The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-07-10

r'fins 5"tH r'sn .pr 'aa ~. a=.se ID - 30
OF ms country IS gully Of treason 10 the resnb
hcan party Of which 1t profe.sc3 10 b. +, chief
pfoh-and, still worse, TO thu country which bas
uourished il, and literally nafe It's 6r.t praprie-
tor wealthy. The questions are-Has Gen.
jackson IN 1924, so profoundly ignorant as not
10 be able to interptet the paiu expressions Of
one law , Here ms " ideas so pl5rsIy ,riIii5ry
that he would have transmitted a traitor into n
spy. aud punished treason not hy 4 evil court
but by a conr marital - Rouid he. - in aefeat
crisis have converted the whole country INTO
me glcat camp, aud have reduced every thirg
under martial law = Did Gen jackson c.,nco
a want of - republican feelings aud manifest
a disregard Of "rspubHcaa' prinepcsi II
these questions be answered negatively. then the
Enquirer daringy slandered him If they he
answered apfrmuiipey, then by lending him
rs aid in procuring office which would i'm
! pose on him the necessity Of interpreting aH
the laws of the land aud which wnult Five
him the power thus TO violate the constitution
the laws, and the rights Of the ctizrn, ten4inc
inevitably to he subversion Of our fec govern.
mrnt, the Enquirer Is obnoxious 10 the alterna.
tive charge ol deficiency of patriotism, want Of
reverence for the sacred bond of our Union, aud
gioss disregard of personal rights
But again-ln the Enquirer Of Oct IA, 1924,
we find the following paragraph
" We cannot consent to lend helping hand
" 10 the election of sucl man as ecu. Jackson
| IT. IS loo title Ola sta,csmnt--ioo rush loo
" rioien IN ms temper MS measures loo much
3 meiinedto arbitrary gorcramcm 10 Obtain the
" humbie suppod ofthe Editors Of ms paptr.-
"WE WOULD ntPRECATE Ills ELEC-
"TlON As A CURSE UPON THE COuN-
" TRY."!9
| Here, again, we SEE the harshcst terms, laid
DOWN in the most emphatic s'ye 10 show the
world the strong aud conclusive reasons which
justified the Enqurcr's opposition to Gen Jaclt-
sons election. Let us again put this selfm-
porfant print to the question IN 1921. uas
Gen Jackson too little of statesman to per-
form the duties oflhp Chief Magistracv Has
he I" too rash, too violent in his temper" To be
entrusted with the conduct of affairs J Has he
" too much inclined to ARBITRARY GOVERN
| VENT" (eading directly 10 the prostration of
our free INSTITUTIONS, aud as surely ending in
the lioentiousnrsS aud laweSs fury of the mob
or in an overshalowing military despotsm,) TO
be placed in a situation where this inclination
might find scope or acton-and where it would
mect with rea " hears to Justify it, aud willing
hands TO carry it out TO practical results In
I'm WoUH the Enquirer. MS II Soomny declar-
ed. have deprecated GEN .Iartyon's election as
a CURSE UPON TUE COUNTRY -? Were
these, we repeat, the sober, serious sentiments
ofthe Enquirer, formed on a minute investga-
lion Of the Generals character, temper and qeat
! ifcaiions, and upon fair and candid compa.
rson Of his political principles las they bad
been Developed with the standard furnished
by the father of the Republic ia her first and
purest DAYS. sanctioned aud approved by the
common and patriotism Of their descend
ants Ifthese questions lac answered nHrnn.
HreiV then is the Enquirer aiming 10 effect
an object which by its own showing, it s the
duty OF every good man--of every patriot Of
every one who values his own aud his children
freedom from the q CURSE' Of an " 1RBE
TR4RY OVERNMENT"-touse every ex.
ertion aud strain every nerve TO agert.--If they
be answered negatively, then the Enquirer did
az ain vilcly SANDER and defame Gen. Jackson
We may safely aver that. not one OF the pres
sHi oppout,,is Of Gen. Jackson has gone So Ear
in his opposition to him as to apply 10 him
langnage 50 harsh as is contained IN the above
extracts from the Enquirer Of 524 True, We
have charged him with ignorance but we have
never yet said thai he was unable 10 interpret
the plain meaning OF a single law We have
objected IN his " purely military character
vet we have never said thar he 1r0Hd " trans.
mu,s traitor into a spy or that he would
transfer tue duties of our civil courts 10
his lavorle system of " courls-martiai'
We have said, that he has unnrcessuri-
" stretched his powers, to the oppression
.ot individuals, and in violation of their
constitutional and legal rights vet, We
rave never limited that there was danger OF
his " converting the whole country into one
great camp. We have viewed with abhor-
renee aud have expressed our Indignation a
his unconstitutional defiance o Judicial aulho-
rty. and his tyrannical incarceration of Jndg-
rs and Attorneys; vet we have neeer drea-
ded, that, if elected President, he would
reduce almost every thing under martial law
We knew him TO be rash and violent in his
temper, and arbitrary in his conduct, and
have so spoken of him but wa have never
charged him With an d" inclination To arbiira.
m sorernnert.' We sincerely dtliere that his
election would prove a curse, blighGng, des-
olatins " curse upon the country yet we
have been taught even this word by the En-
quirer--thai same Enquirer which now exiols
this arbitrarily inclined man, as pure Re-