Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-11
Prose- RfTroS !,

e' were me Affairs OF any people eonsa,J
10 she standardization OF such viodicli ya
Is the people of the United States, in a men
OF oe'unon. unfortunately select, d to mi.
them. We make this assertion delib.,.,.,.. "
ea"'e we believe it TO be strictly ,rne. w.t-,
i'ese that they we're moi strained bv 60,
derat'ons holly Of personal charsc,s, :,
would not only deprive man of ofice WIZ
fured to dissent from them in opinion h,,,
they would also incarcerae him in a d,,..
or shed his blood. II is the same spjrn ,,s,
dictates boih-ihe same which actua,.d Ro,.
pierre, Danton aud Marat TO people the ,.,..
and 10 shed the best blood of France.
Tsgiorious 10 hare giant pou,r
- But II IS U'itainous 10 use At like giant
The reader will see the lis, of victims to H.,
dastardly malice of DUFF Green continued -
to-dsy's paper; we say of DUFF Green. for 3.
Is notorious that he is President de facto. m,
sways Gen. jackson whichever way he win
The greedy appetite of this hypocritical n,e.
tender, like the horse-lesch, is Unsuitable ,oa
will never be gratiied so long as one oppoosr,
remains 10 be offered up as a victim to N.
weakness or yindictiyeness of Gen. Jackson
u can be no longer concealed that Ger.
subject entirely TO Dul3s control-tbat he l..
his do,age-infirm in body and in mind-aO5
wholly incapable of disctargins the du,r, ~
his Office, This fact was first disclosed h,
Washington correspondent of the Richmord
Wing but we were then under the impression
that the writer must have been deceived ~.
we did not therefore publish his letter. RI,
subsequent information, both 10 the nrwsn,
pers and verbally, leaves us no longer am
room 10 doubt that the mind Of Gen. Jsckso,,
is so much impaired as TO render il clearly Wis
lille 10 all who have any communication with
him-and IT Is therefore that he has quietly sur.
rendered himself to the dcla,ion of a man
than whom there Is none more generally and
more justly detested. II it be asked, where !,
Mr.. Van Buren,, the master. spirit and greai
agician, as he has been termed ? Why doe,
he not exert that influence which il is said hs
invariably acquires over bis political associates
Why does he not admonish them that thew ar.
cutting their throats, and take the knife out OF
their hands ? Why, too, are Branch and Der.
rien passive spectators Of such a ruthless and
despoiic war against the freedom of opinion 2
We answer-they are all in Dnfi's power: and
even if they were disposed TO act otherwise, are
compelled to submit in silence, under the pen.
atty of an application Of the screw and ,ourr
quot. The moment they shall revolt, or show
symptoms of dissatisfaction, the scurrous CO..
lumns of Dud's Mud Machine will be opened
against them, and "tbe secrets of tho prison
knows the secret springs by which the " Com.
bination" Of inveterafe personal and political
foes was effected, TO rul down the late admin.
islration. He knows who were the chief work.
ers of the wires. and what inducements wes
held out to the subalterns. He knows by
whom aud by what means the Telegraph was
put into operation. and by whom Ito use MIR
Van Buren's phraseoogy) it was " improved,
He knows who gave The cue to all the SANDERS
and ialsehoods which have found their way in.
to his common sewer and therefore they srs
afraid of him. Az old adage says that There
is honor amongst thieves --aha II may be true
so long as they adhere TO each oiherard 10 their
cause. But, the moment one Of then
betrays the least inclination TO become an no.
nest man, his associates are converted into his
deadliest foes, and spare no efforts to effect his
ruin. This is the dilemma 10 which the genils-
men find themselves, who, when laboring SO
to carry their point, did not expect,
and DO not now approve Of, the consequences
which have resulted from it. They dare not
speak. lest they be crushed by the very engine
they huye put into operation.