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

Arhl4thunt nad Administer, unng 1}Fs II
Is 80 said, noiu outstanding tbeIr drah -, :
ed the lives III hnnd,e.is al .,aeiirnsi.e and
uunruircird men, wotsnn snsl childfrii.-
ysttul, aud Groiius, and Puliend"rh ha"r
been rsusaekrd Ia prove that Hrose n'"t.
STEERS IN human SHAPE, nlIo Weff''''efy DAY
suppl,ing The Inerelless hfh -hounds oil
savage war; with weapons, and ehering
them incentives Ia lay waste ouT 4fontIers
and hclugr them with blood, were entitled
to the county aud privileges ri sold'ers
waRlng honorable war upon an OPEN nnd
declared encm, We, for one, applaud
Gen. jackson for his spirited and correct
cpnduri on tins occasion {; aud JOHN U.
hdanis's defence of IL Is one Of the bright.
est wrcathsio lris diplomatic eharacicr.-
file stood funth, the rhHlnpinn of Jaekson,
of his country and of humanity, while
Craw ford aud CLAY, and their friends were
assailiug him with weapons drawn from
the cold and Learlless axiIns az the Laws
of Nations. Even Great Britain herself,
whose subjects Arbuthnot aud Ambristef
were, acknowledged The justice Of the cen
tenoe " hieh Doomed them 10 fhe gibbei,
nlitlc in this country t.ey found wsm
commis-efators and jealous defenders
Living, these wfrtches were universally
p1aus were sung to their m.morles, aud
many Crocodile tear shed over Their
graves!
But Gen. Jack is ambitious too -
Ambitious Of what or riding into power
On the FRUSTRATED rights of his country,
aud On the ruin of her institutions ? No
one will hazard such Il h ld assertion
II he possesses ambition, IT Is of noble
a 4 h. 10.
"f honor, he reaprd a copious harvest al
Talapoosa, at Oekmulgrc and nj New Or
leans. Ii of power. llr desires To obtain il
oay BY the unicstraincd aud unbiased
sulIrages Of his fellow citizens not by the
dielalion of Knot of intrigucrs At Wash
ingfon, who usurp the right OF comforting
IT,
We sincerely believe that there never
has been a man whUse character is So little
understood, or has been more misrcprc-
srntrd, particularly ia Virginia, than that
OF Gen. Jackson II has been his fortune
10 be placed in peculiar aud trying situa.
lions. Passiag over, for the present, his
INVASION of neutral territory, and his con
duct while Governor of Florida, which
have afforded much ground Of ca,il, let
us view for "a moment the circumstances
things at New Orleans in 1918, which
inrm3 The grand climacierid of outrage and
violence, IA The estimation Of the Generals
hssailaits. Appointed Ia the command Of
portionof country, but lately annexed To
the aninn, and containing II population
whose attachment Ia It's government was
proverhaily doubtful, he WA bound, by
his duty 10 that government, to use mca-
nlf A.,
end resulting in u little personal incon,e.
nence, were required by existing circum-
stances; and they were then sanctioned
by The administration, aud approved by
great majority of the people The enemy.
alter he had been driven from our lines.
and compelled tn rctre Ia his shipping, be-.
gan IN tamper with the disaifectrd portion
II the inhabitants, and cndcayornd To gam
by straisgena and treason what he Was IN.
competent Ia do by force. Gen jackson,
in General % der d,ted the 10Th of
February, ordered the sHspee ted persons
INTO the Interior, aud declared the city I'm
der martial law; aad for th. high Grim.
aud misdemcanor is he GATED "militsry
dcspot ~ Tile gener | foresaw at once.
the handle which would be made Of this
act by the political saints, "mho strain IT
There
iore gave this unanswerahle reason for his
conduct, besnre the mnrmurs of the guar
dams Of onr Gorinthian temple, at Rich
mond, were heard: THE commanding
general (said hcl II, aEsPoNslBLE ron rur
SAFETY of this section of the Union, and
It snALLbe projected against every design
"t the enemy, in what manner sorvrr he
may shape his attack, ~hoihrrit be made
hV A = a. 4 a
pretended and deccitful friend" Had he
heen'lcss rig,d--hud he, by acriminal re.
taxation OF his authority, opened a held
for the workers of intrigue, and traitors To
the country, aud consequences had follow
ed which We even nuw tremhle TO think uf,
instead of being dubbed military dcs
pot, he would have been cried down as a
man OF weak Judgment and no moral Goa.
rage, calculated web enough TO head an
army IN the field, but incapable of Ieaping
the fruit of his victories. lie would hay,
been hunted into Obscurity BY the same
pack "ho now dog his heels With such per.
tnacity-and instead of being an aspirani
for the presidential char, his name would
have been Il byc-word of reproach aud
scarn.
We have often heard men extolled for
W. '"'' oppression OF nlBn-mlnu'd anu
tl"hle sentiments, no matter how wide the
d'i'fthce hetwe"n their professions and
Their practice. We admire Jackson not
more for ire enc than the other. In his
own language, ale values no popularity
hut that which arises from a faithful dis
charge OF lis duty" His actions, since
he has figured in public HE. have been n
One elucidation ofthis sentiment. 81. has
meyer bent the suF9ri,ant kure to "rnen
Dressed in n little brief authority" What.
ever tIonors have been conferred on him.
and whatever popularity he has acquired,
have been dearly earned with thc sweat
Df his brow."--Aud although some are
n"w dispersed 10 dole out to him with
reluctant hand bat scaniy need of APP.
piause. poslerity will do him justice, and
place him by the side of Washington, rs
The second SAY lour of his country. His