Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-10-05


proach. Mrs. Mouton, however has ci,;rno,,
tue use oil our columns for her own vindcaton.
ana mat OF her benefactors, against the mis-.
statements oil these gentlemen; and we do not
perceive that they can in justice, be refused 70
| her. The statement which we publish TO- dav
Is from her own pen, and is under oath The
reader will perceive that she is a well educated
and cultivated lady, who has seen ba mic,
tunes, and whose misiortunes and good conduct
combined, would have commanded the resnec,
ana sympathy of all men, from whose bosoms The
feelings OF humanity were not so entirely han
ished as to strip them of all pretensions TO the
name oil men. We have heard much of the
ninty-hea ted cruelty of some landlords in
w ashington, towards their unfortunate tenants.
| Out that female, virtuous, accomplished.
and distressed female, in the peculiarly affecting.
situation OF Mrs. Atoulton, should have been. i'm
.nis age OF civilization, the object of such bar
oarous rudeness and oppression from anv man
I'm this City, bearing the name of pentIonan ,v.s
no, "oat we were prepared to expect. But this,
oad as u 49, Is not the worst feature i'm this case
,or' upon the statement given by this respccta-
one iady, IL would seem if the cry of distress
had been extorted from her, with double view
FIRST, the sordid one of securing more money
tian was due; and, secondly to lie i'm wait and
see VINO would come 10 the relief of the suffer-
ing victim, IN order that the person who should
SO come, might, after being swindled ont of his
money, be sandercd out of his character. We
Pro,ess 10 know nothing. personally, of the facts
oi ms case; but, from the statement formerly
puoiished III this paper connected with that now
furnished, by Mrs. Moulton. we can only ex
press the hope that there are very few men in
w washington, who could descend to play fine
part winch seems TO have been PLAYED by the
gentlemen whose names at the head of this
arucic: we are prepared TO pardon good
deal oil the zeal of political partisans: but that
q ri l..ssn Of,
irreProachable conduct and morals as Mr. A.
dams, should be watched and distorted into cleo
pioneering topics, against him, betrays a coarse
ness, a bitterness and baseness of deprayity
which we had hoped had no existence in orr soc;
ETY.. It's of the pure charities ofsuch a man. TO-
wards sucha woman, whose virtues 81 misfortunes
would have Consecrated her in the estimation of
every man who deserves the name, that Mr.
Alexander kerrcan reconcile il TO lirnselfto use
the InsIdious and humanity insinuation, 81 knew
nothing OF The connection between MIR. A. GMjs
t'ondn"-this, too, after the unfcelinr cruelty
which he had himself practised towards her. and
after the extremely unjus;lfable finesse bv
winch he entraped Mr.. Adams into a RESPONSE
bility beyond his intention.
hlessrs. Kerr and Van Ness are both officers
in the Bank of the Metropolis they are both
landlords, too, and. five correctly informed
nave studied humanity in the same school
Ihey are, also, both partisans of that candidate
for the Presidency, whose motto is, s.mn,aere.
nient," and according to whose code of morals
sal play Is fair play" We cannot imagine an
incident faithfully characteristic of t,e
whole party, than the use made, by these men,
ofthis act of private charity. 1t is Just such
low, cunning, unmanly trick, as might have
been expected from the protector of the 9TH of
July embarrassment. We shall say no more:
but commit these gentlemen to the tribunal of
the humane, the just, and the virtuous.
Mt Journal.
DEPOSITION OF MIS-. MARY c.. MoULroN.
Wnsiington, TO ,yt:
BE 1T remembered, that Mary G.. Mouiton
this day personally appeared before the under
signed Justice of the Peace of said county. and
snlemnIv syore, on the holy evangelist, 10 the
truth of this, her deposition, in the words follow
ing:
The public notice is solicited with such extra
ordinary perseverance to my private affairs, that
can no longer remain either insens.oie or ST.
lent under the gross and malignant caIr,nnies
aimed, through my sides, against nv most re-
vercd beneiactors. | feel also that there is
some measure of justice due to myself; though
The disparaA ement of humble state probably en-
tered no furthe- into the views of these caIum-
niators, than il might impiicatc the respecta-
bihty OF persons equally distinguished for exal-
ted station and moral excellence. That the
| feelings of desolate woman, who has endured
the extremity of distress, without having brought
upon herself The SHADOW of obloquy, either for
the causes or the consequences of her misfor-
tunes, should have been outraged, by the nu-
! man and unspa;idg exposure of her private al
| fairs to the rude handling of newspaper contro-
vcrsy; to the vulgar magnity, or awkward "a
| poiogics OF Whatever partisan may chance TO
| have his zeal enlisted in political quarrel to
which she is an utter stranger; aud all merely
for the purpose OF seeking prctext to malign a
pubic character, was matter of no little sur
prise and disgust to one, not at all ver;ed in the
| Dazes of politics, and having little experience
OF that oibCious and Impcrtiuent ZEAL degencra-
| ting into virnient rancour, which usually cha
racterzes the subaltern partizans of faction.
But that act the most pure and disinterest-
| ed beneyoence, in the private life of a states
| man, should have been perverted into the theme
of widespread obloquy aud vile reproach pub
| lCiy maintained with ceaseless industry and in
vincihlc obsinacy, against all reason and pro-
liability; and now affecting TO derive adycntti
! ousconsequcnce from responsible MINES brought
forward implicitly to ayow, or openly TO Justify
| the anonymous calumnics which had before
| howed IN coplOus streams from undiyulged and
| secret sources; exceeds all could have iinagin-
ed of the depravity of party-sprit, or rather OF
! that vulgar maieyolenCc and envy by which the
coarser instruments of party are animated to a
sail whatever of excellence or reputation may
stand in the way Of tllcir political or personal
views and interests.
| find, besides, that some strange misappre-