Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-08-22

mon OF party spirit, what mortal man j., 49,, -:
may nope 10 escape its attacks? PARTY sn;r;t i; d.
tura neveraIling offspring of Republican covornnont
h every variety OF It's modification; and nar,;cuI,rl,
"nere the elective principle is extended 10 the Execu
i've department. That the present opposition partv
sprung OUT oil The circumstances of The late Prcsdnn
lai election IS quite evident. There were four ~ c.
Cahaiuates-one only could prove successful AS
as the result Is ascertaned the leading friends of the
disappointed candidates. having rendered u,emcoIva.
obnoxious to TIC constitutional dispenser of horom OIL
once, unite IN opposition To his Administrator Ir
tey succeed IN their efforts 10 render il unpopular il
disappears anu they have all another chance t tho on
OF tour years:- they fail, they have 10 yo; nj lo,.t
eighi winch Is pretty large item in the small spm of
three score and ten but which to a man fully snitten
win 'he love OF power and distinction appeara 10 he
years. - al 'ieu
W nave mere glimpse Of the key which uniocks the
not only OF tue present opposition but of
an we nave seen OF party spirit and party conflict since
me establishment of the government il is nothinr
more nor iess than scramble among the leading cha
N'eeS % the country Tor the political leaves and fish,
es'-ior honour, oitcc and salary. And in this scun.
NC me people are often but little interested n ia Of
~ 10 Us question OF minor Importance whether A.
d. or g. be PRESIDENT ID. C. or T. secretary of STAT
or Judge, or foreign minister for being in GENERAL he
prc-em!nent characters in population of more ,ba
ch "hons, te iar presumption is, that thew are all
competent 10 Tie dutlcs of these Offices and for their H.
deity we may safely rely on the princinc of1enresen
atlvc csponsbllity, which directly or pdrcctI, nor
'aues our whole SYSTEM and which includes all the hio
er PTincipies "i human action But 70 the individuals
81 e. d. H. and +. the question: which of Them sb.lI
be promoted 10 high Office one of the deepcst inter
est II Is question of honour disfonorr of fame or
OBLIVION OF splendid illustration NOTORIOUS obscuritv
these to the high minded questions of life and deai
Importance. ~ ~ NN''''
Hence the intenseness of the conflict amopr tho
party leaders III general throughout the countrv and
hcnce III particular the notifying scenes exhibited in
curing ITS last session. the conernpla
ton o! which the friends civil liberty and renresnnf
1--WE government here and throughout the worlJ Lur,
tner responding heads and cast at each other a de.
plOring eve. w
! We have in my opinion much more ofevil TO apDrc
behd from raryspIrcd opposition 10 the admipist,,
'ion OF The federal government. tLan from the adj
h'Hisiration Itself On the representative system
equally ana fairly instituted and on the rrincinIe nj,
ePGasn'a'"e responsibility we may generally depend
oi INC preservation OF our liberty, and for the correc~
loh OIL occasional error and abuse in the adminstra
Tors OF The government. But over the conduct of an
opposition party, mpeed by burning thirst for now
or, chfaged by disappointed ambition and exasnera
teh against The authors of their diSaDpontment ,yl
adequate means of cOnrou do we possess or do tj,o
leaders themselves possess? Who can say to such an
opposition hitherto shalt thou go no further and
here shall thy mad waves he stayedn9 Who viii A.
tempt TO guide the rapid w!irwind or arrest the oro
grcss OF tho dcsoliting tornado
it's probable that Albert Gaatin, when he organized
INC committees and promoted the other measures Which
lead TO The instruction ia the Western parts of Penn
sl wanna Intended only to render the Administration r
ashhStoh "dSus and unpopular; and TINS 10 prepare
me way 10 power Tor htnseand his friends al the next
eiecon Eut IN endeaYourng effect this he xci,cI
10 ;hc people feelings and passions, which he AFTERWARDS
found utterly out OF his power regulate or control
and which sc2rning delay until the next election soon
broke out IN o'ert acts of instruction and rebellion
ind had moi this rebellion been crushed in cmbrio b
the prompt and decisive measures OF Washington or
had any other IN the United States been at ,hat
lime Prcs!cnt IL m'.ht have extended from one dish :
feCted place another, until bad overstread te ,oo
country, aud made il continued scene of desolation
and run.
One of our Senators in Congress- the man whom vo,
gentlemen have often delighted TO honor has lately 80
you may have predicted with great confidence lilo
ue'soh'i" o. our FEDERAL Union and the prostraon ct
our present civil establishments. He believes ,nt tho
political experiments making will fail nav that
they are no." actually failing, and that the pronnd n
which we stand is al this time giving way under u.s. Al
though my views Of our situation far less gloomy
and dScouTnSing than his; aud although should dit
Ter still more widely, regard the quarter whence
We have most reason 10 apprehend danger; vet in my
opinion we crrgricrousy imagine that we are en-.
tTcy secure from the disastrous result, OF III; fac A.,
'cmPs s'mdr to our own which have heretofore been
made III the world.
From usurPaiion VIC have in my opinion but lille 10
dread, long the Representative system nc osat
iished by the Federal Constitution shall remain rpn
paired and invulac. II is IN party spirit Gentlemen
the common bane and curse of Republics that our dan
lies. Opposition the constituted civil auhori,ie.
originating III and mpelled by PARTY spirit and LEADING
TO instruction and civil war; the intermediate links
III The chain OF events along which are to pass Gf
such indeed be dreadful DOOM from our pfesent
'higb estate" down TO a level with other nations Who
can contemplate the bare possibility of such caiesiro
Phc and ITS probable consequences only in regard n
ourselves but The whole human without feeling
is heat grow sick; Then, indeed, will sink the last
hopes Of the friends Of liberty and of man. Then IN
stead Of millennium Of brighter DAYS to which tue sr.
ing eye OF hope and faith looked forward. long and
dawnlcss night of despGtism will settle down, aud Gu.
Stroud tie globe.
For cur exemption thus Far from the usual banefuI e.
iects OF party spirit, We under Providence chiefly
indebted 20 thc sPaEseuess Of our population. We are
tbDy scattered over extensive surface and rare ard
porous bodies as bad conductors Of party excite
incut as of natural heat Hence our party lead
ers at w ashIugon have appeared to be almost rcd~ho
We have been able to perceive but little increase of
temperature among the people at a distance from the
centre Of our political system.
Yes. gentlemen, it IS to this happy circumstance 70
tbe d'cuy with which the people can be brought fnl
ly TO sympatIzc with their party leaders that
on more than occasion deiiverance from the
greatest evil that possibly could and Tie last ia; ever
VIII bcial US nation II al the time of Mr. JEFF
ersous first election 10 The Presidency, during tc
agitation of Tie Missouri Question, party leaders, IN
general throughout the country and particularly in Cor