Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-03

didates for electors, every nm. or ,.,t,, 49,, n.
Chased as dntong the most decided tlenocrats-sha
y "a" constantly and intensely opposed
caucusing, should do this without some l,eror oh
49, vi ,"'gnitude IN view, without some expected
equivalent hidden from the public eve is morally
nPossioie VINO ever knew fcderalists TO push
forward by shielding themselves under republica,
"es' as chairman, Sec 'ctnry, Committee men
'u "'lSettef nas not lurking at ,i0 great dis
ee' Inc object of this nanpuvre is as much
w cary political point-as much to fan tile
"a'hes Oh discort in the republican party, as ever
was any party measure of fceralists during the Ia st
| the PuNsrER
"Why not, if the state b. of bur one mind ON the
subject OF Presilcnt, ana if anxious to shc to the
"",,' united people, VIII, not appoint a few fed
efd,'Sts ON the committee and offer Htem n portion
vi ,ie ELECTORS. This would have been honorable
| ann magnanmous; this would have discovered
mat there was not only "gond feeling hut conf
renee between the parties and the ind, id,ial, who
| were united in the caucus"
oo much for the Patriot. will now measure
'l, oy one OF his faro.ae standards. II he is too
of Will stretch him, if too lang I'll shorten him
IN the Richmond Enquirer of the Cd March last thu,
pT"tc'pat political stdn,iurd in Virginia. by which
the friends of Mr.. Crawford inca sure the heigi aud
"eP"t oil political men aud measures, I'm Editorial
tracts.
"fhe National Journal seems very much cha
gren at the overwhelming result of the caucus ut
NRichmond ani hurrcs its,tf into assertions which
are utterly unfounded We confidently appeal to
u,e iist OF Mr. Crawford's freiafs" (not repuJh-
co1S onY) ''in the Virginia Legislature, (cuusler
them IN whatever aspect you plcase) for rho i,re
s.Sotc PROOFS 81 hss ntn9uesionabis smeriortfv u,
""ss sfafe-no one hut man profoundly ignorant
"oi the facts would hazard an assertion TO the con-
traIy, &c. Again Says this stnnfard, sin 1908
Two tickets were run, oue for Madison, the other
"tor Monroe-but present such is the npnear
.an'e of usiaa,m'ty dniOng our cuizens, that we
''siaii have in all probability but one" Here ask
the reader to pause and reflect for a moment, and
ask himself If he can conceive how two statements
coui,i be more at pdrt1',cc with each other; both
TOO inteuded To support Mr.. Crawford, both NAV
ne considered as flowing from the same fountain
IL mere make one remark which is c.lally applica-
ne 10 dH parties, IN every section of tie U,o viz
the fe1eraiists have can3i,iate They have NOT
the power to advance of their political c1yoyais
or ets,gns, to the station of Comm in chef
VIZ PICKERING, who was once Lieutenant in their
political corps of Engineers, has dsgracel his com
m'Ssson' ami IS now considered by them IA unuor-
my to uorcii IN the ranks. And will now ask
upon what principle OF political OF moral Justice the
tederalists are 10 be denied the elective franchise nj
the ensuing Presidential election s,,less then ,pD
rofe for MI Crawford, tkey are commanded BIZ
the c1'tcms iedfers. In New Hampshire the icgis-
iature goes into nomination of a Presidential "a
'litate, boM parties ,rere inriled as .y ,ce-e in
Ph.Siitn. Mr.. Adams, a republican, is preferel
tn any of the other republic IN candidates the fed
eraliss acquiesce they dii az Iirgi,,fa To a de-
| 'nocratc committee and electors. What follows;
the Patriot commences an uuprovoked unSe uerous
and dastafdly attack upon the f.,icralists n van,
quishcd enemy, w'io have struck their n ~ and cal
led for quarters The PATRIOT dcnoI.ices them n G
| ''mhsctterOms because they wonfvdte Tor MI Craw-
ford and in the next BREATH charges the denoc, ats
witha want oflnagnamimity in mot offesins'' (the
federaiists) ''u portion of the electors" The edit
ors of the National Integenccr oi, In the general
| cry and re-pnblish this faffago of nonsense and
iaiSeho"d, winch has gone the rouns of the pupcrs
favorable to the election of Mr.. Crawford. I will
here remark, borrowing AN expres sion that Mr.
dams, Action like, is about to b. devourcd by the
hounds he las cherished and fed f,r what man,
ASK mas ''ie more for the support of Republican
principles atnl measures than has Mr.. Adams he
has cast a f;ssfre over national affairs The
brtgiaes' OF wi'ichhr caused the statesmen of E-
rope to shrink like cut worm, from the rvs OF the
Sum iagrof'sude, ineratitude ttou hasesi of sins
| will nDw make a few remarks upon the Rich
mond EnlIrer. s.The .Naion1i Jour3... SAYS
this prodigy II, nature, "saens very much chagrined
1T the overwhelming results OF the caucus al Rich
| mond OF what materials was this caucus formed
that gave such an snvcrwheming" result as to rem
der the Journal panic struck? answer that IL Lar
ties poiicly invited to end the political by,-
| Yue', invited fn' MIR. Crawiors benefit. 4 ,criHsa
invitation was given to all. Mr.. Lee, Il decided and
prominent democratic: member of the L. Il ;at re,
voluntarily ackuoRle lel that he wrote the ticket
giving general invitation IN the political Feast;
rical brethren, &c. The federalisfs very general
" attended, AMI voted almost nnani,o tsiy for Mr.
Crawford II am no, very muci, mistaken f.oo or
three only diSsented; aud of the 10 fa,ierilists ian
the last Legislature, large portion Of them at
tended as did oil the republican, members; and we
are now told by the Enquirer of the sovcrrlaelninp
| resah'
Again the Enquirer speaks of the ssit1nn;aty a
4 nong our CITIZENS mark the word; not among
the rept1ftcaJis, but among citizens. Here the
federaiists are ufft.iy included aud strongly spo-
ken OF as being the side Of Mr.. Crawford. I
will here remark that since the Mesifiu,afe caucus
in w Washington, there has scarcely been a number
of the National Intesencer, or Richmond En-
qnirer, i'll which similar Inconsistencies have not
appeared. Both papers denounce the Federalists
as s'1'isctieyonS, &c. and yet their support
for MIR. Crawford. will here state fact, for
the truth of which appeal To- the Editors of the
Richmond En1uirer provided, however, that they
will answer upon their ho,tors. large majority
of the leading Feseraists of Virginia in rour of
Mr.. Crawford, and hostile to hlr. Adams. will
state the roa given to- by the ederalists in
the section Of the State in which live, which in
substance as foiows:-that their numbers are too
snail to electa President notwithstanding the div-
sion in the Republican ranks iii consequence of the
4 number Of their candidates Tint they are sunk I'm
the political Thermometer, SO as to be below blood
heat; that they cannot make serious opposition to
the democratic party, or control them that they
must be governed by their political opponents, their
only object is to aid in the election of the mast ceJle
of The Presidential Candiiaies, rs the only possible
means through which they can see a probability Of
strengthening their party tina, if NJ. Adams should
be elected, that such Is his superior talents and in
feasibility, that they would still sink lower in the
political Thermometer; that they are are already
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