The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-11-02
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n,cn IN ,he city of New York, a few
Az .gn, of lingering disease, called Pc
e.:: inability, CORAM'S CHAM
SIAN. nInNn newspaper deseryedly renown
- ras ;,s impudent disregard of truth, ana
Gu W J.c,,red hostility to decency. lis
h,th can be accounted tor only py III.
sct that monsters will sometimes DE o'eo
f.om the foul exhaations oil quagm''ts'
T.. life. being marked with the chafac'e-
900 we nave ment;oned,( Ia devotedness
.'arror and a wllrui adherence to vulgar
Az ans one of ibulence, and conse-
"5n of some distinction It's death
a. violent as it could be made by
''rsnye disappointed in its object, and
=, liz. which had found itself lnpntent
~ the last degree. 1t was Indebted Tor It's /
.,;stence TO those accomplished dc'ou-
.Ss,,. Mr.. Weaver and Mr.. Feich--the
s,rn.r an officer of the United States VA
,y If whom we never heard, IN the hour
oIdanrerand the da, of battle, but OF
,hom we did hear when war ceased, ana
when he found IT convenient 10 cover
with the honored flag of his country, ah
illegal traffic. We did hear OF hun when
the indignant voice Of his messmates--ol
those who had fought under the stars ana
.trines which he had dig aced, pronounced
hi. expulsion from their ranks. we mao
heard 700. of the Reverend Cheeser telch,
who had been every thing by turns ana
nothing ong."-We had heard that ne
v.sa peyilrr of Madison aud Jefferson at
that go my period when traitors "itnn
and tnes without had well nigh levelled
IN the dust the institutions of oar country
--he was afterwards preacher, but whe-
iher he preached the pure and peaceable
doctrines of the Gospel, or made the pull
pit the medium of political dennnciat'ons'
after the manner Of Parish, Oseood, &c
is for himself to say and for hImstn &c
answer. He then became Chaplain 'i
the United States Navy. He who had
done every thing in his power to heal
contempt on the American character
sought an asvlum from starvation among
that gallant band who bore their thunder'
onesery sea, and carried the strlpet'
bunting" in triumph on the mountain
wave" From this office, which he oush
never to have been permitted TO assume
he has been dismissed. He was Though
unworthy to i" mend the morals" OF thos
entrusted TO his spiritual charge, and ~
vas consequently deprived OF TINT mean
Of support. Such were the men WI
presided at the birth 0f CorGms Chdm
pom" and, from such auspices, what Ma
We to expect !? Their banting was neces
saly the fac simiie If themselves ane
asa necessary consequence, scarcely 81
moons bad waxed and waned, when
gave up the ghost. No lamentations "er
heard at its death bed, & no mourners TO
lowed it to the tomb. Its conduct through
ont life bad efectually deferred honest
decent men from exhibiting any in,ere
IN It's fate, and even those VINO hau in'use
Into it the vital spark, and preserved
for six months, in lingering and al'no
death like condition, were ashamed 10
VOW their connection with the detun'
and permitted it TO 60 down
To the vile dust from whence il sprung,
Unwem, unhonor'd and unsung'
The Champion" possessed more OF I
kaips Of infancy than one. Its men'
wprs we're contracted and feeble, n
'Nphysical ex.rtions weak and harmle
sepmed, from the hour of its bll
a VI hat of its death. to have had in VII
cry one object, and that object was
destruction of the Secretary OF the Na'
a twas he who had discovered and puma
\ ed the dishonesty of one and the hypoc
~ y of the other Of its dccoucheurS, and
determined, ifpossiblr, to revenge the
snt, and repair the injury. But, 1t 50
discovered that the Secretary WAS mi
ri loo elevated for ills strength, aud too p'
had 10 be sullied by its defamatnns. 1t qn'c'
>, sEcerned that the public regarded II.
o'se as praise, and it's praise as s'"nd'
aid and, like the snake, which, IN IFS wra
,yaI perceying its inability to wound its ant
pdi 'mst, turIs rpon Itself, and dIlfoses
md p"Isoo throughout It's own system, So I
omit shed CornmS Champion" its
ssngs drinking lis Own blood. IT,
aShtly on is ashes" ye men OF Wi
ps. Minds, for it was your kindred spi
Breathe softly its name, ye who dei'sn
mi Ndnder and defamation, Tor Il Lahore q
- al he same worthy cause .-Requ'escct
aid pdce
sad ,,
.kpts Horatio Seymour has been reelected
slsdl ne Legislature of Vermont, Senate
nsrrss, for six years, from the 81
Nj Alrch next.