Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-19

p'"u'e" 'hehame OF The Deity in prayer,
or, Ike the viper warmed into lie a, thu hearth
oil the hospitable husbandrnan, turned upoo and
stung his benefactor aud preserver M man
can mistake our aldsion 1t requires no, the
hand oil master 10 depict the strong features
oil limos kendaits character. The, stand an,
on the canvas IN bold relief and will be,rav
themselves, like the ASS ear. nee,;,u rran,
beneath the Lions hide, in despite Of his Iudi,.
cfous attempts TO play the SAINT. and IN moet
heaven aud earth by his alec.aton of humble
pIety.
lhere are many objections, likewise, to n
NJ Noah-bul his deviation from principle in
political matters, proceeds from his want of es
tabliShed rules of action, aud natural frnoli.
~ OF temperament. aud not from a corrupt and
base heart. like those of his associates Kendall
and Hill. lie has. besides, some positively
good traits in his characterize IS humane, GEN
erous and liberal. characteristics the names of
which are scarcely known by the other men we
have namei : and, therefore. although his nom
NATION ought TO be rejected, we do no, think
It's continuation will give much dissatisfaction.
Mr.. Madison and Sunday Maiis.-We per
ceive It stated, IN some of the papers, that Mr.
Madison is one of the signrrs of Memorial TO
Congress, praying the interpos ition of that DO
dy TO prevent the transportation of the Mails
on the Sabbath This must certainly be
mistake. Mr. Madison is too well aware Of the
evil effects OF permitting questions of this char.
acter TO minge IN acts Of legislation, to give the
ngtators OF them the imposing countenance OF
his sanction. II the name OF James Madison
be among the signers OF any one of the numer.
Gus memorials on this subject, which bay. been
laid or, or thrown under, the tables Of either
House of Congress, to sleep the sleep of death
we may safely venture the assertion that il is
not James Madison Of Montpelier. There are
one or two other indigid Is Of the same name
IN this State who may have signed such paper
or, it may be, (although we should be 10th TO
believe that any persons whose cousclences are
SO very tender on this point, would be guilty Of
suCh d uiCh Vi heVlCe,) tnai Tue name may have
been unnaihorisedty appended to the Memo.
rial. TO give It greater weight We say we
should be exceedingly reluctant To believe ANY
such thing, notwithstanding conduct every way
as remehenslble has been indsputably proved
upon some oil the orig lnators o this question IN
New York and elsewhere. We should be glad
| If he mt n k.
per manner ascertalned far, if Mr. Madison
has been prevailed upon, either by his belief of
the utility of the measure asked for, or by an
anxiety to be relieved from the incessant impor.
tunities in which the crusadng proSeyters Of
our age aud generation so far eclipse all their
predecessors since the death of Peter the Her
NIT to sign such paper, we should be tempt
ed 10 believe that his great mind had most wo
fully sunk under the accumulated pressure of
age aud bodily infrmity, and TO console our
selves for so great national evil, by recollect.
ing, while we lament, that such is the common
lot Of humanity of the most expanded as well
as ofthe most cont RAJ ted minds .-It is not for
gotten that even
From .harlborough's eyes the tears OF dotage
r flow.
And SHV has lived, a driyecr ard a show p
COO
GP Some foolish people in Boston, who
have more copperS than brains propose 10 raise
large sum Of money bv subscription, in order
10 purchase suitable present, to be given to
Col. Richard NJ. johnson, as a testimony OF
the value they place upon his character, but
more particularly for his Report in relation To
The Sunday Mails This is the very suLllmliy
offolly. Col. johnson did no more than his
duty in making his Report and by the way
II Is said, that he is not the author of IT, but that
the credit Of writing it, whatever that be- be
longs to the Rev. Obadiah B. Brown, a Clerk in
the General Post office. But. however this
may be. we repeat that Col. Johnson did no
more than his duty, and il is setting bad pre-
cedent TO reward public men for doing that.
Besides, the Report is no great things after ALL
Some portions oft are as weak as milk and
wa,er-and others have no relevancy to the
| question WhdieVeT. LOO muCu 1uSs Is ndue
about ii ntirely-Scarcely a day passes by in
Congress, in which infinitely adler arguments
are not made, either in the shape of Speeches or
Reports. and yet we never hear any thing sail
about ihem.
| ~ The elections in Massachusetts are just
over; and Notwithstanding the loud boastings
which preceded il, of the increased strength Of
the Jackson party, the Republican ticke! has
succeeded by largely increased majorltes In
Boston, for example. in 1929, there were 290o
votes given in, of which the Jackson party
received 100 this year, there were 1900 poll
ed, and the Heroite's could only muster $50 !!
So much for the rewards and punishmeuis'
in the city which has been aptly termed 4" the
cradle of the revolution rewards, which have