Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-06-13

have The eirontery 10 talk OF principles, and TO assa
private character, l feel no delicacy-I must
touch the sore with the causc.
he objection was either personal pnlitical-vou
may take Jour choice of the dilemma. Ii PERSONAL
would hold no further with man thus con-
scueu-sour a'ocailon and your connections wou!d
DC worthy oil you. "A man without profession or
udue, WIN no honest means of living DISQUALIFIED for
any honorable Office by senatorial sentence mich, be
driven TO make his daily bread by ninisier;n, In The
ambition, and lending himself TO the passions of des
peTae aspiran-and even TO retailing the fl s,nde,s
and gross abuse that would make even Cnbbet binsh
This connection the last resort-,he only
you had left The abasement YOU eeel-ibe cop,e,nn,
you 'nsPrc-is AUST chasiisement ~: your offence
though It may be no correction of YOUR errors Won
WIN go on 10 your destiny You viii suk in that per
'uroed stream whose waters you have troubled
4. your private Character was fair, it should have
'1e sentence pronounced your political
offences. But in what agg rayated colours yonr c,r
must haVP oeen presented, il good reputation ana an
honest nc could not redeem YOU from ,I. thon,
ana save you iromte rrevocab decree that pronoun
ced you disqualified ''for Political Considerations from
holding an humble, but honorable Office
You We're the dune then las Won are no,v ' or, s,
less intrSuetoru'n the fair fame of an honest man.
YOU were SacT!ced-as Edwards afterwards cus when
ne was exposed 10 public shame. The execrah. con
sPracy IN which you and he were useJ was mn
and the skulking manager who moved the wires saw
YOU both disgracedbu his enemy faUe,,: and he go-
ricd III his 'riumph-''l am sick OF this false world
1t matters not whether YOU were rejected from OK
cepuons personal or poitical--and without couceaing
any tng TO your private characI er yield YOU all the
oenehto your defence You elected then for caus
es merely po!ical}ut whether principles or the
rant OF prGcipcS, does not appear-tae your choice
II for principles what were thcv?are thov any be,e,
now!-hareyou reinunced thc or ciiaured ilep. ,o,,
the organ OF party in this country-You disse
inmate your doctrines by authOiitv-Yuu are the Tele
graph OF the principles and the feelings of the opnos
ton III is nay business 10 put down bad men and bad
p'hcplcs; and therefore 1t is my duty 20 expose vou
Ifs' though east-not by way Fpreemnence-hnt that
or Ilx a-xi,tl
more dangerous aud more darng--Thcy shall in due
time enjoy their privilegeI shall strike The highest
and the foremost ;Iian in III your ranks.
II yon have good principles, leave YOU 10 reconcile
etn win political practices, that rendered you unfit for
public trnst.
What detestablo in principle and execrabe in
practice IN 1925, can he better now, disguise il a<
sou Wlii-fou are associated with tho same man (,,
the same Object But you have been brought TO licbt
and you now stand revealed being known yon samno
be dangerous. You have changed your pos ition with
OUT changing your part-a slandcrer in Missouri ca
iuinnator here You may well imagine that those
acts and those means, which paYdtysed the man wh,
sat high in all the peoples hearts may still triumph
-'"at no talent can savo--no virtue escape.
BAT let thy deeds be itncss of thy worth"
Aon publicly avoV, that yon ''dii not want The Office
'or "cn you were twice nominated. THAT YOU had
not souSh, IT." You were present in WasLngton-the
senators did not press YOn for the appointments TIM
The IePreScntatce t.Ht. Sc0) having Obtained VIM,
nomination 10 san 0Ce po did not 1rnnt nH ,eIbo,
your consent against the opinion OF the Senaors-vou
nnd II consistent with your morality now TO deDounce
your trends derelictoh of prAciple~ The only man
VINO could vouch for you ia 823, ia nov unworthy oil
pubic confidence. How Won with truth and de-
ocncy say yon did mol pD.nt az feo, the prossno.
g! Hat mani cali you deny the ayowaI ,ou have
made. You came for oifice-you had been useful in
subordinate rankin great pot-you had been mar
OF great systeyou were OF the .iliputans thai
bound the great man to the earth. You came for Won.
reward Your connection with the lnf,n whose peryad
ing Influence controlled tho Cabinet was perfectly nm
dersond then The Senate rowned Indignantly or, hin,
and spn1ned yon You are stilI, upon his hands-aud
you VIII together receive the wages of Your work
liant aud lIcerng light begins break upon his ella
racter' and n; casts green and cooured shadow
time, will develop his FORM and disclose his truo ca.
ours
You were twice rejected 10y the Senate The fact is
certainly priina face, against yon There is veil OF
mystery and cOncealment that protects you The in
fuence OF the Cabinet could not save YOU One REIN
sal was mel enough 9on ain pressed and AGAR;
Irnly rejected With that stigma upon yor--oo-aud
do your 1ptsie''s 'Dor. Ca!er for a depraved p bile
a5te-assail all chat are pre- encnt station and ia
icnt-wi' all that is gross in abusc-uniee!inr in ca;
lunny, aad vulgar in scurrility
VIII MAKE You both feel 1.-The rods of ScorDions and
Tie whips OF Steel, CASTIGATOR.,
Charlottesville