Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-11
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| u Necessity compels us. much again ST our y,;i
To pr'nf on small sheet to-day-ou, stock of ~,
per being out, and none to be had of the size ,y
require. The vessel we have been expecting fo
some time with supply, is doubtless in the river
ana IS expected up in time to enable us 10 prescn
'he wing IN its usual size ON Tuesday.
General Jdcfson'S Letter to S,cartuom- We
published this letter on Tuesday without conn
ment want of time and room, preventing us from
expressing any opinion. about it. As il will be
extensively employed to add to the excitement
already prevailing among the partizans OF Gen
eral Jackson, and the fragments of other discom-
flied parties, and to influence popular suspicion
IN relation to the fairness of the late election.
and the purity of the administration, we shall
be excused for bestowmg on il more attention
than it is worth intrinsicaly.
Notwithstanding the declare of Swart-
won't, 'tlat this letter was not L., ~nded for the
public eye" we are inclined to think Gen
Jackson both conjectured and wished, that IL
might find ITS way TO the press. 1t is composed
with rather more care. than private letters
coinmonlyare, and contains length and partcu-
lar'ty OF v'ndication, which would scarcely have
ocen addressed to one individual, and that one
a political friend already. If this surmise is
true, Gen. Jackson has forfeited all the credit
winch he acquired by his moderation before the
election, and the equanmty which il was said
prudence being unable longer to suppress the
fierce elements which were raging within
we deplore the publication of this letter, as well
caiculatedt oinJure Gen. Jackson himself BY de-
privIng him of the glory his late supposed mag
nanimity had acquired him, as adding unneces
sarily to the excitement of the public :iind,
and as setting the dangerous example OF one
public man, undertaking TO reprehend another,
Tor the manner in which he has chosen to exc.
cute trust confided to him by the people. OF
all men it least became General jackson to up
braid Mr.. Clay for producing tie result of the
late election-Pride and delicacy, should have
Theoretically sealed his lips.-He commenced
the canvass with repeating Mr.. Lowndes' ia
nous reply, that the office of President was one
which he should neither seek or reject. When
the Representatives of tile People have seen fit
TO prefer another's claims to his, he scolds most
furiously, at their determination, and in plain
language denounces the result as brought about
by corrupt means. There is nothing of the mo-
deration, and tue divine modesty Of the excel
lent Lowndes in this, whatever similarity there
was between the answers which they respcc-
lively gave their friends, when solicited TO apply
tor the Presidency. How differently would tha,
great and good man have acted under the same
circumstances. Like the Spartan. he would
have thanked the Gods, that the assembled wis
dom OF the nation, had found another more yor-
thy thanhe, ofits hghest honours. Hewouldh have
poured oil on the waves ofparty instead of flashing
them into new fury, and have left it TO the consti
tuent arragn the conduct of the representative.
How different and how superior, has been the
course of MIR. Crawford! He too has been disap-
pointed, but he has notturned on his political foes
To rend them He hurs to the result with dig
nifty and agnanimity-nether questioning the
right of the Representatives of the peopIe to
vote as they pleased, or irnpeaching the purity
of their motives-n voting for another.
I..r,lyp - La
MILITARY Chieftain," employed by MIR. CLAW in
his letter TO Judge Brooke, as descriptive ofhim-
self, and In an attcmptt to prove lis inappIicabity
The following nlniIies, ard the answers which
must be given 10 them, will satisfy every mans
mind of he truth of this phrase when applied 10
Gen. Jackson. Would Gen. jackson have been
brought forward for the Presidency but for hi,
victory at New Orleans? Were his professions
based at all on his ciUu merit-hs eminence as
Jurist, Legislator, Diplomatist? 1t was
his mHitnry merit then, and military merit alone
which introduced him to popular favor, and
made him formidable as a candidate for the
Presidency. II is strange to us that Gen. Jack
SON should vehementy object To an appeIlatiop
which is so closely associated with the glory he
has so justly acquired.