Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-10
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NEw-YoRK, Sept. 4.-- The searnen attached |
to this vessel have received. their wages, n
mounting to an enormous sum--ncariy 6 l So 900.
frooabiy one might as we'll whistle against the
wind, rs attempt To persuade them to save their
money, to iaylit mp against future day, or for
the benefit OF their Eiiiiliesavhen they have any,
The jolly fellows can be seen all over the CITY, |
hco IN a coach, riding in state. Hundreds OF
them, probably, will soon be as poor as ever,
and forced OH to the ocean az ain without cent
Int!ieir pockets. Com. ado.
letter to the editor from friend I'm Fretlericks-
burg Virginia. communicates the following intelli-
gcnce, which we offer readers without word
of comment Md Journal.
"Tbere are about n dozen of the Gazette sent
here to persons who have not subscribed, and for
fear they would not take them from the Office, mo
neg has been Pricdte!y ietmiM them to pay tie posi-
age. This you may be assure is fact. Sererai
f the persons to whom they are sent la We assured
me that they did not authorize the paper be
TO thein and that they would have taken it out
of the office. If money had not been adra,ced for
the purpose"
LOUISVILLE, XVI August "a.
We take the liberty again to- reiterate the asser-
ton, that the town of Louisville and its environs,
were never more healthy than at present. This IS
done because rumour is prev ailing at Lexington,
that the town is alarminsy sckly, aud the disease
very fatal. We have been assured by the Physici-
ans OF the place, that they have never seen a more
healthy season, and from present appearances, IL
promises n continuance. While some of the interi-
or towns hitherto considered the most healthy are
suffering from sickness, feel grateful to divine
providence for the health and blessings he has be-
slowed upon .4du.
"Thc people are their own tcorst enemies."-We
made single remark, the other day, upon the dis
like expressed by the Raleigh Register, and echoed
by the National Infelligencer, the public meet
inSs of the people throughout the United States for
the purpose Of collecting Heir sentments the sub
Ject of the Presidential election. We observed that
this dislike was III perfect unison with the principles
of the party. It being the favorite doc trine
of that party, that the people are not 10 be trusted
that they often their ic0rsf enemies it is of
course regarded an useless and idle of time
in the people, to assemble together and express
their opinions upon any subject The people express
opinions indeed What presumption! What do hev
know about the qualifications Of this or that ca midi
date for the Presidency?
Thus it is that we such frequent complaints
made in the caucus presses of popular meetings, and
such pains taken to destroy the weight due to the
expression of the popular WILL In North rolina,
the Raleigh Register is the uiouh;piece of the
Gus party Its complaints against the practice, which
has been introduced by the friends OF the people, of
adopting every practicable mode of collecting the
popular sentiment, have been loud and continued
saat militia company, or grand jury throw their
hats i'll the air and cry, 'Hurra for Crawford" some
pretext is at hand for giving conspicuous a.coun
of it in this Register. Not long ago, the gra md
jury of the county which this sentinel be-
longs, declared against the snaiiono1 Candidate
we believe Orc the Register forthwith pronounced
solemn lecture against the propriety of grand ju-
ries travelling out of the record. A short time af-
forwards, another grand jury, in distant county,
amused themsclv-. with vote upon the Presidential
of
al candidate: asia reritas etiaa,si icur,d@ est
miht fnmcn gaia est thought the Register, and the
vote was published IN CAPITALS.
In short, while the Register believed-or rather
while II hoped that the people III other States might
be brought TO believe-that North Carolina would
support the caucus nominations, no INDICATION of
sentiment, hom whatever source, or however given
an faUOr of Mr.. Crawford, tinught too trifiinp
to be conspicuously quoted and blazoned. But now
finding that Mr.. Crawford has no better prospect of
success in North Carolina than he has i'm Tef,,es-
see, and DESTROYS to conceal the fact from those ar
distance,it complains bitterly, and we have, no
dobt with sincerity of heart, against all efforts to
collect public opinion. There is no want of con
sistency in this, we admit il is part of the same
doctrine, aneinauaton of the same principle, which
governed the caucus party in New-York, which
governs an arstocracy every where, TO prepe1,f an
expression ofpublic opinion. We should have said
suppress the expression of public opinion, but we
were unwilling shock the delicate nerves of GER
tain neighhouring Editors, in whom the term might
awaken unpleasant recolecti0Is.
There Is no difference between the desire to pre-
rent the expression of public opinion in New-York
and the desire conceal in North Carolina; they
are both parts of the same system ; and the corol-
larry from both is, that The purity regard the
people as their tc0rst enemies and as unfit to
he trusted with The exercise of natural coustitut-
onnl right-thc right of voting their own Chef
Magistrate. Nat. Jour
NORFOLK, September 6.
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