Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-15
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and, spcun.lly. q. ooe OF The slgas peint"s 10
ire course which Psnnsyiyaai, ~iil. in al pro-
la iiry. pursue in the co .iing Pressden lal
elecnon.
The Richmond Enquirer. and its kindred
spirits, rs is their won't y hen they uIeet with
ire luiabe argument. abuse the author. without
STINT That NAV be good policy, but. ia our
opinion. / Is bad morality. Stephen Simpson.
| dornneuis, which. under the ii lie OF ~ Pr0tO.
! cli," have been issued TO tue world b, the
i" origina, .Tqcksonia,H ofPhiiadei, ha, may be 4,
as MIR. Richie says heis. IA pro0:gate & unprin-
cipled man But, il he is, VIVA, must We think
Of Cru Jackson, y no. not more than six or eight
m onihs ae nominated e his pronigat, s. unpril-
e., cipled uian" 10 The Senate oil thesBuited Slates
10 II an Office Of high ir,t and respon sibilitv-
aud which non a at,on the Senate rejected
! II cannot be said that Gen. jackson did not
/ know the mar because il can he proved that
a familiar correspondence had been Carried
/ on between them for many years to say no.
thng OF the fact that Mi. Eal on aud Stephen
! Simpson were " hand and gtore' long anterior
/ to the last Pre- sideniinl eIectiun. For our own
paris we regard Simpson now, as we did when
NJ was Editor Of the coIurlbi1n Obserter. as
an honest, but crack-5rainrd man who en-
braces opinions, bath Of n,ea aui things, with
OUT r. llec,ion, and who dpfenls or assais them,
as these opinions happen TO lie favorable or
unftvorabi. With all the energy, enthusiasm
and recklt ssness Of a Bcdlamite. blessed with a
few lucid intervals, aud harmless vita every
wpapon, save his pen. That such was the n
ture VI his tr .endsbip for " Tho Hickory Tree"
| tss he vas wont to style Gen. Jackson, in
the day Of hi1 frenzied huzzas for the old gem
t'eman,) aad such The manner Of his SUPPORT, A
reference 10 his files will show We regard
! it ds an entirely acc'd.ntal matter that he has
al lergih seen his error, repeuted Of it, aud sci
himself heart y u work ~ repair i, as well as
he chn.-In this, re occupies more favorable
ground than his assaant of the Enoairfr--Nho
saw aad forai1!l tn, /" cafss" that wolli be
entailed upon the country by Gen. Jack
sons elsction-and, Cassanira-iihe, wept over
/
who nov, IN the midst oil the consloIm ,tion Of
! his prophecy, beseeche US 60 cling 10 Jacks son,
/ he source whence Ill these waters OF bitterness
have flown And as 10 the notice winch -
! induced Simpson TO take the back-track-eyen
say il is as the Enqnirer represents TO be-
The dictate OF disappointed ambition ho is sill
more usiifi ,b!e than Mr Richie, who, in rs
course, seems TO be possessed OF no motive,
exec the demoniacai desire of doing mi ,rhiei,
or the tontemplibe aud cowdrdly tear ofbeins
in mifforii,. We cannot Perceive, however,
that tits just TO attribute simpsons Oppose ion
TO Gen. jackson to luis failure To get m office !;
as the fact Is on record thar tue President
would have given him one bu, for the obstl ma
cy OF the Seuatr, which refused 10 sancli ~
hi, nomination. Jackson was nor TO blame Tor
| this determination Of hi, co I>iitution4I sdyi-
sers and Simpson has too mach sagacty to
| Censure him for an act in which no did not pa-
icipats. The o1lIm saoaid iet where ihe
ait doe..--If, however, i, he true, n,tpHh.
standing Til, fact, thar Stephen fought for The
office, and has left the army ofour modern
C.esar because he aid aot reward ever, one
OF the ceaOIiS that raised him 10 power, il
shows tae character of;he leaders of be dom.
liant panty the hypocrisy OF ineir camors
a sain.t the corrupt1ns Of the last aamInistIa
ton, and the npllowness o( thp pledges aud
promises OF reforn," thai heTslded the Gen.
era into office.
The attacks upon Simpson, consequent up
90 tho appearance o f his = Protocols' renouu-
cling his allegiance TO Jacksonism, have drawn
from him defence. elit'en in his usual vigor
Gus bar ,iiscursse sylt-n ehch il is hard to
say whether we are mos pleased with his fire.
qneni bursts oil Junius-lke inactive or DISCUS
| ted with Ihe hombaslc pueriity into which he
| semeti times talls-liks the bird OF JOge soaring
| on strong pinions towards the sur and struck
in mld-air by tue archer's shaft. We lIave mol
| roam for his " Le;tersn-and we refer TO TIER,
no" merely 10 mention, that be introduces in
them correspondence between himself aud
Mr.. Richie, remarkable for nothing. but the
r"ineness aud suavlty Of the latter gent leinan.
20 strange "i'eh ~" rec oIlect that he was Wi.
ing TO man whom he denopnces ms /" nr,0i.
gate and abandoned ~! We presume, how
ever, that Mr.. Richie regarded Simpson as
quite clever fellow until he renouaced jack.
s"oism. That crime alone IS sufficient, in the
eshmation Of the ole Editor of the En-
qpner. TO blot out all the virtues of a mos
Character, and 10 cancel all preyioss oblis
tons. a de or himself IRON "A pursr faub
TO tbs Jackson ranks, like all renegadcs. he
abhors With scVeniold hatred those who spea,
OF his present Idol with hafthe severity tha, il
vas once fashionable " it'll himself 10 etonlov
when he dep cted him as a despot. whose q.
ranny was only eqnalled by his Ignorance and