Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-09-01

mankind may be made to think, in regard to
the latter, by skilful employment of the former,
In any way which an able and dcxterous em-
| ployer OF language may choose or may find to
| suit his interest. Or it has been attending or
the Courts of Kings him elf. in high diploma
tic stations than which we do believe there is
no more unfit preparation possible for the func-
| tons Of Chief Ma Jistratc of this Union. There
| is too much pliability Of principle, or artifice
and craft, neces 'ary in that employment, which
had better not be acquired by man destined to
be republican magistrate Of high station at a
iutuie day. Mr.. Jefferson was so employed at
| very extraordinary period, between the sue
ccssiul end OF the American, and the com
| menccment of the French Revolution. Then.
| and then only simplicity and sincerity were for
while IN fashion about Courts, and the accu-
rate Sciences at least such as treat OF things
| and actions, instead of words and rhetoric,
were III the most esteem. Yet, hereafter, not
outstanding that example, the American poo
| pie will certainly be disposed to consider such
| preparation III an uniavourabc light as they
can see nothing to compensate for the long Sc
paration from American society, and conse-
quent ignorance of American character, feel
lngs, wants, and wishes. OF what mighty va
| hue after all is an extraordinary readiness and
| clevcrness in drafting formal diplomatic papersl
Could Washington have stamped, and circulat-
ed the bullion of his precious intellect, among
| his fellow citizens of every occupation and Cir
cumstance, from the Governor of State down
to common farmer, or soldier in the ranks,
| the better for having himself received such a
framing in foreign courts Is there not dam
| ger IN such a career of the mind becoming tain
ted with aristocratic pride, even though the
| manners, from stubbornncss Of temperament,
are altogether insusccptible of being fashioned
accordingly. May not Republican Chief
Magistrate, who has spent his life among the
| mobiles of Europe, have his taste and judgment
vitiated SO far as to prefer pomp with empti-
ness to simplicity and solidity May not his
mind gradually and imperceptibly lose the pow
or of discriminating between frugaity from
slender means, and vulgarty from want. of
taste and ignorance and poverty combined
Would not all the members of his family soon
| learn to treat with disdain every visitor whom
| they knew not to be rich enough to make that
display which their vtiated taste might require!
Would not that alone be sufficient to disqualify
| HIM for filling high station in free and equal
Commonwealth! A disdainful intolerance of
civil equality is faint too often received about
courts which keep too much OF the sterling
worth of the nation aloof from republican ma
glstrate, whom it envrons with ceremony, and
idle pomp, and useless luxury, the affectatibn of
grandeur
Gen. Jackson they say. is not sufficiently
above the level OF ordinary men," torso high
| station. That to us is strong recommends
ton, when we are otherwise sure of the qualif-
| cations requisite. We like humility and cour-
tcsy in Republican Magistrates. We are lit
| tie apprehensive of the consequences likely TO
arise from extreme funess of mind, and abb
sence ofall previous distinction, which produces
too eager avidity Tor renown. Such Presi-
i dent will be likely TO &C stir more than he can
settle" One who is afraid of losing fame al
ready acquired, will, in our opinion, be safer
| And the fact ofthis distinction being as SOL
dier, gives us no alarm while we recoIlect that
Washington, when made President in 1889,
gave the Department of War to one, and that
OF the Treasury to another, K" distinguished
soldier"
The "happy victory OF New Orleans" is spo-
ken Of by them, as if it had been an event
similar to the finding Of a silver mine alto
gethcr an accident. A mine was inded discov-
cred then, which we trust there is no dispos..
ton to abandon until it has yielded much more
profit to the nation We view that victory a.
the result of combination of powerful anc
| asciul qualities of the mind, displayed il
action, not in speech or writing. 1t was
not shlyering answer i'm fewer word:
than the argument, but shivering blow given
| by much weaker arm directed by a power
| ful head There was philippe indeed which
laid Philip PROSTATE That was the necessary
supplement to the treaty of Client, without
which it had been worse than insignificant; for
the debate upon its ratification, while New Or
leans was still in possession of the enemy,
would have both divided the Union, and con-
tinucd the war. Such "a signal brilliant VIC
tory is Il sufficient claim" The issue will
prove it to be SO, in fact, whatever may be now
said in theory. 1t has created vcneration
for General Jackson it has sndeared him to
every Militia man in the Union who has the
| head to understand the full extent Of his own
liabilities, and the heart to feel proper alacri-
| ty for fulfilling them. Enlightened men, who
| revere Mr.. Adams, take up General jackson,
nevertheless, to get rid of sophisms and CHI
canery which the former tolerates The Won
derful events of that illumined period which
! first made General Jackson conspicuous by his
own light, satisfy them beyond all question of
the superior qualifications Of the man for the
place of Chief Magistrate of this Union. Those
events are either miracles worked through a
select instrument, or they afford incontroverti-
bic evidence of genius and judgment, prompti-
tudc and decision, rejecting and combining
powers fmind, foresight and prudence, pecu-
liar turn for republican command and able dis
elimination in the selection Of agents, which
make us wish for the elevation Of the man
possessing them whose sincere and ardent re-
publicanism has never yet been disputed Tha,
the existence of such extraordinary powers OF