The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-09

| asks not mine nor luuf applause, aud
"heh Is beyond the reach Of human esti
tnaliap In applaud az In etnsure. | can
sdinii fhat chance may have done much /
tof Jarksoa but my antagonists mn-t adj |
nil ase, that II has rendered equal assist
anee In all others who have hten success
| full. They cannlt aScrlbe the success of
one man 10 chance because he i an enc
my, and that of ,nother To himself be-
canse he ia fiend ;--sincc reason would
BIZ banlshrd from the world, and Justice
would not find wherrnn Ia SET her fani
They may wander from tNr cnmmon rule,
thai 4 man is To be appreciated lay his ac
tlons, rs often aud AS far as they please, To
/ ratify Their preludices but they must RE-
/ turn again, ar br lost ~ labyrinth of ali
snfdity whlIh Is the trrrnr of reason and
/ the srpuehrr of truth. The truth Is. The
agency of chance operates on every midi
j ,idnal unfortunate AZ well az the for
tdnate. While its advantages have east
ed aud vanished IN thr tWinkhdg of an
rye, some ltnr seen and snaichad them
In their use white others, more blmd u
idle, have suffered them 10 escape forever.
Aud its perhaps N ths difference that
/ The real difference Of thu merit OF indl-
'lduals may consist. Zoe ability winch
"f admire, Or tine weakness which We Tor
get and despse, perhaps nethiag more
ar less than the power 10 discover and ~
use the advantages of accidental opportn-
nity, or the blindness walch cannot spe
them. And 1t Is the u,e, or negligence
and .hnse Of chance wnlcb gives clam
10 merit. We are All The iools ol ehaner
and while one ), uohuy tempered, ND l.
made up III laws tui 'I9ri3rrs, md enl-
not DO his duty, aoolhrr's lemaf i mo =
h{ed IL his pnrpoie aod thc goodness ot
MS texture makes every saalstt yield. l
can admit, then, "l'huut dong aagRi vt 10
jury To the merit of Gea. Jackson thai
fortune was ms patron since the ability
hf possessed 10 discover aud 10 ne be-
advantages to his profit has been the ifn'
source oi ms successes, and 3 the only de-
serving object which demands tn excess
OF orr admiration aud applause above
thase winch "e best"w on the tnsft al u
lhef individuals. ana even 1t fortune Is
partial IN the dl-pensa'lon OF her htonls,
her partitily does not tntahdate the ruiz,
that nan Is IN BE- lodged by his ae.lons,
or give us cause To depreciate the sertloes
which Jackson has rendered IN the nu-
mefons 'ict"rle- OF hts successful cree.
II lartnne was present To Gen. lckson
on the plains of The Niss'sslppi, so WAS
she also to the valiant foe whom he fought
aud conquered. But IN" former mad made
disposition of accidental adeantdg.,.
which, combined with his own native sa-
gaeity and 'alour, enabled hin 10 wang
anu 10 subdne the latter Now, the credit
IS To be- somewhere placed -aod aiil 700
"rte II down opposite to another namr
; ihan hat Of Jackson Surely Yen car
not But will sou say he was unqualified
To achieve the victory OF New Orleans Z
II - n do, you will utte decision winch
Is directly hostile To all the evidence, ex-
pre- Sod and Implied, ihat IS necessary IN
; The common habits Of mankind, 10 sup
refi propos,tion. And although | en-
~ eentiie IN those who would tradnet
thr r.pit ton OF gen. Jackson as lnlph-
eiilA a. could wish, yet can suppose
that even ihey, had they been soldiers a.
bpnf Il S}gage ~ the great struggle Tor
the dffenee of beauty and hooty' IN
ihe 1laos 81 orIrans, would have chosen
nm as inn c"mmandrr.n prelercaee. not
only h IL! individual who fought under
Inn, bnt To any uthc, officer int isr Mill
lar Pfde OF th,s country lid hoast oi
An MS too, not because II any private
nit 10 wRlch they mig have felt L.
wards MN, bit because the preslons e.
VENT 81 h's HE would have departed a
confidence ~ his ablhde7. which tbose 81
~ Other ladHdnd could haie asked Tor
or deserved. B1 Interests az tie wind
OF iartuae,=- aod nan, 7'tst.= ~s4th.r'
cock, aleay, turos bl- face t. the u.
But shaI b" told perhaps, that the pm
; fose IS, 10 lrPri'e Jackson ii the honour
which has been given hlm for the victory
oil Orleans aud that all his other hononr5
he may silIl possess and ENJOY. ! WISH
had mn, cbarlty than nave, gentlemen
but # nad, shnyId sull beheye ~ere 1t
necessary md practicable he would be de
prIypd Of these TO-, | nIrht cnnrp,ip that
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