Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-15
RICHMOND WING.


jackson mas not been chosen President of the
United States.
The following communication from the Nash
vile Wing, has caused among those who have
seen 1t, the deepest sensation. Ii is impossible
TO read 1t without horror and alarm, and congra-
tulatinS our country on the result i'm one point of
view, of the late election. We are as little dis
posed as most men, to see 'spectre in every
bush" and are not of the number vino think that
the libestics OF this great Republic are built on a
foundation SO Slight and insecure, that they are
10 ne shaken by every tempest that blows But
Wden we see ca.Ise to believe that one sr,eat
parsonage among us has contemplated the sub
version OF liberty as possible, and when we know
that that individual. possessing popularity
NOR general and devoted than any o her ex-
ccpt Gen. Washington. has ever cnioyed. \ has
been waited almost into the Presidency we are
not vanly alarmed at the extent of the danger
escaped. o thankful, without reason. to those
who, under Providence, have rescued the nation
from that danger. We Will offer no further com
ment until the reader has pcruscd the article in
question.
GENERAL JACKSON'S PRIVATE OPINIONS
From he .NuStriue JLig.
The following extract of a letter from an off
&c, forner, in the southern army to a gentle
man IN this town, will no doubt interest our rea-
6erS.
"For the last fifteen wears |
Lad been on terms OF intimacy and in the closest
friendship with Gene al Jackson Our profess
sions were simar-our habits acquired by a
corresponding series vi hardships and dangers
IN the held aud camp. AS a friend, / loved
han; as a warrior, had marked his energies
and uubending sc,nness of character with am
; admiration nearly allied to enthusiasm. His
fame, as Hero was not built upon ADVENT
uo& bases. knew that merit, alone was the
real foundation OF his glory.
But IT was purely for hs DOMESTIC virtues
which had seen developed, that | loved him
And | admired hun only for his wa-like ge-
mus, his decision, his promptness to execute.
When last saw lin, lie prominent can
dIdate for the most sublime and dignitied station
the world has ever known.
In November last, as | was returning West
from the seat of government, TO which | had
been called b. private business connected with
one OF The departments, met the Gen raj and
his Lady at 4 public house in Washington Pa
where lie had put up for the night as he WAS
Journeylng to the capital to take his seat i'm In,
Senate. Our meeting was very cordial one:
and as we were III d private apartment, our con
FerSaton was unrcstraincd. Although a stole
indifference, as To matters relating to himself is
on most occasions, characteristic with hun vet
could discover that his spirits were elevated
highly above their common pitch. Various DO
htical subjects were Introdrl ed and discussed
lspoke oil tine Presidential Election; and though
from principle OPP iose 10 lis elevation congfa-
tuiated him us triend OH his probable success
"lIl tell you how II is, my friend II--.' said
he 81 now find myself urged on bv a popular
current, where it Will leave me when the Tide
shall subside, cannot TEL nor do | much care.
But, Sir, ii is not in the human heart to resist il
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remarked that, at the time stripped our
selves IN the wilderness to ford muddy creek.
when Indians were at our heels, and our heavy
baggage Oh our backs--l little thought then
sa:d l. that my companion would ever be even
thought oi-much less, successfully brought for
ward, Tor President of the United States
Three years ago." said he, 81 did moi believe
1t poss DE that could ever occupy the ground
that now do, with reference TO that office. As
a proof of this, l state the fact, that | felt most
indignant at the efforts of some parliZan news
papers, and what l thought their iil-advised
zeal on my behal and wrote letters OF severe
reprooi to several intelligent friends who had
been instrumental In sounding nv name i'm the
puhilc ear. though the unanimous voice of
the nation would be heard in ridicule of my pre-
tensono-l anticipated the Glamour that would
be raise against me on account merely of m,
military s.'lvices, and also OF nv utter want 6f
eX"erence III the cabinet OF the civilians. OF
q government purely Republicans in which Inc
Military should be subscrvent To the Civil now
er, IT dIi not appear To me probable thai a SIN
gle serious effort would be made TO put the
reigns in the hands Of Military man.
asked him if ii was finally with ms copsen,
that the Legislature OF tennessee nominated
him as fit person for the Office
sit was 0y my direction, said hc-"A few
days before the meeting of that body, receiv
ed letter from a great leading character in
New York, personal friend, urging me in thc
most iorcible and persuasive terms, To- make am
Immediate effort To arouse the West i'm INV he
hat, before another aspiTan IN that quarter. az
n2lacabic personal enemy, should by uniting
aTtlhCe with popularity, secure IL 10 himself No
time was to be lost-and upon "A little reflection
/ resolved TO strive for the office; upon Which
directed my adherents in the Tennessee LepisIa
tlre to pass The resolutions they did on that sub
Ject was we'll aware, however, continued he
that my detecting education would i'm some de- !
gree render me obnoxious to those poignant
Shafts of satire and derision which the event thus
far has realized.n
merely limited my sentiments of his abilities
III general terms, and remarked, without hayinsr
- particular alluslon to his case--hat mans Gle
walton TO any office which is flied by 2 general |
suffrage OF the people. could not in the nature of
things, depend so much upon his peculiar fitness
Ior mat once, as upon the manag cement of pa
t'Sans among the canaillc, aud the possession of
some SHINING excellence, calculated to car. |
'Yate the passions OF the lower order of polit- |
cIans, which constitutes the elective STRENGTH
not only OF Legislative bodies, but of the whole
nation.
would 10 God!n said the General ,.;t wore
otherwise. He whose breast gloyvs with a nurc
patrie, and in all his political relations acts
accordingly, will seldom be exalted by his fell
Ira fret IL. "a