Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-31
TO THE CiTlzENs OF 'AIARaMa

| nff hot
gentleman to the Presidency of the u. St,tnc
consider 1t their duty to address their fellow -;
on subject of such vital Importance IN
the state and nation. la recommending IN Won,
| patronage, fellow citizens, the man whom ,vo
deem, OF all others, the best qualified to fiji the
'Sti,'Suisned station now occupied by that ven
cradle and upright statesman, JAMES NIoNRor
IL Is not our intention to intermediate with tlc
private or public character of his councillors n,
draw inyidious distinctions between them. Des.
perale, indeed, must be the cause of that asni
1 rant TO Office, whose hopes for success sdepena
on the fallen ruins of anotber's fainc.n To
| use a law phrase, we are willing TO risk orr
cause on the strength of our own title, without
depending on the weakness of that of orr on
poncnts. It's our wish that Mr. ApAa,s sboulJ
STAND or fall by virtue of his own character Let
'ii'n oe weishedln The balance, and if found
wanting, let JHeae I6kei be written ON his fore
head. '''' III
III we recur to the history of the man whom
we recommend to your support, we shall find
That he deccnded from that lite band of nil
grims called Puritans, who, after SUFFERING tbe
most bloody and cruel prosecutions in En@lond
ON account of their religious principIes fed
from the civil and ecclesiastical authority that
oppressed tllcm and, in the midst of fr;rbte,I
winter, found an asylum for political and ,eI;o,;
GUS liberty in the then inhospitable wilds of &.
inerica; which, by their industry and perse
Vcrancc, became in few years, the abode nj
peace and plenty, of science and virtue : who
when the mother country, directed by wicked
and avarlcious administration, and ALFRED nv
the prosperity of her American colonies. al
tempted to impose taxes on the Inhabitants With
out their consent, were the first to rear the stan
dard Ct oppression, to light the torch of war. &
draw the sword against the myrrny,ons of Tho
king OF Great Britain and who cheerfulIv
poured out their LIES blood in the streets of I2os
ton, on the plains of Lexington, and the heights
OF Charlestown. When the Britisheovern,nent
offered general pardon to those Americans
VINO mad taken up arms against them, SAMUEL
ADAMS ana JOHN Hancock were the only per-
sons prescribed. They had taken so active =
part IN exciting the people of the colonies tn
oppose the tyranical measures of the British
fariiament, that nothing but their blood could
appease the vengeance of cruel monarch. In
short, the two distinguished wings. we have
mentioned, together with JOHN ADAMS and To-
sEPH w ARREN, were in Massachusetts. what
fATRicK HENRY and GEORGE WAsHINGroN
were IN Virginia, and HENRY I.AURENs and
EDWARD RurLEpGE, in Carolina-the ssyerv
lie and hearts blood of the Revoutionn The
venerable sire Ut the man, whom we now re-
commend to you for President, was found d.,
ring the dark days ofthe Revolution, among the
most active friends of American liberty. .sn
Propria persona" he fought the enemy on the
h'o" seas, TIC was an activeInernber ofthc Con
shtutIonal Congress; he was q man. who nm
he 9th of June, 1776, seconded the motion of
RICHARD HENRyLEE of Virginia, for san eter
nal separation from Britain,n aud, together with
THOMAS JEFFERSON, and others, formed the
Sonnlttee who drafted and reported the ode
ciaration of Independence.n For the trutb of
the historical facts here stated, we appeal TO the
writings of Dr. RAMSEY, and Judge NIARsuarJ
the two distinguished historians of Coroiina and
To no III
tain measures adopted while Mr.. JONI ADA,1s
was President of the United States, rendered
his administration unpopular. But when the
time and circumstances of these measures are
taken into consideration; when il is recoIIccted
that our commerce was plundered TO an inn
mense amount, both by French and British pri
vateers; mat the intTigues and Vaccinations of
french and British faction, both equally hos
tile to our government, were carried on in the
very heart of the country; that our political Pa
linurns was obliged to navigate the vessel of
state between the rocks of Scylla on the one
hand, ana the whir!poos of Chary biis on the o.
thcr; and moreover, that many of his measures.
which were for while condemned. have since
been adopted by Madison, and Monroe, and are
found by experience TO be wise and iudicious,-
his generous aud grateful country,nep mite in
throwing the veil OF charity over his foihles,
such rs they are, and admit that the circum-
stance alone of his having been tie father of the
American navy, will transmit his memory will
honour to posterity.
| But 1t is not by ;hc virtues or foihlcs of his
ancestors, that theyouDger Mr.. Adams is to aid.
vance or decline. We present him TO the peo-
pie on his own intrinsic merits. At an early
period of life, Mr.. JoHN QUINCY ADAMS began
to give indications Of those intellectual powers
which have since astonished his friends, and
confOundcd his enemies These svmpto,ns NJ
rising greatness could not long be concealed
from " ashington, that connoiseur of the human
character, who appointed bin, While vet but a
! youth, to an important foreign embassy. the d1
tics OF which he discharged with so much skill
and fidelity, that he was recommended by thai
| great and good man, on his retirement from
the char OF state, to the particular notice and
| patronage of his successor in Office. The let
ter OF President Washington on that occasion
IS worth whole volume of panegyric. Since
/ that time, Mr.. Adams has occupied some impor-
tant post OF honour under every administration.
lhe theatres OF his talents, and public services,
! are SPAN, Holland, Prussia, Russia, Client and
| London, and the metropolis Of the American
| empire. IL tie late war foI the preservation
| of our Independence, MIR. ADAMS stood firmly
/ by the standard Of his country, and was i'm a
! great degree Instrumental in negotiating a trea-
! ty which SaUed it from, b1nky'VpfclJ and ruin.
! II was on this occasion, he demonstrated to the
| woFld The great superiority in diplomatic wri-
ting, of The American over the British ministers.
| a like superiority over the Spanish minister
] the boosted Don OSTs, was evinCed in the de-
| icnce of Gen. JhCksoS, on charges preferred
| by the Spanish minister, against the General,
for some Of his conduct during the Seminole