. Hash. |
mSto" was brave, intrepid, and scIf-colIec-
ted IN the most appalling and disastrous
situations. so was JACKSON he he
yer los, his rqniIlbrnni of vaIour, by teme-
r,y, nSlyet never declined Il battle when
offered himby an enemy. In the Cahiuet, |
Washington was all that great aud liberal
Sfnttsman could BIZ. Such Is also the cha
raetcr orJt CGsoN as fer as his duties have
otlrrded him occasion to display his talents
In the Se1atc of the United States, we
have seen him comprehensive, enlightened,
aud decisive. In his negotiations with
lnrrign Agents aud Powers, we have wit
MESSED display of sagacity, of hrmness,
aud knowledge of the rights, lnics, aud
law of Nations, which places him ON
splendid enlnence. Like UaShHgioa, the
Heto Of Orleans is a practieat Statesman !;
| whose principles and maxims relative to-
government and policy, have been deduced
from close observation and confirmed by
long experience whose ideas ara not the
morbid offspring OF 0Gc'ai apprenticeship.
hut the great aud origroal conceptions of a
Patriot OF '76 one, who like Udsh,ngion,
WI act up 10 the spirit of the Declaration
ot independence, resolved To realize all the
blessings we enjoyed under the admins i
! tratlon of the frnmcr of that immortal ne
| cord of National Liberty Like Wnshlng.f
ton, also, JACKSON is distinguished ~Sjr'
his moderation Of temper, his snavity er
manner, and his agreeable department.
Possessing an equabllly of mind never.
| ruthed, ur lmpctHOus, he is fran without
ohs'hAcy, and decisive without precini-
F;aner. In conversation mild and agreeable.
he 1nltes the amlahle qualities OF TIE
pirate citiltn, IL the disintercstcdncss of
the patriot, aud the heroic talents of the
'cdrr'os. Like Washington, too, JACK
SONS genius first displayed itself in war,
and both became distinsui. he'd as State, ;.
men, after their victories had purchased
security, peace and independence fer their
country. In what then does the resem
blancc between the first aud Cd saviour Of
their country fail +? In this ony--JACk
SON isyd 10 become oarntft rrctigsm -
That chasn we are called upon to fli,hye
lccllnga man, who like WdShiHgton, neither
seeks nor declines the burden of public
h"nours, but bows with submission 10 the
majesty and will ofthep.ople.
The times IN which we are placed, Eel
low clllZens, are those Df trihhlation, terror
ana peril, To all free governments. We
have seen tee flame if ijherty burst forth
NJ Naples, nnly t. burn for moment, till
| tyrants, awakened TO their danger by its
bia1', united To extineuish it--and the.
gloom and darkness of Il, spotism imin.di
ately succeeded. In Spain the work Of
tyrannical desoation has been still more
s'gnAlly displayed, and tenfold darkness.
has followed the moinentary CLEAN, which
revealed the horrors of her dungeons, and
excited her people to initiate the patriots.
OF France, by causing,he kquisit,on To.
share the fate OF the PaSiae. Bot there,
rs IN France, the tragedy is ended 1t is
true, Greece still struggles in the threes of
freedom, bat who can tell the moment of
her thraldom? The next breeze may bear
On its wings the requiem of Grccian liber
~, Ihe same system now mcnaccs the
Independence Of our ncighbors of South