Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-03
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FRAs. G. YANcEY, Sec'ry.
CAUCUS MEETING.

CAUCUS MEETING,
In pursuance ofprevious public notice ameet-
ing of the friends of Mr.. Crawford was held at
the courthouse in this borough on Friday LAST
when out of a population of 1900. of whom
25OO are voters, only II persons assembled I! {.
Every exertion to procure full meeting, was
used, but it would not do. The popularity of
Gen. Jackson. increases in proportion to the
ISLANDERS propagatcd by his enemies The
friends OF King Caucus are few in number, but
they are wealthy and were heretofore int1uenti-
al, but their influence has lost its weight and
the unpopularty o!imposing nomination made
at Washington City, in contempt of public OBI.
MON, and only by the friends of Mr.. Crawford,
is daily increasing. The people will think for
themselves-and Indignantly frown at every at
tempt to control the right of suffrage, even
though the deception should be practised under
the most imposing form. Ancient usages, Re-
publican practice, party uames, ghost of fede-
ral!stn and horrors of amalgamation, have been
cOnjured up TO terrify the people into submissi-
on, and compel them to surrenl Ter the right OF
suffrage to the dictutn of small and contemti
bic caucus held solely for the purpose of elevat-
ing man to the Presidency, who is not the
choice ofthe people.
We would entreat the friends of the caucus
and of Mr.. Crawford to cease their opposition to
democracy Of PonDsylvana.-If they have their
partiality for Mr.. Crawford, better to be silent
than perpetnal!y opposing public opinion. n
democratic republican will always cheerfully
acquiescc with the majority, and not only so.
but will assist in executing measurs adoptc |
by that majority, which he cannot entirely ap-
prove. Ii is avital principle III republic that
the minority should submit to the will ofthe ma
jorty, and it is not the best evidence of demo-
cro TO-. rrI nj hat.
stion.
A caucus meeting was held in Fayette coun-
ty, composed of only 80 persons, of whom
were federalists, and two Of those federalists
were chosen chairman AMI secretary TO the
meeting. The two Young Mr.. Galiatns reviled
president Monroe, and called him a weak old
man; jackson in for his share of the abuse,
called federalist, violater of the consti-
tuition and murderer. These are the hopeful
fruits of such Incorporate proceedings, but in
the issue will be productive of betterthings.
Beau. .4,;gus
We have long noticed, with silent indigna-
ton, the rancorUus and disgraceful character
of the hostility which was waged against Mr..
Adams by the papers favorable TO Mr.. Craw-
lord. 1t is true, that an ample portion of their
columns is also devoted TO the defamation of
Gen. jackson, from whose brow they despe-
idtCiy dttciiRt W piuCh every tcSliIuOIy Vi no
nor with which grateful country has adorned
it, and whom they alternately endedvor to hold
up detestaton as tyrant to expose to ridi-
cule as fool. But their treatment of the Ge-
neral, scurrilous and malignant as il is, de-
serves the appellation of generous and bouora-
BILE warfare, when compared with their uutrages
upon the feelings and reputation of MIR. Adams
There is nothing keen in satire, Notifying i'm ri
dcule, vile IN calumny, or infamous in ira
Il Il. 4 4 .
against his devoted head. Every transaction
of his public and every secret of his private life,
have been ransaclScd and rcviled, distorted car
featured, and held up TO the odum and derision
of the people. Acts which do him immortal
honor; services which entile him to the lasting
gratitude of the nation; principles which become
bin politician; feelings and sentiments
which reader him exemplary as citizen and a
man; and even the very learning which has
. used him to be honored at home and respec-
ted abroad, furnish nothing but food for vitupe-
ration and abuse; while the changes which they
ring upon them, are always accompanied by
the ylest fabrication and denunciation of acts
which he never performed, and of principles and
practices which lie would disdain and abhor.
| Nor, in this unbounded career oflcentiousness,
| have they even spared the age and iDfirmities
| of his venerable father.-As if the assaults a.
gainst himself were not su lIicienuy venonous and
powerful, or as if they knew that lac was utterly
invunerabe in every other point, they have re-
| solved TO make their victim feel, through the
quivering flesh of the revolutionary sage who
| gave him birth.
At the head of these Crawford presses, stands
| the Washington City Gazette: a paper which no
| American eau read, and reflect that it may be
regarded in Europe as a legitimate specimen Of
the manners, feelings, and political controver-
| sizes of our country without sincerely wishing
| that il were blottcd from existence. Somuch
and so continually its pages occupied with
abuse of MIR. Monroe, Mr.. Adams aud General
! Jackson, that one would suppose il was rather
| specially devoted to- their defamation, than tc
the support of Mr.. Crawford. OF all the can
didatcs for the Presidency, Mr.. Crawford is the
| only one Of whom it speaks " it'll decency; and
while il magnifics him to such gigantic size tha
no one would recognize the individual for whom
the picture is drawn without the iucessant repe
tition Of his name, it as zealously denounce
MIR. Adams, General Jackson and Mr.. Cal
houn, as monsters Of iniquify, devils in temper
and tyrants and hyPocritcs in practice, and as
men not only destitute Of patriotism, but in the
habitual commission ofdishonesty and falsehood
This paper, however, which one would suppose