The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-10-15

if. Crawford refused, during the war,
and the difficulties of the e., eminent, the
nn.t of Secretary If War; pfrfrrrIog Il
sirg embassy to Fraac', wllrrc he "as II
60. Il safety ! lie, after the var was ofrr.
and all danger passed, considered himself
fl for, and accepted tie same situation
Mr.. Crawford went further, IA relation
TO the Tariff than any politician "l the
country, Mr.. Clay not excepted, IN 1915
10 10 lie il onw recommended, IN the
. sunfh, rs opposed tn tie Tariff !!
Mr.. Crawford, al Washington, bas al
ways acted With the administration Aud
get, hi friends, in all quarters, recommend
ed him as opposcd. in sentiment, To ia"
members and measures of the present ad
mIni-tIalion
Mr.. Crawford il sustained by tie Essex
u Ia / New Ensland-hy the New York
Evening Post, tthe most ,iornt of all the
old federal presses -hy Lewis Mclane,
Of Delaware, and other distius uished iedrr
ali.rs throughout the country Aud yet
he is recommended rs the only exclusive
Democrat, BY his supporters
Mr. CraHiurd, ~ IA Senator, "a Minister
- France, ~ Secretary Of War, aud "a
secretary of the Treasury, has left not
even 3inSl. evidence of great mind, aud
has been enIy remarkable for lis great
plumbers in he Treasury Estimates, and
IN, greatness N the amount Of hts loans
Of the public MONEY And get he is urged
IN the penple az pre- rHlnenty qualified
! Tor the Presidency
Mr. Crawford was the only member of
j the Cabinet Who ever treated the Senate
with contempt, by appointing to Office, and
taking 10 his confidence, Il gentleman
whose nominaten rs Consul, the Senate
] had just rejected Aud yet he WAS the
first 10 Join the Senate in the dispute with
the Executive, and is now sustained by Il
l,rgr Dumhcf of the very men he 81 Bross
~ cundcmned and insultcd!
hlr. Cran ford was the only one OF the
Presidential candidates vino would accept
The services of proaiSaie politlclan,
(whpsr proil,red pen WAS Indignantly ~
fused by AT least two Of the other caudi
dates aud 10 sustain that man by employ
mg him az clerk in the Treasury, after
he had been convicted and exp0srd ~ the
most lmpudrut attempts to control the
newspapers Of Connecticut And yet be-
IS recommended MS = pure aud ncorrnpu
be man, by his supporters and prcs9es !!
MIR. Cran ford has scattered the public
funds before the four wind, of hcaten
Aud yet the Radical party support him, as
The man best calculated 10 husband the II
snsrces Of the country =!
Nj. Crantar aud his party were de
oonIced IN 1916, by the National lntelh
grnc"r; wh" intinated they we've set of
nnprncplrd lntrlSuets, who left no stone
nuurntd to elt'et their purposrs He Is
nov sustained by that Vicar Of Bray priut
as \ pure and incorrHpiihle politician.
Mr.. Crawford is advocated as tenn
pcrete politician no violence OF temper,
say his friends, ike Jackson or Adams
Aud yet IN once dragged doru iato his
char, b. The neck, a ateB,brr ofHt Georgia
Legislature, rho pss addressing The char,
because his speech ,raS diSagrscdble to him,
.Br. Cructord
GEORGIA.
sonttis subj rct his friends arc prudently silent
--GE-
rom the .Stie IorE .lmeyica7.
There is 81 mnch pathos in a talr told
by the Richmond Enquirer, that ", thinl,
II pity that its most affecting incidents
should be coniu,d to the cir, uation of
one journal. The hero of the story is u
certain Bl,ly Ora" ford, whuSe lie aud adj
,rnturrs are told Ivy one Of his earl, asso
ciatrs. 1t would appear that Billy 1--WE
speak not with uuhe!ieninS familiarity, hat
in the Woids atlG, hoSgaph " hAc teach
Ing school, lormei, an intimacy with II
specialize Virginia mechanic, who had mi
grated la Georgia, bat Was subsequent,
forced Ia return Tor bis health Ia his native
stale. This produced Il separation Of the
two friends, one of whom irmajncd III oh
! security, bat brlos addicted to newspapers,
t"arord tIlut Ahr other was gradually
climbing the ladder of power aud reputa-
ton. THIS part however Of the narrative.
"c shall slsc in the languages ol B,Hy'S
friend
q" ] WAS ever l.ays hcl "a dear lover oil
new spapers, aud they enon informed me
that my old friend, HiHy Tor 80 always
called hlm,) MAS in Ihc Lee lsIalnrs Of Gcor
gla--lu short timc, that Inc MAS a mem
"cr Of 'he L. States Sr1ate--In short
tinlr, hr WAS our Ambassador tn Franre--
III a shorl lime thai lie WAS recalled and
made Secretary al War,--N hln | !rrcci,
ed tins last i9'pointnept, IN the fulnras,
'(and ! may say delight al my heart,
burst into IA loud hafra Of llmra ! Bil
ly Crawford, when viii You cease 10 as
crnl ~
This extract W. tliul, will bring tears in
to threyrs of our readers, but ii Is nothing
to the account oI the meeting of HIS mo
dtrn Nys0s and EuryaIus, with w..ieh We
must conclude our quotations.
Upwards Of fifteen years had elapsed
from The linn we separated in Georgia.
wien sitting Que day in the town of ). |
saw suit of carriages driving up in fine
style.--They approached. The taverucr
rnqared, +. who are those coming ut such
i rate loekrd--~loukrd again, and ex
claimrd, as live, believe it is nay youth
al friend, Billy Crawford. Give me pa
per. For Gods sah" ! Give me a s4rer.
One was reached me and grasped il with