The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-03

people Of Charlotte Hl Juaiciary Bdi, deiar
| 1909. e,td ~ The Senate 0.
!" J he election ofGen. the U,ued States, az
Jackson 20 the PresiJ $50.
dcncy is not TO be " | shall vote for
dreaded, as il can, 10 q Gen. Jackson Mt the
no event, possibly oc-," next election, lthoeper
. cur The people off, Else shall be nomrna
q the United States have. ted lie is the first
not yf betogte so cor :" military non IN the
ruTed at choose I" county"
man Of military tai
e1fsto govern the ma.
" honal aonncilsn
II these extracts, connected with The public
record OF JOHN Randolrh'sp l,'icaI carer. DO
MOI assign him in history the fret rank as con-
@aeH' politician as one Who having "A sing lie
purpose ~ view, kept his Eve steadily fixed up.
on II, and al aucrd 10 rs accomp lishmcnt
with noiatering step, BY means which his saga
city tad ioresesn at the outset, then viii histo-
~ ieii--tht truth and Jahn Randolph will
stand form IL posteritv ~ hs trur colors--the
fe'ilei OF DE liying-the dffamer ofthe dead
she champion. ~ sariDus tunes, aud the bptr-y-
/ -, ofe0ciy pariy 10 when he attached hinsei.
.i'eu, without influence eloquent without
ceiling wealthy, without tsspect half alistoc-
rat and half republican -admno ri by lev, loved
ny none, ha'ed by most and dreaded by all.
CoSr " John Hoods - We publish the circum.
sLlncca connected with the execution OF Jobu
Woods, bs Gen JACKSON. 1.-THE execution Of
III, SIX miiinameu At Mobile, was unnecessary.
this deed IS rur' rusabie aud lamps it perpcta-
tor with The character ota a. ck ,rss DESTROYER OF
human life, when no crime had been committed
under sentence OF his creatures selected NV
hlnself, aud directly subjected TO his Influence
ihfJ oTms OF law were INDEED preserved bur its
nun qua was disreg rded. The law prDuouu.
ets JA"'ce, but II IS justice tempered ty discre-
hon--thls act, even ia were j1st wasoYgci and
ponrnays Gen. Jackson as he IS, vndictive sau-
guinary aud reven efiiI Tel us not that the
court nl'rtlal ought 10 bear the blame II is not
so. Why IS the pa,doping pouer vested in a
higher tribunal ifthat tribunal IS neverto eAer-
cise 1t ! is the commanding general mere
stock, to Ie sier the edicts Of ms count lfthis
were SO, the powerto pardon were solemn
mock Ty-a deusive cheat No He could have
pardoned If he woodland, So Slight as the Of
trnc", he should have pardoned Woods But that
would not have been characteristic Of the man
He had tasted human blood and his apnette
for it. Ike thai of the hyena. F." Increased by what
II fed on He had moi yet been gorged aud
therefore II WAS thai he did not step in between
the court and lis victim.
The truth Of the statement cannot be qucs.
toned. II Is testified 10 by men, under thei
own proper signatures, who were witnesses of
the deed and who, residing in Tennessee,
would BE- AFRAID TO defame Gen. Jackson hy
telling an untruth. we only wOndar that they
have moral courage enough 10 face the dagger
and rifle by telling the truth Aud in conf IN.
alton OF their statements we suhloin the TO low.
ing extract OF a letter 10 the Editors o. the Viz
gnan from gentleman residing within a few
miles OF Nashville:
-----~-, March 9. 1923.
" As to politics they run PRETTY high in len
nessee The jackson parry will hardly suffer
man TO think for himself, which fact, have no
doubt keeps silent many who are renlly admin.
gtration men. Still, there is respectable nun
Der IN favor Of the administration.
3" The numbers you see published in the Ken
lucky Reporter, relative to the shooting of John
Woods, at Forl Strother, in the late wal. have
no noubt are correct, rs many my neighbors
have testified to the truth oil IT, whose testimony
cannot be questioned MS they are men OF char
acter aud standing IN society"
u We would enquire of the Anti jackson
Central Committee. why II is that the cores
pondiog COMMITTEE for this county has not yet
been furnished with IFS quota Of the publications
ordered ~ the Richmond Convention2 We
had hoped 20 distribute them at March court.
but we're Disappointed April court IS nov at
hand, and still we hear nothing OF them. Such
delay is ruinous Error is stalking abroad
through the land, and We should be furnished
with weapons 10 combatit.
Congre@.-The proceedings this body. in
detail, tor the last eek. would be for the most
par "A dry and uninteresling record OF unimnor-
tant propositions made aud rejected and of pri-
yate bills ordered T. their FIST, second and third
readings &c.-lhe s uateihas pissed only two
bills OF interest, VIZ the bill for the end wment
oil heny on College in Ohio, granting IL a town
ship ofland, after considerable debate, BY a vote
OF % to l5-and the bill for the relief of the
widow of Gen. Brown House Of Repre-
sentatIVes has followed the example OF the SEN
at noticed in our last paper, by refusing 10 con
AIDE a.rrsoluuon fixing day of Adjournment.
| AIR. J. >. barbcurs resolution reSppctinq Dis
bursting and Account officers has been refer
req to the COMMITTEE Of the whole on The State
al the Cnion,ito steep the sleep Of death--the
pl oper disposition Of all such RS putio,s. which
are me- ely introduced to hang speech on. and
spin 1ut the session The Tariff bill is " drag.
gig as slow len III aIong'-Speech after speech
beng poured on the unwilling ears Of drowsy
h>tcners.-Ne would adInonish these gentle.
men that 1t is time they were 1t hone--aibet
eight dollars day IS what Kit Coseq would cab
" quite comfortable these IRON times
u The anai' por made lis appearance in
Washington few days ago, and alariaed our
sanient ieFszlcfzrs= rr: title. Ee wish /; had
driven them otf--tor, the prople are too poor to
be SO feavliy taxed By that branch of the govern
ment-one-tbnd for speaking, another third for
dozlng, and Another third Tor "matters and
things in general"
~ We shall comply, as soon ms practicable,
with the request of North Carolina correspon.
dent, TO publish the address f the Administra-
hen Convention ofthat Slate--from the pen of
am' CASTOR, Esq.-lt is powerful and lucid
defence OF the principles and policy OF the adj
mlnistration-and, 60 quote the Enqurer)
H0hin'6otl'te. carries the wa, into dfricd.'