Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-07-11
TIE PRESIDENTS TOUR


TIE PRESIDENTS TOUR!
The New York payers are filed with accounts of
the proceedings in th city consoqu, Mt upon The lie
ecption Of the Prcsident-"llls Serene llIehness."
nd"ilis Democratic Majesty" as Bennett, oflhe
Herald not altogether lalrrcpai'l,, tylts him.
IT pom what meat hath mighty t;rsar fed
"'lhat he hath grown so great I"
Martin Van Buren, has been in New York hun
dred times before and no one deemed him Of :mror
lance enough 10 set whole cry in commotiun for
the purpose of celebrating The Important event. All!
but he is Prcsadtt nov And so was john O.
Adams, twelve Yeas ago, when he occasionally visit
ed Quincy, his pdtciua mansion, not accom- anieI
by The shouts and huzzas OF drunken mob, and cs-
corled by "Guards Of Honor," aud toasted by Coz
poraious aud saut,d by martial music aud the roar
of cannon bur followed b, the denominations of his
enemies, as he unostentaously travelled The orlr-
nnyroad in the ordinary public conye yances, as the
elecuoneeriue, afisIoctacll President And now
what do we see The Democratic Presidents uro-
g'ess is like tlium hal proccssion-sucl as that
winch maIhedi tic progress OF George Tie 4h through
his loyal dommions! Surrounded by courticrs and
syeophan;s, who pour into his ear the song of alu.
Ialion and naltey he might almost fancy himself
utnl StN DU tdllH Atu Nildl, We ask, III the
of common sense and sober reason what public ser
vice has Martin Van Buren, rcndcred-with what
/ great measure Of pulllc utility is his name identi.
hed,-tha whole people should make judcs Of
themselves, and get drunk and burn powder and
beal drums, and blow trumpes and cracl their Threats
with sensecss huzzas, when he happens to pass
through THEN streets! 1t passelh our comprehen
sion. We do not complain that Mr.. Van Buren, has
gone a visit to New lork-it is natural enou. h
Nor should we complain if he WIS received, as ho
ought to be, Respectable and treated as the Chief
Magistrate ought to be- with ciylity and kindness
But The name Of Republican simplicity, and self
respect we do protest against this degrading and
seryile man -worshp-this heartless pageantry-this
empty sho~-tlis apng of the wors, features Of
Oriental Despotsm, which ecyaies Rulers into gods
and the people into al jcct slaves, whom lie honors
by putting his foot upon their neekS We shall not
publish the details OF the degrading farce.
Ercor1aHn9 We copy the following paragraph
from the Richmond Enquirer OF tie SUI:
I'VE are somewhat 100 old to rroGr by the
courteous Suggestions Of the decent and iber raj Ed
or OF the Lynchburg Firg MAN. At all events we
should scarcely take his style for our model. We
could never be tempted initiate the beauties OF
hs Hat. heavy sncaklng sort Of compositlon-' like
| 'Ht "oulIutu sHdkc ulap9lhG It's SLOW le0gin along
We hardly know which most to admire, the
courtesy" the "lberaly 'or the sererity ofthis
agraph. We sorry to hear that the Editor ia
Enquirer is TOO oid' 10 profit by Suggestions,
however: We thought he pfided himself upon his
jusenility
As 10 the matter Of style" are by no means
content with our own, though certainly prefern
to tie grasshopper" leaps of waspish critic We
may console ourselves with the reflection, however,
and may hc,-,hat better writer's than either OF
US have not escaped the lash Of criticism & rdicue,
In the last Edinburgh Review, for example, even
the celebrated DR.. Charming is lad bare, by the dis
sectng knife OF Lord Brougham We shall not
sink, therefore, under the castigaton OF the En-
qurcr, but shall continue to drag slow length
along as we best may.
Bright and Brish ching 1.-The Richmood
Enquirer informs its readers that North oaio'p''
Tennessee, Alabama and Maryland will do sfea'
things FOR the Administration neat Ang"st. wen
August is close hand, and we shall soon nave d"
opportunity OF throwing the Prophets prede''onS
ia his teeth. Pope's line is peculiarly appcao'e 10
the Enquirer" 1t never u.s. but always 10 DC oes''
Messrs Gii,aer and .SoutlaH.-The last Char
iotlesville Avocatte, though dIscIah'"S ""' 'f
authority to speak for these gentlemen feln''"''
We have no hesitation in saying that II MeS''''
Gimer and SouthaIl satisfied as to the P'''''
cability of Mr.. Rives's opposition TO the hun,"
'ration, and were also satisfied that no True ""1
could be elected to the Senate, they wou'o WV
vote for Mr.. Rres, resign their seats IN '''
gislaure. whether they are so SATISFIED OF WV
wise, not informed. As TO then preference"
on the subject of the Presidential election, a'"o"e
Mr.. Clay may not be their choice, IN pfe'e'e"N
any other in the United States, still we arc
~ certain that they are for Clay against M
Bmen."