The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-04-28
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q Supplement 10 the Numbers of Couon.
The irregular publication If The ESSAYS
ofConon has been owing both ln repeated,
failures of the pubic mail, and the Inpr,c
icahility of giving them seasonahle rircn
iatlnn IN !"nrn !. whose rich columns
termed with interfering matter of The gfa.
vest Importance. lH the fnean time, sun.
dry documents have appeared, which, tho
already stripped IN some measure of the
fascination of novelty, require separate
attention UPWARDS comnirtlng the dricnc.
of II. Clay, IN that systematic way have
been prompted BY my conscience and ludg
ment Ia adopt. The documents in qu.s
ton are Klemer's Circular, Gen. Jaekson's
letter To Samuel Swmtwout of n. FORK,
and Mr.. tlay's admirable appeal II his late
Congressional District. The two former
publications have been connected with each
other in the public MUD from their Incl
dental relation To the same side of the
question. The feelings of others out of
view, |, for one, am unable 10 mrntian them
IN the same sentence without conscious
sacril"gc, and apology 10 the hero New
Orleans for the irrcverential act. The ms
s0clatiun of the names Of krsmcr and Jack
son in the crusade against II. Clay being
assurrdly fortuiious, the ilustrous General
must allow me IN couple them, in prOsecu-
ting my remarks. Such Il conjunction be-
tween eyen'thc appclatives of beings SO
unlike. could it be Il, oided, would he worse
than fanciful, and as lmpions as dragging
down an angel of light from his high estate
10 level with the blacklist subject of Pluto.
kremer's proofs before the sham tribunal
a. his rupS < IputS are GntIlp and uy pf.r,.
bic as could have been predicted, from an
terror events. The number and enthusiasm
of his absitors seem To have augmented, Ia
expose him to ignominy, without example.
He fig ured in the House OF Representatives
1t vas thought, with the sustaining magic
ofbul one nlrc "orkcr. Its now suspected
several other lngglrrs had Il hand in eXhib-
fling the pageant in the subsequent news
paper scene. If this be true, we have the
long desired proof that the arch magician
himself, Vice President Calhoun, cannot
achieve any work of iniqulty behind the
curtain. For, if actually concerned in get
ting up the klener accusation, its catas-
trophe must ere this have taught him the
limit of his subtle talent for intrigue, and
the impossibility of its any longer profaning
the sacred distinctions between right and
wrong in the creed Of the Republican and
the bible of the Christian Do Messrs.
Calhoun s. Co. think themselves honored or
even countenaBced III their nocturnal plot
tln5s against a contemporary public servant!
The answer is, they would be mad TO che
IRISH such an idea. The writer IS PLAN,
rural citizen, who, bOrne upon the ethereal
wings of the Press, vas present al the act
ing of the kremer aiterplece III the vast
play house of the nation. lie saw or heard
every passing incident. The scenery, the
pit, the box rows, the gallery, We're all
within his view. He can say with truth
the exhibition proved pantomime of the
most fnlsome cast. The hero Of New
Orleans, though the idol Of the OCCASION,
wriihrd terribly, on "a seat Of tholns. until
the first interlude, When he posted of, III
dndgeon, to his private lodgings,
II. Clay stood up erect III the pit, and look
ed with sang froid upon the whole affair,
from beginning to end. kremer ranted, III
CLUMSY attire, and still worse grace, over
the "buskintd stage" without tickling the
fancy or moving the blood Of any but
few phlegmatic Dutchmen, who, here aud
there, pulled him off with whilf from Their
pipes. In every other quarter contemp
tnous silence reigncd, except when the an
dlence caught 5lance al the master 0pe
rators, behind the screen. Then, Messrs.
Calhoun g. Go. had the lack to he wlhrrtd
by the shrill misses of all notable people,
and to he arpfauded only by the vile rabble,
the cut throat tenants OF the gallery.
George kremer is here abandoned TO the
" plain unvarnlshed" exposure of the hon
L johnson, and the terrible chastlsement
at length inflicted upon him by the long
forbearinS vengeance of the eminent cI,l
zen who was the first, PRINCIPAL victim on
the hifeling list Of Robespicrrian proscr'p
ton. He may be viewed as morally de-
funct, and steelcd by infamy against the
scoIrging lash of temporal Justice. But
his coadiulors have y vital brlnS-yet sus-
tain lofty mien-and no honest man will
regret TO witness the effect With which that
lash is applied TO their principle OF sensa
ton.
In venturing to comment upon the letter
OF Gen. jackson, | feel an undissembled
awe towards the veteran patriarch, which
would sancify his writings, but for that
sturdy independence and fearless scru
tiny belonging to me as an American CHI
Zrn. His letter may not, perhaps, be un
worthy the exalted author, when tested by
the personal and public considerations
which called it forth. The sentiments are
lofty, and together with The simple, manly
grandeur of the style, besjege the heart
with captivating power. Yet the General S
orthodoxy in all points, Is not, cannot be
conceded. He brtaihes, too, an irritation
against men and thing, not To be smothered
amidst the embrrs of his volcanic grief.
With all his sensible illustration ot the
difference between the abstract and practI
cal import Of words, the General cannot
explode we'll founded p tjudlccs against
the term no less than the familiar ambition
Of d military chiftdin This is matter
in which con,uon sense will ever boldly