Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-30
fnos: fnE NEw-yorK AMERICAN.

Magnificent promises Ire guaranty fer faith
fu performance; and it is but seldom that cxpoct-
lions, highly excited hy the airy visions of .uritv.
! created and upheld by ardent wishes. have been
graitcd'by the complete acquisition of the rca,v
Often, however, rs disappointment has urkcd in i!ic
/ pain by which the saugune and impatient advance
To The goal OF their desires; in instance has her
persecution been more unrecnng than i'll the itus-
| trat:on of The hopes OF the caucus party.
Aucns the many suggestions Of future proSpc,i-
~ with which ardent spirit delights to Sooih the
pertui5ed bosom. there commonly some which
are not the inventions of 'lying spit; bat here
cloud built castles have been formed only to be- dis
patcd; and like caravan deceived by the mirage
| Of the desert, Mr.. CTawiorlS partisan coTps ha.
wandered iiom ono quater OF the political field t.,
| another attracted by some plausible appearance, of
support, which, upon approach, has proved
To be an optical Illusion. AT anca.ly period of this
Presidential contest, It Whispered at Richmond
aud III New York among them that publications
was about To- appear w,Ct would destroy the proS-
poets OF Mr.. Adams. Dark hints of a tccrly luii
plot against the cause OF Repuhlica,lisn, were cir
culated VIA communicable assiduity, and the pub
Ia: ini'd was prepared IL tic popularity of the
Secretary OF state annihilated by this portentous
discovery iiistanianco;,slc as the Influence nf
A'n'ld was by the detection Of his ;lcasou
AZ last the promised puh!ica ton appeared mud
the stages aud mail coaches (as the ;;clsonce was
tho important to be delaycd) were cmplcycl 10 con-
vcy the Cunningham Correspondence 20 the office
oi inc -N1ttOhht Advocate, aud the other radical
presses; whence thry distributed as widely
excited curiosity and political fanaticism could cir,
cuiate them. 1t soon, however. was discovered
that these letters were written without the know
ledge OF the Secretary Of State; and the community
"as liberal cnough ~ distinguish between the IA
ti'r and the son. att" 10 conclude, thai as the rcvO-
lutionary services of the one We're no; claimed s
merits III the other. neither should il be coIsi.ic
ed as fault III the latter that his father EXPRESSED
himself warmly about tlInse w3ur, ne considered as
rilifying nnd hCtrayin. him.
lhis attack was, Therefore, regarded, as tie ef
Tort Of Hp"tent malice, aided hv tread e,v ;,n!
diaho"of; aud the !rjCni OF Mr.. Crawford ;.iicr
vaiI attempt 81 Clnci:le Cunningham as a ,,,,ict
who preferred his cc,nTy 70 MS registrations wc,, o.
biigod 10 excuipatc themselves from Ike charue ~
having inS;I.ated the plot Ivy asserting that as Ic
ADAMS was not injried by The publication Of lie
letters, his enemies coud!i have h1 H0 motive in ro-
curing their publication. Ii was 80 be SUPPOSED
that as they had ordinary share of canacit,.
tsy would not have pasticiat ted il, uth q i,ii.1I
treason without in o6lact they had no, vet con-
ETi'tcd thcii 10 the guardianship Of q caicus
the premises ircrn which ti' conclusion was drawn
were not disputed.
Finding the people of this republic too sagacious
not to discriminate between the father and the son
aud too honest 20 approve OF the tgcachcyy which
made, and the uniairnasS which countenanccd the
attack, I'll" partrzaus OF the Treasury resotted t
mother mode, by which their candidate was to he
certainly elected
Boasts were made of great PERSONAL influence |
a@d strength among the representatives. Of tie 1o
pie; and told that Mr.. Clawf.,,d would |
nave majority IN 6ar"'iy, and that IL ~ cai-
Gus that Jefferson, Madison aud Monroe were rlcc;
cd that the republican party was Indifferent :. to
the man who To be placed at the head of rhc !
Union; and that IL would support that individual
who received the nomination Il, washington This
assertion would have bccu easily credited If the
.dycS of thc PO,r. NJ The scris of Ru~ga hut y,.,
had always thought that it was the characteristic
of republicans think foT themselves, and no, 70
yield thcr judgment to the guidance of others; that
they deeply Interested III the character Of ~,
country, and would give tcir suff aecs 10 ~, urau
who not mark Il out bY his chalactcr as the g.
O'cct of their choice. II was suggested that Z, !
Caucus was bat asscirOlage OF mcr, o nd rot a !
Council of Nv" Gods; and some So bold as 10 .
r,inuatr that. It's members ere more xrcsrt ~
official influence ana personal temptations, a., ;lcci-
ion was lc., sely tu he unbiased than il IL wa.
not COMPOSED OF Cong csSonal representatives. The
of turning the nalioual legislature INTO
political calJgl was also strongly urged, aud ua, J
without lt' effect, upon rejecting mcn--Iu tie /
midst Of ghi, discussion about the pcorsiety OF q .
'aucus. lad when. by the z5al Of the radical rartI
ud THEN "kcnfc PR sscS oue would have supposed
hat iho fate OF Unborn millions hrus Upon si;bn;s-
ion 30 it, decision. this great and important mcct-
~ wns he'll, aud with Astounding 1TgHin,iig ihe .
amused votes of the rcprf$cnidfreS u he p,Opie
rcrc given to- Vim. ". Crawlord--Tbe rgnbcr Of
l. ur'nhcrs, however, was small. Instead OF Il /
crcral ATTENDANCE Of the representatives Of tire I
'c"Pic to deliberate aud mite upon the most re-
"rrimg Of the caudiiatc3, tbere sas lean aud
c'n'Y meeting cf tiie prrtizans of the Treasury
'nlid'te-neu who had forfeited their influence
" the ndiscrect zeal will, which they had c,pous-
q the cause Of hicir cicfiain, au1 who regarded q
aucus not as Il rneus of union, but as an ipstru-
vent Of cIoy1ting their political demi-god A re-
ommendation from such asscnibiagc did not