Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-10-22
COMMUNICATION.
70 THE VAN BUREN, CHAIRMAN.

| had intended, had you denied nay assertions, TO
have hayed you alive. Blu, your peaeeable adnis-
sion 81 all the important charges eontained IN mr.
first communication to w.t. oar misrepresentation
Of the Jackson meeting of Angus, last, ard the gen.
eral corruption OF Van Burenism,) and your apaio
gy To the gentlemen whose motives you'had me-
ligned, have appcascd my - sad liked to
have said wrath bat that is an emotion cannot
feel towards ron. Your drunkenness, ] say, ffor,
Notwithstanding the little spuiter you have made,
you know You are now o@erng and crouc!lins like
n whi,A spaniel ;. has lessened the motive for CIV
my you the lash, and saved you from many stripes.
could almost find Il in my heart TO LET you pass
With what you have received; but am afraid, dear
Conatodors. it would puff you NJ with imaginary
notions OF victory, aud laures, aud such things
and that you know always disfsures you.
There is nothing " so becomes man, as modest
stiffness and humility" says the erea, bard of ma
tire and unfortunately for YOURSELF Mr., "Char-
man, that is II habit you never get into, until you
are logged into it, | con yell excuse the little pet
ulancc you have displa, ed in your reply to Hot
spur. 1t Was quite natural-fesh and blood, You
know can't stand every thing. Indeed, you could
not well do less-it was absolutely necessary 10
kick up some dust to hide your silent acquiesceacc
in charges, which, ifseen must blast your gf0lcing
political rospects--provided, always, they have
eyer been any thing else but blasted. ] am your
rue friend and my present object IS, by another
little emetic TO cleanse you out quite and get yoa
If possible, TO cast up the truth tue whole truth, and
nothing but the truth If succeed, gonr case shai!
be reported to the faculty" as aphenomcnon wor-
thy OF special investigation. You must now, dear
Comnodore look upon yourself SO to speak, as my
patent--and whatever course | may pursue, who.
ther pukc, purge or blister, consider il, pray
YOU, all done tor your own good. You may per
,.laice i'ilh thai am giving you teo much physie
aud that LAT my doses too often: But let me
be the JUDGE. You. is M o!d chronic case, and if
neglect the present tayo.able symptoms, you may
relapse. To pursue the smile, You Kaye now tue
prcmonitory symptoms" OF retufn,2g t'0W1eg
(mark, how. mud !)--a blue pill OF two, wls..,. Az
ministerod just at this crisis, may set all rigR'--
an hours delay, and You will most sucy col
lapse" know your constitution SO WE'LL know
your great predspositon TO - how shall call
it. without irritating you Shall say ampliica-
ton, cxaggeration, aJueration, regeneration, or
what =? However, 1t matters rot, you know, what
mean. Ii is that strange and unfortunate disease,
with which you have been afflicted from your We
~ ohdhood that allude to-which causes man
TO cal things by the wrong names an obllqully OF
, vision, which makes him say black is while, and
white is blacla mental hallucinaton, which, ope-
rating Oh the optic nerve, not unfrc1utnty causes
him TO things which IN fact do not exist at all
Except to his diseased view. Knowing well
nov you are afflicted, yon must permit the, theE,
10 physic sou III my OWN wny and iflny prescrip-
tons do produce u utie nausea, you must bear j,
as patiently as you can--and be thankful thai yeu
are blessed aih the at,erdauce Of one who thor
oushly understands your case. Many young
quack would be probing you here and Uniting you
here, and applying cataplasm to this place, and
blister to that, all al random, mud ali lon pur-
,,,t,,. Ia. lat,
viii o5isate myself TO hit you upon tue raw, every
crack
Now to business I will begin Il, your end, your
bottom, your " p. s. mean aud, by the bye,
Commodore rs il regards the seat ofdlgnily, there
is not pin to choose b,twrcn your two ends--
the ends Of your rcply,l mean, of course. You
say, in your z. s." that YOU 'neserapplicd for Of
flee and never was offered office. " How this
world is given to lying says old Jack Falstaif-
not me--though it may be SO. Did YOU no, tell
one of your brother chips, that whilst Ill Washing
ton, you were offered Clcrkahip IN one OF the De
partmcnts? that you refused &C. &c. Do you
gran, me Il IS my old Trojan lfnot, must take
II for, You know, I'd ccltltm cSt-hoWever, as
know the depth ofyoir Latinism, will give II TO
voa IN Engsh--that is ccytain irhich cdn be 1tn-
de,cd certain. But you will hardly deny this, as
living and unimpeachablc eyid is close AT
hand. This being granted, gallan, Comwodofc,
yoa do most certainly courteous how eolirte-
Gus > in savn- YOU never offered oftce--and
Il Ii ie true that nu Office offered you, winch
rests upon your own assertion, II Is strong anu
violent presumption that you have also applied for
office Por as rich as Uncle Sam may be, and as
pow eifu AS is the patronage OF the general govern
neat, Offices surely can't be SO plenty, aud appii-
rants 50 scarce TO reduce the Executive tn the
! necessity OF waiting on every old lahdopcr VINO
1 ( Ill Ixp
any body else, and know of hin, If he will accept
Of salary. Oh no, Commodore, that cock won't
| fight Your old disease, opnc, has caused You
exactly to reverse the matter. Instead of being
! asked to get into office which aGu refused, you
asked them TO ic. YOU get in, which try refused
AN incousderable mistake, to be sure. However
ibis may le thus stands the case with you'll, us
YOU say in your p. S" you were never offered Oh
fec. then you erred in telling the gentleman al!aded
! 10 mat YOU lad bccn--if on the QAcs hand you
uerc offered Office as you informed him, thei O.
you err IN telling the public that YOU never had
been, Take which HON of the dilemma yon
please you stand self convicted, SO far, OF at least
oac err0r. And il it be true, as is said that you
actually applied for Office and was refused, then
have you erred, firstly in telling the gentleman al
luded to that you never applied 2dly, that a 6"fh
was offered you unasked Billy, that you refused
hly, IN telling the puplic you never al'i'e" IN "
fee 5ihly, that Office never was Offered you AMI
6thly, it would take UP too much space 10 follow
you any farther.
! I coull, Mr. Chairman, go on, If II would not
iengthen out tins piece too much, and prove ny
the strongest and ccarcst circunsian,lal ana post
tive testimony the following facts, which you DENY
| 10 wit: That you were a thorough gong fedefa-
| isl CT the olden schoo-ihat you did come 10 Inc
court house, as charged, with Two sets OF resolutions
in your pocket--tla, you published piece IN the