Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-10

part of the President, as 10 accepting DIR. ELS
resignation; nor do we believe that any member
OF his cabinet advisedn him TO suspend it.
Sccondly-"It has been stated, that notwith.
standing these proofs. THAT r. was ''.iar'' and
a ''ca!unniator"l Mr.. Adams sat in his pew
with Ninian Edwards, and paid him 'sshe most
pointed attentions"
Mr.. Edwards, few Sundays afterhis arrival
in this city in obedience to the summons of the
House, visited. for the first time in his life, we
believe, the Unitarian Church. 4 stranger, of
course, to the situation U! the pews, and to most
ut thur occupants, he proceeded down the mid
die aisle Of the Church, as most strangers do,
expecting, no doubt, that some body or other.
seeing that nc was stranger, would invite him
to 4 seat. MIR. Joseph Ga'es, Jr. one of the Ed
itors of the National Intclligcnccr, whose pew
adjoins that of MIR. Adams, upon seeing SIr. Ed
wards apparently looking for scat, with his cha
racterist.< ~, got up. opened the door
not Of hes hocecer, butttatof .Mr. Il
dnms-ai,d Mr.. Edwards to seat. Mr..
Adams, nj the moment had :.~r srirad ut church.
but came in soon afterwards, and found his pew
occupied by MIR. Edwards. If Mr.. r. had re-
ally been the ''liar" and ''calumpiator," which
the Enquirer calls him, and if Mr.. Adams had
known il by the most conclusive proofs, we ask
the Editors TO say, il, in their consciences, they
believe it would have been Mr.. Adams dutv TO
have turned Edwards out of his pew. Mr..
esbest knows why he, who has been the cause
perhaps nnoccnt,y of all the calumny against
Mr.. Adams, has permitted the circumstance TO
remain SO long unexplained.
Again g Mr.. Adams requested permission.
on behalf OF Edwards, TO visit the PRESIDENT,
This, we pronounce to be "a direct f,Iselood,
without even the ''sliadow of a sha,lan of fouu-
dation Mr.. Adams never requested, nor was
war 0Sl -xa.If tor E.l~t
permission to visit the President.
est is stated that the President had been as
sailed by eager AMI anxious opportunities of the
coalition of Secretaries, 10 suspend Mr.. Craw-
ford from the Treasury.
This is another infamous, upfounicti and ma
licious wnf,',ah. There is no sscoai;ion of Sc
cretarics." Nor has the President ever sheen
assailcd by eager and anxious opportunities to
suspend MIR. Crawford from the Treasury" II
IS a notorious fact, that the Secretary Of the
Treasury las laboured under total disability
To the duties of his department for
more than ten months past. The laws of the
United States authorize tie President, in all
such cases, to- ''appoint any person or persons,
at hiS discretion, to perform the duties" pro
teHtpore. W hen the Secretary of War was I'LL
i'm 1910, the President did actually appoint !,
person to perform the duties of that depa rtmcnt
until the Secretary was sufficiently restored 10
health to resume them himself We heard, at
that time OF no complaint either from the Score |
tary or his friends. There was no information
of any conspiracy or condition '.to suspt ndn Mr.
Calhoun from the War Department. The Pre-
siient thonght IL necessary, and the law author
zcd it. What is there different in the two
cases, that the bare idea OF sfspendng the fui,.-
lions of Mr.. CFrT ford should be regarded as Il
oul conspiracy, and the actual suspension of
MIR. Calhoun, mere matter of course? we
q Iiny fhf,tInr lt Il
knowledge, that tire President, within the last
"o or three months, OF his own motion, and |
Without any opportunities q! coalition of Sc |
;retarcs," or of any one ofthe Secretaries an |
pliei 10 the Attorney General for his opinion in
The case of MIR. Crawford, not however, to know
whether the law authorized him to make tenn
Dorary appointments the Treasury, but whether
i made 1t obligatory upon him to do so. Th.
opinion Of the Attorney General rendered it ne
cessary 10 ascertain IRE precise state of Ar.
C'",nfof6's heath, before any step was taken
and we believe tie President called upon J,dne
Anderson Tire Ist Comptroller, for report of
the actual condition OF the Secretary. 4 CON
sultation of his physicians was held for the nur
pose OF making such report. What the result
OF their consultation was we know not for
Judge Anderson has not to this moment, as far
as we understand, made final report. That
MI Monroe refused Tie solicitation of the Sc
cretarfes, or any of them, to remove Mr.. Craw-
ford, or to suspend him, is utterly false. No
SUCH solicitations were ever made. We believe
that if any other man than Mr. Crawford lad
been so situated, the President would long ere
this have appointed some person for the tempo
rary performance of the duties of the Depart
mcnt, which it is notorious that he has been.
and syet unable to perform. But the pecu-
liar relation, in which Mr.. Crawford has stood
not only towards hin, but towards the members
oi his cabinet, as q c1ati;d,tte FIR The P,csiuen |
cy has prevented him from doing anv thing. |
the meaning or intention ofwlrch might be per
Vert@d' 10 serve e!cctiOnccring purposes We
have said TINS much, to satisf, the T. iitor of fine
Norfolk Herald, and other friends of tl,c uJ |
we trust that they at least viii be
satisfied.
.Ycconsc now 10 the 21 query Of The Enquirer. !
- We also called upon You to say whether fG,c |
Hon. Secretary did not pcn thc assault upon
us" The answer which we before gave TO t,,is
question, the Enquirer calls an cvason.p we
shall endeavour TO be more explicit We say.
hen, that ''fhc Hon. Secretary did moi pcn
what they are pleased to call the assaultr uDon
them. Wesay that Mr.. Adams neither wrote
nor dictated the article in question; tI,at Ie
never saw, nor heard oft, unit! it appeared IN
our journal Is tins = evasion" Is this tcin,c
unable to g den, il ~ Is This 10 s,rIle fr,,,
the question:" What will be said now of ,be
critical nrrmca ofthc Editors Of the F.nouircr.
hose asfrtc Determinations of st,lc, those OK.
rcllcnt Judges of rhctoriok'
81. Query Does Mr. \. write for tho T,,,r
nal or docs he not g Answer ac, or yn,,r
we answernay Mr.. Adams does mn; .. WRIT
Tor the Journal" When it became neccssarv
10 take notice Of the personal attack upon Mr.
Adams, b. the Eltors of tic National lntcll;.
Tcnccr, we applied to him ne hmm. tL -