Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-12-22
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mai" himself a king and d King his su, cessor ;
aud II Il be- Also true, which | utterly DENY, THAT
tho People hive sanctioned all this exercise Of
absolute power. | ask gentlemen of all parties
thosa oven who claim to he III. exclusive keepers
oi tho kings eonscieDc., If this does not prove
one vir,ns --,h" virturs of oonsancy, at least, in
tn. People Have they no, been cons,sn, and
c%onhding beyond measure ia their attachment
10 LIN 7 Has their fault not been In too ssssk
confidence and oon,lancyf -
II what they say be true, and it Is a main M.
cuiaan, with them. tint the voice Of the Pso
pic is the voice of G"d !" that wlm,ever jackson
has done they have sanctioned TINT he spake,
and they w'led II tina, he vciord, and they vo-
ted viii, lim Thai he dictated, aud they obeyed,
Is ll,is not proof positive that her affections ind
ihrir voices have ever snst ,iied. have ever AM
mated, have evrr INDUCED, have ever justified aud
excused him p! Such unosantplcd confidence, such
nn"Namp lcd attachment and affection were never
Witnessed before IN any people towards any ruler,
and | pat 1t In The candor and wnsrof Justice of all
men 10 say wi,ethr T what the People have We'll
d.d 10 ,hcir favor,le has moi been more, trebiy
NOR, than reward enough for all his services and
sacrifices, however grca,l Admitting the debt Of
lleir er,tI,ude 10 him 10 have been ever
81 great, ! ask il the debt has no, been
more than paid : Whether the President does
not nor owe more than hc can ever pay 10 u
generous people, who have conlilinslv, to n GRIM
inal degree, entrusted him with their all--l,onors,
their rights, their liberties, Their sovereign power
Sir. what can one aged man, fast %hurrying to tho
grave, pay To "A people in consideration OF
what all the treasures of earth, and all the blood
oi them and their children, may not buy: No
thing Nothing Yes, yes, there is ono boom.
one sacred legacy, oil incstimable value, which, in
parting from them aud the world, he .nigit have
left them. lie nigh, have lef, tlem The legacy
oil PATRIOTS advice. lie might have left them
the truth, and solamnly imprinted il upon their
minds and memories forever, =" that they had
trusted him too much" and his advice To them.
a. never, never IN their history, to trust another
man as they had trusted him. aud he uigla have
returned to them their trust, and have restored
them To their senses. This, and this only would
have repaid them. II would have restored 10
them what ln, been taken from them, wllicl, alone
can compensate for itself.
Tho last message of such n President to such n
People should have been the = farAosH' of ii ia
Their To his children. 1t should have been deep
IN wisdom, profound IN its philosophy, hallowed
in its lessons of vi, inrr, calm in its tone and tenn
per of reason, eloquent in its appeals, sublime in
It's moral, aud passionate only IN lis icrvent afcc-
ton. It should have been the legacy Of Anens,as
TO his SUCCESSORS, the " iarw.ll" address Of WASH
ngton To his countrymcn
But tbs is the last annual message Of Andrew
Jackson ! would, loI hin, and his country, thai
II was any bu, vita, it is And mhy rs il what Is
it Gentlemen will pardon mt mean nothing
disrcspcctful 10 tho Prr,'dcnt-whcn | say they
know It S duo 10 candor and truth to Say-it is
what il is, because Il is not the message oJ In
dun Jackson They know tia, immediately
upon the ad our nment OF The last session Of Con
eress, the Prcsiden, and his Prime Ministers we're
i,prrscd from their duties at ia, scat Of Govern
nicnl, and from the cares OF public business, on
their respective missions to the States of this Uni
on. lilo "f State bore dispatches 10 Georgia, and
tho Old Chief limscll" was lugsed along
through Western Virginia, over
ltnts and ridges,
And bridges
4" Made ot planks
In open ranks"
to Tennessee aod Alabama. II is a pity. sir thnt
more of the People had NOT Witnessed the Execu-
i've elcctionrering tour, for then, perhaps, more
of the States would have followed the example Of
Georgia aud Tennessee, neither of which could DO
scduccd or intinldated into The support Of - the
mau"--a Tennessee toast said, the dog'-as
we'll as 4" the master" | am told that they car
RED hi II about like n lion Tor show, and made him
roar iikc n lion. They had catcolism' prepared
70, him, and tho negotiations OF The mission wero
conducted by preconccr,ed questions and answers.
\ crowd would COLLECTION the highway or in tho
bar-rooms, no matter wlicll-and some " village
politicians" Of "tie Par,,"-would inquire
81 What think YOU, General, OF such "A man 7" In
a loud tone. much too ,leniorlan for those lungs
which, are now laccratrd, the answer rung--'' lilo
is 4 traitor, sir" - There, there !" repeated tho
demagogucs 10 the crowd" did you not hear
tlpi p " " bat rl,ink You ofanoti"r, General I"
- liz is a liar, sir!' "What of another 7" NE
i, a UNDERGRADUATE Fcdt ralst :" OF another !
:, lie made a sl,cecl, for which, he plId some stem.
ograpllcr five dollars ~ And other WAS or
no accouni--no account, SIT, and ought to be st nj
home To have his place supplied by some efficient
nan - aud another VAS L pon The fence, sir
Upon the fence !" +" But. General, what think
you of-Mr. Che first time lieuben was was ever
called Mister y Reuben NJ. Whitney 7" There
is no just Cause of complaint against Mr.. Uhifney,
sir , he is AS true a patriot us ever was tiny are
all liars who accuse iim of ansht wrong, and tins
olliriai documents provo them 10 be 50 ~ All
the while these responses were repeated by tho
,leacous Of the service, aud the People were cal
led To give heed to them. Those who saw tho
farce and the frauds, did heed them, .ir-did heed
Them.
Ny friend (A,. p told them that they would
kill him that their too mncl, travel and fatigue
too much standing and talking too much hustle
anl excitement for a weak and lniirn old man 10
bear. But still, they showed hin about, IN tho
heat OF summer, and still they mode him roar, an-
til he frightened the People, WHO at last began 10
apprclei.d he was IA lion come TO devour their
freedom ufrlcc,ions, and all else they valued rs
dear. Defeated in his mission, he AT length be-
came discuste,I himself, chaIrincd, and mortified.