Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-06-25

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the day was quito sensible, and said he hoped the
captain would forgive him; at other times quite re-
hactoIy, ana oftan repeating the cook would CON-
less ALI and several other things, that it appeared
AS II ne DNd senaething very weigb,y his minI
and, would often say, lit would soon all be over,
Towards night he appeared TO be sensible, his he'd
was made, and in going down below Inc said il was
SO hot he wished to sleep on deck; he accordingly
lay down on deck, the people differently employed,
when soon after he got up; some Of the people
saw MN, our thought tie was sensible as he was
when he lay down but he was INSTANTLY discovered
by the man at the helm to leap over boar The a.
larm was given; the brig rounded TOO, but nothing
after could be of him.
This Robert Wier was native of Scotland: had
been an officer i'll Ii. NJ. Navy, but lately mate of
vessel out of St. Thomas.
Reose,o Of Public opinion To one who has
atfentiveiy watched the progress of events for
inc last two years, and who gives himself the
.roao'e 10 examine the motives and springs of
human action, ii must be apparcnt--first, that
the most jealous advocates Of the ca ucus t.andi-
uatc nave given up all hopes of seeing him ele-
vated TO the Presidential chair and secondly.
mat though for :clCctioneering purposes. that
Candidate was represented as the erclus,se de-
a'ocsI,lc candidate, he has been from the first,
II. reality, the sole railying point, the last hope,
OF ,heJedesaf party, or at least of all those who
stili venture to defend the principles of the
Hartford Convention, and who are willing 10
resort to any means, however unprincipIt.l
ana corrupt, TO regain some portion of their lost
influence AMI power. The visit of Van Buren,
md Dickerson to Richmond, sufficiently proves
The trst Tor whatever the Enquirer may say to
the contrary, we repeat, that the object of ttyat
visit, was to confer with the s.Central Caucus
Committee" upon the propriety of " ithtfraw me.
MIR. Crawford from the contest, and of offerinS
terms to MIR. Clay.--We have already expressed
our belief, that Ti,gnia would do neither the one.
nor the other at the bidding of MIR. Van Buren.
but Mr. Van u. had good reason to think, that
the sai!'c men who were so ready to disgrace her
by entering into compact with him in the eau
Gus would be equally ready to dissolve THAT com
pact and form a new coalition, batter suited tn
his sinking hopes. Ii he had not despaircd Of
MIR. Crawford's success, he would never haye
visited Richmond he is too adrOit and cunning
10 intrigue, too familiar with political Juggling.
10 move his views without motive. He had
narrowly watched the fading influence of the
caucus, and had already. to use an appropriate
figure sho,o,, his hand to MIR. Clay, before the
adjournment of Congress the consequence
was, in the first place. expose on the part of
Mr.. Clay's friends, IN which they declared their
determination not to gire mp the Ship, and the
honorable Speaker left Washington decciy
ed by the arch-intriguer into the belief
that he might count securely upon New:
Yofh; and the second consequence was the vi
sit to Richmond, already mentioned. The En
quirer may be right in saying that the central
caucus Committee would not agree to the pro-
posed terms; but 1T is nevertheless true, that To
offer such terms was the object of Van Burep,s
visit, and equally true, that despair of Mr.. Craw
lords success prompted tiiem The Commit
tee, ii Is true, have since come out with an adj
dress to the people of the state, recommending
an adherence to the caucus candidate; but the
very terms in which il is conceived, sufficiently
prove how little hope the Committee entertain
rs1 hot fhrIr fall ~
IFS sentiments. There is another fact which
ought not to be forgoaten, and which more thar
any thing shows the little respect paid to the
caucus even by its very subjects-neifher .ffy
C10rcfo,d MOI. Mr.. Galihtin has thought it
'co'M has i@sile to reply to the letter of The Com
naiitee, gicing Inn notice Of has nomination! Is
IT 10 be believed, that these gentlemen would
have been so wanting in cosr,rr,un courtesy to
their friends II they had not deeply felt the folly
of such nomination, and clcaily foreseen The
destruction which it wound bring upon their
prospects, They knew it to be death blow
TO their further advance in public favour; and il
was not in human nature to observe the r,1le.
ofcourtcsy towards their political murdereys.
In those states of New England where the
strongest hopes were entertained by the friends
lfthe caucus candidates. and where the pa rtizans
of the Secretary of the Treasury were supposed
TO possess the greatest influence, to wit: in
Maine, -Ne,c- Hampshire, Rhode Island & Con-
Hectfcut, we nave seen mat Htr. Adams has been
almost unanimously nominated,
In .Neto- York. the force of public opinion has
been so irresistible, that the Governor, making
merit of necessity, has made an extraordipa-
y call upon the Legislature, for the purpose of
abrogating law which he took so much pains
o preserve in operation at their last Session.
That the Legislature will repeal the Electoral
law, and restore the right Of election to its con-
stitutional aud natural possessors, is not to be
doubted. Governor Yates would never have
committed the absurdity, and subjected the
State to the needlessexpense, of converting the
Legislature, if he had not been well assured
that the repeal of the obnox ious law would be
the result. The members, since their last ses
sion, have had time to mingle with their constit-
uents, and to ascertain their wishes; and though
there may be some few intriguing dernagogues
who are vain and silly enough to trust to other
sources of advancement than the will of the peo-
pie, and who may affect to dspise the instruction
of their constituents, yet we cannot believe that
any representative body can be found in our
country, the majority of whom will dare actin
position to the very principle under which they
derive their authority to act. A few unprinci.
pied men may be found ready to barter their
consciences and their characters for some sor-
did and temporary advantage to their own in
forests, but the great body of the people viii ali
ways possess virtue enough to spurn at corrup-
ton. AS TO the present disposition of the PEG.
pie Of New-York, we believe we may safely saw,
that ftco-fhirds of them prefer MIR. Adams to a.
ny other candidate for the Presidency. Nothing
is wanting, then, but the just and honorable
submission of the Legislature to the will of
their constituents, to ensure him the vote OF the
State