Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-25

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oil the "a article of the Constitution. ale 1.-THE
ftesidenO shall from time to- time rive IN Cnu
S'eSS information of the state of the Union and re-
commend To their consideration, such measures as
ne saali Judge necessary and expcdient and there
io'e' ~ neher "hcast, fowl or fish," but .sui ge-
'teftS' ana unconstitutional. Ii was II matter of
IeS'et with me, when first saw that message that
MIR. Monroe had adopted that form of bringing the
SUBJECT before the attention of Congress. looked
upon ~ as nothing more than the memorial of an
INDIVIDUAL, and thought il ought To have taken
the direction of other petitions But, sir, may not
MS sending message, by his Secretary instead of
p'eferrns petition b. his representative in Con-
gress after all. have been either a course adout,d
WITHOUT reflection, or an error of Judgment Is
II right, think you, when are casting about
, Tor mans intentions i'm a particular act,
10 ascrbe TO INN the very WOrSt by which he
| can possibly have been actuated? Ought we tn
expect so uncharitable a procedure from an indi-
vidual, who himself stands so much i'm need of
this sublime christian virtue of charity, Ii theres
no clause in the CONSTITUTIONS AUTHORIZING the Pros
ident TO transmit MESSAGE ofthis character tn Con-
SreSS whefe on the other hand, is the clause which
au'hofzcs the establishment of a Bank of the Umcd
States: Which do you think, sr, the most for,ni-
daoie power tn the liberties OF this nation, the mes
snge or the Bank? piece of paper cont ming the
wishes of the President. on a question involvnp Lis
claim to few thousand dollars or thirty five mil
hons o doiais tn be welded at discretion over the
interests and morals of society, by corporation of
individuals: Give, sir, the answer of common SENSE
and blush At your want of fairness and ca ndor
But do not mean to defend tine message bv exp,-
sing the greater cnormity ofhia who attacks IT, [
VIII not defend its propfiety, for do not myself en-
tlrely approve oft. All that shall contend for is
mat IL uid NOT become you In attack its cumsttu-
tionaty; and that, whether constitutional or not
the President did not Intend, OF expect from it, adj
vantages to the President which he du not deserv,
as James Monroe.
Let it he felne rhered when the mess Ire was sent
In; and your ii!sinuation that it was intended to
influence the decision of Congress, and to cin that
from them as President which he could not hone To
gain as a private individual, falls from the mere
want OF probability to support it. II is not, when
ne mas yet years TO exercise the powers of Pres-
dent aud to distribute the immense patronage of his
"hgh trust" that Mr. Monroe selects an opnortu
nifty to lay his complaints before Congress He
does not Tor that purpose, choose time, when the
day OF his responsibility is long distant when mall
versi'tion may be INDUCED with long inpunitv, and
when might have been the interest of courers to
win his favor hy criminal conpanccs The fine
that he chooses call upon his country for ustico
Is when he is laying down his Office and rel;norsb
ing all ITS patronage, aud when Inc cannot rat onalv
iook forward TO any other station of official iuf-
ence II Is precisely that moment in his history
when he has least TO expect from the interested
when justice hersef deals out her scrupuous mca
and when al Is forgotten. save the errors of long
and ard ious public life. 1t is AT the yerv nj
when the attachment of frirnis grows faint-wbru
the zeal oil enemies increase, aud when the rats
begin to Leave the ship" Say, sir does not the
choice OF the time e&onerate the deed from suspi
cion;- and confess, that in your newborn yea to
defend the Constitution, you have outraged d. Ola
oility' ana reversed the rules which govern human
nature. UAMRnEN
mr.. .MonrOe and .Mr. Giies.-A writer in the
Petersburg Intelligence, who sirI.s a. IAN
who has taken the field for The purpose of den
uiyng tic author oi The late attack on Mr.. nion
roe with MIR. Giles. after having succeeded il
this attempt (which perhaps did not require the
ingenuity which he employ, TO es' ablish it) con.
cludes With the following friendly caution 10 the
Editor OF this paper.
"P. s. Since writing the above, Richmond While
of the 18th has been seem which says the charges oil
the writer i'll the Enquirer have made an effect se-
riouS and extensive. Qucre-How does the Who
of the 18th know thar cha ge exhibited ON the IN
has had an extensive and serious effect The Wbip
| also says that the writer quoted by him is inca
pablo of departing from facts" Mr. Peasants is
| advised not to vouch too soon ne had better wait
TIL this matter, and all its Consequences over
Az
In answer to the Quere of A. Z. we reply.
that we spoke reiatively--in reference 10 tn,
CITY OF richmond anu not 10 the state of Virgil
MA, or the Union. in this city, those charges
did produce effect, ''serious and eytcnsive,-
and reasoning from the necessary connection be-
| tween cause and effect, we should b.. warranted
IN employing the phrase even in the ENLARGED
sense, which n. II. has chosen to give it, If j.
H. will let If stani us prophecy, we shall be
c1nienied 10 rrst our claim 10 1.-the second
sight" upon its iuihlmunt.
Mr.. .fonrOe--( 'onformably TO the request
ut the author. we give place to dav to that por-
ton OF tine late philippe in tie Enquirer,
against Mr. Monroe and his recent message 10
the House of Representatives, which we ex-
cluded at first from "A belief that it could be
done without affecting the sense of the part we
published lie thinks ''that Justice to the pub
lie and himself" requires its publication, and
tins is reason enough with us, to comply with the
re u st.
One word in reply to the author. He saws
that the suggestion thrown out in this paper.
THAT the communication was made under uniti
cal and personal excitements, is unwarranta-
bic" Ii NAV be so, and certainly, the autbor
IS the best Judge of his own state of feeIing
we do not mean TO insist on the truth of that
assertion, but only 10 excuse ourselves riJr hay-
ing made 1t, when we refer to the lanouaoe
temper and scope of the communication. and
above all, the circumstances under which if
was introduced 10 the public as afTordino If
least, plausible grounds f1r such an opinion.
Further, il is possible that man rnay be inAu
enced by moral or physical cause, without
being sensible of such influence