Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-07

record. give them light, and there is no lure of
interest or fear OF loss that will prevent their as
sorting their outraged rights, and vndicating
their ancient character for courage and manli-
ness. Let them but well understand who he Is,
and what he has been. to whom they are expected
to unite in ppans Of praise and Inscriptions OF
honor-what offences they are expected to for
give without penitcnee and pardon without re
cantation," and if there be among them one lin
gering trace Of the great heart of Andrew Jack
son. ii will throh forth nn Indignant refusal
Our contemporary of the staanton Spectator
put. Us in possession Of few Of the countless
evidences of Mr. Wise's deep aud ranking aver
sion to the leaders and practices Of the demo.
crnte party, in former days. Look al them:
WIsE oS Kendall.
Bat besides the tnlsehood IN fact and tue
falschaod IN principle contained III this letter, !
look with Indignation at it, andaciou~ inpudence
and naughty nsolence. Its tone and temper be.
come this meek man, Amos, exceedingly l. he
who thus dares Ia add insult 10 injury not Amos
Kendall still, though he be Postmaster General
Can the leopard change his spots, or the EfbIo.
plan his-backnessl lIIere some ono said
'skin.n) No, not skin, blackness. am speak
ing of the ''inius.n not the cute" Verify. sir.
the man must be mad or he must imagine thet
we have all forgotten who he il, who thus darcs
to taunt public sentiment by his proud oppres
sion. But il Is natural, sir beg pardon; |
never knew in my life maid OF man servant :.
promoted from the kitchen to the parlor but what
he or she put un more airs than those who had
been in the paror all their lives"
WISE OK A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATORS.
''fhcre was once n time when appointments
were not made from political considerations
but the question was asked, as he honest; is lac
faithful to the constitution. "llIere Mr.. beaumont
of Penn. was heard 10 say, THAT is what consti
tutes democrat Yes, less than thnt consti-
tutes true democrat. | would leave out the word
''enpnbe; but give me an "honcst' man faithful
To the constitution" and that snificeth with me
for his democracy. | will not require TO
be earned, in order TO be right in politics, or in
private life. The two qualifications alone are
sufficient To make good democrat, but II mCn
must have all three qualifications to make
A good officer But IOWA days. each and
every of the once valued attributes, homes
~. capacity, aud fathtulness to the constitu
ton, toially disquaIliies man for holding amy
,ihce IN the compass of the party patronage.
Instead Of asking now whether he is honest,they
must know ifhe is good spoils mo,gcr-wheth-
pr he is capable of being made tool-wheiher he
$ faithful to the constituted authoritcsi Times
have monstronsy changed, and the monsters of
The change are in nothing grcntcr than in the
meaning To the commonest words of the political
vocabulary, since the days of Mr.. Jefferson, who
prescribed, forty, am told, during his admins.
ration, whilst no less than upwards of light hun
lrcd were prescribed in the first year of the first
eign of General jackson. So much for the i'm
Of the age and the march Of mind -
he people will not say there is no natter
WISE ON JACKSON AND KENDALL.
"Sir the President, in this letter, prated about
he records of the Government aud the public
documents as if he had read and examined them
doubt whether he ever examined; or rcnd 10
xamine, any one subject thoroughly whilst he
vas in office. No sir venture to guess that
Amos kendall-'honest Iago'-whoso official mis-
conduct was most likely 10 he exposed, WAS tho
Infamous author Of this daring outrage; he was n
COL fit to he its author, of every word and letter
nd doctrine in il; he was the Presidents think
ny machine and his Writing machine aye, aud
is lung machine Sir, if General Jackson had
een elected for the third term, one great good
would have come of the evil--imos hcndnH
rouid hare bcen rorked 10 deathi
WISE ON JACKSON.
"Alhough the administration of General Jack
on came into power professedly n are form Adj
as soon as ii "hnd been long enough
II power TO CONCEIVE INIQUIry AND BRING FORTH
CORRUPTION AND CRIME, WoRsE--TENFoLp BLACK
ar THAN HAD EVER BEFORE BEEN rEHPErRArEp,'
different tone was heard from "tho party
WISE ON Polk.
"Sir the whole party from the President down
o you, sir, resorted to every device to evado mud
inally deica and denounced, all inquiry and all
Investigation. You alt attempted 10 bell the cat
You warned the rats. You hid them. After os-
tensiby giving full scope in the resolution of in
qury, 10 guH the People with fair pretcnsons.
you shut the doors of the Departments you 81
fenced all resolutions and interrogatories in the
rooms "