Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-06

tue NJ subjects Tor mtstoscope, IN tht '
onndIiy OF our sister states Of recent birth, OF
, Of tie best properties Is overlooked = thci
rapd elfusion oil Great Men T. pleased %
elizrns Of tennessee Ia erRats MIR. Eaton
Major of their Militia. Tie choice did homo
TO THEN diseernmeai. The esigcncies of 'h
post tailed exactly with the capacity of III
incumbent. II is % be regret eli TINT, ancl
81 eminent success, they were Induced ever
10 90 beyond H. Hun tic Majors proves IL
the annual mnsters, ushered hin into the Seu-
ate of the united States; where, as NJ ~,
in Amber, there must have been not a LITTLE
surprise at his place aud notorlety. B4i
even beyond these. the Major had hIs aspira-
tons The training fald add the Senate
Chamber wsre leii behind him, aud he fDughl
ne" lanrels III the regions oil elegant literature.
10 lar IA Tennessee lorna a IrsSt of the Re-
public oil L.tlers, he was successful and, in
! TACT. excepting n little loossness IA grammar,
the Majors efforts pasa sh pretty well any
where. Ills sentences do not always convey
meaning, but IL may be urged IN Justification
that there may not always have been in the
mind OF the writer n meaning To convey. In
ofihography he has generally been successful.
The sminenee thus derived from the national
bnlwafk, from the Senate, and from letters !,
brought him inio the AdmlnistrAiion--as Head
OF the Department, fWnr. II made him 0nc
oil the successors pf Mt Calhoun He should
nave died the day after he received The mp
poinlmeni For his reposa. and for TIA, OF the
lriend who placed him there. will consider
that he did die
Another stone 10 this tesselaled payemeni,
IS Mr.. lngbam--a man ardent IN mind. coli
~ Misunderstanding little, promising less,
performing much, rarely sedaced by he spr.
ei"us' aud whining nothing except from lis
tendency 10 practical result. Ia Tho Congress
ot the Uued sntes, ho MA rather n point d
hpPW Than an ndroit comhaiant but ION the
Legislative Halls, he brought 10 the Executive
Department, store al knowiedge--all OF
which was valuable, because all could In mp
piled. In the discharge OF Official dniy, ip
was impartial aud laburions, His mnd was
eonpclrn 10 the grasp OF great principles,
aud not above the subordinate hbonr ot
bringing them down aud apply ing them ibink
have noi done more than justice 10 Nj.
inghnm. YET with these habits of Office and
their successful result known to the Admins
tration, aud acknowledged by ", the presses
devoted 10 The interests ol - part OF il. teemed
wnh assaults upon Mr.. logham--hnI they
were listened IL by tho common head This
| urges oddly for unity Of councils "A slIange
| attendant this upon 3" dislntrrustod devotion 10
The puSlie good The Al ~ mdispatablc. !
leave The commentary 10 lovers of political
uath and consistency.
Mr. Branch I o has mingled with parent
mass, Branch Is an honeat man bnt he wa
not the material ont of which to make n Sc
cret,ry al the Navy. lie nisundersi0od the
great national institution over which lie pre-
slded aud IN turn was misunderstood by II.
lie could no have been warped TO wrong, but
he often mistook the right As Governor of
Florida, possibly ~ Postmaster General, he
nigbt have sustained the credit of respectable
powers without tho inyuii0ns reflection that
he lacked tie higher ones
The Attorney General was formerly m al.
tdche 10 the Administration, rather than an
integral pnri Of Il Unt tue transactions of the
lat two years have placed that officer nearer
10 the centre than the extremity. The Presi-
dent, mn !, through bin. certain Of the Secte-
taries---elthcr in their zeal to Le righl--or
their Ignorance OF what right was---eaused
Nh. Brrrien 10 hold no slnocuTe. Tiny seem-
ell 10 make the ahIyIuih Tor The sake ofiOuch-
ing the clue. THIS gentleman, III many re-
sppcis, had the advantage oi his fellows. IIis
politics were Of peculiar sort; and, ms ihry
were not apt 10 b. acceptable 10 either party,
were the moIe likely TO be his own. IL an
nounced himself, in early lie, Federalst,
aud chose never to abandon the name. II was
a manifestation Of the empire ol names. The
reproach OF fedet sJism has been thai, in ns
contraction of the Constitution II WIS lau-
ind'nhrlHn aud ~ foreign politics thai it olunb
10 Grent lIIlinln. IN Mr.. Berreu, 80 say he
people Of his state ii declared Itself ia i fgiu
Interpretation Of the letter of The CO. HnfHI,u,
and 10y his appearance AT The head u zgHa3-
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