The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-06-08


No. IN relation 10 Mr., Clay until nur next.
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n G1Ileru Of Portraits" -Updrr this
head, We ha," commenced the publication
of a series of Biographical notices of emf
nent Individuals. That If Mr.. Adams's.
which we ps,bli-h to-day, is taken from the
Speeimea No. of the F" American Auditor y
nrW paper about to he established in
Washington City. 1t will BE- followed by
those Of Gen. Jackson, and Mr.. Clay.
Fourth Of J,tiy-The fourth of July is
mar M hand, aud we hear of no prepara-
hops for lis celebration in Lynchbnrg. Is
il not high time that some arrangements
we're making, IT, iodeed, we inteed to cele
brate it al Ii will b. just Fifth wars
since the immortal Declaration of Inde
prndence was promulgated 10 the world,
The harhlnser of all those great events
Which have distinguished the eighteenth
md Nineteenth centuries. thought to b..
. t.br,ted as National Jubilee, with
more than usual spirit aud cordiality. In
most Of the towns and cities Of the Union,
we bear the din of preparation. Lynch
burg however, remains inactive, and M
efurt is making to perform our part in Gel
ebrating thr great event. We merely call
the attention ofnnr citzens to the fact. II
is for them to say whether or not they will
meet, appoint an Orator and Reader of
the Declaration, aud make arrangements
for dinner. We would respectfully sug-
gest that this course br adopted, and that
the celebration be, for once, conducted on
more general scale than has been the
custom OF Lynchbnrg. 1t is true, on that
OCCASION, as on every other, each indi,id-
ual his light IN pursue that course
which hest pleasps him, aud to unite IN a
general or a partial celebration, IA il may
chance 10 suit his inclination or convent
cncr but ne shoIld think that ii would
look better at home, and tell better abroad.
ifihe fractions inta which we are usual,
split on these occasions could be for once
brought 10 unite.
GOO
.Hr. Giles.-We have been waiting, with
some anxiety, several weeks past, To SET
what Mr.. Giles would say in answer To
eertaia enquiries recently propoundrd To
bun by the Richmond Ukig" We have
not, however, yet, been sralIfed; nor does
there seem any i0llmation, loqeacious "a
Dir Giles recently was, that, on this Occa-
sun he is disposed 10 break silence he
can scatter denunclatlnns with an unfeelng
h'ni--he 'ca1 pervert honest intentions
and question the integrity of men who have
hitherto escaped ali calumny but such as
party zeal has unlustly gwen birth to, IN
times Of party excitement: bnt he cannot.
even WHEN convinced of error, BIZ prevailed
n, ID. -, -, e., r a..
whom he has aspersed. We had not in
tended to take any notice of this suhle t,
until we should be able to place Mr.. CHESS
replication alongside of the charge. But.
a. it appears. Mr., G. prefers permitting the
matter to sleep. under the impression, no
doubt, that il will be best for his character,
10 pursue that course, we feel it no longer
necessary to within Id from il such circula-
ton as our columns will give it.
Our readers cannot have forgotten the
sudden fit of patriotism which seized Mr..
Giles last fall and winter, aud The cdcoetheS
scr1behdl which was It's consequence. They
eannet have forgOttea how anxinusIy alive
he seemed TO be for the future welfare of
bis beloved country, which he appeared 10
tbmk, could only he promoted by the ex
poisson of Messrs. Adams and Clay from
then respective offices. and the election of
himself to some place f(not profit, but no.
nor! NothIdg could be seen or heard bat
HCfiStS, Cesis!" And nothing, we were
told, could save us from ia al catastrophe
but the election of Mr.. Giles, Mr.. Randolph,
I'D genus Omne, to cunspiruou stations IN
The government, where they might be ena
bed TO overlook its "practicap operations,
and to sound The alarm Whenever they
shnuld hnd The DEATHS Herd IN the" Golden
Casket," iostrad of the portrait af the gen
de Poriid. But, some ho" or Other, the
storm setms 10 have wasted It's fury. Whe-
ther Mr.. CHESS present silence is the effect
OF sratfrd ambition; ar whether the late
illusions of Mr.. Randolph have had the
effect OF teaching him Itl' charity in his
Judgments and little modesty in his pre-
tensions; ar whether the Practical Govern
ment mas been instructed by his advice and
warned ~ his admnniiiOns to retrace lis
steps aed aysid the prrcipce which his sa-
gaeity was the first to discern and his hon
eSfy the first /" point out to them, we can
h"t say. tits evident, however, that he
mas permitted his pen to rest idle IN It's
adhdsh, until the people have almost for
gotten VIM B. Giles, Political Dispositions,
Golden Cdske,, a8d all. But he must not
BE permitted thus to retire from the con-
Test. The people must be reminded, once
ma while, whn Mr.. Giles is, and what he
Gas dnue, as a set of against the mighty
Efforts he is expected to make, when he
snail appear next winter, on the legislative
aoo', caparisonrd as a gladiator, armed
edP-u-pie, and Hercules like, strangling in
his grasp. all who may have provoked his
wrath. But to the facts:
10 one Of the Nos. of the "Golden Gas
Aet, written by Mr.. Giles, and published
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