Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-20
SENATOR pOlNDEXTFR


SENATOR POlNDEXTER
VIC are no admirers of the personal character Of
Se"a'o, iohoeSler but we nevertheless beieve
"'"' 10 W not SO bad as his enemies paint and GER
talhy better man than many of his calnnlntntore
ifaducors and prosecutors We ore sure Tint n n,os
i"ul ana infamous attempt was made TO connect him
WIN Inc act oil he mailman who shot at tho pfcs,.
lent, bg those icho kncm that he rus iunocc,t Of NE
imputed cfame, Jor POLITICAL PURPOSES
and that The accidental discovery OF the vile plo,
and the. overthrow of its Sudo,dinatc fo0is. sonc
prevented It's consummaton. IL the accusation Ind
not been discovered the time was aud if i, Ind
not been promptly put downby Legislative enquiry
Mr.. Poindexter would have been arrested n, tim
termination OF the last session OF Congress. and
thrown INTO prison, rs the aecompce and nstiea.
'or OF Law ener on the evidence Of pefiured mon
paid for their perjury ho would have
been kept there until the conirivcrs OF tho pln had
accomplished their base designs 1t is due 10 him
therefore, that we lay before readers his late cx
corlating speech at the Philadelphia dinner-and
moi 10 hun alone, but to the cause of public Justice
winch has been so grossly outraged in bis person
We have therefore, TO the exclusion pf varons 9th.
er articles, transferred il to our columns this morn
ing Few who commence will lay II down with
out finishing lt-and can pe,usc ii wilhou,
h'ushng thnt there is at The head Of affairs man,
whose volcanic passions so frequently bclray him
INTO course OF conduct alike disrcputnblc TO hun
self and dlsgraccul TO the country.
gJ The Richmond Enquirer asserts tina, il did
not hold back he letter ia vindicati6n of Mr. Van
Buren, a sngleday, ms we had vcnurod 10 suJmsc
and II asks, lin its own courteous style why did
not this wlscacte fill it Ghe dnie) up with about the
last of March, wh'n it was really transmitted to |,
us as well us any prior day in the month ~ Be.
cause as The day upon which il WINS written was
omitted, VIC bud right TO presume that there was
some reason for the omission. Nor nrc we now
satisfied that our first conjecture was moi tghr-for
though tfansmitted' TO The Editor The Enquirer
about the last Of March, may il not still hive been
n7Hen about the first Of hat month and although |
he did not hold il up for day, did not the person
10 whom Il was oddrcs.ed1 Why hcse clubbing |
expressions, if it be far business lronsacon2
sIs The Richmond Enquirer says" The
Lynchburg Vrginlan spcs the Richmond Wing
IN shouting ngalns' the increased expenditures OF /
the Post Office Department The Enquirer
would have been swiflcr and ouder in its shouts
than even the Wing or the Virgntan, had the cor
ruPtons and Frauds Of which, nptHg Tie Giobe it is
now The defender, occurred during Mr.. Adams
administration. Ii informs US, however, TINT one
ed the Editor fcw days ago, that there arc not
now enough Clerks in thru office TO transact he bu-
siness as II ought to bc-whch proves TIM, the
complaints of Mr. VIM. G Ryes MS a member Of |
the committee Of rercnchment, of the Enquirer and |
Of all the enemies Of Mr.. Adams's administration, |
touching lis exlravagance IN this particular, were |
founded in Injustice, ind intended for political CT.
feet, ard that their promises Of decreasing the num-
Der Of clerks, when Jackson should be installed in
Office, were lnsncere and hypocri'ical.
- " The Bank is dead u exclaim the Jackson
men, when they wish to glorlfy Inc hero who has
slain the monster " The Bank is not dead % is
heir cry, when they hope to derive, from popular
slty 10 'hat institution, few votes in favor of
Vac Burcnsm, which, ii it, undilu,ed shape, they
arc well aware, is unpaIatabo to The people.
- The science of Phtonoey is snid to derive
strong support from an examination Of the olaniuIn
OF Thomas H. Benton The organ Of C0nscicntiOnS
ness being entirely absent!
REWARDED = Robert +. Lyle, late menbe,
Of Congress from Ohio ond dstinguit he'd for his
subgcrvicncy to the Kitchen Cabinet, has been APP
pointed by the President, Surveyor General for the
district comprising that State.
" FRESH TOms lie pc0P'e "A Sigte Caucus
was held at Albany the 9Th inst. by whom
FORTYTWO dclegGtcs-the quota from New
York were appointed to the National Caucus,
which is to assemble at Baltimore on the 20ih OF
May next, for the purpose of nominating Mr., Van
Buren, as next President!
A sain-The State Caucus Of Kentucky, which
appointed delegates 10 the Office Holders Conven-
ton, apprehensive that scr1e vacancy might occur
IN the delegation, conferred the power Of filling
such vacancies on a central committee Of some six
or eight persons ia Frankfort
Thus, some dozen more men appoint the en-
tire delegation ola State TO this nlck-namcd Ma
tional Convention, and yet are to be bamboo
zed into the support Of its doings, by being told,
contrary to the facts ~ the case, that they are
" fresh from the peop!c."t
For our own parts, we Ike the idea Of tho Nash
vile Banner on this subject. We nca'st a PreSt-
dent, fresh from The people'- !, will certainly be
Just as well to take him from the ranks, TO
ton the proceedings ola parcel Of interested poli
clans, who will assemble together, oppo,atcd By
each alter, for the parpose of nominating one of
themselves,