Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-28
DE. COOKIES ADDRESS.


DR. COOKIES ADDRESS.
Tho address Of Dr. Cockc, though intended I'M
fo,di,,eIy for his Constituents, may be read WITH
prof by al WHO feel any interest IN The politician
questions of the day. The Doctor, originally vo'
lng for Con. Jachson as IA choice OF eslis' mas
nevertheless chung TO him "i'h all he devotion aho
pertinac.y of frs love, reluctant to believe any
evil of It's IDOL, or, v hen compelled 10 admit that he
had fallen INTO error hopin1, even against hope,
that he would retface his Steps AMI hnd his way
Back To the told whence he had srayed. attled
at wha, he believed to be the heresles OF The Proc
amation, yet regarding them as mere :" abs rae
tons" not TO be ished against the practical ben
efts Of his administrator, DIR Cooke unlike thou-
sanJs of the former fre,ds fGen. Jackson, di1 mo-
!" fly of in a tangent and deRouncc lis author a.
blood thirsty tyrant, painting fof an opport"hy,
under the pTeicxl of sustaining The majesty oil IN,
laws 10 take vengeance on few prominent ihdi-
yiduas towards whom he entertained ieclin,i OF
personal hostility Still more ALARMED when ,bt
celebrated Cabinet Merliesto male It's appearance,
IN which the President opealy ayowcd that he la
ak n up n hims II he responsibility Of dong
an act which the laws of the land had contiIod
no discretion OF the Secretary ol The frens1ry TIL
Doctor, whilst he protested against this usurpailon
Of power and the consequences 10 which It led still
vowed his intention OF supporting he admin'st'"
ion.--Then csmc the Protes,, Claiming iof III
President the entire and exclusive control OF tht
public purse, and asserting 10 broad tens that al
Executive power IS coBsttui onaIly vested IN his
auds-bpt StIll TIT Decor hcsIiatGi 70 Withdraw
ii5 conf iencc where he had once posed .--Lnst
II ali, came tie Post Office developments, showing
be ond the shadow OF Il doubt, III T. TO the " alb
stractons" when he had reviously objected, was
now added the most arng corrD ton IN the practi-
cal operations ofthc government. And when he saw
that the President, so far from exhlbInng any Dis
pleasure at the discovery of this dIng outrage, IN
lirccty justified It-.hen he saw, thar, mstead o,
removing from Office the m TO whom It's .xistenc
justly chatseabe, he abs lulrly sustained ihcn,,
the charm d l,soved, Tho asst INK of hc chap
vas broken, and he aban !oncd an Administrations
which he could no longer SUPPORT without desert
as his principles. And seems TO us, thu if meo
acted IN political m ,tars, more from reflection thai
/ habit-if they wonld more Frequently permit their
reason to have fair play, instead OF yielding to the
guidance Of their passions g. prcjudices such would
pc the determination OF ih0us nds OF 9TH w 10 W.
der the influence of preconceved partially still al
acre 10 man by whom every pledge & every pri0-
cple, uvowcd by or for HIM, an ecedenly TO his
cctlon, has been violated aud dlsrega :ded Dr.
locke has been, almost against his will driven
from the ranks of the administration party, by
succ ssloE Of Objectionable acts, each more obnox
! ious than its predeccssor-by an accumulation oi
| poiical inquiries, any one OF which would have
overwhelmed any man, whose popularity was bas-
ed upon less tangible and enduring bas than NIL
tary trlumphs the oanc, IN all time, OF republican
reHdom-he uniform and deadly enemy OF poIuef
! h.r'y--the eternal germ of SPLENDID duspotsn, il
is ,pparnn', even yrttha renouhciny as he ha, u,-
| quIvocaly DONE bis connection with the jackson
pisty Dr.. Cooke still on,crIaios a decided ADM
! for
| more snncd against ey the bad counsellor. whe
| ave led hum inlo error, than " SHINING" by IN.
| wn voiltion That tins is parity tue v c belize,
lSo; bot dos not o cur 10 all as the jus, infer
| ice from thus admission, that he nev,r qiaiI
| ntd Tor the high and holy trus.r deposited in his
| hands 1t he has stabbed the constitution ana
tamped on the peoples rights, from weakness o.
Intellect and violence of passion, rather than ftont
deliberate design 10 usurp power and to ovcrthroa
| liberty, although 1t may diminish his crlmlnalnv
| Vt Will no pallialc the mischcfs he has wrouebt-
i VIII. not heal the wounds he has ioflclrd-o
| n!e again tna " pure and perfect Chrysoc'
Which he has shattered into fragments.
We regret that, in SUR, nderng Gen. Jacksen
DIR. Cooke is so much puzzled to make choice NJ ;,
successor. ltwIll be that he declare. ,b,i be-
can support neither Webster, Clay Calhoun n.r
van bufen-becauae the first is federalist, tho ST.
coma latudlnarian in the construction of the CON
NNu'io', the una u nuyeT, md the fourth desI
'''e o' al pflncple, and wIthsl an npproycr aud
perhaps ADVISER OF those measures of the present
administration that have compelled the Doctor 70
""'oaw "om II ms supPor. Wronl then :.
ne VOC Tor VIII he 60 for Nj Ieyb1 We,
! NC uoes hol ea'1felY approve of that gentleman,
course; ana we will tpke the liberty Of SAVING to
hh, 'nooSh 1t may he presump uous IN Us to an,
augn' III the way OF coua sci to politician 50 er
Pf''eneeh as the Doctor, that if he suppor ~, NM,
VINO DOES not coincide with him IN opinh,n oy,,e,b
e. lie wl'i we tear, never again vote for n p,ss
| 'eh' OF me United States. Lit HIM cas-, h,s ev..
over the Union. and select If he ca, ono w.,
! Nho mas any chance Of success whose sent;.,,n,,
on all sut Jets, coincde with his own Al ~.
cannot, he must consent either 10 vo,e no, ., III -
o DO as he did before, make n cbo;,o 1r w., ;,
he truth H. in making selection of c,n,,,,a,a.
'or 'nc PRESIDENTIAL office, if We act as rot,on,,t =,
w u o'''e' less important matters, We shall. n
IAN, ",o so' our hrst choice, consen o 90 Tor the
's' ooJ c"ohao'e OF those from whom il is ev;de,,
nc Se,ec''on mnst be made OF those now before
we puo''c' "ep'efer Mr.. Clay-noi because We he.
'e'e ''a OR opinions coincide with his on all mat
'e'S' ou' because hrs they come near md NJ
nearer 10 mat point than those O. any oher ;nd;v,J
| "'' nam u secondly, because we believe hin, >,
"a honest, capable, and faHsful to tho cons,,,
''o"' N'noush not p'n APPS entiyely orthodox .ccor
"S " ~ Oocke's aad our notions Of ortbodox,,
anu 'hrdy, because we believe, thai, # clec,sd -
""' carry INTO the Presidential off "a - sn;r,, :,
compromise and Cancellation, from which Tho b.
| result. s'o'Ieen'e' VIII