Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-07-07

- "''' 70" ne INST PACE gives version OF the
'aeis connected With The hne imposed upon hun by
JUDGE Hail. IN New Orleans. shortly after the Great
victory OF 49, very different from that contained in the
speech OF Senator Conrad of Louisiana. which W.
recently published. Andifd ten j. statement L. lite
rally trnr there can lie doubt that the fine ,,nn,s
upon HIN ought long sace 10 have been rennaed and
Why II has been permitted SD long to slumbor isbeyond
our comprehension. Senator Conrad however did nat
a'e lbs statement from personal knowledge of tn, facts
but lie drew from published history If Louisiana
wntlen by Judge Martin. Of the Supreme Court Of thai
State and which has heretofore 50 Tar as we have any
knowledge on the subject, remained uncontradel,d
bes'deS, Judge Martin Il distutcrcsted witness
writing not IN the s Of par,i2an and to accomplish
specific purpose, bnl for the information of nserit,.
ana The Inference is natural therefore, that he sit,d all
the evidence with the impartiaty of historian VIII,
had no present object, either of yillication or ,ulny
10 snhseryc. Gen Jackson on the other hand ,annni
be altogether an impartial witness. lie still looks at
the events of 1919 through the same distorted medium
III which they were then viewed, and which led him
10 the Indulgence OF such passionate cxcesscs And
however. under other circumstances he might lie deem
I'D credible witness we do not think that in his own
ease, his testimony should be regarded strong enough To
himself, and certainly much better calculated 10 mass
an impartial judgment upon the facts that transpred-
Nevertheless. we publish Gen. Jackson's letter. al
though our opinion Is unchanged by it-and that opin
ION Is, HAT owing 10 the peculiar circumstances b,
which he was surrounded nlSl5 the fine imposed up
on him by Judge Hall should be refunded: but that
II should he done In such "A manner az To convey
no censurc upon the Judge by whom it was imposed
aud who deserves, IN our OPINION all honor for the
lnfepldty he displayed in setting at defiance an
arbitrary and high tempered General. at The head
Of his victorious and devoted leginns If tener,,
Jackson will not accept the boom upon such terms
he should 50 far we are concerned NOT have !,
at all We could not mingle even .siice TO him with
rfngeamce towards his noble and brave adversary Tho
iirhg should seek TO innt no such VENGEANCE nnan h.
dead even though denuneation Of the latter were essen
ta 10 tn perfect vndicatiun of the tmcr; but II il lve
m like 10 prey upon the reputation Of corpse when !,
IS wholly unnecessary the defence ID, him vbo docs
G5 MR.. CLAWS GREAT SPEECH. At Ley
inaton Ky. delivered few days since has been rer,iy
ed and We regret that the pre- occupation Of onr columns
c1mp.s us to defer its insertion We Shall not dixl,
II, II we can crowd it into single paprr-and We bone
10 BIZ enabled to lay before readers in our next en-
tire
" The i.c''ery .ioha.n Boits, Esq the able and
fearless Representative IN Congress from the r cIl,pd
district. will command the attention of the reader
W htle, however. We concur with him in opinon that
impeachment is the riehttu remedy against weak
and corrupt Executive. such as we verify believe the
President to be, yet Of villa, use would be resort 10
that process IN the existing state Of affairs? Would
there he a"y hope" Ms parties constituted of courct
o'g Alr Tyler of those high crimes and m>,1eano''
by winch he has secured the ssorn Of the ,honcs men
ut all parties! And would not hallcd attempt rccail
upon the hcl'S Of those who use it? Impeachment we
have always regarded as nefcirn, remedy for Oh
1lonS reasons II never can, we fear, lie practically a
valuable, under the most aggravated circumstances
- The Loco Foco Senators OF the Tennessee 1t.
gslature. who lately challenged the Who members OF
that body to resign, aud 90 again before the people hay
lh9 heen met by prompt acceptance the part Of he
latter, have backed out aud say that the meaning
ol their language wholly misunderstood aud that
they did not intend 10 propose mutual r.sgnalion-
HE conclusion Of the whole matter is they are AFRAID 10
20 helore the people and To the rcbuke which they
lo" awaits them for their refusal last winter To secure
To Tennessee her constitutional representation in the L
:. Senate.
% ANOTHER SfArE HAS SPOKEN TIN
" Ing State Convention OF Maine has nominated IFSR,
CLAY as the Wing candidate for the next Presidency
~ The Midisonian the Globe of an effort To
stand between Mr.. Tyler and Democratic support =
So the official artlcssly pleads guilty, if moi 10 the bur
gal To the readiness of Mr. Tyler 10 make it, if the
Democrats will soop to his level. OF that however.
there s,nc doubt.
ny FA Gov Polk Of Tennessee is in Washington
II Is supposed lc has gone countcract the move
ments Of Calhoun against Van Buren, and of Steven
against himself
~ Our Exchange papers filled with accounts of
the second flight oihe great Governor Dorr-thc hero at
Loco FocoisnI! Gov. King has offered 5000 reward
for him, which take 10 be about Slg90s mere than
he is worth As Jurlc Toby said to the II, when he
put him ont at the window, let him go; there is room @
nough in the world for him and his sword,
TIE WHEAT CROP-The Wyhc Journal of
the I'd inst says 1.-The general impression. we bolcy e.
is that there will be good crop Of Wheat secured in
this county" thonah it adds, "a few individuals will
make none, the rust having destroyed it 50 completely
as TO render it unfit for the scyte" In Pulaski county
the crop is supposed not to be goId in Wytho in
of tho more eNtcnsivr ,f ,lo