Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-03-27
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nexatlon. But General Lamar's tern
OF Office was near disclose, and the I'M
spulslve Texans, ever prone to consid
erresnits rather than reasons, and vex.
ed to see their hopes dashed to the
/ ground, We're ready to denounce every
body connected with what the year Be.
j fore was their pet project. In ire
mendous ut OF economy, they resolved
! to have conservative administration.
{ They would furl sail and cast anchor
for the next three years, to do this they
must haye'a President as unlike La
mar as possible, and Sam Houston was
1.-THE very man.
I Burnet had left office most unpcp-
ular man, though no censufe rested u
pom his policy, his integrity, or his e.
economy; indeed, the most fault finding
of his constituents could not complain
OF the nlagnifcence of President who
with his family lived and held his lev
ees and councils in the compass of two
small unfinished rooms, as Buruet did
at Velasco; but his impetuous freedom
OF speech cut too home for the mass
His zeal did not atone for his ungra-
ciousness.
Houston went out even more univer-
sally execrated. His insanity and
profilgacy were on every tongue
Never were people more virtuously
indignant at the private irregularities
OF "a Chief Magistrate, than the Texans.
Never was indi gnation more speedily
forgotten. q na
Lamar retired almost as well abused
as the other two. He was accused of
running the nation with its extravagant
projects. The navy had been increas-
cd BY two or three sloops Of war and a
steamer, and had been kept ahoat. It
was true lucatan had palda handsome
share OF the expense, but why have a.
ny navy' The Santa Fe affair had
also cost money, and had not been JUS
titled by success. In short, Texas was
poor and SOMEBODY must be to blame
1t could beno one but the Executive.
This periodical revulsion of feeling
winch seems a stated epidemic in Tex
as, reelected Houston; and his prede-
cessor descended to private life, with
the same serene dignity he had evinced
IN taking the chair of state. Without
dispute or comment be resigned his
name 10 the verdict of his conpatriots,
and he may safely rely on their justice.
u DC kama cannot be portrayed in few
peers. He has as Il ~s siid4satial com
character, not inconsistent, but IN strong
contrast; and the shades as they cross
blend, can only be traced by the hand
ola master. He is scarcely Of middle
height, and Of the full and rounded
proportions that We associate with a
love of ease and self-indulgenee. This
is true of him, but with an exciting
cause he courts peril and is indifferent
to privation. This benign, meditative
repose-loving expression indicates
strong domestic virtues, and a temper
rot easily chafed, yet his impetuous en-
ergy in his hours of trial starties even
his friends, and his enemies have good
reason to speak severely of the fiery
harshness of his anger. He is remark
ably gentle and affactinnate IN his man.
ners, habitually self-controlled, as men
of volcanic passions are, careful OF the
feelings, and studious of the happiness
of all around him, but there is withal an
occasional ouickness of gesture, and
latent sparkle in the mild blue eye, that
hint strongly of the dangerous fire that
sleeps beneath that placid exterior
Each of his nigh qualities, and he has
many, walks hand in hand with some
collateral fault; but his faults spring SO
naturally from his unpruned virtues,
that they are excused with warmer
love than we give to The cold merits of
! more correct men. a
General Lamar is a Georgian by
birth, and of that rough old Huguenea
blood, which for so long a space SEEM
led only created to be poured out for
freedom. Heis a legitimate scion of
that honorable stock, and wherever lib
ertyhas work to do, he is ready to bleed
or toil for her sake. His local preti-
Elections are of the strongest, but his
/ indomitable sense of justice protects
him from unfair preludices. All his
associations are with the Southernland
with a 6lial and unreasonlng devotion
Who but chances contemptuous5 at
her institutions, insults h;s,Aousehoid
nads .ad ha lep-~ai with him as
goas, anu nc "e.sShger, but he would
ne1e'lc sllaa dal vehemenoe against him
VIII Would invade the repose of the
Worth. With still deeper enthusiasts