Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-20

on by any of your illusirious o,.s,e,a.s.al.
cones down with The force of autboy;fy ,,aa,
you'll Did u govern the conduct of ,bs, o,sa,
man IN whose mould (aeeordng TO your aa,ter.
efD you snre fImed lfso, wbv shoull ,a,,
conceal i'll The Gossiii.lion and the law.
civil and military. will justify you. and ali
VINO oory hsmi anu Tho robes OF power which
you "rsr cannot be stunned 10y an acl WINCH
finds precedent In The conduct Of any OF YOUR
predecessors Is II any old principle Of new
application IN tho art Of government. WHICH.
however, having escaped Tho searching mind
al Washington. and the keen vision OF succeed.
ing Predidenis. has been grasped by your ri.
ghnlic mind Or Is a new, wholesome mimi
pie patented 10 you, aud for which you alooa
are 10 receive all the rewards (ni glory At
lehs') winch Sudeeeding ayes never fail TO h..
stow on tho Gf6t inventor of A uublic bless.
iDg
The Office Ih,rpics who haunted your pnbln
walks aud your rpfired moments, from the yayy
dawn of you, administration. aud whose a.ii.
ny Tor olhce aud power made thrm uliefly
reckless OF the honorable feelings n just right,
OF others. cried aloud or Rotation IN Office. IL
VI" magical phrase, So familiar 10 the denia.
goturs OF all nations, II OF all times, your erent
aud much veuated principle of Reform = FIR
be- hy what KIND al rotary motion is il. thar
ma' who have been 6m few years, or few
mouths IA othce, afe swept from, the bonfd.
while others (yonr filends) remain, who date
their Official Celends. perhaps, from the lime
oil Washington What sort Of adaptation of
skill To machinery ~ that which brushes away
those only who we're opposed To your election.
and leaves your friends IN nll possession !
Your Official Organ would impose upon ,he
public The belief tint you had ade pied the JEFF
ierkonlan rule OF honesty aud capacity. mud
thu inenmbcnts ~ well rs applicants, were
tested by that iuiailible toucbstone. The allie.
ged delinquenoies oi o0e OF two public officers
havr Tor tins been made color, and the dye
OF their asowed inlqu,,y has been spread with
industrious cunning over the skirts Of every In.
neteni victim. Even Of ihosc few who have
hean thus charged. Their misconduct (rrported4
was unsuspecled, until The pfyiag eyes of ibeif
successors came In Inspect the Official record,
OF thar proceedings, when their delegated IN.
RsHuiV. AS IN duty hound, could do no less
thu hnd thoD guilty. aud therefore could nut
have been the cause Of their dismissal, You're,
therefore, 10 not the Jenersonian Rule. Kon
nsk, respecting incuiBbrDis aud npplicanls
oHicr Questions than, 4" u In honest, IL he cana
bic y and the answer 10 your questions de.
oides the applicability of your rule. By thus
asoerannlng what your secret rule IA not, we
mny easily come TO tho discovery OF what Il
H. Surprising you serious when you say you
are eOntfoHcdbV rule. md thai you do moi
move blind'y Ike other storms, bui that you
bave eyes which see, and ears which hear. aoa
leuce thu have not yet described your ru!a
there remnins however, but one moi,ss
which could possibly have governed YOU.
= pua'shntniS Of goW political opponsais, and
,sVards Of your triends" This Is your rude
and howeVrr you may wish 10 Disguise il. on
10 deceive tho world into the belief that ynu,
secret principle Is something Of noblsr SORT.
HE true one b visible 10 every eye, aud, like
red meteor. bonns through your midnight no
puilsnJing and working n,,seht.F
aud ruin. Il was prescribed TO you before va.
lad the power 10 pursue IT, by Ons 10 yhom
you are allied Ivy happy congoninlily whom
you have neither The ability nor the wish Ia
lisobey, before. whose omnipolcni breath yoot
PfeTdenilal strength lies Dersele.s as infancy
who, whIlo he suffers your hear 10 pursue
lis wonIed palpiaiions. SO ans 10 have locked
mp the closet which conlGos your intellect. In
this Imprisonment OF youf mental powers. 20,
see with his eyes, and henr with his ears. II
! misfortune for this erea, nation tina, non
were horn for him, aud lie for you. At ono
and thr same iine he is your minion aud ,our
monarch your priest aud your demon-you,
public counsellor aud your bosom friend
blush Tor my country when | see such unnatn.
raj formations, such cancsrous eAcgescence
fastened upon The body poliic, aud The foot
'top Of the President eonye II ed into a thfon.
Ell a lave.
The lnjnsiiceol your new principle Of " Re-
Tpfm" would have been too glazing, bnd If
1een NJ once boldly uniolded ; aud hence is il
Ia, II was brought oui by degrees. Al first
l was pretended thai those only who had made
Ise Of Office as an engine for eleuiioneetiog
purposes were 10 be 9 reformed away But
shen II was discovered that lhsf. were In
1lace very many Of your own friends who had
Deen guilty OF this unconstitutional improprte..
y, az You have been pleased TO call Il, who
;ontrary To any feeling or sense OF duty, hnd
,tnng The bosom which warmed, aud The hsnd
which fed them, making use OF their Office in
he gin oi Nj. ADAMS as the means Of further
ng youl designs upon The Presidency TO his
EXCLUSION, aud ihai your rule WINS IA two.edred
sword, which, II bonrsuy borne, would ',cut
lpon both sides, II WIS soon carefully with.
neld, add finally gave way o n much moro
scheme OF reform.
u was mex, declared that those in Office WIN
in violence of opposition, bad offended Won IA
que particular, q need not name it, should
meet with oondiga yu,lislmem Indeed ,on
ntimaied 10 your private conversation with my
husband, that those who had passed that Ruh,-
con mad sealed their obstruction. BIt the mis-
fortune attending this rale was, that there were
name IN office upon whom II could operate.
Hasthe charge alluded TO been fixed upon any
Oft multitude Of those who have
been reformed away Was il ever even WINS
pered in regard to my unfortunate husband
You know that IL was not.
But boldly declare that such rule Is al
together unworthy of tho Presidential office Of
a magnanlmous nation What WELD the
public vengeance Tor your private wrongs
iurl from the arm0ry ofihe nation the bolt
Of destruction ON pour pr ate foes Was the
power, dignity, and wealth Of the Union con
centred in your person to be so misnsed 2 Had
a foreign Prince or Minister committed a like
offence. with the same propriety might you
have made II cause of public quarrel, and
sent from the ocean and the laud heSa toInbs of
appeasng ghosts.
The whole circumference Of your rule at
length expanded itself full 10 the public view
the reign Of terror WAS unfolded, aud a prin.