The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-12
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LYNCHbURG. OCTOBER ia, 1895.


LYNCHbUHG. OCTOBER le, 1895.
n ?. The Superior Court Of Chaneery
for the Lynchburg district, tChlncellor
Tay lor, commrned its fall session IL this
place last Tuesday. As usual II has at
tiacted 10 this place a large eoncourse ol
strangers.
.nr and Miss Clark We were very
IN cb gratified, in common. with all 6l
the numerous audience who witnessed the
performance If Mr. and Miss Clark last
Tuesday night. Their tame had prece
died them aud we are pleased Ia say that
the high antlrlpations Of tn" public were
mere than realized. Nature, in denying 10
Mr.. 81 Miss. c. the full proUoftons If the
human form. has imposed upon the mnre
fortunate the duty of encouraging thee by
a generous sympathy and cheering them
by an unrestricted indulgence. More es-
prelslly is.it a duty. when We see COM
binrd with such diminutve siaturrs a
sprlghtIy geaius, Unaffected good humor,
and an unilring disposition to please.-
They will make their appearance before
the public again next Fflday night. and we
assure those VINO have not yet had the
pl easure of seeing them, that they will
be more than compensated both for their
time and expense, in witnessing one of the
must singular of Natures freaks, and 10
listening to the repast ailordcd by the mu-
steal skill of the " Liiliputian SongsterS. !"
Gen. JucksoR.-W When this officer
name was first presented to the notice of
the American people as suitable person
tons of their Chef Magistrate, no one
pretended to think that his abilities welr
competent to the la X. In connection
with tnls fact, was another, which tended,
for \ long while afterwards to prevent IA
very rigid scrutiny of al claims, and thai
was, that hi nsnin tlDa was regarded as
the mere ebulition OF State pride. which
wOald end Just where it had begun. The
other ndldaies had been 50 long IN tn
field, and each of them VAS already, III ad-
dilinn t. beng advantaSrously known 4
the people backed by such powerful ln-
{, interest, that it was asked, with unaf-
cted Arrangement, whence does General
Jackson expect his support, out of Tea-
nes~er? But, the way was already pa,-
ing for his rapid career, silently though
surely. The mtriSaes oil one of the Presl
DENTAL candidates, John Z. Calnost ]
were working sNlfl " his own destruction,
and, by a revolutlun as snddeo as it Wa
singular. in less than year after the con-
Act seriously commenced, and while na-
ny OF his friends, particularly in Ne
Y rk and North Carolina, were loadl,
predicting his success, he found himself
deserted hy Pennsylvania, the main plial
of his strength, aud that drseItoa, follow
ID mp, day after day, by the sua-flirs, who,
IN worshipping hun, thought they we're
bending 10 tue riaI'e - az lie hh,,.'1 r.s o,nna-
Gii,sm!lty a. unaccoG9' friends Of Mr.. r"I,.'"
rallied under the standard of Gen. j eek
son, who only then became IA formidable
candidate. Then, indeed, commenced an
investigation of his claims and qualtca-
tons but 80 enthusiastic and clamorons
were his friends, that reason had no chance
to be heard. although his unsnltableness
for the Office was clearly demonstrated,
IN Ml8 State, by the able Ediiors of the
" Enquirer, and, ia other States. by wri-
tcrs tqnily able. 1t Was shown, from his
own bl 'graphy, aud rom the tenor of his
whole hfr, that his talents were not of
grade To enllle him to the high disinc-
tion--that ne was even more Objectionable
on the score of temper than of intellect
and that to add TO these objections, form
dablr aud powe fol a, they were, his poiiti-
al principles were not such as TO enitle
him 10 the support and confidence of the
Republicans of '98. These objections. W.
repeat, were urged, with force ana feet, a
galust the u IL. by some VINO have not yet,
IT is true, shown under wpat flag they in
tend 10 fight IL the coming contest, hut who
seem to he fast yeering to the standard of
the " Military Chleflain." Thr questions
arise, were the objections deemed valid
aud good when the, were originally ad-
ducrd against Gen. Jackson IF they
were, with what face can the Directors
n0,U lay them aside, and even take oppos-
ing ground If they say that circum-
stances have changed, and thai, although
Gen jackson is still too weak IN intellect
and too violent III temper TO be elevated
to the first Office in the world, yet they
deem 1t necessary to unite in support of
him, as the strongest man, for the purpose
of eJectlng the present Incumbent, we ask
them, what advantages they expect from
The change? Do they expect that the OBJ
jectlonable features Of the policy of the
present administration will be removed,
and that their peculiar political tenrts
will come into vogue =? What right have
they to anticipate such a contamination of
their hopes? Indeed, does not Gen. Jack
sons whole Career, show that he is as hb-
erdt an interpreter of legal and consttu.
tiond provisions. aud as much disposed
wholly to disregard them, it he chances
to think there is a necessity for their he
ms stretched or subsertrd, as any man in
existence No one can deny tins fact
for the Generals own repeated decIara-
ton can be adduced in its confirmation.
His votes in the Senate of the United
States, on the Tariff law, show, that, on
that subject. he IS decidedly an advocate
of the manufacturing policy, and adverse
To the interests uf tho aprirnItnr,l "a, a 49,,