Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-07

\ /" towards Knox, a peculiar and very STRONG. al
tachment.n But besides furthering the de
signs of the Junto be had other motives not les
honourable. Knox was Massachusetts man
q advancing hrs interests, rewarrinr his merit
mighttend TO lessen the influence of Col. Pick
enng IN his native State, where his sole anbi-
ton was TO reign triumphant, the great head OF
the Jtnto, after he had crushed Mr.. Adams.
Such combinations could occupy the brain only
oil SO consummate Secretary of State; whose
natural and malignant envy always led him TO
REGARD with secret sorrow, the elevation of an
equal or a friend. But Mr.. Adams, fortunately
Tor ms own reputation and the happiness of the
country, detected him in his Vaccinations; and
punished him, to the joy and satisfaction of the
whoie nation Well might Mr.. adams saw, on
the subject of Mr.. Pickering's removal from the
department of State, 81 had reasons enough
not only TO satisfy me, but to make ii my indis-
Pens'6he duty. Reasons ,chicis upon The cool
" est deti6erufton app,ore." We are only as
tonlshed that he could have borne with this
snake IN the grass SO long; for i'm addition to his
total want of principle, he did not possess those
.esa, and diplomatic requirements necessary to
the discharge of his duties-what little rays of
light he now and then emitted, be borrowed
tfom the great luminary above him, and from
the satellite beneath him-like Robert Smith
VINO mad his Colvin, MIR. Pickering had his
w agner, and at times his JAS Denny Wap-t
ner, the Chief Clerk ofthe Department of State,
was man oltalents; and it was known to every
one, that he was every thing to Mr.. p. and that
without him, he never could have discharged
the duties OF the office. Indeed Mr. Pickering
tells us himself, that when Gen. Washington Of.
tered hun the office he told the President that
Its duties were foreign from bis pursuits in life
= and that he thought himself UNEQUAL to the
proper discharge of them, % and therefore he at
hrst declined accepting it. He did however
accept, land well recolect the surprise, the
appointment created;) and had Wagner proved
as treacnerohs to him, as Colvin did to Robert
Srnith, the people would have known, what ey-
cry man about the government always knew.
that Wagner was his fac tot,nn .cvery way
round and SMOOTH" the life aud soul of the of
nee; and he was faithful to the Colonel He
did not like the degraded Colvin, bctray his
master when he heard his performances praised
by hls partisans, by saying in plain terms, 81
wrote, that letter; drew up that report"
When Mr.. Madison, who was real Sccrcta-
ny OF Slate, not puppet, came into the Depart
ment OF State, the consequential airs which Mr..
wagner, from habit and his great usefulness to
L. had acquired, were irksome to the new Se-
cretary. He was not permitted 10 write letters
and make Reports for him. Like the present
distinguished head of the Department, he chose
to do the work himself Wagner felt his con.
sequence SO much diminished, that lac began to
practice some Of the arts Of his old Master to-
yards his Chief; and being detected therein
like him, received his Congo.
Our EN-Secretary acknowledges that "Pre-
:" sldent .4dams's unadgised step insttutine n
. mission to France in February, 1899, was
" condemned by the most enlightened Federal
" lists; that it paraliscd them, and subverted the
" temple of federalism, burying its DESTROYER in
ITS ruins" precious confession this
strictly true, as it respects himself, and the
,aa l,ar 81 A.
| MIR. ADAMS He laid PROSTATE the English fac
tion 1t Is true; and though he suffered for a time
| by the shock, yet he rose with such additional
iustre from the ruins of the party that at no pc
Rod OF his long and useful life, did he ever enioy
| higher consideration, more love and respect,
than atthe present moment. We NAV indeed
say, that to this sublime, courageous act of Civ
ing the death blow to the Essex Junto, when i'm
! the full pientitude of their successful machna-
tons against the liberties honor and interests of
tins people; when he knew as he himself ha s
| SAID, he should suffer for n time from the nea
| sure; ne owes great share of that high venera-
| ton with which he is now regarded throughout
the nation; and let me tell his calumniator, that
| this book OF his will recoil on himself and add
to the fame of Mr.. Adams--The Nee Tee EST
juSfion uila, guam necis artifcen, a,ie 1,e,,i,e
sua-"Nor is there any thing more Just than
6 that the cont'Iue, of destruction, should pc
rsh by hSagn arts" which he thinks he has
quoted with somuch point is misapplied; it be-
longs emPhaticalIy to the mail man of Wenfam;
not TO the sage of Quincy, who looking into flu
turity "born not for himself alone, but for his
. country" acted from this preccpt: "Nec tibi
&C quld iccat sed quid fcesse decebit occurrat,
:" mentemque domat respectus honestic.n esDo
" not consider what you may do, but what il will
" have become you TO have done, and let the
6 sense of honor subdne your mind.n
Governed by such principles he humbled and
nallydestroyed the most unprincipalled faction
that ever disgraccd the annals of any nation. He
has trlumphed; and where, LET meask, are now to
be foundthe few enemies that here and there are
heard to croak against him, but among the ultras
OF both parties?-menwho disgrace every party:
whose dtatr1bes will always be regarded bv the
wise and good, rs the ''homage that vice paws to
virtue" His virtuous contemporaries revere
him, and posteIity will do justice TO his exalted
worth by assigning him prominent niche in the
temple of fame.
Mr.. chickering's chronological history of the
negotiations, be, by the help of his man Wae-
ner, was engaged in, will not notice 1t is
mere repetition of the worn out arguments
which for the past 25 years we have had ssding
g dong do bell' in our ears; ending always in the
same tune, tcar Nth France an alliance tciM
England, and death TO our republican, institu
tions.
Many have doubted the truth of the charges
SO long existing against Mr.. Pickering. No
honest American will now doubt them. He
has done, what no other man ever thought IL
worth his while to do, wrote himself down to
that level, above which we are aslonished that
with such feeble talents and such a total alb
sence political virtue, he could ever have ri
j..