Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-11-15

paper o the llth INST. attacked the Junior Editor @
The Wing, in the subjoincd paragraph, in which the,
oetray as gross ignorance of other matters, as they di,
OF the ''art of ship building, - when they sarelv imao
'ocd the waves of the ocean could wash the oakum ON
OF the seams OF the Brandywine, although those scam.
were completely covered with copper.
"Ihe Great -UGtch Race.-For the Qualification or ~,
sporting readers we copy from the Richmond Wing, an in.
'ciesilhS account, by an eyewitness, Of the late exuavo.
gaut Match Race, at New-Yurk. We ne glad. low The
way, to perceive. 10y this letter, that Mr.. Peasants, the i'm.
tellisent Editor OF the Richmond Wing, has returned nome
from his voyage tn South Americas; Tor the character of hi.
respectable paper has been placed in no little jeopardy, by
Inc manner IN ~ which il has been occasionally conducted du-
ring his absence"
The reader will no doubt smile at the vanity and folly
that dictated these remarks when Informed that the oc-
cdSio''s 10 which these gentlemen allude were those on
which The Junior Editor either detected some of their
knavish political tricks, ar publicly exposed their inso-
lencc, and condemned their dictatorial& dogmatic tone.
They entertain the ridiculous conceit that tLe whole
American Nation is identified with thcmscly es, and that
oi course the storm Of popular resentment and intir.
nation must overwhelm the gully wretch who dares to
express his contempt either for their intellect or thei,
Prihcirics- As he has not SCRUBBED TO TO this in more
than one instance, they have, in their wrath. denounced
against linn the terrible sentence of hayinr placed thc
Character OF the Wing "in no little ieopardv.n Never
dii the Judgment of two plain honest men more woefuIlv
deceive them. The truth of the fact which they so
confidently assert, the Jcopardising of the standing and
character" of the paper, is just as little consulted BY
The Editors of the National IntcIligencer, on this occa-
casion, as it would be on any other, when either sup
preston or Misrepresentation would promote their in.
'crest, SUIT their convenience, or answer any end they
had in view.
bwonld certainly have been a source of the kccncst
and most painful modification to the Junior Editor. to he
constrained, at the tine lac congratulated lis associate
on ms safe return 10 his native State, TO ACKNOWLEDGE
that the credit, standing and character of the yyLir
on the success of which the prosperity of both essen
taiiy depends, Lad during his absence .been nIaccJ in
no little jeopardy" either by his incapacity to copdnc,
II, by ms ineXPcricncc, OF by his imprudance. Forth.
nateIy for him, however, he was destined TO expcrience
no such unpleasant feeling. he has taken no d. ciJed
stand on any important question which has a, jseo since
lhe departure of Mir. Peasants, in Which hc has NOT re-
cei'cd The most unerring and uncquiyocaI Indications
q support from PUBLIC OPINION; and in Virginia he
considers This no small pIaise-for the peorle of thi,
State are a reading, an intelligent and a rejecting peo.
!ie. He has drawn this conclusion, that he has been
sustained and upheld by public opinion. not only 6on
the circumstance that the Wig las lost fever of ne
subscribers than it ever did during The same space of
unHe since It's establishment; but from the fact that since
The l2ih April, 1925, when the editorial depa, tment
'esoIved exclusively on him, the paper has had an ac-
ceSsion to IFS subscription list equal 10 nearly 1-IO,h of
thc number of Tie subscribers at the time he became
connected with ii; so far therefore from having placed
1.-The respectable paper ofRIr. PIcasants. nas they pIease
10 term 1t, ''in no little ie~opardy,n the friends of the
Wing may rest assured, that there has been no pcrioI
during ITS existence, in which il was in so Gouiislina .
condition.. If we may be permitted to nudge from fine
intellectual poverty always discernable in the columns
OF the inteliiscncer, but more peculiarly SO when CON
traated with the Journal and tie Washington CITY Ga
zeue' not many years will elapse before its Editors would
Thank him, in a sbniior ,eay TO icopardise tie character
of Meir paper. The Junior Editor is aware thai if is
objected to the "Natioral Journal' that il wants indie
pendence, and to the "Gazette' that it wants principle:
but he is at the same time decidedly of opinion, ana in
TACT 1t is notorious TO every man of ordinary intelligence
ana common observation, that both those traits are
strikingly characteristic of the Inteiigenccr.