The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-07-14
The VBfsGTNEAN.
LyNCHRURG, JULYiA 1928.


The erccrdion ofyotn Goods.--1h Nodf'H
HtpHLiscan.-Nc ARE compelled 10 alidde TO thi'
Transaction more frequently than we are inclin
ed 10 do, by the zeal with which Geo. Jackson
Ed,iois in Nashville, or SOME one of the MANY
writers who stand at his elbow, and WHO act i,
that capacity attempt to defend it, aud the intol
Grant spirit exhibited whenever the act is stig
mafized. as ii deserves 10 be, as an unnecessary
and Jarbarous sacrifice of human life. Such
we verify believe it 10 be, from all the evidence
exhibited in relation to the matter by both par
the editors, de tacfo OF de Jure, OF the Nashville
Republican happen TO think differently. They
may believe that the execution of boy Of eigh-
teen, who was arrested and tried SOtefy Tor u.s.
ing an imprudtut expression to ups'art En-
sign, who had tSurpef the right of giving him
orders, which went TO deprive him of privilege
! Immediately before granted 10 him by his pro
per commanding officer is all perfectly correct
aye, even that 1t IS Humane But, while we
shall not deny their right 10 bell Ye that cloud
is whale. we musl be permitted 10 question the
identity OF the two Aud. really We can see a;
strong resemblance between cloud aud a
Whale, as between the tnfing pecadiil,, for
which john Woods was shot, s'D' under the
forms OF law, but 40 violation Of It's spird,) aud
the foul crimes " hich have since been ALLEGED
against hun in Justification of the deed
! BE are honored with due share Of the no
lice Of The Nashville edi'ors--principaIly, it ap-
pears, accoun, Of the letters which We have,
from time to time, received from that town and
published containing unpslaable truths
more unpalatable, it would seem, than they
would otherwise be, from the vicinity OF their
writer's To the Hermitage, and their consequent
claim 10 some tnowisdge Of Gen. Jackson's char-
seter and qualifications, well as Of the events
which pass almost under their eyes. We be-
seech the editor ofthr Republican, both before
| and behind the curtain, to keep cool until the e.
lection IS over. The result will furnish food t
uough for their cholcrc temperaments TO justify
a few months previous moderation. Besides
| their anger leads thcm into contradictions For
| ffhry were sincere, some werks ago in the
lonbt they oppressed whether or not the letter
| we published as from Nashville. vas written in
1 that place that doubt throws suspicion over the
| truth OF their subsequent assertion that the
" Lyuchbug gheioian' Is furnished by " Sc
cfet mandatory" in Nashville d" with the most
infamous letters that malice and c"lumny ever
ushcred TO the world" We cry you mercy
Messrs. Hall, Fitzgerald, Eaton, Lee aud Banks
-tevery body IN Virgin kpoWs Harry Baaks)
We have never published letter from Nash.
vile, written to ourselves filed with either malice
or caumny The letter said to be quoted from
this paper, extracted from the Litery Ga
det," (though we Tecoect nothing of its APP
pearius in our columnsl NAV be so filled, for
sugt we know. We are only responsible for
the truth ofwhat we publish f;om oar CORES.
pondents and. entertaining the highest conf
dence in their yeracly aud toaor, we shall be-
Iieve that what they have seld IS true, not"ith-
standing the assertion otthe Republican to the
contrary. For although that paper Is bold
nough in charging our correspondents with ma
licious aud caumniaiing purposes, At aas never
yet cordcscended 10 pdrtictdarise wherein they
have manifested such a bad feeling and such
want of principle. This is \ DEPRESSION, iGto
which we had no design Of being led but, a, It
settles another matter with the Republican. 1t
may not be amlSs where lis. Let us return 10
the case of Woods.
. . ats-.lii lin,
rest the question on the abstract justice and
propIielv OF his execution Why has It not
done so ; Why, in defending the execution
heretofore, has il not confined iiarlfto the urt
shot ? Why has il gone much further, ard
alluded 10 previous offences, alleged TO have
been committed by Woods before md after
he entered the army Did this look like
strecl propriety and justice of the execution
! Or did il not rather SAVIOR of disposition to
drag in irrelevant circumstances, calculated by
exciting disgust a gainst the character OF Woods,
to weaken the Conmisseraton fthe public for
! his fate, aud thereby 10 divert the minds of The
people from an Investigation into Me justice
and propriety of his ertcufion ?" The Re
publican knows well enough that il man be
murdered either with or without the forms
and sanctions ofIaw, the degree 10 which
public sympathy will be excited for his fate
and the consequent indignation which viii be
felt against his murderer, will depend. not so
/ much on the act which led Immediately ia the
commission Of the murder itself, as 10 the cha
rac,er which the murdered man had previously
sustained, and the consequent estimation in
which he had been held by the community
TO whom no WINS known. II, therefore, be
came early an object OF Importance with
those entrusted with the duty of defending
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