Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-01-02
TILE NEW SPEAKER.


Enaairer and The Washington Globe. BY most
f5uunoas as well as TOR hn) orrrate combination
Of Circumstances Nj. Hunter has bee. AT early
peliod Of lie, and when as yet almost "isy I'M
known to the nation elevated TO astaiios deemed y
many SECOND only in prominence aud influence 10
the Presidency rseI and which las been hereto
fore with few exceptions regarded as the reward
of well.tcsled judgment aud long experience in
public life Thus are some men elevated, by acct +
dent, stations. which. had they depended alone
upon desert. they could never have rcathed; and
Fortune buckles fayors upon tier bacLs, whether
they will OF no.
Since Nj. Hunters election il is remarkable how
many aud bow conspicuous his me,ils The
wills OF nauery profusey poured upon his head;
aud the party o,aces endeavuribg each oulsuip
tie other, only amounting The idol of hour"
but in rrognos icalng his future distinction and
emincnce! Bm. it is remarkable, hat each Of the
oraeles prescfibes the orbit in which the young
Speaker is IN tesove, the condition of ther fu-
tnre favor aud his up the sfe.p ladder 10
the heights Of which, al single bound, he has made
such surprising leap. The Enquirer Jaws aud
haners descanis upon the heradic eloues Of hls
honse-upon the honesty OF his father aud the eeni
US and vhiues Of his mother traces his pedigree
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hereditary commodities; but warns the young gen
tlenlan not TO put himself INTO the hands Of Wings
to whom he owes The eiddy position wlnch be occu-
pies The Glube, too pitches IFS Voice 10 .he same
Ky. Both oi these ri1ts would have rcIoiced al
hls defeat boore the people last spring-boh would
have prevented his election Speaker If they could
but now thai lie rs elected, OH he is u chaiming
fellow quite republican eneugh 10, them in his
! u ia In n
my lfom uance begin wonder thai they bad
never imagined how well he would grace his new
honors unlll they bcheId the gpantry wilh wheh he
weais them They even find marked merit in his
address upon assuming the duties oh office lie
tells hcm thai he will hol be the Speaker Of a par
II; and they see in this expression no cuuc rebuhr
ol his "Monslrous predecessor" Polk. who was the
rer'est tool Of patty aud often told so to his
teeth, that ever dis raced The Speakers chrlr He
tells ,heu thai lie viii be tive the Speaker of the
House ; and Hey see in his remark IN indignant al
loslon 10 The sttse manner IN which Polk had acted
as the instrument ofthe Executive! lie tells them
that lac will cooperate with the House in Inves,iea.
ing ALLEGED abuse, in the asst administration of the
eosernn ent and in this pledge lhey see no midi.
cation OF the Speakers belici thai such abuses d.,
exist, andt aiIuson olhe d,srouc exercise Of
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Federal Executive, by W ch fam an, scrurl1iztno
Investigation bad been prevented They are duh to
lliese broad hiais,-aud apalhenc as a tcal IN
wnter! Nay. TIE new Speaker even drclares tia,
the five Wing ucn btis frln New jersey a,e
entitled TO then seats aud yet tie Globe and Eroul-
rer find nothing in This declaration 10 condemn. al
though hen the same exl resi-, is altered by Mr.
WIS.,, or Mr.. Bell, or Mr. Serecaai II is .fu bun.
ul, l.
thai son OF thug. The object of all tins 6iarntV Is
too paIpahle 10 dee eve Que and we cannot con.
erWe Why lis authors snljrct themselves 10 Mr.
Hunters Contempt by Is repetition, al nduscam, un-
less they believe that, lnloNlc ted by his POSITION e
can be induced to dothe very toolls thing, OF de
sening his late all es, WHO pat ed HIM here he Is
and 10 Throw hnseIl ltto tie AIMS ollhc men WIN
although they now lawn upor aud la,lcr INN. be-
cause lie IS IN the Speakers char, would lave soon
e, pat Then feet upon ls- neck tlan have contributed
aughl TO his elevaIton. Thus fn, ae are very we'll
satisfied wi.l lhenew SFeaker's course; aud II he
shail rcd EN-. d7hbl not lie will. the pledges
CONTAINED IN his Inaugural, Shall MOI hereafter "
are sue be less So. He has Il dieu par 10 play.
however; not. indeed, necessarily growing ou ol is
posiuon but from the tffa,s winch Ill be made to
win him, by tarrsses and aduluon, IA ON The strale
"''"'" pun VI i''tlu't anu UhIN. We lave
.,cquantauce with Nj. Hunter personally; but from
tie lIltIe we lave seen Of publ men, some Of whom
hive achieved names lhal snund drgey IN the pub
lie ear, rannot bnt dread tie influence of The in.
si'iious and deadly, though p'a'alIe po'ion VII Oh
'he u'"oe and Enquirer are onstauh? administering
|" MN Other men, whom corruption could pegsr
seduce IRON eir intrginy, nor peisecuii II mimi
date we have >een II. gently as Il sucking in
iant INTO The arms Il sleep. uDdcr the soothit m
iiae ce OF the flHtyieS eoice. We can point to more
'''an one young man of prolatse.. who has "ylcdcd
10 me voice OF The charmcr," At TO Others into
whose var tie 'empIerl beginning to pour the
'leP Gus dsriiment." Let Mr.. Hunter b,, eare oil
'h'se men, AID he is safe Let HIM not, capiya'ed
by the voice oil tie syrens, pref,r The beauties aud
delights OF Cal, pso to lie stcru dues Of p1tio i,m
winch The times impose upon every man WHO loves
his tou"i'y. Aud, although the immediate flnlls OF
batiii"g with the minority against the progress oil
AlSf"'es may not be rs pheasant his TASTE. They will
IN his nper yeals, wrealhe his brow wi h flowers Of
ladel"ss hue and eternal fragrance.
u" Since the foregoing was written, we observe
that Mr., Hunter voted against Mr. Garland as CLERK,
aud for NJ. ST. c. Clark. the Wing .candidale-
We begin 10 hope that tie adulnon of The Globe
aud Enquirer Will tall Of It's anticipated effects and
and ceraIoly that +. p. Blair will not receive The
vote Of Mr. Hunter Il, Printer To Congress Lei
these questions be decide3 and Mr. Uuntrr ~ m na,