Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-06
EULI VIGAE
From ne frederieksbueg .lre,.n.

l.o' CHARACTER. Martin Van Bnrun's portal
lure Is 10 The lie done. rs the reader vii
readily admit. 10y the hand of u master. W
nope To hear again, before long, from our cor
+ respondent.
hAleAefs OF LErrEnfRoM TO -
The original Formation wa odd enough
Even rs combination Il was heterogeneous .
hn', when the President was pleased 10 desis.
nate Il asa Unit, | imagined thar some of IN.
gentlemen thought, that they would rather
nave remained In their fractional condition.
man have been blended In such mn nieger.
Leaving 10 the President, however the full
ueanly of his mathematical nlusion, II is worth
inquiry, what Identity there Is In the habits The
capacities aud principles ol the five gentlemen
IA question, that should warrant SO mysterious
an Incorporation Nhhe they acted together
II was understood hal they stro.e 10 keen A.
! part aud It is only at the moment OF nymp
asonder. That we learn the strength Of the CO.
; hesIon. VINO then aud what ara these men
'h"l eahnoi exist tegelher--nor he useful a.
pat Nhat Slamese affinity Is there, Tint
| prevents Nj. lngham from repairing n Light
! House, unless NJ Eaon. ~ tho same time
s'sn an Indian 1leaty Let Ia IN for "A mo
mehl pass In array before us--lo some OF them
the distinction OF tue company will ba reward
enough.
Fitsl--as to Mr.. Van Burcn---i have never
heard any one deny 10 this gentleman cred
II Tor capacity --no, have heard any one say
that tie was bad. lis early o1senrily and ms
emerging from hive IN themselves moth ng
peculiar. Were the incidents solitary, as thry
would be Ia Europe, thry would lie striking
but, III this county they form III hlsroryol en-
lnence. vi political, us well as " judicial lo,-
iune, each man hern is his own iruic,r liz
was found, AT the outset Of his ooutse on tue
| verge OF tadt profession whith leads TO the
highest hanours Of the community. IL WhSai
| peiI0d when The State OF New York ptesen-
ted mass OF conflicting nierests--illustrated
| ny much talent. The regular aud STEADY eA.
element, growing oul OF the politics oi The u
Dhed States, was vaiied aud cnbat. cred by
many jarIng and eoul,cung .lnhnon1e,--by
personal lends, by local distractions, by odd
unions and unnatural repulsIons--so tnat =
gathering fora cammon cause, resembled TINT
| Vi a highland Army with different piaids aud
| dlscordant music. Tor scenes Tx these the
! young Lawyer lefI lBe philosophy of his nro.
fesslon, aud soon manifested INIT he was
! prompt, hboUOus, hbrfwd aud dugt IT, H..
| was resolved 10 ehfb promotion by hard set-
vice as subaltern. A word afopped to hin,
| could be repeated OF nthheld--couid he mar
ulhed or dnnlshed--could he asserted or Tor
| gotten. IL "a word, he formed an uuolhe,nl
| Ink between leadeis--n5 man more convenient
aud lew "a the Ies1li more attic. Vas "A co,lt-
ton u he lprmed-he himself Gould give toe
! FIRST hiai ~ tie reluctant mBterlei WAS il 10
resolve Itsoii mto thn snne material ngain--he
himself could Withdraw tue cement A wo,d
seasonably misunderstood or fUIgoiten--ouio-
ions real or lmpnted-ind, yiiiua wishes JUDI
| ciously placed 50 rs IL Traverse each oth,r--
or (ali great men are patriots "A mag nn nl,nvas
sactIllce 10 the public necessity TIN Be o. any
one OF them, could make ~ acceptable a ha-
tired, MS thefe had been pTeyIUusl, hn aeCepta.
| bic umity--H strife as seiviCeaDle as had been
the truer. These are scenes wherein The h.
gent soon usurps the place OF the priaoipal
lie that IS long trusted, brcomes Tie equal OF
the one who uusls hizn-,ne more II the Sc
| cret be buIthcnsOne 10 the conscience. vtTy
| lew eaTs brought consideration aud Tewatds
| He i0ok d place among the Elders. The
notifications attending patronage received,
were ,epald by the eapacuy 10 inhici the
| same IN return. A u speaker Bnd lbint, IN
t,e councils OF the stair, few surpassed MI
| Van Bnlen. lie wa labotIousHnd use ul and
! II he did not aIHa5s CONVINCE was suite to lie
/ telt. There werr lew oi me reigulnk parties
! lhaf "Gnld moi have hailed hln as an aus lila.
! ~ aud there wee lew, however opposite aud
| dI,coTdani, that al 0ue utne or auotbCf, had
not occasion 10 d. lie was at times the
! adviser oil Mr.. I0mpkins-at times lhs sup.
| potter of Mr.. Gin Oh. His zeal IA behalf OF
!
! generous, and eqaaled only ny his subsequent
zeal against hlm, Dming tue laitsr par, oi
tno lie oil that Truly grea, ~ magnannous man
/ hir Van h. he'd IN lie 5tate n divided empire
| wan iiInI--nor was his power The less. because
the operations Of Il we're unseen. lis onw atd
career Drongnt ban 10 the Senate 81 tue Unl
| ted states. His early cnorts there we're mar
! ked, u marked Al all, " ability aud discre-
non. He stood comtnitted TO no SPECIAL tJs-
! ten, or AT ali eVena5 committed ia no wa,
| that did not admh OF easy mutation. lie
/ ntogled ten IN the conbai OF deDa e. and tn.
scabbard was neur 10 the sword. Al the prop-
| er season he threw himself INTO Opposition to
! the Administration vi Mr. A idMs ani lew
! better proofs can gwen OF his sfeadIness aud
| saga1it}, than tue unde fiatDg hAtore OF his
| ,aze uron ne Office he has lat,l, II. led. At
the time OF his appoint ZEN, II - said mat his
preyio1s history did not reader him eGiIreiy
acceptable to tue President OF tue I'M cd
| Statrs.-Ihls eyil, IN ev-r eklt.d. was soon
surmounled. Has temper IS naluraily mIl1
aud his manners wlnaIng. There were lew
want, oil the President 10 winch ne did not
kindly administer. II he DISCUSSED, 1t was TO
be convinced and TO yield rather than 10 CON
| tradIci. lie that seeks to be useful, must fl 81
render himself acceptable. Nj. Van b. sue
Ceeded IN the one, aud the OUR chme as n
| consequence Ine Pfe,dent naturally enough
| luferied that 50 much Difference could not bui
be the irut Ui good sense, aud IN TIM" made
the new der osltory OF hi, affections, tn JOINT
shafer oil his power. Zeal and dexleruy soon
raused the sht1es 10 be unequal. Differences
now MAS no longer necessary. Oiiirial pfece-
dencc was ea,ily eitaced, aud, by iust nslble
gradbtlods, the former principal SUNK INTO
the present cO-adJulor ani ally. over thus
| state oil tbIngs, natural enough, II MOI accepia-
bile. pass as rapidly as eau. he nation
may not pass over u AS rapidly. Tue devel-
| OPPONENTS connected with the Calhoun CORES
pondence, would seem to give oliltrent au-
| gury.
| This | believe, is the history of Mr.. Van
| Buren; a man OF eminent endoVments---jf USE
| fitness of n CERTAIN sort where suen useful
| ness il required but, | know MOI that ever