Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-15
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U,ssrs Editors--I have observed in your
pnper, with pain and pleasure, the course pur
sued nv Gen jackson and his cabinet In the
almos, universal prescription Of the officers OF
Governments -irom the hghesiio the lowest
II is with pain, say, that ] find men of uD,m'
peachable moral aud political integriiy-men
Of t1peTicnce W DO have displayed great ability
IN the discharge oftbe duties OF Ihe,r various
functions, men some of whom, have possessed
the unshaLen confidence of all our Presidents,
now hurled out ofoilice almost Unfortunately,
aud without ceremony. But, gentlemen, on the
other hand, this modification Is measrrably
etunterbalanced by the. pleasure which l. en-
oy In anticipating the total destruction al The
fntnre popularity Of tion. Jackson.-And 10
such the port,nii of the character Of Gen. jack
son, as exhibited 10 MS by his friends Were
we not told. that his heart, MS a mirror, rcneo-
ted true noblcness. generous sympathes, and
benevole charity But where u all this
sympathy this nobirness OF feeling-and
this characteristic charity ! need not cite
YOU the cases Of Wbpple Slade, L. many 9th.
ers--theTe YOU will fluid this good--this KIND
heart Of Gen. Jacksons most ungnanimously
displayed.
Surely. his former most jealous friends can
not but admit. that such conduc, proves no
thing but the want of magnanimiiy that il
proves unequivocally the malicious, ungovcrn.
able, revengefuI and impiacable character OF
bis heart aud temper Why Is II, that Gen.
Jackson differs in this respect so materially
from every other President we have had Why
is il that he turns deaf ear TO the cries Of jus
tice Did " Arlington. Adams, Jefferson, Mad
ison or Monroe act thus during any stage OF
their several administrations No They
possessed too much lofty patriotism, they had
TOO much good feeling and too much good
sense..-They would have scorned the idea Of
descending to the pi'iiul empioyment--to theEe-
iestable a. duty" of disciiarging from office
every lille Posi- Master, Deputy Post MaxSr,
Deputy CLERK. Deputy Collector. and Deputy
Snrpcuor. How disgusting how contempii.
BILE how ulfling 1, For the only gralifca-
ton of appeasing an enmity. produced by the
feeble opposition of these uninluen,lal officers
Of the general government, TO the election oil
Gen. Jackson TO the Presidency for this trea
sonabi, ofIence--because they presumed to ex-
press n preference for MI. Adams--they are
10 be kicked out Of office TO make room for
their interiors in point Of ability and expert
encc IL is true, Messrs. Editors, tina, am
one of these little Post Mnsters-asd | have
been looking for several weeks for orders ioi |
mn removal from Office, TO make room for
somebody else. Deeply sympbathising with my |
contemporaries. who have been so unfortunate |
as TO receive the indignant frowns OF the Gen.
eral, how long it will be before shall share |
similar fate, God only knows. ! opposed his
er cton with all my power-l used all my Ell |
forts, urged and enforced, in variety oil ways.
10 annfnate his cause.-the cause OF IA man
devoid of the requiaie inients--whose temper |
is irascible and irregular-and whose heart
knows no mercy, Thus having entered by
most jealous and unqualified protest. tbe e.
lection Of Gen. Jackson TO the Presidency, II
would be useless TO make any other calculation
than that Of removal from Office.
And Messrs Editors, will you not agree with
me-will not every friend Of Gen. Jackson
agree vii IN me---that his course since ne has
been President, is emnenlly derogatory TO The
dignity Of the station which he fills That u Is
calc ulated to produce no other feeling, than
that Of disgust and contempt, for Uho would
no, look upon the President Of the United
States with such feeling, when he IS tosnd to
descend from his lofty station TO mng'e IN such
nifing and pitifd maltersf irepeat--deter-
mined to show has resentment ior the wrongs
and injuries which he thinks ne mas IN some
measure sustained, Gen. Jackson thus descends
TO prescribe en- mdsse, the oihcers OF me zen.
Government Its certainly a most "porteo-
tons phenomenon, /" that man of Gen. Jack
sons characler-tnat Il man Of his personal re-
ssarch---of his protound nbility---that man OF
his nn,onperi,p, iHimOpabie, inlmlHnble prjnci-
pies-nics feelings high sense of honor, and
every thing else of the kind, that is good and
great, as his friends formerly declared him 10 De-
should, in this manner, render himself so com
pletely exeeptlonsble, so eminently obnoxious
TO every principle Of justice, aud SO PLAINLY we
object Of perfecl derision to almost every man
within the United States, Messrs' Ed'ors, l