The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-11-30
LYNCHBURG. NOVEMBER 80. 1926,

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taking another aud stranger stand. Then
oufworks having been broken down. they have
fled to the citadel where they thinl, their strength
consists, but from which they will be driven by
the voice of the people. We repeat for the
hundredth time, that no man in this nation EN-
tertalns sinccrcr regard for the great hero OF
the West or would preserve more scrupulously
his honest and legitimate fdne, than ourselves
But we cannot admit that TIM fame ought to be
a passport TO the Presidency. We cannot admit
that the single act Of erecting strong fortlbca-
tons 10 guard important post, the key OF the
Western world exhibited such traits of genius,
or that the fact of the enemy being beaten, ill.,
fers such comprehension Of mind, as TO entitle
theprojector of those Notifications aud the beat
ef OF that enemy TO the highest civil Office in the
| country. More particularly cannot We admit H.
ing proof of his incompeency To fulfil the various
| duties which are required of President. Aud
still stronger is our objection TO him, when we
see him opposed to an individual whose talents
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whose life has been devoted to his country in
services of the most diversified and important
| character. If military merit be the criterion by
which We are to judge of the qualifications Of in-
diylduas for office, why go further than our
own State Why not nominate Wiugfeld Scott
for the Presidency He was as fearless as Ii
on in battle, and judicous in directing the move
mcnts Of his troops. Why not select Jacob
brown lie, while yet unknown to fame in a
moment Of desperation, when the troops of his
country were flying before the enemy, rallied
and led them on to victory, saving Sackett's
ilarbor and the Lake Ontario fleet. Why not
select Alexander AIacomb When New York
WAS on the point of invasion, his skill drove back
Governor Provost, aud crimsoned the Saranac
with the blood Of his troops Why not General
Millorl BE he whom he may, no man fought
more paliantly than tbs officer. Why not Gen.
Gaines His sortie from Fort Eric gave rise to
one OF the most desperate rencomtrcs of the
last war, and added a tenfold brillianCy to the
campaign Of 1873; 4 he can Weld pen as well
Z,
who encountered as much danger as Gen Jack
son did during the last war--whose services were
equally AS efficient IN procuring peace for peace
was already concluded before the victory of Or
leans and against whom exist none of the DO
sltise objections TO which Gen. JackSons own
mprudcncc have rendered him obnoxious But
il is not worth while, since the Generals own
friends seem abandoning this ground; to take a
Mother still less dcicnsibie, and from which the,
must be dlslodgcd.
The ne" ground, is that he is the cauGidaie Of
fte people, and that he is SO closely Identified
with them that their rights will either be yindica-
ted by his success or lost by his defeat II this
be SO, why do we hear all this noise? If the
people were defraudcd at the last election. are
they not competent to overthrow those who de-
irHuded them, at the next But il is not the
fact. Gen. Jackson success depends upon the
cohesion of fragments of parties formed on pea
last presidential election, which are essentially
antagonist. The disappointed of all parties have
united TO favor his pretensions, only because
they have united to oppose MIR. Adams, and be-
cause he is the only man who can turn him out.
Let them gain this object, and they will be salts
fled for moment, only to be more outrageous a.
gainst him than they have ever been against MIR.
Adams. We find in the occurrences of the mast
ample grounds for anticipating future events
and those events will show that Gen. Jackson
never was, is not now, and never will be. the UNI
BIASED choice of the people of the Uuitcd States
for their first magistrate, no matter what his
friends may think and what he may think He
may wrap himscfup in the consolatory te1ec-
ton, if he choose, that but for the "corytpt bar
gaining between AIessrs. Adams and CLAY. he
would have torsakcn his "Hernitage" for pal-
ace, AID exchanged the roughncss and honesty
of rural life for the courtly Establishments of
the national metropolis ; but, he may depend up
ON it, he is wofuly mistaken. His popularity
was at its utmost point of extension at the last e.
lection Beyond that mark, he never could have
passed; and beyond it we venture the prcdic-
ton, he never will pass. Let the recruits of the
disappointed factionists muster their forces and
add thcmto his own strength, &they will discover
by the meagre appearance of their ranks, that
the people are not to be duped by the crcula-
ten of such scnsless ISLANDERS as George kre.
mer may invent, though assisted by the cunning
of Ingham and the malignity OF McDunie.
We always entertained somewhat of distrust
whenever we have heard these great lovers of
:" The people" bonsting of their patriotism, and
Of the mcorrupt aud unambtious tenor of their
lives. To hear them talk, one would think that
" The people" had certainly overlooked their
merits, or knew not of their fondness. And,
after ALL rho are The people Are Andrew
Jackson, and John H. Eaton, and John Ran
doiph, and George McDuflie, the people Or
are those who give them office the people erclu-
sicety2 Or are Nh Adams and MIR Clay, and
Mr.. Barbour, and their supporters, entitled to
this appelaton also? 1t is ridiculous, absolute.