Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-25

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Republic requires. II Gen. Jackson be Innocent
oil Utering the sentiments ascribed to him. nothing
can he easier than for HIM TO establish it, by prov
ms that he had no such inter view, by the author
OIL the letter shrinking from pubic view. Small
respect as we certainly have for his Presidential
pretentionS, and prodgiously as we think his mill
taiy fame has been boatcd, we should receive
proof OF his innocence with candor and with salts
faction. But let us await the result of an invest-
CATION due TO him and the country; and i'm the
meantime treat with the contempt they Deserve
the noisy clamors of personal parizans, and a
spaniel press.
The Columbian Observer which sticks at no.
hing, says that the Nashville letter W as not pub
Iishcd IN the Nashville Whig-and the Enuuir-
er IN MS new zeal for the 'lIcrO," eagerly catch
es up the same idle story. We are not prepared
to Prore that IT originated in that paper, but we
have no doubt that II did. short time will de-
termne.
The allowing excellent article from the Lex
ngton (ky.) Reporter, is good set oil against
the extracts from bfawling, obscene, Jackson
papers IN kentucky and OHIO. which have been
repuhiished here, evidence of public leeIino
IN those states, ON the result ofthe late election.
| The v'ndicatl n Of Mr. CLAWS conrse, Is found
l" the insnpcrabie objections 10 General jack
son--he whole clamor against him proceeds from
t'' two dtsarpo,ied parties. either of whom
would have aPplauded him to the skies, had lie
elected Craw ord or Jackson
From Tee Kentucky f1e0oitei'.
! Mr. SMITR-As 1 have heard some con-
plants in the circle of my acquaintance. n
gnnst he kentucky delegation in Cong ress
for voting for John Quincy Adams nslca,i Of
General jackson Tor President. will beg TIE
liberty througn the medium of your paper, q a
citizen OF kentucky, TO give my views upon e
SUBJECT. In doing 81 wish il TO be distinct,
understood that have no particular personal
love for Mr.. Adams; and am unconscious OF
cling any personal prejudice against Genei al
Jackson. My only object will be, to show i'll
can, thai from the personal qualifications OF the
two men, Adams ought 10 have been maize Pre-
sidcn.
shall therefore in the first place contend,
that General jackson, 5y reason of his iH,peiu-
Gus temper aud other causes, is not qualified to
fill tic highest civic office in the country:-Sc-
condly, that if lie had even been qualified, he
had no cir'mS on the freemen Of Kentucky:
And thirdly, that his election to the Presidency,
upon the pJetenSjDnS urged By his friends would
ave been dangerous example TO the nation
1t must be admitted, that tie President of the
United states ought TO DC sound RfDubhcnn:
n St0tesmun of grcdt poiifc,I eryc1iance ind IN
formation: djgaiGed temperate, and foydeurJng,
in all his actions. If ] have not been much de-
coTed precisely the reverse is the well known
Character OF General Jackson. TO prove that
he /, atederaIist, of pretty rancourous and deep
cast, ! refer 10 the National Intelgencer in
the winter Of 1924. in which will be found, re.
printed an old letter from General Jackson,
written inany years ago, denouncing the demo
cratic party. II VIII also be seen by his cor
rcspondcncc with President Monroe that he
was still fedcralis in 1916. As TO his poti-
cal experience md Information, it is not pre-
tended by his wa1Cest intelligent friends, that
he has much as Adams. To prove that he
Is not d'%Hfsd, temperate anil f11'bearing ] re-
Ter TO almost every act of his life but particn-
I.riH TO threatening letter written BY him in
the SUMMER Of 1920, to the legislature orTen-
neSSe" them sessI MO his understandable ex-
ecuilono .5D,I1Ister contrary 10 tie eltcnce Of
court 'DartiIi--t0 one Of bis letters written 10
President Monroe, in which he plainly init
mates, that he wo1A have executed not less
| lhan three oi he ending members of the Hart
ijrd convention, If hc had had command i'm that
quarter under particular clause of the arti-
cieS OF war, which clause has no kind of reIa-
| uon 10 the oiicuce--and To- his threats against
TIE committee Of tie Senate of the u. S. that
reported ON his conduct jim the Seminole war.
10 shew that he had no claims on the free
men OF kentucky | conceive il TO be ONLY ne
Cea1''iN TO say, mat our chn}GctcT FIR COitJd0e
stout f11r until II 1caS tcoJ,foniy asgqsied by cen
TW Jt'tSon. And although he knew the Sian.
der TO be untrue, vet when called upon by a
distinguished citizen Of our state, he has not
unto this day had the mosnanjnty 10 do us JUS
tee
That his election would have been d,nnoc-
roHs Prersdcnl to The nation, have To- saw. that
III ms humble opinion, the reasons given bv his
friends, why he should have been elected. are
the evidences III my mind why he should not
have been. His claims have been pr,ncipaIIv
urged upon the grounds Of his military fame
1t IS true n soldier he deserves the rcspect of
IN, country. yet admitting that he has been for
tunatc as \ General, is It a conclusive reason
why he should be- made President of the United
StIic~' Let the people once establish the prac
iicc, that military fame to be the stepping stone
( the highe-' civil oifjc in this republic. and
we shall not long waOt for many heroes and can
ddates for the Presidency. Every village NAV
contain some daring spirit, whilst one great and
honest civil statesman, may be rarely found in
the whole country. Upon the same grounds
that Jackson has been urged upon the nation,
Scott. Brown, Gaines, and many others may Law
IN their claims to the same Office. Under such
a system Of policy, we should not perhaps at
llrst perceive its evil tendency; but venture to