Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-02
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In vulgum ambiguas.

ana trlai many" not to the accused, but to
them who accused, they throw their bastards
INTO the world, to be picked up by accident, or to
perish from neglect; ashamed to own them, OF
unwilling to defend. If these charges make an
impression on the public mind, their every OBJ
Ject IS answered. They never take the trouble
to attempt to establish them, and, in no instance
possess the candor to remove erroneous impress
sIons which they have previously created
In the last Enquirer, the stale charge against
MIR. Adams, of his beng friendly to the Tariff,
IS renewed; and, upon no better evidence, than
the declaration of little paper published at
Troy, In the State of New York. There where
the people are supposed to favor Tariff, the
editor OF that paper, friendly TO the election of
MIR. Adams, has addressed this argument dd cap
t1adun, to them; and, in this State, where the
people are against the Tariff, the Editors of the
| enquirer have addressed to Virginia the same
| argument dd capt1ndum loo, but with yery
different object. We meet the charge at the
threshold, and deny its truth. The authority
upon which it is made is lgh; and insufficient.
The means by which the Troy Editor aIiedgcs he
came possessed Of Mr.. Adams opinions i'm favor
OF the Tariff tosuppoFt manufactures to wit by in
telgeEce from South Carolina, are improbable
and absurd. The interest, the feelings, and the
eNerions of his native State of Massachusetts
re hostile to a new Tariff, as are the interests,
the ieeii 1gs and the cxertions of a majority of
tat art of the Union. Every member of Con-
Sress rom Massachusetts, save one voted a.
81 t the Idrif at the last s,ion of Congress,
and Virginia herself was not more unanimous,
one OF her Representatives also voting for an in
crease ofthe Tariff. This is very strong evil
deGcc to establish Mr.. Adams hostility to the
Tariff-and by every fair mode of rcsonng, his
FRI ms arc justified lin relying on it as concl,t-
stce, until some fact still stronger, be brought
| TO- ward on the other side, to disprove il. It is
WORTH all the assertion and trick that have
| he employed by some of Mr.. Adams northern
friends on the one hand, or his southern enemies
on the other, to convict hin offrendshIp to the
| Tariff. We could adduCe yet stronger, if we
CONGO eyed it at all neccssary-apd we will do so
when the necessity is forced upon US.
Awritcr in a South Carolina paper, under
the signature Of "a Carolina Plantern we
| think it is, has ate, Sed Mr.. Crawford on this
same ground, Of being friendly to the Tariff.
One of his friends in the National Intelligencei
of the 18th June, rePels the attack, denies the
charge, and by way ofconfuting it, exhibits the
| votes of the Representatives from Georgia, &c
prove the opinions and feelings of that State, tc
be iniinical to the Tariff The very same
course of reasoning them, is adopted by the
friends Of Mr.. Crawford as by the friends Of Mr.
Adams, 10 acquit him of the same accusation
The first say, Georgia is against the Tariff, ergo
soi5 Mr.. Crawford, the last says. Massachusetts
is against the Tarif-ergo so is Mr.. Adams-In
one sc. the fri ,nds of Mr.. Crawford, think
this reasoning irresistible--in the other, the,
think 1T weak and insufficient. Candid and in
geDuous men will feel inclined TO consider
eq al y cogcnt in both cases, ~
1t is strange enough that at opposite section
Of the Union, candidates for the Presidency, arr
, sup ortcd upon opposite principles. Whist MI
CfaSfesd rs held NJ in The S5Ith, as The only on