Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-02

who $1,000 'hp" .s,;ya,ion was to be made, it was
when ''e .a.,c,ed, wps extremely circumscrlbed
much W " ,.,e,r,unately was, there could be two
sbot as - ,be course which the Senate was
opinions .s It's duty to its own character and
bound 10 III a,a ali concerned, demanded the inves-
dignity anu -
llsailon. ..ble to believe, and il shoull turn
III W. .o.,;yation TO be established, that the
out on W. h,d had The slightest participation IN the
sehao attempt to assassinaie feiow-citizen,
ainee'ous p.esident of the United States, the Sc.
and nc w. he called upon perform the painful du-
n''s o,cd by the Senator himself, OF putg'ng the
" oT ouch an unworthy member.
popy contrary, If the result OF the inquiry should
y" =. mus, believe j, would be, to establish that
oT M, the slightest foundation Tor the charge !;
'n's - he mus, also hope, there is no ground for
OF T. lissoon that the President has possession Of
'n' IRE ofhdavs, implicat'ng the senator, he
s.,1s stand acquitted, and be IN condition 10
S.ohsrge The high duties, aPPerta'nins to his sta
ton. ,.., 10 Tho co,,trv N the nur;,v
~ Senate. and the cause OF truth and justice,
u .''ho in Jury should be instituted.
"s Tak;oo Tint view Of the matter, on the spur OF
'.so.,,n flor the communication had come upon
i p' r,.,ber an unexpec cd moment and he could
~" ;had that some other Senator hal taken
H''s ~ he would move that Committee be
MATED according to the request contained IN the
communication.
%n. rommit,ee was then ordered by the unani-
-, vo,e of the Senate.
NJ Clay proposed that it consist of five; and
,..,,sd The Senate 10 torbear extending towards
t,,, IN accus omed urbanity generally shown 10
,e o,o,er oil propostion by leaving his namc off
: the Committee
han !, was found that the following Senators we've
.s.,eJ; Mcssrs Smith, Mangum, King, Of Geor-
ola. Wright and Tyler
REMARKS.
In wha, position must these circumstances
nacs US before the eyes of foreign nations How
iesfaded must they make us appear in our own es-
,,mation The President of the United States
nourayed as an exhibitor of certificates, obtained
i,om nobody knows whom, and nobody knows how,
10 prove tha,a Senator of The United States had IN
s,gated his death, by the hands Of an assassin q
ymooya! q mares Were there even any f,un-
d,,lon for such suspicion, does It not strike every
mad at once ,bat this is not the proper method to
he ADOPTED in order 10 arrive at the trulllto
N. condemnation Of Mr.. Poindexter, i lie be gull
{; OF The co wordly and infamous act ascribed &c him,
q his ncq 'iual, If he be falsely accused Why
were these certfsrs not prod0ccd IN Court, at the
exlniaatien Of Lawrence Or, if the facts TO
which they testify have only become known sua Sc.
oaenlly to the committal Of that wreched monoma-
MAC 10 prison why,as socn as they were developed,
was not George Poin1excr arrested, carried before
the judicial tribunals, confronted with his accuser,
and facn's shed wiih opportunity OF disprosIng
las foul caumny, if calumny it be, or subjected to
thc punishment due To his base offence, If he be
ks.k co1a nJcnp
on with this attempted assassination implies 7
There is somehing unjust, ungenerons and ptiful-
ly n ali snani ia the course adopted by Gen. jack
son. in reference to this matter, if he credit the
saicmen,s Of the cer,fcrs-bu, if he believe thosc
s4trmen's 10 be false, (and cannot presume that
Nc is crcdulous enough to do otherwise his conduct
1t 100 cspicable to find proper cpithet IN word.
SVe repcat, we cannot presume that Gen. Jackson
J. creaIlous enough believe the statements of the
certificates which it seems he so indusrlously ex-
kbis TO his visitors. Why 7 Because the facts
OF The case Independently of the general opinion
tina, L wlence labofs under mental haIlucinalIon,
60 to show conclusiyey that he acted from The inn
pulse o. his own min and that he was not instr
gated, either directly OF indirc:tly, by any other
ptrson to attempt The deed which was fortu-
&, iiely and happily frustrated. II Lawrence was
hired 10 shoot The President, the assassin certainly
booked 70 his reicard, and TO its after enjoyment.
aud consequently the inference is inevitable that
he would have adopted some secret mode Of staying
his ycun,,-that he would hove employed some
material, if practicable or, If compelled
oresorl to deadly weapons, tina, he would have en-
doavored 10 seek some occasion when he might use
them with safety to his own pcrson-that he would
have awaited himself of some opportunity when the
pesldent was alone, and when circumstances
L - n L., ul,,,an Is
possible to suppose that m N would engage to
d. deed like this, for pay, and then select, fo the
lheare of his exploit, the crowded capitol, at mid
dy1 Whist benefit could he expect TO derive from
his reward, when he would know, that being sue
ccssful in his attempt, if he escaped instant death
from the surrounding multitude he would speedily
fall into the hands of the executioner Do h"cd
treyos and assassins ever thus act Are they not
" minlons of he moon," sealthily creeping upon
thor victim under Of night, and seeking SAFE
ty in darkness ra her than taking their deadly ann
a, MONDAY, their victim surrounded by friends,
and their own escape rendered impossible Ihis
single circumstance is sufficient 10 convince every
mind, however prcj1dced against Mr.. Poindex'cr
It my be-, that Lawrence acted from the sugSes-
tons of his own dso,dered Imagination and not as
the az at Of any other person. = Ard 1t may be au
ded here, as corroboratvc proof, thato an enquiry
addressed to him since he has been in prison, wle
Their he was acquainted with Mr. Po'ndexter, he
answered, that, although he knew him by sight, he
never had spoken to him, or been spoken TO by him.
With regard to the certIfycrs themselves, we
shalt reserve all comment, until we see Vho they
ARE and have some opportunity to judge of the IN
'Dieuees by which they have been operated upon.
mould ii be discovered, we have no; the shadow
ofa doub, that it will oe, that they have testified
falsely, in order to secure to themselves or others,