Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-01-24
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FoR THE cossr1rur1osAL WING


f"" iHE CONsT1TCTIOSAJ "
To ga Gjti:m Of the Potomac Sectionn
by some accident neglect it has happened that the
Wing which contained Structures ON the essay subscribed
Il fGTHeT did not come to hand till week after II ought
to have ccre avail myself of the first mail thereafter
TO reply to them. They written under such degree
Of excitement lead you your PURPOSE nd your
oo"s are dealt out so n'scrinnatcy, that after reading
tile first half column, iuvoluntarily turned back In the
heading to see whom they intended for
Before p:ocecdI will correct which YOU have
ed yourself INTO when you say This writer seems to nos
srS5 some prominence in that section and appears I've
'uiar with Us history, topography and siaScEs" Il
farmer has always been what he profess. to be- The
axe tie plough and the hoe have been his familiar cnnpa
Mons from his youth and he lived be fv-,ur OF
Hs, without being entrusted with any pablo business bal
hatbi repairing public highway Ii IS true he has bern
considered the best overseer of the road in the county So
far he may DC said To possess prominence in tha sec
non" and lie would thank you for the compliment, il il
were not lfcs that bestowed for the sole putpose
OF Claiming for yourself the merit of detecting his
an;e and his wan; of caudour, mdeed IF common homes
ty NJ the time wien you OF The Potomac section, md
mo upon the mead waters the James River were uni
hs your forces together for the apose of dividing the
" for Internal improvement between ynu Oog rolling
rs am toh you legislators call 10 the Farmer
70" ing his plough, unconscious that, you say, sit was
wei understood by those who understood best the
James RIVER Canal was to much than esti-
mated But TO gull the simple and make it appear
- great state affair, there connected with the scheme
"a common enrten road ninety miles in length over noun
IA rs ard vaie%, rivers and snamPs but Dompousy called
y" turnpike. bu such was the management, and highly
twas rougi, that great many Of the GOOD ,eolc ~
The State both in and OF the legislature were uer-
Snicci ;hat the commerce of the west would descend the
"Oho from abnvc, aud ascend from below to the mouth
oi Tic great kanhawa and then ascend that river 70 be
carried OH this embasoued turnpike road aud 50 descend
tn james River To Richmond, which stood prominent in
THE pics rc very great and desirable emporium for the
trade Of TIC west This pageant of hour has served
Its rurrnc and is dissolved and gone The pastcb- nd
hgues "mi painted scenery Withdrawn and so ended
"one net ~ The drama Of Day Dreams" All this was
cATuc' on without The knowledge OF i Farmcr who
h7d n'icr p1t nor lot in the bargain. So far Won
have missed you aim, you have shot the buck and
Ehcd the dsc;' or more properly speaking, YOU have
morally wounded The old mountain juE. Aid | must
take tic ibciy to tell you, you haze wounded your
self too For let me ask why you didn't tell upon your
acc0npccs before: Was because vn were vorscf IN
10 tc principal character IN tie second ACT in The d,7s
And Is because ~ Farmer has dctecte you IF ,yil,
Misrepresentation in order effect your purpose that YOU
rave turned states evidence and betrayed them under be-
e that he was Que Of the guilty ones when you stated
the estimated cost Of the Chesapeake and OHIO canal At
four millions nf dollars, did you not know it to be far short
of the TRUTH you have given much evidence Of
quainancr with the subject allow me To- CHARGE IL IN TO-
n'Iahcr' and therefore you pardon TO- believing
was design This is the shaft which ranklos in Won, no
som, ana stgs your guilty conscience. It this which
his drawn down upon The Farmer all the rnnlevopnco
OF your vlndicve PEN Il is this which has enrased Won
ard led you into the ndscction ofmakiug statements
~ Farmer which have foundation in t.uh You haze
charged him with desire monopclize the 1n ofprovc
me" IN improving he james River navgaoH novyItii-
standing his open declaration after describing The difficult