Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-01-23

persecution VII be raised, and worse still p3,fa-
dent VII be ~, whish viii hereafter cpbarrass oar
Presidents, ana make the Senate Chamber the are
ia upon which faction will6ght its battles.
81 Among the recent appointments, by this
eetia"rr Republican administration, We notice the
name Of Francis Bayh,s, of Massachusetts, as
Ghrse DIS Atiares to Buenos Ayras. Mr. Bay
lies Is a man fine tdents but then lie has al
ways been known as one Of the mostviocut fed
erlllsts Of the Boston stamp-from thu days o. the
and the Hartford Convention down u the pres
ent tlne. Like the present. Secretary ofthe Treas
ary Mr.. Baylias did not haul down his nos and
abandon his principles when the brilliant tcrmiua-
ton Of the war Frustrated Oh party to which he be
longed. lie continued to Glory IN hls title OF
federallst, and 70 defend taa crcel Of that party
with a zeal which conslnr,#, us hls honest baiet
Of its purity. W. dou5t not thr appointment itself
tsa good oue-bot theult singular that an admin
lstra.ion winch 50 continually boasts Of lis Rpub-
ltaaatsm wd THROUGH is organs, soconstaatly md
bitterly druomees the cid Fr3oalias, should So
frequently resort to ho ranks of that party ior cou
cillors and agents
II Isit not calculated to strike every one with
astonlshm,nt that notwithstanding Gen. Jackson
has three several tunes, in his annual messages 10
Congress, ayowed ms sentiments IN relation 10 thu
renewal of the charter Of the United States Bauk.
lis coar,s hregrd to 1t Is still matter Of doubt
and conjecture Ths meerlauY docs not arise
Fan any ambiguity in his langua.r. WHAT, then
is The cause oft2 lslt otthat the public have no
confidence in his principles, when they come IN
conflict with his intg@l?
= Mr. Blam's great Globc' makes terrible
fuss about the extraction ola bah from the Prcs
dents arm, which was deposited there by his good
Irieaa, Col Benton III the celebrated Nashville af
the Old Chief and the Old Soldier, as IT there
were no other chiefs or soldie@ alive but himself
We thnl, ball which had remained SO quiet twcn-
ty years. might have been let alone altogether
but then, the occasion of bringing the fact beior,
the public, and shedding few onion tears over the
mistortmes ofthe Old Solder aqd eXtolllng the
orttalc Of the 81 GA Chief would have been lost !
Never was a people SO ho5lwmkcd by a system o.
trckcry and fndgery, as the good pcopla OF the
United States at this moment,
- The Richmond Enquirer says, NJ. Clay
doe not deserve the ute OF Mediator Of the
south that his late Speech in the Senate com
pletcly strips hIm of all claim to it. This may be
very true But the Editor of the Enquirer should
rccolIect that he Is the only person who has ever
applied that ttc to Mn Clay, and if Mr. c. does no.
deserve 1t, it only shows the Editors bad judgment
OF bad TASTE, aud not Nh Clay's III deserts,
~ We begin to hope, from the complexion Of
G. crtain comments in the last Nashville Banner on
the late Address of the Baltimore Convention To the
People ottha Uni,oI States, that the Edition of that
priat will shortly discover which side OF dc fcuc.
he belongs TO. Ac must he tired Of ridtas eR II
50 long.
g-r An interesting account OF great Temper
ancc Meeting at Washington city, with brief no
tices of the Speeches Of several distinguished gen
tclacn, will be found on oar fourth page.
81 Stephen Simpson. of PLladelphia editor
of the Pennsylvania WAig) IS engaged in writing
the Lie otthe late Stephen Girard lie mentions
the following singular fact that hls father (Mr
George SIMPSON, during an acquaintance of forty
years with Mr. Girard.---ond as he was long time
Cashier of Mr. Grads bank It must necessarily
have been an intimate and familiar acqualntancc---
never heard Of any letter, receipt or other papafI
the hand wrtingof Mr. q This circumstance
IS stated IN consequence Of a rumor which had
been circulated that Mr. @ had left materials for
friends was engaged IN writing it Mr. Simpson
adds, tina, during Mr. G4arfs life time he several
times applied 10 INN 10 furnish him with materials
for the preparation Of Autographed sketch of his
life; to which he uniformly replied, " My actions,
Mr. Simpson must he my lite.--l have no informa-
tion to give Uhat ido, is my life. When am
dead that vii speak for tsclf"-IfMr Grard has
left manerals for his own life, it will be curious il
not valuable work. We should like to analyzc
the operations OF such mind as MIR. G's--dcvocd
to money making, and yet not miscr--.wealthy
beyond all precedent in this country, and yet free
from that most loothsomc disease, pursc-pride---
proyerb yet doing good by stealth
of obscure origin and IN his youth engaged in
menia, and laborious occupations yet not ashamed
to atoclaim to the world, that he had been ma
rper" as we'll as merchant -unskiled in the sci
ences and unlearned in books, yet appropriating a