Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-24

gratitude you owe him. His blood has boon
split in your cause his rrinceiy fortune has beer,
expended to aid you in your necessities; he has
offered himself, and all that was dear to him to
aid you in your great and glorious struggle for
freedom, and by his aid you have obtained IT,
We trust the national gratitude will not be suf-
fercd TO evaporate in empty verbal appauscs a.
lone. If you have any doubt, reader of the .ex-
tent>of your obligations to your benefactor pro-
cure and peruse without delay the interesting
memoirs mentioned at the head of this article.
Ecen. Post.
PRovrDEscE, Sept. 10.
Ifweare TO believe the Virginia Enquirer, lie
Washington Gazette, the National Advocate
ard ther.zcaous and disinie3eStcd coadiutors in
Now England, the Boston Statesman and Port
land Argus, Mr. Crawlords election TO the Pre-
sdency is advocated on the ground oi opposition
TO the political system which has been pursued
by Mr. Aionroes administration. That an OPP
position of this kind wax realls in she conte,ppI-
tioS-of seine leading mcinbers fCupgress, tIrees
or icar years ago.; Was then inferred bv some
who considered, attcntyeiy, the notIons ci these
gentlemen at Washington " lien r0liiicsi
men, who have hitherto lusniegtcd no great re-
gard Tor economy ~ the public expeudilur
become at once, ye.y Jealous ia tiie Cause o.
retrcnchnent cxciam loudly against profusion;
object TO the most necessary public establish
ureilts on account OF their ex pence, and contI,-
uaiiy hold up 20 the oiium Of the people, as VAN
pyres and leeches, such persons in Official EN-
Payments receive their bread from the pub-
iic treasury III reward for substantial serpiccs
we are very apt TO mpute their sudden zeal
to something else than real patriotism. When
we see a number of such mcu simultaneously
engaged III examinations of the measures of GO
yernnent for the purpose of exciting distrust,
and IN Investigations winch uniformly result in
producing additional confidence, we may rea-
sonably conclude, that there is a systematic or.
position to the public functopares. and that such
an opposition is not required by the interest Of
The people. The second term of Mi. NIcnroe,s
Presidency was ushcred in by such an opposition.
pertnaciously followedto the present moment,
oy number OF gentlemen from the South West
aided by the counsels and the cooperation of
Mr.. John Holmes of Maine. From the yio
lence with which these gentlemen commenced
their attack, and the generality of their dcnun-
cations, stranger to our political concerns
might have been led TO believe, that every fl,ino
aPpertaming to the administration was rotten 10
inc core; THAT corruption peryaded every branch
oi the pubic service, creeping Tie t3-easu,zi=--
and that total change of men, in all the other
departments, was necessary, botl to vindicas
lion OF pubitc morals, and TO save the poodle
from oppressive taxation. He would not cor
tainly. have thought, without being told so. that
all this parade of disinerested patriotisrD and in
corruptibie vigilance was intended TO operate
on an election four years thence, and TO rro--
mote the views of a candidate, no. having once .
attempted I'm vain to assume the purple IN oppo-
siIon TO the public voice, could oui, hone to
succeed IN his design by the destruction of his
competitors. More recent events, however
have clearly demonstrated, that such was the
object of the movers in this farccat inycstin;,
ton.
Hir. adams had long been considered orc,of
our most serviceable public men. His splendid
'atcpts; MS profound attachments in pOiitn;a,
science; his practical acquaintance with the no
Mics oil the day and the interests and connex
ions of other powers; his able and successful iii.
plomatic course, while he represented the na-
ton abroad; his no less able support of Mr. Mon
roe'S policy, both foreign and dUinestic-iiad in
nuced the bulk OF the nation to view, in i,lru
lhc most proper person TO succeed that yenera-
bic patriot at the end Of his second term. The
south, partial 10 the claims of Mr.. Calhoun.
wished, unseasonabiy, to anticipate the matdri-
" olpubI:c opinion in his favour and TO rJsce
nm in the chair, before he should have passed
MS novicIate IN subordinate stations. II was
expected, that the west would present besides
VII. Clay, whose prospect of success was small
n best, the claims of General Jackson, whose
military achievements bad justly entitled him to
he admiration OF his counirymen OF all uese
gcntlemeu HT. ,fdGms, only, could be cxrcc-
cd to stand, seriously, in the way of Mr. Cta,q4
ord, inasmuCh as lie was las he now ISL the ,nIy =
mar supported for the Office on principles en-
rely Disconnected with local considerations.
ct, T. make sure work; TO provide against eve
Y possible caprice of public opinion: u vas
hougbt necessary, if practicable, TO dt sfrov, at
nee, iie confidence Of tho people in Meslrs.
Sdams, jackson, and Calhoun. accordingly.
10 sooner had the usual forrnaIities of opcninp
nc session been gone through, before various
ais on the departments for information were
unlimited, by such of the members of either
jouse, as were engaged in the plot. Jbeserc-
oiutions were drawn up in style Of accusa-
ion, and evidently intended, more for the peo-
lie than for members Of Congress. Many per
ons, in different parts of the country, might
cad the resolutions Of inquiry, and never sec
he information called for when il should be