The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-27
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Vt has been commended by the par,;zans n,
zen Jtesson and admitted by his opponents,
'aat ms true character is not kno wn 10 tn.
American people. The difference between HE
'flenrs aud his opponents, is that the former con.
s,ler II nnder-ratcd, and the latter believe il tn
be exfo'led ov'r much. 1t has been the studied
eh'rt Of his friends TO conceal, DENY or pall,ats
any portion OF his conduct, which might have A
tendency TO inflict a wound on a rcnutstion
winch the possessor seems TO prize in propor.
Ton to his consciousness of its Inability to assault.
Gen. Jackson has boosted, and still boasts. that
he's above cnncealment that, even any thought
which he entertained, might be laid bare belora
the American people. He should have reflect.
I'd, when he pompousiy announced this sen,i.
'nen'' that there we're some things, in which he
hsd been a chief actor, which he dnrtd not az
n Va'"eh hs preferment, OF even his name for
Common honesty, permit to be divuleed. This
SINGLE fact, fit be true, as we shall presently
demonstrate il to be, is sufficient to show that il
tn General has been denounced for crimes az
which he wos not guilty., he has also ESCAPED
censure for others which should damn hlm IN tba
estimation Of every man.
II affords Us no pleasure to lay before our rea,
defS the lac's Contained in the subjoined docu.
mems. Vie are v willing 10 say. hat, in a great
measure, Gen. Jarkson's fa,ue 5 the ploperty OF
he nation, and should not be wantonly sssailed.
he Welfare OF ihe people, however, is the ST.
premr law, before which the deed of any man.
however conspicuous he may be, or toweyer
patriotic his conduct, sink INTO in>ignlfcance.
Ahe public cannon have forgotten the ,harge
some Uine since made against Gen. Jackson by
the son and spn-in-lnw Of Gov. Shelby. of Ken
lucky on the authority OF that veteran himself,
vi an attempt TO defrand the government of the
chiled States, whose commissioner he was, by
ehae"voring 10 lake from il the pre-empiye
right TO large bodies of land, aud 70 give an abb
soiu'e title to II 10 private snecuiators, with
whom he was concerned. and who verp to d.
fiue WIN 'lim the profits Of the speculation. no
sooner had this charge been made than the
Nashville Republican denied its CORRECTNESS. and
attempted TO sustain its denial bv the evidenced O
one William B. Lewis. The effect, Of course
was, to throw an inputation on the ~veracily of
Gov. Shelby, OF oil those who had promulgated
what were said to be his sentiments. These
publications., it is said and believed. contained
Zen. Jackson's own Yiews-as il has been salts
iactorilY established that the Nashville Kepub-
1can never speaks but "by the card, lest it
should undo itself by equiyocation."-It so hap
pens, however, thai there is one man living,
l'amcS J~aeksnn) who knows thst Gov. Shelby
stated the truth that Gen. jackson did attempt
10 heifind the government, whist he was its a
se"'~-dha mat he vas one OF The company who
was TO profit by the fraud. Let it not be said
mat the testimony Of this Individual uouid be
OIL no avail, because the fact would prove him as
ah"oi'hy as the man whom i, would implicate.
ouch IS not the case. As is verv happily re-
marked, by Jesse Benton, what was proper IN
James Jackson, as a private man and a known
al" DOM Spectator. was highly criminal in An
ote" Jackson, a commissioner of the United
o'a'es, and sworn TO perform The duties OF his
ofhce with an eye single to the advantage ofihe
government. We assert, unequivocally, that
the transaction Is the basest re otded in our his
oofs-and that, il alter a islr aud unpleiudse'