Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-07-11

/, To rnE EDITORS or rnE WnIe.

Gentlemen: 1 must con fess my sunrise on ye,d;n- !,
n rate paper an article upon the desperate aud hone
9icss state oil The present Administration and its base and
&iniamous measures" it would NOT have cxc;to5 ~, 80
Etention nor should l now have noticed il, but that i 10 !,
r1,r sample OF the tone and ability of such writer's.
! ue SUBJECT has been so much spoken of aud there has
4 oeen SO much excitement of the public mind, that to
Escfane and viHiy the general government appears an
easy task. The writer who seeks to display his patri.
Sot'sin' IN the cheapest ofall possible WAYS. through the
Smedium OF n goose quill, forpets in the hurry of he ell
den resolution, thai something more is wan-;ng q $50
%cess even in this easy attack, than the comnon .nd
,eduy weapons Oh aouse and passion, although il would
oe wen 4 recoilect that with all who take the troubled
j 10 uhink Tor themselves, these weapons are NOT only in
2sufilc'ent to effect their purpose but troubIesome and
SniSchievous III their recoil. But truly abuse ;s , lrh,l
s"eapon wanting neither much skill nor Judgment in IFS
Suse, and passion is like the drum which is said IN mole
seven cowarGs brave, not the drum of Zisca 10 rouse AMI
4oPPresSeu people TO resistance, but that of faction tol
"a Il iree people believe themselves slaves. Yet this:
~ 'o a'"'or WIN which one of these modern heroes ing
quo L eiersourS republican has invested himself. ClytusI
3 MS nom de guerre. In a late sselorious frst ess,v IN
war" ne has at once shewD the beauty and harmless.
kness oil his equipment. Let me al. him in the words of
our own eloquent and fearless lit is am expressive word
Sai'hough Z. uses it, John Randolph-Cu bono? Nav
soo not cLafe my good fellow, but tell me what is the
5'ha''er-ourciy because a few renal presses, if you are
3auached 10 the word, cry, Randolph and Tazewell are
sdrunkards, calhoun God knows what, (cau Won or they
steii US what c. is?) and blacken a host of Others whom
ino iaction nor no prejudice can decry, you will be |
go hardy as TO cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war;
s"y uear ieIioW tcSc things viii come right of them +
5seFes. The diamond is never sulled, and the pearl re-
|maIns the same In the mHddiest water. Think, too, s
|Ilytns' II lhat IS not an exercise to which your mind is I
not accustomed, how 1t is possible that these venal pres +
ses can be IN the pay of the Administration: but if YOUR
own faIi,iet the public sense direct you. This criesH
aloud, 'Ihe Constitution in its economy has carefully :
provided against this and all other means of corruption. i
ne PRESIDENT has not the power TO pay the Editors
praise him or scourge his enemies even at the rate
ordinary advertisements" Yet | will grant thats
there are Editors who will venture in the lottery of pro- I
and seek TO gain golden opinions by such means,
out they VIII lind themselves mistaken-(by the BY 4
|Mr. u, | recollect one who illuminated his house in
the Joy of his heart, that Randolph was once prevented
|6y faction from serving his country; between ourselves
ne would now sooner cut off his ---.sl ! have
known many, and l do know some who have written ini
the same way for one party and for every party
Adams to-day-Jackson to morrow, as the market
changes. Verify, they too have their reward-in the
hntoxicatIon OF the moment, in the dream that they too
VIII have their price, that they will be bought and paid
Itor-but their dreams are like their principles, takinpE
the hue and tinge of the moment. They will wake
lind themselves the tools of every party, the trust S
leu OF none. Pardon me gentlemen of the Wing, as ! 1
know you must have 4 warm feeling for your brethren. 1
put be assured, L have as high an opinion of the many
las contempt for the few. | revere you al! as the living
TYPES OF That safeguard of human happiness,-thes
Ipress. But TO return to Clytus-Si Iicet parva +compo-
mere magnis-so unfortunately equipped as / have ven I
iturcd TO suggest-he rushes into the war of words-hiss
ARRAY reminds me by a strange association ofideas, of the
combination and Formulation lottery. You can say al
few words permitted and combined together, ringing
throughost all the changes of which they are capable.
Among others, base-infamous NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Observation-Disclosures
{
Like the drawing Of that lottery there is a certain
3proht To the manager, say Is per cent. TO DC de1ivedS
StTorn those well known principles of human nature,
weakness and prejudice. If this profit is sufficient tos
lcontent him | am satisfed-although l would prefer a l
share in the remaining IS parts, which are the equal
y certain savings of reason and truth. {
As he is evidently a tyro in such enterprises, ifleS
win take advice, which though sometimes unsayory
should at times be listened TO and valued for as much asE
Ut is worth, let him if he has time and abiity-heE
;has words enough for some useful end and for the pub
3Ic beneft--let his manner be moderate and concilia-
.tIng, and if 1t ever assume a higher tone, let il be on
subjects of great state and national concern, recollect !
ing while he writes ne Intersit Deus nisi nodus yindiccI
idIgnus. And there are questions of this character.-E
There is the Tariff, obnoxious TO Virginia and the South;
there is the splendid but visionary system of Internal
improvement.
Prudence may have induced him 10 avoid these to-E
!pIcs, but he may rest assured they are the only questionsl
by which the present Administration can be affected inl
public opinion.
HAMBDEN. /
This word IS uninteIigibie. I
Componefe means as well to join together as to COM
pare.