Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-04-27

able spccchin opposition 10 that unwarrantabe mca-
sure.
From he Philadelphia Frecmor's Joeyncl.1
Our readers will scarce crcdi, the communication
bu, it isno less true. that the legislature OF New
York have removed De Witt Clinton from the Office
of Presideu; of the Canal Commissioners. Yes
petty intrigue and party spite, have conquered and
the legislature have covered thenseve eternal
disgrace. They cave gluttcd thcic revenge and
completed their conicmptbe plans ci malice. At
the very close of the session. was this infamous
solution sent from the Senate the House, and by
them cUncurrcd III. Such is the reward that MIR.
Clinton has received for dcvo;ing fourteen OF the
best wears of his life TO the aggrandiZc of tho
state, and that TOO, without: receiving one centfor
his services: now he is comparatively poor. But
do these niScrcant Observation-Disclosures intellectual
pignies compared 10 De Witt Clinton, imagine they
can thus crush him: They canuot
From The Philadelphia Gazette.
Just before it adjourned, the New York lcgisla-
turc committed one of those acts of petty malice
which mark men of little souls and narrow minds
1t removed De Witt Clinton from tic Office OF Canal
Commissioner not because of any alcdged mis-
conduct on his part but from motive similar 10
that which led the Athenians oS,racisc Ars,;des
- they were weary OF hearing him called the
lust
FROM Tie Philadelphia Columbian Otserser.l
ALBANY, April IL, 1921.
Dear Sir arrived here Just in time to witness
the most disgraceiul act committed by legis-
ativc body. You will he suiprized When-I inform
you that the Legislature of this State adjourned this
day a. ~ O'Clock, and the last they performed
10 pass Il resolution 81 10 "a, that - De Witt
Clinton be 40 longera Canal Commissioner" with
out assigning the least reason after serving fourteen
years without one cents compensation for his SER
vices. But you hardly be surprized any thing
after what the New York Legislature nave done he
fore. This disgracciu orig mated with those se-
ven:een Senators who have dsgraced the name OF
Senators by depriving the people of the right CT
choosing their rulers; n high, which none but IT,
| rants and dcSp0ts have ever attempted. have ne
yer witnessed so much disgust and excitement he
| fore, and am much mistaken if it does not make
Clinton more popular than ever. MIR. Cunningham
from Montgomery county. made one Of the most elo-
| Quent appeals l ever heard
| From the Phiiadelphio Union.
We Yesterday published an account of the re mu-
val of De Witt Clinton, from ;he honorary post OF
| canal commissioner. At tie close OF session al
the Legislature of Ncy:-Yorl, Il session c,nphatcal-
ly marked as hostile 10 the rights and publicly ex-
pressed opinion of the people, this netaTiouS
committed, suitable termination OF a winter )
labour. We need not repeat it, for il is well known
that to De Witt Clinton,more than any other man
is New York indebted for her CanalS--her very ar
teries and veins, the abundant and fertile source OF
her envicd and increasing greatness.
What reason can be assigned by the legislature
for this astonishing step, know not none we pre-
used, who asked Aristdes to write his own name
upon the prescribing pebbc-thcy arc in fact weary
of mingling in the society of man, whom the
state owes so much, and whom by their MEANS i,
has rewarded little g to the great praise of
riching this state" say they" De Witt Clinton is
hcir-let us kill him and the inheritance shall be
ours. The simile might be carried further, for the
people UN rise i'll their majesty, and displace Tho
unworthy servants. This double insult upon the
understanding and rights will be legitimatey reven
ged by the citizens Of New York.
| From the Connecticut .Iirror.1
The Senate of the State of New York passed ;
resolution the close of the session OF the Legsla
turc, removing De Wit Clinton from the office o
Canal Commissioner, in which the House Of AS
sembIy coucurred This news mast, we should think
astonish every body, especially when ii is kn .Svi
that Mr.. Clinton is not riclr-that he has spen /.
!. years of his life in working round and over, M
thro' the difficulties which opposed the commence
nient and obstruced the progress Of the Canal All,
that for all this he has neither received nor asae.
| for