Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-01

in a manner worthy OF the old Common" rum
which lie came.
remain dear Sir.
With sincere esteem.
tery respectfully.
Your o'bt servant
J. HAMILTON, 81 :. [.
Tnos. RtTcHIF, Esq.
"p ) | have negotiated my South taro'ha
all Road Loan lor , millions with great despatch
and on the most advantageous terms. aud lave been
tteaied with the utmost Kindness by all persons WIN
,,bom have had any thing do, IN this great anu
. elotous country from which We have every REASON
7 10 be proud thu we have sprung"
fo-s The correspondence between Messrs. Ste
yensgn aud q Council. referred to ia the foregoing
letter. was published in the last IpgtnidnJ
Ia reference 10 the affair" itself may observe
list. that considering the low estimation IN winch
Daniel O'Connell is generally held IT seems to be d
,ece Of ondeseeusion on the pat OF Mr. Stevenson
! :, have noticed HIN at all--and 2dly. that having
called Inn 10 account. he rather too easily salts
fed since, although Mr.. OCounell asserts the m
accuracy the report Of his speech complained oil
by Mr.. Stevenson, he does not say that lac dih not
use, in that speech. remarks equally offensive
though perhaps not identical in phraseology, with
I those which aroused Mr.. Stevenson's ire. Never
theess we are not prepared say, either that Nh
Stcvenson should moi have noticed Mr. OConne,
or that he did wrong ia his determination 10 regard
the denial of the accuracy Of Mr.. O'C.s speech as
eoulyalen, to retracton of the insulting language
cited by himself. We take i, for granted tha' both
in making the demand aud In accepting the cXpana-
ton he took counsel of Gen Hamilton ;and may be
very safely asserted that that gentleman. celebrated
as he IS for hi, hghtoned chlya,y Of character, IN
which courage and courtesy are 50 happily Blended
would not advise sanction in his friend any course
Which bears the least sembance Of prec'pltae ra'
ness in liz commencement or OF dlshonorable IL
nudity in its denonement Touching the pro-
priety of Mr.. Stcyensons conduct therefore, al.
though the face Of the correspondence may pc.nG,s
/ llitly expose him to the criticism Of BIZ enemies
VIC take for granted, from the Character of his
friend. that II fully justified oy circumstances
Which are not apparent to those remote from the
scene. We may aid, in tins connections" that
the toHe OF ar;I. ilamilon's letter to the Editor
Of the Erg.drer, although perhaps adapted to the
charsc, Ger of Mr.. O'Conncll is deficient IN that ele
rsdon aud dignity orthought and language which is
50 generally Characteristic Of The writer. We sup
pose however lac deemed ii inappropriate TO attempt
To hew block with razor; and he used thr eleayer
Of the butcher, because he was dealing with WHO
can only be made Eel by blow inflicted with the
same instrument aud Nitb the brute force which
Is requisite to sever tie tough hide OF an
Few men Lave sunk SO rapidly to so low a
depth in public estimation, as Daniel O'Conne.-
we can we'll recollect when his name excited with
US an enthusiasm uc short OF that with which we
were accustomed to regard those Of Tell, Bruce
and Washington. We regarded hum as dsin-
tcrested Patriot, beyond the reach of bribery, which
had been so long and successfully employed by
the British government to corrupt the patriot sons
Of the Emerald Isle, and equally superior to that
system of terrorism, to which the British ministry
had rcsored, to in,imdate those whom 1t filled 10
| silence with gold-such men as an Emmett Tandy,
Sampson, aud host of others who had suffered
death, couGscaon and exile, in their noble and gal
l liant efforts to emancipatc lher country from the
{ tmaldom Of English missoycrnmcnt But we have
long since learned to dstrus the honor and ntcgri-
+, ~ of man who cxacts from his impoverished coun-
men the ,cagcs ofhe aRrocate, the price of his
patriotism. When we heard that there collect
ed Tor HIM, from the scany means Of the halfsawed
peasantry over whom he has acquired, by ms al
lectcd zeal for their rights, such an extensive and
controlling influence, an annual contribution, in pen
mes and arthngs amounting in the aggregate TO ma
ny thousand pounds sterling, in order to remunerate
Inn Tor his patriotic lab0fs our teellng towards hli
] underwent a thorough ,evusion We no longer look
= ed upon him Patriot. struggling to break the
= leltc,s which bound tue limbs &C his countrymen
and paralysed their energies, converting rich gar
I den-spo INTO desert waste AMI booming the PEG
pie TO poverty and starvation in the midst OF wealth
and plcny,-but we regarded him as a llreling,
{ whose annual salary, levied upon the victims of mis-
rule whose ndltion lie pretended To be anxious
10 amcloratc, made il his interest, whilst he kept
alive the fever of discomfort and minislered TO the
, excitement which its aliment, prevent the
removal Of the very evils against which he vociic-
rated so loudly-siucc even the abatement of the
: causes OF complaint would have put an end to the
/ annual stipend which this Princely Beggar levied
: upon the wrctched objects of his compassion,-the
more wretched that he has not been, like the Wei
eseys and the Casdercaghs, bou9h up by their enc
/ mics
, Onr antipathy to Mr.. OConncll, consequent upon
his renal pdrtoStSm free, to confess, has not
been llttc increased by ms frequent violent and
abusive attacks upon this country, IN reference
the Abolition question. Ii he had succeeded in
" emanclpating' his country from the yoke of Eng
, lsh despotsm, which has SO long bowed her neck
cusc lor his interference with the affairs of a remote
nalion--nlihough. even then, there would have been
enough for him to do at home, to elevate the intel
eetual and moral, well the physi condition
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