Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-18


gn;shed by the ludicrous title OF the g,idiron.
Some few weeks ago, the period of the
eiecii"h neaiedupoD US, this parsonage conduct
ca hinseif with degrccof naughty triumph. the
never failing symptom of weak and vulgar
intellect lie appeared if fearful that the
World should mistake, for patriotism and disn-
terestcd zeal, the narrow and contracted views
which seem 10 have welded him TO the cause of
Jackson. No sooner, then, did he observe lib
eral and friendly disposition. as be supposed. i'm
one OF the prints at Washington, towards this
distinguished man, than he snarlcd and rrowled
and es en- botc-tcoired at him! Ile, forsooth, had
had the labour ana the credit of giving To Jack
son the fist impulse and therefore deserved Ia
have all the ''loaves and ishcso to himself
There are those who would have thought this
greedy IN Crawford or an Adams man But i'm
hr. simpson, 1t was peculiarly becoming and
proper!
But the tone of authority, which had marked
the writings of MIR. s. was doomed TO under
go a Change: That general jackson ,ras mt
T. ne the President was pretty clearly under
stood, AMI confidently believed in more than
two weeks before the election took place. Ii
was now, therefore, that the real temper and
spirit OF tins notorious advocate, began to de-
ycloPe itself In The place of firm, manly and
dignified course, he attempts to raise a sinking
cause. not by the wise administration of proper
medicine and good aud wholesome food, but nv
the free and lavish of the most drasticl
Poisons. He does not hesitate to hold Ian.
gungc threatening in its character, insubordi-
nate IN Its temper and calculated i'm an eminent
degree, 10 produce discomfort and even ,iru
dtsco7tt Ito call it yno harsher narne) among the
people of the union. Let any impartial man
view these acts and efforts of Mr.. Simpson, and
then say whether it is not monstrous, that such
an individual should have the daring to call in
question the SPoftess integrity Of Henry CEu
| 10 call that man traitor, and an hundred other
dirty epistlcts. who. consistent with his princi-
pies, and firm and true to the solid interests of
the republic, has dared to encounter-noblye en-
connter--ior his country's good, the disappro
baton OF those men. the men of Kentucky who
nave made hun achdt he ian honor to the ma
ton. Whose, but optics like MIR. Simpsons,
VIII psf see in this the most pure devotion TO the
! pctncIpies OF our free institutions. Who that
ilas read the pages Of ancient history, that does
not rejoice Mt victory, not obtained over the
i"Hero of New Orlcans,n but Of the rejecting
and thinking part Of the community, over the
hot-headed and the giddy?
y The feverish heat and excitement that had
hitherto been confined 10 the system and head of
| Mr. Simpson, at length began To extend itself.
1T was infectious in its nature, and rapidly found
its way TO the scat of the General Govern
Inent. With this maladv, Mr.. kreme, soon be-
came infected: and as diseases of a certain kind
are most violent in the beginning, the prospect
OF the election OK Mr. Adams appears to have
produced on hun effect little short of insani-
ty. The determination ON the part of Mr.. Clay
not to support General jackson, had such
sh0ching effect on his nervous system a, to rem
der depletion, if not venesection necessary-|
But in his agitation and hurry, instead of com
inunicating with physician, capable of pouring
INTO his bleeding wounds, the balm of Gilead,
he unfortunately addresses his letter to the sage
Editor of the 'Colunbian Observer This per-
sonage, vain of the compliment, as he thought
it, thus accidentally bestowed felt il his duiy to
| recommend his quackery BY the apparent bold
ness of his practise He, therefore, undertook
to spread the letter of Mr.. Kremer before the
public; concluding, no doubt, that when its
'ceighty contents should have been transferred
from the mind OF Mr.. *. to that of the public
generally, it would have most salutary nhu-
ence. Not so, however--Mr. Kremer has con-
tinued to sink from the moment this course was
adopted; and in public estimation, heis believed
to be much io,oer than before he received the
attentions of Mr.. Simpson.-sPhyscians promise
that which belongs to physicians, and workmen
handle their own tools.'
But the ''long agony is over'-The 9th day
of February arriycs-and, as MIR. Simpson
would say, strange to tell-wonderful to relate,
John Quincy adams is elected President of
these United States for four years, from the 4iIl
day of March next! All! this was the unllnd-
est cut of all. Mr.. S. could have borne anv
thing-but this he could not bear, His NOR
LITIGATION and chagrin are most strikiDgly de-
picted in the columns of his paper, that aDnoun-
ccd the intelligence of his defeat (not Cen
Jaclsson's,) and sordid disappointment. This
paper presented spectacle OF waing. II
was the emblem ofwhat his prospects deserved
to be, dark and gloomy. Every strip and rule
in it was turned bottom upwards. 1t was in
deep mourning. The wound will perhaps be
healed by the process of time, but it slirinks
from the touch, whilst it is yet recent
We wish we could pause here-we wish he
had paused here. We wish it from our hearts,
because we respect the dignity of the press.
We admire the use, but not the abuse OF its free
dom. ii is an excellent servant, but scourge
and curse, whenever it attempts 10 play the
master. But we choose to draw the veil over
the dirt and filth and shattcrbrainod remarks
of this dem-man Editor. There is no point or
sting in all he SAYS. The eulogcr of Kremer-
the man who appauds his course in relation to
Mr. Clay-wilt excise the friends Of both CLAW
and Adams, and of truth and justice, through
ont the United States-for pronounCing his cen
sure, p'd'sc--his praise, the deepest censuye. -
ut is degrading TO he commended by those, who
are not themselves worthy Of praise.'
But how very cheap must this individual have
felt, after all the noise aud verbosity he had
made. when he belicld, after all, the quiet and
sober and Qnallcr-like manner in which the
news of the election was received at PIilaoel
phia. Tie last .NidiOnni E0teJI;gcncc,., in 1Il1-
sion to this subject says-sln Phade lpIiia. tho
many were disappointed bv fhc result. pri, aic
letters say, there was neither tnIpuli nor clam
our among the crowd Who surrounded flie post
Office on the arrival Of the mail. ~ New York