The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-19
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LYNC HBURG. OCTOBER 10. lage

/ the irtrnt dliisr. nee Whieh Occurred
Nashville, between Gen. Houston a.,
john z. e win, Esq brcause we n.rs -
opnlon that such lhings ought To b4 a..
iined TO the parties themselves b.. s,,a.
il has terminated Ia a Guri, aud a, IN, M.
b,d appetite OF that many -aeadrd nons,e,
tn pubic, Is generally graiified viii ,s en-
and ruDors Of wars Their cause and a..
5 quenre. more than with the dull 5e,.I.
of peaceful life, W. must aeconinoda,.
with recital III the circumstances ,bat
led to The ighi--more pntiealarl, as ia.
Houston Is member If Congress. IL,
=. Erwin, iteho lid mol trim All Ex-tdi,.
or and Post master, and Gen. White bnaa
DID, IN officer + the militia. The -
count of The duel itself viii be found in -.
other column.
The office of Post Master at Na.byil.
some months ago, becamr vacant, by the
resignation of The incumbent. Two CON
pelitors forthwith entered the lists as cso.
dldates, john p. Erwin and Benz F. cur.
Trey the former an administration ,paa. tn.
latter a Jacksonian. In these daysot nol
ties and pow dee, when almost every man
is eItheI Jupiter Tonans, or a s,,..
plant, aad when almost every word tba,
IS uttered is a command or IA SANDER. !,
MAS not To be presumed fhd 80 imn,,.
tant an office MAS ghly t. be dispasrs
Of John =. Etwp was recommended b-
bis abIirs BENZ. f. Currey by his pol.
tics. As II suits the interest of asplrao,,
for office IN Tennessee To be- Of the SANE
polite i way ot thiaking as is Nj. Currrv
80 II hdppeaS that There are but few " he
think Otherwise. These few. il nav hr
naturally surpuscd, stand but paorchanc.
in any contest. All the men brrs Il Con.
er,s, from Tennessre except Gen, Cooke
opposed MI Erwln's appointment IN a re.
moostrance to Mr. Adams, which the
Jacksonlans called energetic, but nhIrb the
President deemed insulting, aud as IN.
said remnnstrance was returned ia IA.
prnoers thereof, they flew INTO a mighIr
passion, ard, being men of warm blood,
and valiant wlthal, they publlshed il IN the
papers, with comments as g energetic" as
the remonstrance itself. 1t appears. hoa,
ever that Mr. Adams " stiffencd his neck"
and listened not To the wallngs Of Mess.
Houston, Eaton, lsaacl<s, Sc. but Thought
proper to give the appointment toa gen.
tleman who was qualified to perform the
duties of the office. This was an Insult
to the Tennessee delegation, of cunr-e--
first. because, although the trainers If he
Constitution If the United States saw fit
10 vcsi the appointing power in the ia.
tonal executive, yet this was mere o.
Hrrsght, 81 Intended 10 he nnIlty, as il
can be- more ludlcionsh exercised b, the
delegations, for the time bring, of The
STATES, passion h"ing generally admitted
/" be better guide in these matters than
reasoa-a0d secondly brcause the Presi-
d"ni manifested great ingratitude in ap.
pointing n lrend who had labOred IN van
10 convert the good propIe of Tennessee
10 his way of hIukiog, and thereby de-
monetraied his lnetfi irncy while var.
my freud of Gen. Jackson, uho has ~
cordially and eff iently supported the
measures OF the administration, AID rXhis
bted SO much friendship for Mr.. Adams,
u Ia MODE Randolph and Calhoun. was o.
.erleokrd ! The President is surely very
minimizing to appoint is supporters to OIL.
hces, while he has 50 many eRemieS who
crave them Now. for the grou d Of op.
position to Mr. Erwin. Did Mr.. Houston
say he vas incapable? N. Did he say
tat hr was not honest Yes. And he
certainly nad noot excellent reasons lor
50 saying Mr.. Erwin had passed thro'
long life hnInpe1chtd--hr had been en.
gagged 10 the most extensive mercantile
transactloDs--h had acted az an editor,
attorney, bank director. and clerk of the
House of Delegates of Trnrrsspe,-m.
hons If dollars bad passed through bia
hands, aud not sthln had been attached
To hI1 character-hut, in an evil hour ihe
tempter came, and he fell IA victim to his
"Itcheres. He came, too, in the shape of
newspaper tmirabiie dittu , and that
newspaper Noah's Adv cate, and thai Adj
vocAle fac smile of one To whlrh he
WAS entitled IN the way ofexchauge a. an
Editor! Thus, man Who had r4ared up
AROUND MOI, IN honor, a family al chdreni
ana VINO mad hoped to transmit them tie
ieh legacy OF a spo'ltss reputation COM
United most hOrflble theft, scarcely less
damnahle than the Dissertation Of ii Church
he pHrtoaned a newspaper from the post
oJtce, uatHe three cents, tUien he wouid hart
reeelred himself that me,cspaper'S counter
PdH Such was the objection when he
discerning Gen. Houston made to the ap-
p"lnlmenl of Mr.. Erwin. Gen, II. said 10
general terms, that Nh. T.. was dishonest
and thus was hi specification Mr.. Erwn'
NOT feilshlng the charge, called on Gem
Houston for satisfaction, which was most
assufedly d very foolish act. Who cares
now days, for being scoundral IL
Is true, many persons who do not scrupIe
to do mean actions have a great ayersloa
TO helnS accused of them--they had as
lieVe play the rascal as not--but make wry
faces II you tell them OF H. But, this IS
wrong. A little gentlenanly rascallty IS
quite convenient and quite common anu
really we cannot imagine more gentle
manly instance than the stealing OF a F" To-
10 OF tour pages" But, TO return to INC
narrative. Gen. Houston refused TO lo"
Mt Erwin, although he very bravely ae-
knowIedged that he had abused hun
why did he refuse to fight: 1t was wen
observed by the Richmond Wing" tha'