Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-10
xScuuURG. JAN: 10, 1881
: r,8oua. .Iaeksor Crawford and Ia"
Buren,.

b I'D we know OF no politician whose
"ss'' ,a,olore more strikingly nlustra
-, han thai of our Secretary Of 9'"'e' ro'
..i.u hnt ordinary capacity ne mas MOI
.. s risen from obscor''y TO '"e n'g"
= government, by mere dint OF Gun
s,ay Acting upon The infamous "'A'"' wa
~. ,a;, in politics" he has at c'hersn' peri
-. ,be friend and foe OF most OF the
z.,,o;cna,,, statesmen Of the day. as te'r s'a'
i, The zenith or the nadlr and like
~. advocate and opponent OF great mea
.ars. Of national polio, j'st AS they happened
: Ia oopular or unpopular with thai portion
1soammnnity upon whom he was more 'hme
dia,eiy dependent. Reb i"g for his political
,..acsnent upan party tactics alone, his
,r.at object, in his own STATE has been &c
- tina, sect OF which he is now the ackno"
,lrad Chef, 10 a state of proper organ's 'tion
and it must be acknowledged that their dis
would reflect credit even upon Napo-
tom, old guard. They thro" aside every
fbing like Investigation into the pr"pne'y OF
Ifie,l measures, aud the characters OF poll
al s,ep--and, when they 60 TO the pol', obey
IMPLICITLY the decree of "Ms pnfty' as
...ael from Tammany Hall aud reiterated by
,ba thousand committees and clubs spread
,broushout tha greet State. All this is done
h. the serretary's lieuteaants and adjutents
,shle The hand OF the "great Magician" who
stands behind ,he curtain, AID holds and works
The wires, is unseen by lie multitude, whose
,,n,.pentsare dire cted aud controlled 10y his
.kia. Thus far, NJ. Van BureO has had no
reason to compen either of his own want OF
,lroltness. or OF ne sub erviency of his menals.
But bow much farther can he so' J. II posi-
be. thai he can play the same game, with
aual success on the enlarged tn n're OF action,
throughout which he is nov endeavor'ng 10 dis
tribute his puppets Nous Ferroas. But we
will venture to predict that the cunning little
Secretary Will be com, lefely foiled-Hs gem
u, i, already bewidered By the sp'endor OF the
prize at which he aims, and the vastness and
complexity Of the manGuvres necessary to en-
,lre success Heret fore, his battles have
hpen mere affairs of outposts-skrmshr be-
fssen companies aud bat alions, commanded
by undsciplined officers. Nov, he has 10 con
ieed against bIigades aud divisions, otticered
br men as expect as himself in hs strategic
,fgolitical campaigning, whether bold or CO
vert. Aud The gentleman will be apt to dis
eoysr. tbar, however skilfnl he may be as a
gp,rilla chieltan, he has yet to learn how
feds are won in open and legitimate war
The frs, step taken by Mr.. Van Buren, to
enur. hi. succession to the Presidency, was to
alien.te ION Mr.. Calhoun tue Affections OF
G,n. Jackson, and by consequence Of th"I vast
nlnbcr of the Generals supporters, whose
DEVOTION to blm parIakes OF the character OF
PERSIA idolatry. Hence, tver since the tor
maIon of the Presidents caGinet-co opposed.
nifi..eflhs pariizlns 81 tie Wee President
aud the Secretary OF Stale--the latter has been
seduously engaged In whispering into the ea'
OF lhe President inuendoes against Mr.. Cal
houn-li2c the Devil lnslping poison 'nt' IN"
mud Of Eve. AT length, he hns yen'hred Oh
bolier stroke. Aware of the Imp'acabie
hoyihtes engendered between Mr.. Calhoun Il
Mr. Crawford by circumstances connected
with the Presidential election OF 1874 he has
appealed to the latter 10 sustain charge a.
sainst the former Of hostility TO Gen. Jackson :
conduct in The Seminole campaign. and to
prove tha,, as member Of Mr.. Monroe's Cao
int at that period, Mr.. Calhoun was strenuous
m h,ea III, -, Id m n Al he
FORE Court Martial for the violation of the
orders oil the Department OF War-t'e AS
sumption OF power in making war hgalns
Spam-aad the substitution OF his own will tol
tie decree OF court martial, organized an,
acting under his mm edlate orders. Mr.. Cra~'
ford, II would seem, was nothing 10th 10 speak
upon the hint of Mr.. Van Burcl--for he has
not forgotten, although his sometime friends
have, The bitter prosecutions heaped upon hlU
ny Mr.. Calhoun, and his friend and tool Min
AN Edwatds-Mr Craw ford has not iorg iveI
he exaggerated bulletins respecting bis bodily
teaih, aud the effect which his disease had
eAsled On his mental powers, that were da1
Promulgated n the world, rs was then surmio
eo' snd as ia even Yet believed, by The direc
agency of Mr.. Calhoun-who hated him,
noul seem, with more bite ness than he di
a'eeVeI Of the other candidates; Isl, because, rC
sidlns IN tee same section Of country, he Wa
mere 'mmmedia'ely in rivalship with himself
sno 2dit, because ae was supposed TO be
lo'or OF limited construction OF the constill
',on' aud opposed to the splendid schemes
Domestic Policy engcndercd by his bold an
's''ne intellect, before he, too, became lin
'"'' lar ianscend,ng Mr. CraU ford in OPT
0'-e'e" Nolhfyer The nhysic has W 0
"eu rs well as NJ, Van Buren, coui have wisI
ea' mas far The difference between ii
ffss'df"t aod Vice Presiden, is drawing to
"ss' and The Magician, unseen the while,