Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-10-04

deie'; and. since We lave painfully experienced III.
iacl that Presidents, like common men, ''haye no ar,
NOR against Fate" thai we shall henceorh, in IN.
selection Of candidates for The second Office have
ftlererce 10 HE possibility al least ofthe occurrence
Il one OF tie contingencies which may elevate INN
10 the first. The lesson seems no =, indeed to b.
dearly houeh,; but il is a valuable ooe and NAV in
lis future benef s,moie than compensate Tor present
disaproiutm nrs.
II is plain enough that the ex Secretaries take
the President III great advantage They write lei,
tefs winch they know he cann"t answer, because the
President OF the United States cannot enter in,o
such correspondence. They use weapons, ,here-
fore, which they know he cannot use In The next
place. they undertake 10 stale Cabinet Conversations
which he ,egatds as confidential aud to which he
cannot refer, without violating his own Of
prnprlrty and dgury. Having thus plat ed the
President IN posi- nn in which he ,annut defend
hin ELF, the, make war upon hm and this, we sup.
pose, will be called high mpdedness and "chvdlry!"
Nadsonian.
The Presidents organ, in our opIDion, is INST
unfortunate in the line Of defence it has adopted
The President canno, defend himself against false
accusation, Why What is there, in his station,
which Iorblls it ! The assumption proceeds alto
geher upon false idea oi the dignity of his Office
We scout il as altogether ami republican. Il
would, indeed, be dsg,aceiul were the residen, to
ming'e in mere party squabbles, to enter the 4.
rena IN de fence of lis pinlons measures but
when his persona integrity is assalled by msn Of
high station and hdra ter, and false accusations are
made the basis of The assault he has only "A
rghl but lie is bound the dignity Of his off, as
well a. his feelings as a man--roqure that he
shall confront and overn helm h sanderers. As
Burns says,
"a man n man, for a that
And in This country ones personal iden,i y can
never be merged in his official character. Olce a
king, always king; hut with the presden
In the al oil ppwer to-day, he is 10 moro on a
Level with lie humbesr cnrzen; and the stain up
on the character of the ratc- adhefes 10 the man
Bat every dy knows that. even il The PrcsIentss
80 punculously scrupu Gus, rather to suffer fr
false i'pulaions than 10 rebu' them by his direct
negative, he has always P,ories enough to make de-
mails for h M which, though Indirect. have all The
inree of personal daayuwals The Madsonian itself
would ohecrully brand the lie upon the loreheads oi
the retiring members Of The Cnbnei, il it did not
know thai hey had told The truth. We submit,
whether II Is lfr in the Presidents organ 10 iasinn
ate what II dare not dSser.and TO endeavor to ere.
ale an Impression that the President could ncBys
their statements false if il not g,ear as~ac
Of coudescension his pant. when it knows that ho
could do no such thing! Indeed, the peculiar char,
Of The Mad lson,an's defence would have long
since removed eye,y shadow of doubt of the ttulh
OF the statements of Messrs. Ewin Badger and Bell,
II any doubt had been for a moment entertained
by single huma, being-which we are sure is not
the case
i Is said thai young Kentucky orator was de
nonnoug The Veio rowe, in AN address to IA large
assembly 81 ciz 'ns, Il iew mig his ag,, when sune
person IN the crowd nqnred aloud, "What harm
has II done!' That was a question ,ha, tn. orator
had ever asked himself, and lie therefore had The
deeency not 10 attempt an answer. Hadisonan.
The Editor Of the Madisonan was a Jackson man.
aud il is no, wonderful therefore that he should be
aa'a''ed all venal thfinences out of the question,
10 The support of one who to deIight in weli.
ing Tins manarchrcal ID desppc power. The
Wigs, however, whose primary object has been
the dmnulon OF Executive power and influence
ir m a sincere canvictIon that from this source
has h'"ed all The evils with which the county has
been scourged. regard the V,io,-,he II forbif' Of
one man, upon the Legislative If largo majorl-
/, OF the peoples direct aud immediate Represents.
lives. who are naturally supposed to reflect the peo
pies w--with just jealousy and dslrus,, not 10 sly
"bhorence. We shopld like to know ,0ho tbs
young h nlueky orator" Was, who according 10
the MadIson''n was silenoed by so silly e. qnlry.
lie must have ben rcry young, not to have been
able promptly to coutound MS ques.loner.
II will he poor stony to tell, that the Wings al
tel cha glng MIR. Van Buren's administration with
lie most n"nstr"us extrayagaocr, have found II ne
c. ssary 10 increase the expenses OF The count.
SIXTEEN MILLlONS!!! N. Aurora
The Aurora is CHI. Il will be IA very 'poor sio-
~ indeed-so much So that we marvel that any
one has the ttliou'ery TO tell ii. The expenditure
OF the present year, with the exception Of HE appfo
pialions made the extra sess o. must ccuseoe
governed by The Legislation VI the preceding Con-
gees in "lnchihe Van Buen patty bad a"'sj'n'y
and which Wis sanc'ioucdby Mr.. Van Bu,cn himself
FL the e>pendiiur 81 The present year neiihef
the Wing patty in Congress nor the Wing Pres,
Ident can be held responsible, xcepl for the apPio
lraIions made al the extra session. But it Is
poor stony IN another respect. II IS not nus
hat he expenditures will be increased sixteen NV
10 :. lnJeej, We have heforc MS the last "Nt''s