Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-01-13

,ha, The Wings have csieu Convention
s""e informal consultaiion"-an and won
ns'' A.. A, hot call meeting and count noses
oe's ..,,,, h,e,,s broadly, bf course, that We are
A. so But unfortunately for tha, paper.
ara, # The same date did call a meeting OF the
III. ..mbers, which is to be held in the Hall of
uo,.e of Delegates tomorrow night, open TO
"" hod,,s gaze ; the Enquirer, if it pleasss,
=. ,ount noses for iisel! .
me, y. was particularly amused at the zeal with
-. n. Fnoni,er has taken up The defence Of Mr.
~. and The earuestness with which it aAsails
,o,.,,. bull iegs," (asit very cl.ssiealy aud
M -. .,vles MIR. C's Iriends.) How long ago
s.'., h.eo since the Enquirer was among the fore
...;l,n,s of Mr.. Calhoun How long has it
.,,ce the teeth Of that sturdy mastiif were ias
49,, in the launches of the South Carolina Sena-
w, How long since the Enquirer was engaged
n. work of "hun,ng down" with :" wolfsh fe
''.;,..-"impugn,ng his mo,ves"-and applying TO
-, :. The coalsest cpihets it could invoke? l
I.,h, whether the Enquirer was more violent against
r.. /. Curse" than it was against Mr.. Calhoun
..,,. endeayor to collect together some reminiscent
~. ofihe Ninian Edwards plot, when MIR. Calhoun
y IA. engaged IN the work Of prosecuting VIM Ii.
c,avford the Enqurer's particular friend, 10 DEATH
= doubt not shall find some exquisite specimens
..,,hu.e-some delicious til bits for the political
,,,and with the favor Of which Mr.. Richie
Ill Ike again doubtless TO regae his oliaotories.-
M, that is a long while ago-a very long while :
,.,s enough perhaps, TO be embraced in the tpolii
,,n .,a,u,e ofIim,ta,ons. Well " i'll come down
:. .,,ll later reriod-to the time Wien Van Blu
-, ou,-mapGuyred Calhoun in getting on the blind
side of Old hickory; and when the latter thus push
cd from the line Of succession, into which both him
elf and his cunning rival we've struggling 10 fall, by
catching hold Of the skirts Of Jacksons coat. deter
mind TO uIeak ample revenge both upon the Gene
al and his man Friday. lie voted against Van
.R.reus nomination England, in order TO .cut
the comb" of Van and he got up The tagi- comedy
, ofNulfcation in order to ombarrass Gen. Jack
.sop and to nslead him into the commission ofsome
a great blundrr, which would at PROSTATE him,
and bring Calhoun before the public as his most con
Jticuous antagonist. What said Mr.. Richie Of
him then Nay, even after lie came out in favor OF
thc Sub Treasury, but sill, his Of shame
entirely tzpAnged, declaring that he had "changed
no relation. personal or Iolti,a'-even then the
Enquire him, deficient alike in judg-
meat and lixe dness Of principle. 1t until he
avowed his Willingness to sink or stcint with his old
enemy, aas.n0t until lie bad sued for forgiveness,
aud been. humilsaed and degraded by the gracious
beso~al ofpern,ssion 10 speak to man whom he
once affected 10. hold in scom-it until
iheiniiigue 81 tas sain"were consummated lhe fore.
runner of ihe"coiruption' hereafter be reveaed&
(Which i, is the nfalliblr sgn-iu word ii was
not until Calhoun had rendered himself as odious
for his seryiity as he before ridiculous for his
p,esumptuous vanity.-that Mr.. Richie discovered
his striking merits, aud cndeovond to muzzle Il
"bull dogs" who, he says, are hunting his new IA
vofitc down ! But IT is a waste of words TO dis
course upon the Ecquitels ethics Every body
knows the road 10 its good graces-"sink swim.
with Van Buren," Rlluse TO do that, nd no mat
ter hat else you d. .or fail to do, your incur its
0nathema maranaHta. Mr.. Calhoun hirs IT, when
he looks around. and bel Odds tie men by whom he
is defended and ca,csscd musi rub his eyes, Ike
one just ak cned fro pleasant dream TO pain
fui reality What Lord Brougham say, Of Mr..
Canning, is sritngly applicable to The position of
The South Carolina Senator. THE unfortunate
lore OF power, says Lord Brcus ham, .'carried too
far and felt make the qualification Of it es
senila TO exlstenc. is runous to the character Of
""s'es"'n. IL ieads Oiten 10 abandonment oil pun
clp'e, constantly to compromise ii lowers the tone
Of his mind, and teaches his spiGit to feed on the
hitter bread Of others bounty; above ALL il occa-
sionay sewers him from his natural friends, and
brings him acquainted with strange aud low asso-
eiates, whose natures as their habits, are fit to be
scofned by him, and Who ha~. with linn but one
sh'ng IN comm on,-tbat they seek the same object
WIN hmseli-ti,cy 70, love Of gain, he ior lust of
oom'n'on.' Let Mr.. Calhoun look on this mirror
ana behold his own likeness. 1t is However, TOO
late Tor him TO rct,ace his srrps-IIe has "broken
bread and tasted salt" with the President ia token
Of his ieaiiy-hc has opeIly rreciamed, in the
Senate House, that he has put The livery of his
new mastet-and as beyond this these is no deeper
PIT oil ina'n,, so thcie is no hope that he ever
re ascend 10 the lofty height itoni Which be has
iailen His original ightness is now aloLscured;
and like Wosey, lie may bid farewell iong fare
vel, 30 all his greatness"
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RICHMOND, January s., IS4O.
To day is the anniversary of the battle Of New
"'eans and had expected to witness The military
display usual upon its recurrence: hut ieiias pass
ed OF Without the souGd Of drum or cannon. |
Ifooaoly, however, the neglect TO celebrate il may
&c attributable TO the disagreeabIe state of the
"e''her' which continued cold and damp The de-
VINE OF JdeksoniSm, however, suspect. ias some
'h'ng TO do with it, That name has lost mach of the
'"agie influence which formerly ARRIVED masses of !