Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-13
WA,uINaroN. .Jsto.


Of All early opportunity, after recording the &C.
remonies aud festivities of the Anniversary, to |
copy from the National Journal an article res
pcctng the course of the Secretary of State to-
wards the National Intclligeucer, which it is not
presnming too much 10 attribute to the Dcpart-,
rnent Of State. The high source from which it
emanates demands Tor tia serious and respectful
Notice.
W it'll regard to the course which this papcr
has pursued towards the Administrations il has
been one Of uniform Difference and respect. Ii
we understand the grounds upon which charge
Ut the contrary has been made against us BY the
'ltca prints, and no where else, it has been that
we have h;i.t the au,laci,y To defend Member
OF that Administration from an undiscovered and
ulrclentiog persecution -the same Member of
~the Administration for whom the Secretary of
sState manifested his particular regard not long
a5o, By toastins him at Public Entertainment.
Those prints combined for the purpose of poi
soning tue public mind against that distinguish
ell public servant, and pretended, in doing so,
with unprecedented assurance, To sreak the
language of the President. This we knew to
be untrue, and we statcdit. We know of no o.
thsr ground upon which those vehicles of I'M
truth ii1ye pretended to inputc TO as hostility,
or even dlsrespect, 10 the Administration. From
the bottom OF QUE hearts, we have ALWAYS loved
and rcvcrcd the President and have not stinteI
our appreciation OF his public conduct If we
have been iess lavish of our eulosics than some
le-
cause there has been more of sincerity in what
we hare said. a dishonest or designing man
mry la''d you to your face, but true friend ne
ver ilatters.
1.-THE writer of this article intends To refer to
publications admitted into this print, from cor
respondents, we distinctly assert that nothing.
unobjectionabie in manner, has ever boon 70
fused admission, that was favorable to the Adj
HinistTatiOn or to any member of it. but that
much has been rejected Of a different import.
Ahere Is one construction of the language of
TINS article, winch would not bear examination.
VIZ. that cur course respecting the Presidential
Election has been disrcspcctiul "tovarIs the
present Administration" and a Just cause of
withholding from us the privilege of sprcadinr
befure our numerous readers the acts of the ro
vernrnent Solar is this from the fact, that we
have steadily reprobated thedisrespcct shown bv
the partizans of different candidates for the pro
spiency, IN beginning to wrcstc for the succcssi-
on before Mr.. MONROE was fairly seated in tin
chair, at his seco d election.
Thus much for the general course Of the Ed;
tors OF this print, ON which we forbear to en-
large, .ecause we stand npon the defensive opIv
sNo" LOT Tue particular allegation that, con a
recent occasion, we thought proper to rarbio
the publication of the Documents relating To the
Convention for the suppression of the. Slave
Trade" To refute this allegation let main
tale suffice. f
The Convention with Great Britain was ra,i.
Inn-
day following, the Injunction Of secrecy was re-
moved, ane on Tuesday foIlowfA, we stated the
TACT, with promise TO publish ssthc particuIarsn
In our next if we should be able To obtain t,cp
we were not able to obtain them, owing to tbe
construction put Upon the order of the Senate
tnat the substance and not the particulars of the
proceedings were to be published. On tho 26th
we published the substance of the TREATY and
the tact OF Its qualified notifications which. seek
ing the qualification of our readers, we took
much trouble to obtain. On that dav a differ
ent construction was Pat upon the rule of tho
senate, and, through the Kindness of a Member
OF the House of Representatives, mo Others h,,t
Members aud Officers OF CONGRESS- bcioo ,I,n,-
ell to enter the Office of the Secretary OF the
Senate,) we obtained copy of the documents
ami an extract from the Journal OF the Senate
These papers We published, voluminous as
they were, on the 23th-29th of May, as ye re-
ceived them, with the exceptions viz that be
ing much pressed for ro1m we omitted the
couafea'-pr9iect of the British Commissioners.
winch, not being adopted, was not material
and IS not now all god to have been so. and the
''Extracts from two resolutions OF inc uouse
of representatives, one the 9th of February
1921, the other of itie 10Th April, 1872, - which
hayng been before published, and only here in
troduced a. showing the corroboration between
the views OF Congress, and those expressed in
the Presidents Message, wc did not sur.ose to
be material 1t is singular coincidence TIL;
the space, which those extracts would have oc |
cupied, was in part filed by the onicialp ac- |
count of the Caucus of the Connecticut I.eeis |
latnre, nominating Hon. JoHv Quincy ADAMS |
Candidate for the presidency. This be il !
remembered, was Saturday. In tbs, intcrmedi- |
ate time between that publication and Monday |
we heard that the omission Of those extracts |
was deemed material. What did we do then ? |
We dill not, TO be sure, fall down upon our
knees, and ask pardon for no sin, but we did |
promptly, viz. on Monday, put into type, and
On Tuesiay publish, in tic National Intelligent |
GER these identical extracts, saying al the time
tina. s. '7e thought we Fhad published every
thing material uFon the subject, and should |
still think so, had il net been otherwise sur
gestei oy friend" viz: by that much respec- |
ted gentleman who fills, with great proprie-
ty, the situation of Chief Clerk in the Deoart !
ment OF state. II this was not an apoIoo.v |
ii certainly was prompt attempt to repair an |
omissions, WHICH, ifmatorial, was yet merely in |
adyerteut. These omissions ICE have never
seen represented as 90 Intentional Suppression, |
by the Secretary of !State,n or we should ,ccr |
tanly have couiralctci the statement.
But, 1t seems, we published summary of the |
arguments against the Treaty, at the Same time |
that we published tho documents. Now with |
great Difference, we supposed it to be our duty |
TO lay before our readers, the People OF the u
ntcd States, all the information whiclitye coUId
obtain, iii relation TO the Proceedings of their
government, of which tho Senate is as much
as it may, can we conceive now that publica-
ton could conflict with tie views of the F,xecu-
tive. We ,hodll Suppose the rerersa-yyc bad
like 10 have said, are sure it was otherwise,
bccau5e it tended TO sacw to Great Britain the
force JE the resistance winch II was neccsear,