The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-09-01
Pog.gglGh
rom tie Nashville Raaaef
10 THE pIiRitC.

I
DENLY hoped. hat the I'M which threw out in
the conclusion Of my address to ueneia Jark
san, Would haye brcu suiiicrn,--ifa regard 10
decotum and common eishty we're noi--.io lie.
Ter Ms parii2ans from prtsrycrng an the ehurf,
Of intolerance and pc' sonHl abuse, whhsl has II
late been 50 pre- airnt " th them. ! bad hoped
Al least, thai | sbonld have breu spared thr i'm
pleasant Task oi again appealing to my icaw-
elnznns, ~ Il manner 80 nnrnngeninl with my
ha rs aud feelings Lei il be remembered, TIM
have unIfofmly acted IN this matter ~ self
defence. | vas drawn oui ~ the firsi insiRico
hV u most Wanton. unprosoked, aud unusiiha.
BILE attack an III, character An assertion 10.
tall, destitute ,ftruth, that bad secretly aided
aud conniVed n, the exhibition ol certain hnoks
aud papers deposited in the Nashville Bank
while, as president % ihH ns,nnton. ostensl.
bly, refused permission IT, examine hem, rnqni
I'D Of me n prompt and emphatic denial In
making thai denial, | ens naturally led into an
Investigation Of H- circumstances with which
thc charge Mas r0nuotaad, mud was compelled 10
teier 20 the probable motives which had prompts
cd % So hase an attack. II h well known. IN
.tns community. ihRt although have bern deci-
Died in my attachment 90 the present ndministra-
tlon and neqoIvocallyeoppostd 10 the election
al General Jackson, always treated TINT gen.
ueman with respect and manifested no disposi-
ton 10 ialSr an part in the public Investigate ION
Of his meats and qualifications, until, IN the at
tempi 10 defend him against the attacks of 9th.
ers, bis imprudrnt mud impairment advocates
b. ought my name before lie public IN conuee-
ton With a scandnous and unioanaed impuia.
hnn. could no longer remain sicnt and II ~
the course ofnn investigation grosin on Of he
siodcation oi myself against such unmerfd n.
hnse was the means offislng, more l,rmy. II
not ndelibly, upon General Jackson the chaiar,
ter OF Aegf1 trddcr tins result is attributable
entirely 20 the folly and malignity OF his agents
aud pariizang Il viii be recolecird too, thai
IN my address TO Gen. Jackson, Which has exct
ted 50 much perturbation and alarm IN The camp,
made 40 other charge against him han such
as necessarily grew ort of his own declarations
and admission, laid before tie public by his al,
vocaies as the grounds of his defence. stated
no facts ms of my own knowledge. introduced
no testimony hut such as had been previously
offered bv his own iavorlie print. The prom
SIS upon which reasoned WIRE all his own,
aud if my deductions we're unfair, or INV c0ncln.
slnns incorrect, an appeal 10 the sound under
standings Of the community would surely have
heen sufficient to rciute and overthrow thems
Instead however. of meeting NE in the fair field
OF argument, aud undertaking 20 demonstrate
the sophisry of my reasoning or the utility Of
my infercncrs, certain pgrt1aus Of the General
fell upon me again with their usual Weapon vu-
CUR scuirilous abusc They began, IN the very
next Republican, OF July 18Th by insolenily ac.
ruslug me nf having initiated the well known ex-
ample Of then heru, and merely signed an article
prepared by some other writer They proceed
ed in their ordinary style, 10 assert, that " the
enmity Of Dr.. NNary 10 General Jackson is oil
a lsind that never sleeps the result ofiancorons
enry and 81 deep aud deadly hatred, worm
Thai never dies, &c Afer some further 70
marks. they Introduced, IN refcrrnee TO my nd
dies. 10 Gen. jackson, the following dieii6ed
aud elegant sentences,
" Well may ihe 0SS thrust his heels into the
flce OF the sei Inn We'll may the fop venture
IN the den Of lhr aoJle animal and btpnier him
nth mn, when Ia. sees hun mutsied ami pm
foard doiea securely. But ioi this III, 81
WHO now 80 viley abuse him, Douid rs SION IN.
counter TIE LIGHTNING or HEAVEN As
I'LL INDIGNANT FLASHING OF HI
t.NE No NAV knows better than Boyd NJ
Many what II is 10 quail aud ciwef when ihf
rod IS hed. aud TO creep forth with squirting
caution whrn the Christening power is with
drawn. AMI shall TIE tetizen 81 Tennessee,
! THE protector 81 orr frontiers, lie defender
Of the emporium ofihc west, The gteat b'ne-
! In tor al the nation be thus scohrd nj and abu-
sed toiit jppp1pig I'
Such IS the style of iusolencc, vulgariy, aud
! blnsphery IL ,ohrch WIS assalled bya pubic
print, Whose nominal conductors are far ben'aih
my personal notice Without making the sll{ hi-
esf fort 10 sustain the charge which had called
M forth, and which had emphalieally PRO.
nonnccd UNANIMOUSLY false :" without attempt
| ! 2 to rcfuie any Of my reasoning, az 10 ~
/ move from their master the imputatlon oi negro
/ i,uiiiI~ which had demonstrated, frnm his own
! admissions. 10 belong To him, they merely POM
/ ont anew the vials of their abuse against n" aud
o1tr mp the incense of their ldoWtV 10 H." " 2fk
| bOp,' whom, notwithstanding all lus h'mili's
aud fettcls they siiil adore Was vera more
scnndaous paragraph contained n a nr" sp"pef
OF tDlernble respcctabiluy IL civilized ccnun.
ny, than that just qnoird 1he Indignant
+ flushing Of dHirew Jackson eye Is blas plemons
+ " represented as no less awful aud telfhC than
he HghNiug NJ IIearep Aud Is il CONE 10 this
that irceb1rp eiuzrns Of Tennessee are 10 be
held up To the world rs trembling al the glance
OF Andrew Iackson'5 eyel Shall we calmly
submit 10 he nsultuglv told, that we would 90 u,
soon enconnter' the power of the Omnip"'ent
Jehovah hinselfas the utath Of man whom
we all know too well 10 ia down nnd worship
VIII public sentiment, even ~ Nashville, tuler
ate the IDEA of comparing Gen, jackson TO The
+ Ruler ofthc universe, aud the flashing ri his Cy'
To the lightning OF Heaven
! But why is the hon sad 10 be sick ? BY wha
means has he been muzzled aud pinionet
down securely - Is he not rather represcntet
by his friends rs IN the full vieor ofhis strength
flushed with past snccess, aud elastic with hopt
at his brilliant prospects is hr not supposed
IN be armed with the directions Of y grateful na
ton, ncryrd with the tesstless energy OF con
sclous worth and uurlaed popularity VIII,
then are we shangely told. that the nobie mn
Hloi is PROSTATE aud bclplcss--unable even II
protect himself ag ins the heels Of the a>s, o
10 avoid thr thh of The cautious but insolen
fox7 Is TIE citizen of genneesee--in com
parison to hom all other citizruS srem 10 10
/ considered noihng-reaiy deprived Of hl
strength and fcitcrcd down, the PROSTATE an'
feeble victims ofhs prosecuting foes lfso IA.
what disease has he thus been uunerved h
whit powerful fetters is he thus restrained !
Il meant to insnuate that heis bound by In
dread OF public opinion, and is exhibited by IN
keepers, with his mnzzie and piuIons in IN
euse Of a harmless idtok, gentle, iorbearlng, an