The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-28

mn w lihs ieapect Jickson possessed the
| advantage, thee Will be "A difficulty In
briIesiag that Affair was the intellsrto.l
commanded al Orleans" aud therefore II
Il an srg fnent ia our favo,,-and one
which shall mol fnrget in the course afl
thrse i.inatk,. Ii | should AK wherefore.
under the same advantages of chsrn,t ter.
and II Gen. A dair WAS The mu.ing pflneI-
pie ~ this erlebla ted occasion. Gu. Jack
son has acquired the hononr, With. thr q.
her fingers IN comparative obseurll,, |
may br told perhaps, that Jacksnn was
the comm .ndlsg officer, aad therefore.
more conspicuous To The public notice.
This Is part @. my own argument, sInce
II ~ right TO a-erlbr Ia ia, general the
brsi share IN the Accomplishment Of the
victory, by reason of his command and
since he Is IN law, and reason, aud in fact
the soul aud spirit Of M army in all the
chances aud hozdrds of the field, Whale
yer may have been done by others preyi-
Gus To tine engagement. But if the no
nour aud the credit Is to be bestowed onl,
on he one, and int he true, ~ has been
Inslnuaied, that Adair has mprted them,
Is II not strange, that the people II Or
leans who we're present, and saw the
! CLEAN Of every sword that cleayed thu air
that day, aud heard the sound of every
haZza that noaled on tue tremulous
breeze, should IN il few hours after the
battle, receive Jackson az their delissrer,
while the name of Adair was forgotten
And Is IT not contrary to every lesson of
| experience and every sentiment Of rea-
son, that when Jack ,on was amerced in a
bn1yy kuu nv fha "A nuth,ritxy ,,f
leans, the citizens Of that city, more rea-
| Oily than even gratitude could have re-
quled or expected, collected the sum by
| Subscription, and generously presented 1t
IL hlm as "A remuneration for that, of
! which they thought he had been so I'M
gratefully deprived Gentlemen, | hate
to be querulous | must think that
the people Of Orleans, knew better than
YOU, or |, or his sapient enemies who de-
| served their brnedietion and their graft
tude. Mark too, slrs, that Jackson had
dali rlgouroasly ,-perhapS harshly wit b
these people. He had acted in a mannefp
| that might have offended the pride or thu
prejudlces Of every one who could not
feel the necessity of the emergency and
of military rlgonr.-And yet these we're
hours, could convert their pre- ludices, if
they felt them, INTO an enthusiasm OF graft
tude toward5 the offender aud not only
do hun honour with their lips, but unite
| their purse strDgs, which are the heart
strings Of mankind, to give him unasked
assistance with their gold. sirs, either
the people of New Oreans were a set of
changing weathrrcocks and fools, or jack
son WAS their hero. And can readily be-
| lleve MS liberal traducers viii not adopt
! the first branch of the position, since they
CLAIM, believe, that city for their good
| friend and patron, Mr.. Adams. shall be
! told perhaps, that the moments which
immediately succeed such events as the
battle Of New Orleans, are unfit for inves-
| legation and the dispensdtlou of justice"
rnls arg lnent might weigh sonethIng
! perhaps galnst ne, we're there no proofs
OF ineidrnt 10 re lder il of no avail. Mark,
NJ 5, that in 1921, six years after the event
IN issue, the pc pie OF New Orleans, stu
| felt tue tIre OF enthusiasm, and the justice
of'helr first gratitude aud voted fifty
! thousand dollars for erecting marble
statue appropriate 10 his military srrVI-
ces." Tn s alsa gave one Thousand dol
lars ful his painted portrait, This does
not look like immature justice and dis
tracted gratltudc. We viii allow the "a
baye named disqualification IN moments
then, without injury To our Argument but
we cannot charge IT to,tne cool aud deII6-
crate language ofyeals.
! But can hope and suppose, that in all
the Iegions OF The West that IN Kentucky,
| thai among those, who lmmortallzed their
names on The plains of Orleans, there ar
some friends 10 the forgotten General. Il
there are not his misfortune has not its
| equal in all the various conditions of hu-
man lie. II these had known his supp"s
ed merit, why have they sumbtred thru'
| tne long lapse OF t"else years, s forgotten
the hero who he'd them on 10 victory l. to
hon""f: Why haNeth, placed the laurel
unanoher's brow, g. adnredls bnauty on
| that brow, Ill their children have grown
| np aud Teamed To admire with them
Way have they not cried aloud against
The error of the world, and laboured In a.
vert the stream of its injustice Ills
| slrange--and i'll had such friends, | should
"h.t their anger, that might profit 10y
Their caUnny. lcuuid prefer their Sian
utF oF URN WdhEti 10 lHtl oobuhdtuiFu
and Con,ented slnmber. But | can be-.
lIrsa that the adventurous h1ntes OF
Kentucky is great man, and knows the
justice his friends. tie knows the in
ius,ice OF that act which would place him
above the man VINO cnulnandtd hlm, and
ny whose word he acted aud he knows
100, that though they may have done or
sad As much as he deserves, yet they have
not taken anght Il"m MIN Ia give t" Gen.
Jackson. He has dnne much for his
country, and his e0unny has discharged
the debt shp owed MIN. Hrs friends kno"
TINS, and they have been silent They
nave nui been conscious Of any injustice
which the world or themselves hasr daue
him, in their applause OF his compairlot
and they have permitted Inc angoage at
wears to confirm what the world and
themselves had done. This argnmeot
may weigh lightly with those who might
,bnk It measure OF necessity 10 trsduce