The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-25
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From he Baltimore paJrioi

| BLN AHL THE lDES Or MARCH
When The voice Of ali ction warned Cesar
| not 10 venture out he replied, sternly--" Cn-
sar shall torth."-When the Angurrrs said they
would " not have Linn stir forth to-day" he re
piled, The Gods do this in shame Of Coward.
ice When prophecy badc him " beware the
ides of March," he said " lie is a dreamer. u
| And when Friendship presented him schedule
containing the names of his mutdercrs he re-.
fused 10 read i,--nay he permitted his followers
tospnrn the anxious hand that presented it, from
his presence. Had Calphurnas dream the
SoothsaycrS prophecy OF the Schedule If A,tr
| inldorus, been needed had il &" pleased esar TO
| he so goodto Caesar IT'S toaitcnh these oraccs
then the daggers of tasCn and of Blutus whet-
| ted AT the midnight cabal had not been stepped
IN his hearts blood We arc reminded of those
things by publication in the Richmond Wing
Ia warning to bepore TIE ides of March "a
schedule addressed TO the American people by
her Lorer. Whitney not heed the one and
read the other We allnde to the words OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON, spoken TO GOV Coles
of Illinois, the connexiou and intimate friend OF
Mr.. !. and TO one or two others, after the last
Presidential election
Hsaid that dHring long public life, he
had attentireiy watcbed tie progress Of toenfs
IN the United STATES, Wih The particular pieu
Of satisfying hsland, that maakiRd icere coBr-
Peitm 10 seitE0rern8leHt 10 bettsre which, his
principieS inclined han and hnt during has
. Whoie political observation, the Opposition OF
" The american people 10 elect General jackson
q President lO1S the SINGLE Circumstance tUhicb
= hGd shaken ms faith, and made him fear that
The american Republic Wns soon to toiiolp The
- .tate Of all others, and 10 fail under miiitarp
+" rule"
" We do not publish this opinion Of Mr.. JEFF
| terson, says the Wing with the hope or the ex-
| pectntion of proSelytism. We know too much
party spirit aud party feelings TO expect it.
| Fools are never to be conyinccd--the men OF
| sense who support General Jackson, do it in the
| face of facts in defiance ola thousand eviden.
ces of ms untitness, more imposing and over
widening, than can be the opinion Of Thomas
| Jefferson or amy other man. They have gone
too far to recede--or they are too infatuated &c
| change. though one should come from the dca
| But there is numerous class of ncUirGis, who
| have vet come to no decision between Adams
and Jackson. Is not Mr. Jefferson opinion en-
titled 10 weight aud consideration with them
Did not his information embrace the history o
tue whole human family Was not his exne
riencc and observation, the longest the closest
the most profound ond philosophical Of any whs
has taken an interest in the dcstiuies of on
| country : Will any doubt his devotion to hi
country and to human liberty every where
Was not he the great apostle of Repubcanism
Mr.. Jefferson respected Gen jackson for h
personal merits, and honored him for his publ,
services yet did he think aud say. and al
time when he NO longer had any pei sonal interes
how the affairs of the United States were man
aged, that he riewea The prospect Of has election
to the Presidency, as a bad omen for the durabiH
fggf The RepHbtic-as evidence that the Ameri
can people, like their Republican predecessor
IN Europe were ready TO run after militdrl
leader, and surrender their liberties to the frs
aspiring military chieftain who could dazz
them With the lustre OF glory. He had no ap
prehcusion that Gen. Jackson entertained view
against the liberty of his country--but II was III
Precedenf--thc popular disposition that wishe'
To give that reward to military chieftain, whic
can only be deserved by great civil talents lon
experience and tried integrity tie was unabl
to comprehend, how beating the British In tw
hours battle, at New Orleans, could qualify
man for the most arduous civil duties i'll til
world"