Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-19
THE VIssasalx1AN.
LYNCHBURG.JULY ID. 1890.

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OF government 10 the Hermitage
with more of impotence Than truth, the tacl
that II has bern attended with but little pomp
parade and ceremony, 10 his wish 10 travel un-
| SYSTEMATICALLY. II would be cruel 10 deny them
the liberty Of bOasiing of the want of respect
which has been shown the President, since
without that privilege, the circumstance would
be unexpectedly mortifying. Ii is not the
first time that ingenuity has thrown a veil over
the truth, and made " Virtue of necessity"
The President was not met on bis return 10
lis HE'D 20 do him honor, a. the paternal Ruler
OF grateful and contented people, not be-
cause he would not have had il 10 he so ; but
because the people are no, grateful-because
they are not conienied. When they gave their
sniirsges to Gen. Jackson ,they did not, in Their
widest imaginings, dream of that fearful tor
nado of proscriptlve vengeance, which, during
his brief but di,graceiul olica career, under
the delusive name of Reform" has swept
with devastating violence over the land. They
had moi the remotest idea that he would enter
upon the discharge of the duties of his Office,
IN the iiend-like spirit OF a Robespierre and a
Danton. with lists Of his opponents in his
heaviest punishment he could infict--not for
crimes committed against the State, nor for
neglect Of duty, nor for incompelency, nor
Tor any other cause connected with their Official
conduct, but because they had dared, in the
exercise of the privilege of freemen, to OPT ose
his election 10 The Presidency Bu, their eyes
have been opened by tacts against which he
who shuts his eyes must be insensible of, or
indifferent TO, his dearest hrthrigh, They
see all around them the evidences Of a i,ranni
cal aud ierocious disposition, exhibited by tI.s
National Executive, never before manifested
by the Rulers of any people. except when the
social fabric was convuised. and iawless bri-
gands had rIseG upon The convulsions OF the
tunes TO the chief offices O. the State. And,
though a veil hides tutnrity from their vision,
they nave too much sagacily not 10 foresee the
baeiul consequences witch must spring
from such hateful policy, il it be not prompt
y put down by their disappearing voice. For,
II our Presidents are at liberty to WELD the pow
ers, conhded 10 them by the constitu, ion. TO The
qualification OF ihcir personal parialiies and ba
reds, Instead of the good Of The country .elfctips
governments are good Tor nothing al all, save
10 teach scoundres aud para sites the arts of
political sladia,orship, and afterwards 10 re-.
1card them for their triumph. and the united
cunning and servllry by winch it was attain ed
The people perceive, too, that the Presdsn,
has played the hypocrite as well as the despoi-
that he " has held The word Of promise To The
car, while he has broken it to the hopep And
II so happens that his hypocrisy most deeply
affects the very section of country through
which his pathway othe Hermitage lies. No
wonder. then, that he is every where encoun
, Tered by gloom as sulIen as it is portentous
and II occasionally he be greeted by a smile,
or saiated by cheer, he perceives that it pro.
ceeds either from his reUarded parr,zans and
their immediate retaiuers aud minIons. drilled
| for the purpose, or from the numerous band
| oi almost IamlsheG e1pec,ants, who. having
been heretofore disappointed in the hope of a
participation ia the loaues and fishes, ate We,
looking with upturned eyes and open mouths
TO the crumbs thai occasionally tall from the
table
We have condensed, from different papers
the suooineJ accounts OF the Presidents recen.
ton. How different from the recen, ;ou,,sv
OF Mr.. Clay, almost equal to a Roman triumph.
up the magnificent Mississippi, How yiir.r.
enl from the scenes that were wont 10 gree,
the sight of Gen. Jackson himself. before no
had forfeited the esteem and admiration of en-
many OF his countrymeu, by his ntoletan,
v'nd'ciive and jesuiIical Presidency
AT Injecting no soul went forth to meet the
Presiden,-In the language of the ,a,.rs
fhere was none SO poor TO do him reverence.
tie had been apprzed, that some OF the citizens
OF mai town, iorgetful OF that respect which ia
always due to the Chief Magistrate of,hs Re-.
p"o'e' anu NOT duly considering the disgrace
"h'cn UNIVERSAL, attaches 10 the actors in sucb
scenes, designed TO offer him some indie.;,v
having prepared transparent coffin, illumi-
mated IT, and inscribed upon it expressive deyi.
ees ana motlos, which they intended to pa.
iaue before bin on his arrivaI-and. in cons,.
quence. 1t is said, he halted COR the niobt u,b;,
''''ee hhes OF the town, and pus he'd throuvh
WIN great rapid',y early the ensuing morn;op
az oe IRON as to jastiy such modes of man.
i'es"ns popular resentment. We do not advert
~ '"e circumstance with asy satisfaction. SINCE
we repeat such things are always dissrsceful
10 'he perpetrators. Il is not however he.
cause Is wrong, less signlfcan, o f,he CO curse
which public opinion is taking.
When the President arrived nearly onnos.s
hdySr3le, "A gun AS fred fran, al.