The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-10-08

. right 10 hire n iarilcr 20 slauder The living
right To pay aworsc than Paapift 10 drag he
fore the world the forgotten aud forgiven iaibles
Of the dead But, ii he thus employed his
wea!ih--ifhe thus converted "ha was mieaded
~ blessing into n cursr--if. Instead OF employ
ing the superiority oihis purse for rhe alle,iaton
OF human misery. ne employed ito scatter poi
SON through the country exciting passions aud
stllies--mangiing eharaolcrs---ru,nlng repua-
aons--aud penetrating eve" into tue tomb Tor
victims lor the unholy alud al faelion--we leave
t"nh the world To say whether he does MOI mole
deserve its execrations even than the ureiches
whom he may have pensioned Without his atd,
III he prefer that word TO slsicaaace) the hapies
ofthe Columbian Observer night have b enpow-
erless--ther yenom A malice mg hi indeed have
rsnNled in tteir own hearls nnui they iestoted,
but they could not have sent them to other men 5
hesilhs aud demonstrating down the bonds OF
peace and confidence. and eAeltng feelings cor
responding with then own hendlsh dispositions
II they had uttered ialsehoods, their falsehoods
| might have persisted where they originated II
me, had made malicious charges, then muliee
might have been confined 10 their own bosomS.
OF al least To the contracted society which they
conta minated. They, and ibci, malice. and
| their falsehoods mgHt all hive gone down, NJ
noticed aGd unknown.
| TO tao ge .Hlst from whence they sprung ~
But Eaton furnished thcm with icings-lf his
| b'ihed slanderers noinlcd die arrow. il was he
who aimed II aud gave il impulse II they de
| iained me living II was he who guided lheir pen
Ill heg invaded the sancluar, of the iolnb, il
was ne VINO conducted them 10 the place OF sac
| 'ilese. Wesay again, he had the abstract right
T. do all ths--aye morc--if more of evil could
| be suggested by lemoniac ingenuity or Pc petra
| TEDDY dempnlac malice. But, he must sutjecl him
self To the judgment mich awaits "A vicious exer-
| rs an abstract right. lie has done il al III,
| peril of his lame--and, with the consequence,
'taing HIM IN the face he has not hcSitatcd IL
srow 1t. However he may now bc buoycd up
| = the unnatural excitement which party spirit
as created, the day ofcalm consideration and
! II reckoning will come--nud he will find his pro.
per level
II is disingenuous in Nj. Eaton 10 attempt TO
clothe this Transaction with "A character totally
foreign TO it. lie kaoWs II was not compassion
for his agents, {~ho were almost by his own al
mission total strangers TO him) which led him to
advance them fifteen hundred dollars, aIlho' he
SO insnnales for, lift had been, the outpour.
ingS OF his chaIny would not have ceased, iolien
They could no longer aid him and his master /,
Il was, to all mtents aud purposes, a ricioiu
| compact daily stipend for daily SANDER The
Senator may be as wealthy as Crnsus Tor aughi
We know: but even though he be, we think he
may find worthier objects, aye, enough ofthen
TOO, nearer his own door, upon whom 10 be-
stow his charities than such vile tradacors ~
stephen Simpson aud DuT Grcen,--men, who
could never have risen iuto notice II the tang
| had not been out OF joint