Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-10-27

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na'e IN tbs p'les u the feeling Of mn-,e1
hostility entertained towards Mr.. ia, l., IL ''i
'ne HieAliiles and he aIatsilalis of Keatnct, :,
az WIN ~ Inferior advantages in the outset of
lie has 81 completely oyershadoa ed, remarks. VI
Whaestr may lie the Feelings If the uictl;c
'a' NJ .Fs'lais towards MIR. Clay (and We shall 49, qua
~ ',a' lhtt afe these Il hattd aud eny, "a. ue
~ Up fn', rams 4 very high regard for Mr. fI
+ we nave many time heard him c,,r.
i'''' IA 81 4afn terms IF his high toned manlipess
a5d inter scorn Of every hing mean and underlnaa -
', have heard him saY thai he had tried hard -,
my "hllo they were rivals, but he never conIH
IN vas always something about him, that he c,ii
M Lelp admirng. after all. I'm our warfare ;, s.;,
Ha, - ne Was always honorable, manly, and abn,s
board. lang the fellow, he would make me Lvo L;'
IN spite ct our hostility to each othcr MN
The very language of Mr.. Pope, however as o,.,.,
by the | ). Gazette demonstrates clearly tho 6;
OF the feeling which imputed to himself and OBJ.
lie had tried to hate Mr.. Clay but he never oo,,
" ny had he tried to hate him? Because ..ibsv No..
nVaIs!" And why could he not hate him? Dec,,.a
IN that rivalry, MIR. Clay was ''always honorable m,n
~, above board Never, surely. was i, h;.Lo,
pimeni paid to one by another. than This ",
we fear, that Mr. Pope after all his exorte1 ,dnr,,;
oihs great ',iraip is not at all udisno<ed 10
him II he can. They were. in truth rivals" once.
but they are 50 longer John Pope represented k.,,
tachy IN The L. 5. Senate in june ls12. when n,,
was declared against Great Britain. and with the flo
niliSs OF that day he voted against tia; measure N,
Clay on the other hand, its most Conspicuous cham
pi"n IN The othcr branch ef Congress Mr.. pope fl,
kccnly the Indignant rcbnkes which he met on hi, r,,u
home, from his constituents whose voices were all for
and Ip IL.
years afterwards, Mr.. CE,'s vote or the c,l,broted
compensation Law gave great fence To many of his
Old rends and Nh Pope. lhen a member of the Lexipr
TN district became Mr.. Clays ''rroi by coming oup
as the opposition candidate and by seeking to break him
dow on ilf'' Unpopular vote. But he failed: and ls
Sa' WAS never again IN tie ascendant until Iacl snlsm
sue" lis pa"ci0l Influence pyer t' land Then John
f'Ie. renewing his active hostility 10 Mr. Clay re-
commended Himself To the favor Of Gen Jackson Sui Sc
9oehl ms JdehsnlsIn, like thai 81 many olh,rs who
had discovered the hiifmes OF ihlr Id l. coo'ed Of
and on his return from Arkansas Of which rrii.r, h.
had been appoint Governor, 10 kenncly he Was g
lec'ed to S"ne1eSs-and Cen iarfian Icing not long
afterwards nominated Is the Wig candidate for the
Presidency he became as did NEST ii his family conrc-
tens IN Kentucky. rs well as all tie Nel,s and III,
MarNhas G8'S'@{ic u hgS-allAs nolr many of them
had lee" quite lUheWam While Mr.. Cas's prospect If
Obtaining taat Nomination was lateying Now. the
same game Is about To be played. The leading mon Of
li'nSe threa great families encavorng to defeat
MI Clay nomination, as thy will afterwards end,ay-
or to defeat lis election. should he lie the WIFI. ,an,
date 9r the Presidency. They still bring 10 hate
h'n-ai least, We are very much nisinlormcl if John
Pope Is net usln% every cNeroa in secret ,ruu 10 in
jarc id'-aud although he may aean fail in his ctlr,
andaltl'neh again su duedby Mr. Clay honorable and
manly bearing, he may not hate hun, lie will never
tlee55 rci,,cc at his discontinue
Base Envy viihcrs anUhcr's joy
And hates that excellence ii cannJt reach"