The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-05
GENERAL.JACKsoN.

GENERAL. JACKSON.
The contest for The presidential chair
draws fast taa clasc, aud n deeper interest
begins 80 br excited AIMING HE people ~
the subject cumt Nearer home ITO then
business ard their bosoms." Every day
however, gives It some new aspect and
before the close az the campaign II viii
have assumed more hses than the came
leon. Who shall be hold enough 10 draw
aside The veil of f,,turty, and pronounce
with certainty the result of the conflict 7
Impossible as The task would appear IT,
ttnse who are ung,lted with second sight,
yet some of our politicians have no hest
idncy on the subject, aud they pronounce
The election Of thrlr respective hs0fItes
40 he as Inevitably certain as THAI and :
inake Z. II might have been supposed
ihat The Demonstrated Edlibhly Of their
previous calculations and the ahs1rtsity of
their prophecies, would have taught these
seets discretion If not wisdom, end that
they would have quietly Az aiird the result
without again stakInslhrir regulations ON
The al All times uncertain decision Of this
contest. But not So. Driven by a reyer.
al of their calculations and prophecies
from one fastuess, weak in every thing
bat the pugnacous insolrnee which de
frnded 1t, they fly To another, which time
will prove is reserved ior the fate OF its
predecessor.
Twelve months aS1, when the Legisla-
ture of Tennessee nominated Gen. Jack.
son for the Presidency, his pretcnsons
were rIdIcuItd not more Tor their own
weakness and incompctcncy than for The
prospect vf success by which they were
sustained. II ives exclaimed by the warni
opponents of the General In The spirit Of
rIdicne aud contempt, What possible
chance has he win ,,s,iy the small stat.
M Tennessee IN his firvor--irnpossihle ia
u is for him To command vote in any
other state OF the union why will he
consent Ia distract tie republican, Marty.
and eNentnliy throw the elrrt.nn inls the
House Of Representatives., ny mailing Tea
ncssec to his car, and appearing on the ure-
,si with III solitary votes, which can do
dnrn ia good, h,u "hich, by being cnst intu
Mr. Cranford's scale, would secure that
Ecnilenan's ascendaucy, and prevent that
fearful rcsort, AN appeal To the House of
Representatives z" Now, indeed, the
scene is changed, and 40 THE cry. Gen.
jackson, II ~ certain, VIII have shr votes
al ut least three other states, aud la all
probability more, and the voice ofcoutem,t
~ exchanged for the language Of denunci
alton, Mingled with a few compliments 10
gid the pill. Ii he is military dcspni, +"
no saved New Otlcans from capture $3.50 he
Froio otrd 'otr females from poIlulion--he
enc,rcled lri- own .btow with "A halo Of elo-
ry, and added II brilliant renown 10 the
arms of his country. If he is "cruc and
tyrannica4,' he rescued the frontiers of
Georgia from Hll the horrors of the Indian
t1mahanh and Hcalping knife. Ii he is
"ambition-,' hc has aiwsys acted with an
ere 10 the interest of his country, regard.
less OF personal couscqucnces--h has nj
ways gune Oh the broad and Noble princi
pie, that ms his eas The act, SO also was his
itlr responsibility
But why Is he military despot7 Is il
because he imposed martial liw at New
Orleans, IN that critical emergency hen
The whole country Nas slaracd for its
sIiety,- assaied a. II Hss from without hy a
powerful Toe, and weakened within hy the
internal dt>se"'laus or ! mixed population,
having not Il common interest in our go
sernmrnt, All r. h,,ss alike of triumph
ar dtt,a': Surely not The appiauses
winch ing from one end Of The uni"n To
me other, Ia tn very echo which ap
plau1s again" sbgw fh.t TO fears were
then entertained IT this military dcspot
Is ii because he made the civil subservirnt
I" the ntifuy anihority. after New Or
leans Ina been sauedt Was he, then, 10
tai felt, by an imprudont stIrrcnder 81 his
po"er, the fruit of his toll and af the hc.t,
Of his soldlcrs2 Was he 10 Tender inef.
tectual, by anil timed submission tn fac.
tlUds Judge (Nho tvinced disposition to
resume with TOO much haste the ernligr
WASH jackson had protected in the hour
ei zangtT,) thc ltbors which dad been
crowned With such signal Success Ii he
had pursued tbs course, anaihemas would
have hoen heaped pPon his head by every
tongue n"w'einplayeG in re, iiiag hun Ter
an acf Which the necessity of The case i'm
peslously demanded. But even giving to
il the worst aspeei, dors it warrant the APP
plira,ion To the General Of the term mil /
iiary despot"? Did he not, when the
danger Mas past, r, deem hi. character
from the f,td imputation. by hownv 10 .,hp +
riai-sty of the Law, aud paying Ia. hne of
one ahorsand dollars which was imposed /
on him? Did tnis uJt show, that if h,. I
knew his duty ~ a soldier, he also knew il /
ms a citizen! And when Was Andrew
Jackson known 10 shrink irUm the rcrfor
snnapss OF duty. however grating TO his