Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-09-16
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the subject of much conversation aud ofome surprise For
my own part it is precisely what expected. in ex-
act accordance with the determination manifested so re-
pcatedy by that print to carry indiscrini-
nate opposition against the present Administration Soon
after Mr. Adams election, there promises of
'pdrafty given by the Editors, notwithstanding the
feat Of their avourie candidate; bu, ask any candid
reader of the Enquirer say whether those promises
ever ben fulfilled? Whether single the President
has been Hpp!auded, excused On the contrary.
whether almost every measure originating Washington,
has not either been openly condemned covey ndi
ecy assaied That Mr.. Adams does every thing wrong,
and nothing right cannot be believed by his berest
N.Y. why then will not the Enquirer aow that eool
may come out Of Nazareth" When the Chief Magistrate
himself be reached the editors do hesitate
their spleen upon their brethren of the National Journal
That paper unhesitangly denounced Sere and pen,
stoned press and its editors the humble hreigs of Gov
crnmen Setting aside the uerwant ofdecency and
III this kind fnvective does with good grace
from the Enquirer The National Intelligence sustained
for number of years the relation former Admins
tnns that the National Journal does present
was kind Of semi-ocia paper indispcnsab!y useful
the numerous agents. civil and military, with
Government, and generally contained authentic intelligence
of its various measures and proceedings. Did Enqui-
er ever brand the conductors of that paper the seve
m'nons and pensioned hrelngs of Government? On the
conirary were they not frequently appauded able sup
porers o the Administration and of sound principles
The scene howevers changed Then, the Enquirer was
'0h the Administration. ,Noc it is against it, Then the
Enquirer did not perceive any thing in pa
per under the eye THE Government and having
OF placing its measures in just light before the people, de-
lending those measures from calumny and msrepresena-
ton. Won" IN the opinion of the Enquirer vincate
Executive of the United States positive proof serv
" ana corrupon and the only evidence of independence
and 'DpGrtaLity Editor, 10 abuse Mr. Adams and
his friends with unsparng violence. INIr Crawford had
been elected President does any man in his senses beeve
that we should have heard any thing about Government
paper and peSOned press Washington? Still
the believed if Mr. Crawford presided over this ma
ion and had taken the My course in ela
ton to the Creek Indians which Mr.. Adams has taken tina
we should have the the Enquirer numbered
with so much ncoherent jargon upon that subject The
readers OF that State Government pa per or surely the En-
Guef as much the Gooernmen paper of Virginia, the
National Journal is that the United Staes) must lone
since have observed that discussion of most oa
subjects, whenever it is hard rum it never fails n t,t
shelter under the convenient covering of Saic
We Nirenians are known particularly sensitive ,ro
that subject Most of have beer educated in the no.
ton that the Federal Government is sort Of freig r;
dicton, and that its functonaes although elected bv tho
people and the States when they assemble at W bincto
are chiefly employed in devsng WAYS nd means FIR es
roying the State soveregnes and plotting consolidation
oil the Onon We never dream that such thing as dis
union possible, when see before cur ewes the mad
ness of faction prompting branles5 and ambitious Gov
erno to recommend the Legislature of his State sa
ing exhausted the Argument stand by their arms Tho
Enquirer understands very we'll how to touch This chord
when necessary TO its purposes knows how to Invoke
to its aid another very powerful feeling which percods
this Commonwealth mean tine lea lousy of military a,h
fity Hence, fad, that whilst the swarocriD, nso
and violent nvective of the Georgia Governor is mild
ly censured noticed at ALL General Gaines i de-
nounced for rePeng manly firmness the abuse of b
assaant Was just, generous in the ENQUIRER in lie
editorial remarks of the 9th inst to make such an in
ION against that gallant officer as the following anr,e
mports'-"Genera Gaines at the head of 1900 bundled
chosen troops from the United States army had been in
structed forciby ress him. Gov I and fneccsarv he
(Gen g. would have fought alongside of those red allies
perhaps T as much seal he displayed in waeinp the
Seminole before was relieved bv General Jack
SON.. Has the writer of that article the chariy them
to suppose that General Gaines no less DISTINGUISHED
for his mild and amabe virtues than for his skill and
vaorr as soldier would have really taken any de
tight in shedding the blood of the Geofvans9-If such
be his belief, do envy the feelings which could
Promp; the ungenerous suspicion Equally unounded is
the assertion, that "if the last letters Ga
to the Governor be carefully examined they will be found
as violent as any thing Governor Troup has written" Un-
less the bare statement of the Enquirer is to be received as
proof there are perhaps twenty intelligent in the
state who would concur in that opinion Surely some SIM
guar nfatuation must have couded tie judgment and be-
widered the understanding of its editors Has Governor
lroup become so bamesss and amabe in their eyes be
cause he is known be Of the chief supporters of the
Crawford party in Georgia? What can the Editors other
wise mean when speaking of circumstances IN aation of
Troup language they sly, that he sin the very vortex
OF faction the most unsparng relentless that has
ever dsgaced this land being though the chief OBJ
iject of spirit of demouiac persecution Who IS that
other and chief object Of persecution unless be VIM IT,
CTawford?and If let me tell the Encuirer thar - I