Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-27
6DS5NlUNlC ALTON.
WAI. G. RIVES, l..SQ

l. IS . rious To trace the tortuua3 winnings o one
y. he Y Bu;eu School. They orc a filthy set, and
ne wha has he stomach to follow after them, can
easily .raen iAcin by tn, slime which they leave.
In 50 ue f4rca OF other once read Of wag who
bpwed aun4efup into considerable Importance, IA
sun. % ,,,re village by affecting great intimacy
b.twean himself and the King anJ the hing,
TIC X ~ and t." - with Mr. Rlves. lie has
ne.tr ~.n t the death Of that ttuly gfea. man, let
sh., ~ opportunity in which he could possibly log
u J irason and himself bc.ore the people IN the
fenll II s'ra,u the day, but he has done So BY
. eousent reera,inn of this coursr--bY stalking
h isa,iai lns AMI Nr Js across the stag linked
arm "a ar a, together. and the same opinion
In se,,on and out al Season, anJ upon all occn-
s1ls he II $ no, only induced many in,e.lisen men
,4pn4sa ,n1, there was this community Of feel,
Il, and sen I'M nj between them, but Whit IS pas
sin, strange, they say tie really be.ais 10 bc.eve
himself Like an inoiscnsye old Sd are that |
i'm acq tainted with, who, having travelled to The
hr west" ia his youth, returned with the story OF
The MuHchmsrn punphln, that or " along the
NO iDlks Of Duck River and IL winch all the s,oc i
ii the new settlers wn,crcd He intended it al
frs, Tor Travellers tale, hut forty yoars rel'c-
raon has convinced IGN Of lis truth, and he now
re1cats il, with the must solemn gravity, whist has
alditors are ready to burst with laughter. Mt
Jefferson , and Mr.. Riyes Sound Sound yc
trlmpc.s, and let the whole car'll ftJoce, that
era, man has arisen in Israel Now, by way Of
omls.mcn;, let as suppose quite a noisih.e cast
o@it, that th's rfccoc'o"S P"en"h'Snoh na' '''
come a mousmaqiae upon the subject Of his own
greatness that. bewldcrcd by the glare which his
dIstcmpercI Imagination, his inordlnaie lust fol
fame, and he ulsome ha,;ery of his satellites have
coniutal up. he has determined not 10 await The
slow mr. cess of some future historian but TO 'ccomt
his own auti-binsrupher--to w,lte his own He In
his madnsss he mag mes tlrat the events ne no" on
ly hopes for have already come to pass. After CLAN
cling al the important events OF his day-fo" '
Bnrcn an Kendall and Lewis and Rtloha ant
himself humbusgcd the people, destroyed the sove
fegn,y Of the States, robbed tho Treasury, brow-
beat the Senate, ran the Post Office Department
$500 900 in debt, in rewardng heit parlizinS, ant
conup,ng the people, and how they finally strcee-
DID in tramrling dow the Constitution ana build
my up splendid Dcspo.isr, &c. &c he at last
Genes home to self! A Partisan smile curs up
on his ip--his ,hrobbng chest heaves Ike the gen
tie undpa,ions of the summers wave--stafs, cpTo
nets and dukedoms dance before his vision, ant
Martin Martin Omy King fails IN home
accents from his tongue He thus begins "Borr
IN the cmn'y OF Nelson, ON the waters OF Nock
fish, and educated in the county CT Abemarlc,
''ffy uc9l'''y oo'Iy ~ oSNN'''0 ~
lie OF The Ilusrious Jefferson. Mex, TO nay a'or'
Gus hins Martin and his honored Premier, mi
:nbe self, he was the greatest man that ever Nv
u III the tide times. II was my exquisite etici
W whist yet child, 10 atttact the favorable re-
ea'l OF this dtnguishcd philosopher, aud 10 b
adopted INTO his family his political son Yes
MS my boast that upon my youthful SHOULDER
,faheu the hoary sage Of Monticello in bis docl!n
.5s YeaFs-ln,o my youthful bosom poured he on
0,e f':n confidence Of his age-ihe wisdom OF hi
gigantic mlnd-tha soundncss OF his political prlh
ep'es--and dying, into nay hands committed tn
workmanship Of his fame the fostering care OF HI
"ae's' ana, as his bta,ihcd spirit winged lis !l'sh
;" "; ",s e'heral regions, urelaspng from his cola
l.s moving robe Of honors he cast i, upon the ten
enid OF his adoption, and covered the STRIP
r Ing derqsi;ary of his fame, thick with the vcne
aos mantle OF his greaness.-Glory 10 Martin tn
INST ). Blu, enough
as ''crne, OF some else says, Of oil the cant
''I arc eanied ia this cuntng world though III
AN ePocs!oy may bc the MOS, tor n,cn,ins sure