Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-16
BALTIMORE, July 10.
TIE POLITICAL SABBATH.

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TIE POLITICAL SABBATH
| As we are responsible beings, both in what we
owe to the CREATOR of all things, and HIS crea-
lures among whom are located-and, as il ap-
pears to me impossible that yield acceptable
obedience unto HIM, while doing wrong to our brc-
tren-I believe il is right that should frequert-
ly retire within ourselves and carefully examine
what we have been about and my opinion is that
If this examination is made with sincere desire 10
arrive at truth, shall not often be denied the fell
licity of obaining it. II is possible that self-love
may sometimes lead astray, and intcrpose eycu-
that rigid Justice would not atlmt-but if the
secrets oil our not,ccs are investigated by ourselves
and reconcile them to our own conscicnccs
i'll the secret of own hearts, both pleasure and
proiit must result from the examination, and we
shall feel ourselves encouraged to- pursue our way,
rejoicing in the glory of the truth. The rulmq
principle must be known to us-we cannot disguise
1t from ourselves, and we shall surely find out whe
her VIC influenced by love or by fear, as to mat
tiers OF the first couce inncnt-W neither we really
love liberty only dove the loavcs and fishes nh
have given ourselves up to the direction of those who
posses, or, II is presumed will have the power to dis
pensc them with prodiga hand, for which we feel
willing tn barter them our political virtue and be-
| come political prostitutes.
Quietly seated at my desk, and alone in the office
in the early part of Monday last devoted TO an oh
Seivance OF the anniversary of the most import n y,
event OF modern. times, the independence of the u
beginning to devclopc themselves as TO their c;ct
on tile nations at largc-it seemed 10 me thar, on
this Sabbath of Liberty, it would be proper for II,
all to bring the mind into stiffness, md reflect upop
the means by which freedom gained; but cs-
pecially to consider what conduct should he IN
prcserre in peace, the blessings that had been won
by the sword. And thought that liberty npht he
obtained by mere cXerton of animal force bur
was convinced that it could only be retained by
dlligent enquiries into the rights of persons and
., t,ll.
liberty, and vigilance is the condition on which il is
granted to man and felt disposed to renew NV
vows that, according to the moderate ability Afford
ed, | would continue To do what COULD that -.
might hold OH to the blessings conferred on nv conn
try and countrymen, by benefcicnt Providence
then proceeded to examine the part which 7 h, d,
taken IN tn" political events of the past political
year, and strove To get at the motives of nv nro
"eedingS and was happy to- fndthat could moi sse
any sunlcctou to the vii! of others, or speeufjous
us 10 advantages III them, further than as believed
they would bcne:i; the nation at large The lend
lug matter that arrested attention was the effort
made by few persons at Washington city to ng,,,i
fdcfuTe Il president of tie United States and In.
stand that had taken to aid in preventing the suc
cess OF their work; AMI rcneyveCllv convinced
that the attempt was desperate one OF unau,.,o
rizad AMI unqualified pei sons, unknown to In. rim,
s'tuton or the law, ana without. even the tvrant'
plea ofneccssty, who had = caballed" a. INV friend
Gales sa'! Of the caucus of 1916. to produce an c
icct III direct opposition: the public will - and
yet this same gentleman delights to cali the act OF
the miserable minority Of s;Sty-sx penJcrs of CON
eTeyS assembled in tlIeir prirale coD1cifies ,e,,
lr noninliion"-strongly intima;ing also, that il
is mainly the ilietcrute and unti,inking that oopo q
the legitimacy of that caucus, by sayiuy tba; ,nc
persons selected are the preference of a decidedly
larger portion of the reading and rejecting MARI nj
the people OF the U. states than any other OF the
caDjilatcs.'E Bat, perhaps, he only means ,hose
tslr MAJ ri Total
according 10 ORDER" as Prussinu soldiers ny,,,
uiicr That tcircry Inspiring Instrument of devotion,
sergeant rattan. Surely, the pooplc are n,ucL
o0ftged TO McssrS. Gales and Seaton for This con-
piinent paid to thom-we Of Baltimore are espccial
~ tndebtef to them, seeing that the room, in ,ylib
am wiring about 10 by IL, would certainly CON
tain alit!i reading and rehcCtinr peonI.n ,,,,
know or have heard of, out Of our siyty-hve tbor
sand inhabitants who will support either the
Or It's proceedings there are fifteen or t,yc,
YATEs III which The people are nearly as unanmous
against both.
But the declaration Of the pcntlencr i No, ~ -.
traordinary as il may appear at first sjob, r.,
reading and rejecting people" perhaps they ,,,y,
mean only those who read To get Offices, and r,.n,
oil the best way of making the mos, out az So
Tile book that they read is entitled ",R1ngyc,,eoJ,
and the reflections that follow are dDU,ry anil ..,
aud ifcvsry body could read and reflect os o,,
my friends Gales and Seaton. TO the plc,sin, s.,
ol twelve or htteen thousand dollars profit a %.
by virtue ofholding an Office, we should not IL, go
priscd IL all s,tch reading and rejecting persons &C.,
on their side! Indeed, g" Il leaf out of their i.,
would be acceptable to most of us, If we could reg
on ITS contents and apply tine square to it, lea,!;n
-ior cash IS " very convenient thing in fa,oii
Y" be scrlous--Bred up as it were at the fec, ,s
several distinguished wings of the revolution ~,
from tie first Use ofpolitcM parties IL tn,
day' never having divcrgrI from tho di5cr nin,to,
tines draws by the members Of the republican pariv
for the preservation of its integrity, feel thai
See The lntelligenccr of the 18th u1t.
Tie PrussIan soldiers, when drawn up IN line
are, or WERE required TO pray-andi it was the duty
"I the serSeants IN their take care that thev
all began and ended precisely at the same time o,
to apply the rattan, that the should bc reiigio-as
directed by some priestly -fuylcman.