Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-10-22

Hitcble par Hd6fG frdlff have ruined II forever
In the ncxtplaee, you inform us thai when '.pou
have freted outyoar liitle tricfhopr on the stage
the world can wag along without yan Is i pos
sble What aud you not the mighty Ailas
upon whose brawny shoulders tests tbs teri ape
GUS giobe-ihc pivot upon which it splns around
All, MIR, Chairman you joke, you Joke. But sec
what you are at-ths world does not revove upon
It's axis, or tugn upon rlvot--No il is supported
upon pillars aud you, and Van, and the -" Old La
dy,' aud the" Great Globe, are the MASSEY col
umns which bear it up. Now have t--and when
yoa, dear Comniadore have I" trettedH yourself in
to an" atomy'-when you shall hive unloosed
yoer moorngs, cut cable, and hostod sail for that
shore from wh9nee no traveller returns, thsn vii
the great bnrtheh under which you have so long
groaned, be cast upon your surviving co-mates
and brethren, and this mundane sphere, upon Which
we little morals cutting such ante sweIls will
become lbree-leggcd stool. Distant, far distant
IA the womb OF .uturlty, tie that day aud long may
ii be before poor old Virginia shall he called upon
To weep over the bier OF the rough old Ceaanto-
Gore2
You tell us, Mr.. Chairman, you wore "baek
coehadeh soldier in defence of your country
during the late war. All indeed And who did
you serve under Was il Scott or Dodge. or At
kfsson} and were you not horribly afraid, MIR, Z.
that that Wild Iatawaomie-- that painted man ia
ting Black Hawk would pull of your Black
Cockade and tear the scalp from your logical, lc-
gal and political pericraninm : say, sir did you
not trcmbc for yourselfl But perhaps, after all,
1t was the late war with England yoa meant-Ah,
Commodore, that was an unfortunate flourish OF
your trumpet am sorry you stirred H. do re-
collect me, now, having heard OF your rrowess dn.
ring the late war" with your Black Cockade.
Did you ever hear ola man who attempted to spec
uate upon the wants and ignorance OF hls brothers
IN arms OF the vile catfi W ho attemptodto oval
himself OF his situation 10 ;aten upon the hard earn
| ed penny of fellow soldier If you have -
however rcrbam sat
We'll, sir, what else did you DO with your "Black
Coekade, for the defence of your country How
many battles did you fght-how MANY English
men did You XII what scars did you receive
The teats of 50 gallant a man you are known 10
be, should not he.ost posery. Let us have them
LIT them bu spread upon the faithful pages of
history, tina, they may ,nce The ", unborn patti
OF 10 secuc Of ehyalry and renowntha, future ages
may say. WIN reading over tic faithful chronicles
of the day, that, c vas not only the greatest Law
yer Politician and Sta. esnsn ui,he day, but that
he was also a fghtng oln Co,"modofe'
The story, You say, about ff~ dono'e SCI OF feSo'
luton is Z" tao ridiculous" An sIr > hartman
OF the Van Buru Committee Of Corosl.lh nuonee'o'
The county of Amherst you spoke the tru, men.
1t was, i'll fact, Too baA--For any man to be sin.
vic pateterso lost to feeling and 10 shame--.s,
destitute of principle and ndependence~-as deliba
rate!y 70 prepau. himself before hand to fall into the
arms OF which ever should prove the stronger party.
when those two parties were SO Numerically op-
pusltc, IS JUDGED too, tao ridiculous. itspeuks vol
unics. and pourrays yous character IN more graphic
eolols al a Gaa1, than could be done by long and
abored essay and he who could have the COZ
thst,,, &c dn,. If,
aud principle, thus to act we may conclude is
also n tough old Commodore" But why taunt
you, poor man, with these things? The great and
illus.rious Ritchle--he who has the Jackson Van
Buren, party IN leading strings, and leads the great
state OF Virginia by the nose, has set you the OK
ample and You are too faithful stare not 10 obey
the example and bow to the high behests OF your
master.
In conclusion, Mr.. Chairman, l was amused a,
your cut and 'hrusts in the dark, in your reply 10
liotspur" thought once you had struck me,
tnt ii is fact, MIR Commodore that d. now and
then take little too much Of the % o be joyful =
though do assure you, was when writing that
piece most prov ohingIy sober. 4 coup o kindness
nboutthat time would, al probability, lave mel
lowed down my feelings, aud caused me to sup
press some things which you well kno \ have pro
bed you tc the quick. But, sir, when you come to
speak of the " frozen adder warmed IN your boz
som, and all that sort of stuff you were ten thou
sand leagues Oft ut the lowest calculation. No,
sir, never received favor ut your hands, thank
my God, never was warmed III sHch bosom.
There is debt Of gratitude resting upon me
owe you nothing but contempt and nothing but
contempt will YOU ever receive Il, my hands. As l
informed you, noticed YOU merely as Chairman
of the Van Buren, Committee, like master, Ike
man) In that character, You had fictitious |
hoy I
you, because think you deserve slight oastiga
ton, but principally for my own amusement, End
tbe amnselpcu; OF the county, and of the Bar, OF
which you know you have long been the standing
Jest. ! have no malice or anlnOsity whatever 10
crafty In fact, could fee none for aMlng SO far
beneath me. III had, gon know well enough that
materials are not wanting by which could have
glu,ted my revenge To the tuIl-and if you knew
M, YOU arc aware, il such were my feelings,
should not hesitate to use them If had thought
Mr. Chairman, that you we're possessed ofany nice
feelings, would have answered you IN quite diff
crent strain | would have avoided much Of the
" vulgarity" you complain of-but YOU know your
nerves lie Jeep, and nothing short Of billingsgate
can even ia. Yoti You would consider il an ho
nor to be abused in courlly phrasc-and soloinn,y'
believe that nothing under the canopy OF Heaven
can give you a moments Notwithstanding
can cas-, even passing blush across your check,
save not being thought very conspicuous and tai
ented Lawyer, and vastly promising political cd
" Commodore" Now, let us part forever Tic
subject has grown stale. bid you long fare
well and your best plan now is to initiate your
master, the venerable Tommy, Che OF the Enquirer,
you know } aud when YOU meet with charges you
can't conlutc throw yourself behind your conse-
Qucncc, and affect to treat them with contempt
Adea. GOTSPUR.