Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-23
RICHMOND;
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY "a 1924
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f. oogan lwho, from his classic name, has
r'sn. to be eloquent,) of the Shenandoab IWood
herald, thus eioqucntiy /" arsufes the topie
W e iatc disturbance in Washington. After
lrnsry sentence, he rises in his s,irrups:
'Hfst me tccsin sounded an alarm at the lima
s""'y usurpatiou--then upon the sphr of fhe orco
sion'.l"hat occasion , and through the
Va "es'sning men, Democratic PENNSYLVANIA tesar.
"e party SHE had before SO faithfully at,Ipra, 10
an" II, feverish impulse ahsoves connection, win
.nv 'enerson'an famiy after which, straits upon iie
ni'' Nihian Edwards, of A. b. n,e,norv with III.
'n' "Ppeu IN venom, and his arm neryei hy po,v-
riiui patronage, To strike mortal blow 10 the no.
i,e"' existence of the Secretary of the Trea surv
lro'' MI Crawford! by what miracle didst tho,,
,,c'Pe 'h's formidable Mr.. Edwards, with his terri,
oie rance, poison AMI patronage.I MIR. BEGAN ioIds
| the pen: U.s." '"i's
Happily, however, foI truii, ami virtue the Re-
po'"ean PARTY have opened their ewes to The tr,,e
interests OF the country, they have Witnessed tho
.P'hc o"@ten uioN SEA u 9;~cord and are .,,a.
Ia. "'e ''o h'',' 81 ne party, concentrate ii,cir
SURFACES where their true interests por, tn and
support Chief selected from the wisdom of Tho
'eh"oi. oid Pennsy lvania, ashamed Of ler ,;eok
ness has commenced Il reaction and. the b,se rl
wards has failed 10 substauiiate his miserable
chafges' (What granlidea Only To tbi,,k of m.
nep"Dhc o"ned upon sea OF d;scord and .o;lu-
oerh's about in the wild tumult Of the incons,aut
waves! HiPpiiy, h0reccr, the Republican Marty
occane alarmed at the peri,s of their voyage, and
TO ind safety, :ccre glad 10 make Tie land-,vrr, oc
me P"IIy, and 10 concentrate their smgiuges ml,ere
i7e'T true Interests pointed TO- Old Pennsviva,,io
commences a reaction, and, 10 cap the n,,bIe cI,
max, the base Edwards fails to s,bs,:u,;ate HE
cha ,gcs)
Mr.. Began" The candidate of the Republican
party has had tn contend with fearful odds nan
fdwardS)-the whole piaanx of the intrigue &,
new species Of the prosopopa,ia) has been arrayrd
against him. After the most desperate enda vors 10
i'ure his private and public character; after find
ing that the confidence of the nation would be re-
posed III hin, PMfnl scheme ,cGs got ,,p, that he
:GdS dung man, that his last moments were East
app:oaching bulletins issued in such gazeites as
The Washington Republican. tciHs the mos. impu-
Zen! assertions Of aen'ici:yr To k!,d NE crcd,i-
iots, ana impose upon E,e fimi9. How pitiru,
low Degrading! Surely, such opposition is more
to b. desired than dreaded" (Yau think then
Mr. Began, that Mr.. Crawford has never been sick
but that the report OF his illness fras a piiifil
Sctteme Of Gdylng man, circulated With the most IN
pta!e'a! assertion Of authenticity, to hind lie cyed-
ioas, and impose upon a.e Haidt What an infidel.
But, if this last hut schen,s an so gaifisL
dcgrcding-,rhy, Mr.. Began, make such fuss
about it? Perhaps, you are willing likewise, 10
dlind tie credulous, and iospssc gpo,l Tie timi!)
SIT needs not" says Mr. Began, s., the power of
diruuaiSpn to dee into the antiques which have so
long dissraccd this nation" TO dive by dir,lation,
is new means of finding the botom-but to app!y
the art science OF diciHQtion TO the discovery Of
intrisucs seems 10 be rather degradation OF that
ancient mode of a;ccrtaining the will of the Gods, in
things which are get 20 hoppcn Ii it should prove
elfcctual the idea is novel, 1t may be ranked
among the Improvements of the ase-and then,
Mr.. Pan BuTtn, tremolc for your budget of Sc
cfcts y This is the redoubtabe editor whose luc,-
hrations are quoted i'll the Washington Gazette,
and Richmond Enquirer, evidences of public
feeling in Virginia-and, as MIR. Began generally
reciprocates the compliment these three papers
stitnie trio, whose learned cndeavors instruct
the public banded about in a semi circle, from
Washington by Shenandoai to Richmond, and from
Richmond by Shenandoah 10 Washington. We
had some slisht hopes of Mr.. Adams before MIR.
Began took up arms against him-bnt we have given
them TO the-%inds Mr.. Began has discovered,
(doubtIess by dipination) thar MIR. Adams is the
protector of Edwards, and has resolved according
ly that he shall retain share in the affections Of
Virginia.