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

dictates OF ms Iudgmeht, sno tu"' "esy
in violence 10 their warner ieehhBs -a''s
you. ..., A.
a,y ha.baud. sir. never was your enemy IN
al. a.a,a,u,os natripiism OF ms heart, ~
.,a.o the fnll measuse of his love tor yaIf
So" So, ..,.ice lie preferred Mr.. adams Dr
,le p, esidency. because be thought nan quash
"a A ,ou unqualified, for the station. lie
,,,a,I4 have bee n a traitor 10 his country, ne
xouI have had even my seorn, hpd h,'e
deserved yours, had he supported YOU nnaef
snrh .,reumstennes. lie used no means 10 pn-
nose YOU. H. hid patriots duty. ~ pa.
triot's va,. Fnr this he Is ptoserIbed-phh"-
I'd +, Oh how punished My heart bleeds
81 w,;,e Cruel sir 20 Did he commit any
offaoee worthy Of punishment, against God. OF
A ans, his country, or even against you
Hush while you read this question SPEAK
NJ, I'm, let the crimson negative manile on
your cheek, No, sir, on the contrary, II was
nnp of the best acts " his life. When no bdred
Ms bosom 10 iho hostile bayoneis OF us enc
mics h, wss no more in the tine Of as dHfy,
than when be voted against you; aud had he
fail.n martyr on HE field sf6ghi. he would
oo, mo . have deserved u monument, ihaH
he now de.erves for having been worse than
mattyfed IN support OF the dearest privilege
and chartered right OF American free'nen
Careless as vnu sre about the elets oil your
eonduct. /. would be idle 20 iniJrn you Of The
depih aud quality oil that misery "meh you
have worked 10 the bosoin OF my familJ. t5se
would tell tale thar would provoke syn
,hv in ANY thing that had henri, or g'nde
drums of pny from every eye not accustomed
an laok vuor scenes OF human cruelty " With
..nmno,ure' Besides, YOU we're appflsed nl
ouy poverfy ; knew the dependence of eight
little lildren for food and rainicnt upon my
husbands salary. Yon knew that. ndsateed
IN years ~ he was, without the means TO PROSE-
cute any regular business and without trends
sbIa TO assist him. the world would bs TO MN
a barren heath. IA inhosphabe Wild you
were able. therefore, 10 anticipate the heart
repding scene which you may now realize
ma the sole work Of your hand. The sickness
and 4, bilily OF my husband Hole cdtIHpOn me
N rjud. ente his and his chlldrens wrongs.
The natural tim,dity OF NV sex yanlshes before 4
the necessity Of my situation, aud spIrit SIR,
ma proud as yours, although IN female bo- /
som. demands justice: Al yonf hands ask H.
Return 10 Inn what YOU have rudely Torn nom i,
his possession give back TO his cbniren q
,ber former means ofsecuring their food and ,
raiment 4; show that you con roeni aud that !
your rule has had Al least one exception. The :
severity psaelised by YOU 10 This instance is /
Ae,s h,ened, because accompanied by breach ,
Of gour fah soisrinly pledged TO mn husband
HI called upon YOU, " told you 4 ankly ihH, he
had not voted ior you. What VAS your reply
n vas, in substance. this. ,hnt every uitiSen
of, the United States had right 10 express his ,
poh,icsl sentiments by his votes that no ,
charges had been made against MAJ. Barney 4; I
uany should he made, he should have justice ,
done (; hr should not be condemned unhehrd.' !
Then. holding him by the hand with oppdren r
warmth. you coneluJed--" be assured, SIR, ! q
shall be particularly cautious how | liSten Ia
assertions of applicants for office" With these ,
as,urances from you, Sir, the President OF .
che Uated States. my husband returned 20 the ,
nosnm OF his family With lhese rebearsed, he
wind away the tsaIs OF apprehension. The i
pr.sident wns no, tho monster he had been he.
presented They would not be reduced 10
begeary --haggard want would not he permit
ted TO cutter the mansion where he had. always
been a stranger. Tue husband aud The Ga,her
had done nothing IN violation oi his duty NJ an
officer II any malicious slanderer should afse
20 pour his poisonous breath into the ears Of
the President the accused would not he con.
,emned unheaTd, and his innocence would be
,rinmphant--thrv could stu be happy. II
VS. presumable ais, that possessing the eon-
fdcnce of three successive administrations
(wA,ose testimony Ia his favor / presented to
you) hat he was not UNIV prlhy the Office he
held. besides the signatures ~ hunded OF
our first mercantile houies, established the
fact ~ HI. having given perfect Subtraction in
the msnner he transacted the business of his
oiice IN tins state al calm security, without
mouvnts warning like clap oil thunder
IN clear sky. Vuur DISMISSAL came, and.
in moment, the house OF Joy WAS converted
ipt, 5ne of mogrning. Sir. vas not this the
refinement Of cruelty Bilt tlis was not all
fhr wife whom you have thus sgouZrd, drew
her beng from The lllnstuous Chase, whose
voice ofihunder early brole the fpell OF BItIsb
allegiance when, IN the American Senate, he
kx hat ba M al !
90 the British Grow one, 100 whose signature
vas broadly b. fore your eyes, alhxed TO the
Charter Of our Independence. The husband
nod the father whom you Rave thus wrongej,
vas the frat born sou OF a hero, whose haVn
ard military renowu brightens the page OF 7
your counir,'s history, from 10 70 1910, with
whose achievements posirrlty will not conde
scend o compare yours for he fought amlds,
greater dangers, aud he fought Tor lndsrcn
deuce.
b, the side Of tina, father il tho second British
war, fought the sou and the glorious 18Th OF
September bears testimony 10 his mistaken
inueptity. A wife, husband. thus derived
family of chlldren drawing their existence
from this double revolutionary founl ain, You
naye reckiessly. eauselessly, perfdiouSly, aud /
therefore 'nhumanly, cast hel pless aud destitute
upon The icy bosom OF the world aud the
children and grand children oil Judge Chase
and Commodore Barney are poverty stricken
upon the soil which owes ito freedom aud Ter
nlty, in part. 10 their heroic pairutisfn.
SIR, would be unworthy III" title OF A
merlcan matron, or an American wife, ii did
not yindlcate his, and my chidrens wrongs
In his happy land. the pdnoply nj liberty pro-
tecis all without disiiurton OF age or oil sex
In the severity prac,ised towards my husband,
(conlessedly without cauSe.) you have injured
me aud nv children-you have grie,ousiy in
lured them without achieving any correspon-
dent good to individuals, 10 your country or
yourself. Silence. therefore. would be crmi-
nal even in me and when The honest and rr.
gular feeliags Of the People Of this country
(who cannon be long dsluded) shall have been
restored, and when party frenzy, that poison
TO our national happiness, liberties aud honor.
shall have subsidized, | have no douhr that the
ex'erminsting system of" Reform will be re.