Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-02
THE VEfsGENIAN.
LYNCHBURG. MARCH =. 1929.
HE CABlNE

ton OF the Cab net oiflces under the suCCeedn.
administration. have assumed something like HI
air oC certainly aud the following is tue cas-, U
the characters
Mariin Van Buren, ofN. Y. Secretary Of State
Samuel d. Inghau. OF Pa SecreidTy Of M
Treasury.
John Mclean. of Ohio, Secretary of Wdr.
John Branch Of N. {. stcrstary ofhe Nary.
5ohn NJ. Bcrrien, of Geo. attorney General.
John II. Inon. of Tcna. Posi- Muster Gene
/ raj.
And thus are all the speculations Of the quid
nunci baiiied and all the hopes OF the Craw
fordite-Jacksonians !epelled in the dust A,
| friends TO the election of Mr. Adams IRE feel nc
Other interest III The appointments which Gen
Jackson may make, than AS they may be calcu.
lated 10 affect the interests aud the character OF
tue country, lie may consult his personal pre-
dilec'ons and crafty his personal friendships,
as we expec, he will do, in making them all---
but, Il he does he will raise a storm about his
head. 10 which that from which the pr sent ad-
but a summers breese. What, Shall they
who abandoned their plincipIes-who forgot
their resentments--who unbiushingly branded
themselves apostates in the face OF deridng
Worldwide surg 10 P0ans of praise to him
whom they had depicted as the velest ignora-
mus that ever attempted TO interpret law, aud
4 h.au IL.
shall they. we ask, be 70 geten, now that the
battle has been fought, the conquest achieved
and the sceplre placed in the hands Of the VIC
tor? FORBID it. all ye powers TINT inspire the
renegade with the hope of reward for the re-
ANNEXATION Of his principles and country!
But, badinagr apart. There is not Two opin.
lection, made by Gen. Jackson. Friend and
foe alike regard them with establishment. Whilst
the canvass was yet pending, and objections
were urged against Gen. Jackson's elevation
to the Presidency on the ground Of his incom.
potency to discharge its diversified and intricate
duties, we were triumphanty pointed TO the
ported, and told that from among them his con.
fde ntial advisers would be selec,ed-aud that
in their hands the great interests Of TIE coun.
Try would be protected. and lis character exat-
'Eed. The great men have been, for the most
part, passed indifferenty BY, AID W, find In
gbam, who is recommended by nothing but the
violence with which he supported Gen Jackson
"A ssc9nd-,oie bra,ote, in the Houso-selectcd to
follow in the luminous footsteps ola Gallatin
Dial AS and Rush---we see Branch an OH
scurc Senator from the interior OF All agriculru.
raj State called TO the head OF Department
the dutle' of which require a man ski lied il all
he details of nautical scipnce-and Eaton pa
ced in the Post Office Department, recommend
ed by no acquaintance with its management
and destined, if he be appointed, TO throw it in.
- the same chaotic stale from which it has
been so recently extricated bv the systematic in.
dustry and application Of Mr.. McLeau!! Well
may the people wonder at such selection 81
Never had aay man SO wide ield aud one so
AMPLY filed with men of the FIRST order of tai
nn,-end never did any 50 heedlessIy urelec,
their claims and confer the honors which should
have been theirs. on individuals who would have
been utterly unknown but for the ,xtent of their
Impudence and the strength of their lungs. We
pity, absolutely pity, the Enquirer. The news
threw it INTO "hydrOStniics," as Mrs. Nialauron
would say II cannot Jclitue' the reno,t
Oh, no II calls most pathelicallv on the Presi.
dent, TO consider and advise with his miles,
tslendS; to lay aside his personal partiaIi,es. &
select from those who were the "frieuH, of h;
election and reforL. But the adm,rit;,,. ~
the pnIler-np aud down oil Kings" vii reach
the ear of the President too late-and iC,bev do
not, the Earl Of Ear,eiet has long sioc. lost his
power, il, rs has vanity leads him 10 sunnose no
ever possessed IT, of influencing, by the persua-
sions Of his eloquence or the terrors of his " IA,
per bullets of the brain, the acts of the Chief
Magistrate. He mus, put spars TO his beeIs ;r
ne would be IN tune to suggest TO Cen Jackson
what he should say and what he shouId M,
say in his Inaugural Speech. Pertains tboi
may appenSe his resentment at not being con.
suited IN the election of cabinet officers
will he seen TINT no man east of New yorL
has been fixed upon. Surely, if Gen. Jac.r,o,,s
Integrity could not s,oop 10 confer horor m no
woodbury. ''farriss, dc. who pcanl, Violated
the trust rerosed in them by their conx,i,,,,.,s.
mat they might be on To. side or a.,
f'''y' NC "''S"' SUB have found some hones,
me" IN '''a' section of country who gave him
''''' S"pP''t IRON principle, and who wouId
"ec'e" honor on any Office in his eit
81" ne cou'd have done so. the claims of Tim,
extensive section of country To voice in the
c"o'"e', should not have been neglected W.
"oPe '"e 'rfs'"ent elect has hot put it under the
oah OF ms uspieasuro, on account of its cordia,