Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-05-16
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veteran DQ!unatist, has been nominated bv the Pre-
silent and confirmed by the Senate as MIR Kings sue
cessor at the Court of England. We have waited
with some anxiety, to how the appointment would
he reshed by the Opposition" We wished 10 know,
II to be charged against Mr. Gaatin, that he
too had bean bought u2n by the President We
wanted TO see if the Opposition prepared for
another somerset, and to denounce the man whom a
portion Of It's members recently supported Vice
President of the United States. n lnurmur of dis
content or suspicion has yet been heard, though his
late paTtizans, with exception, preserve studied
silence on the occasion-and we presume it is thus
acitiy admitted that for once the President has not
appointed federalis bought up his political OPP
poncnts-For this moderation, the effect of prudence
the majority are nevertheless indebted 10 the oppo-
si;ion"
The occasion IS mir one, to offer an observation or
two. the manner in which the Executive appoint
mcnts have been criticised We hare said all along,
that the spirit of the opposition was one of most de-
termned fault Gndng-that in their eyes, "nothing
good could out of Nazareth," Though the Saw
of mankind born there and that it needed
only that appointment be made By the President,
measure be recommended by him. to bring down
on that appointment that their undivided
repro5ation. To indiscriminate ccnsure they super
added spice of hypocrisy, for they protested impair
TALLY while they condemned, and condemning with
cut fault, regretted that in their power TO
approve. Mr.. Galatians appointment is the only one
that has passed muster, while OF all that have been
made, it is the which gives them the most uneas
ness. That Mr.. Galiatin should act under Mr. Adams
IS evidence of his confidence in the purity of the
Administration; and his acnow lodged talents and
pnbGcaniSm, and their recent devotion to him.
shielding him from attack they reduced TO the sad
necessity Of silently approving MS appointment, when
they obliged 100 to IL it, increased strength to
1he Administration, ana claims on the confidence
of the Republican party for lis future support
It IS amusing to trace the neanderiug inconsistent
ces OF the gentlemen of the opposition. When Rufus
King appointed Minister to London, the most I'M
qualified directed against the President
for the appointment of tedcralist. The return of
federal ascentency was procaimed--and republicans
told that the great battle OF 1900 was to be fought
over again. His being retained in the same situation
by Mr.. Jefferson himsef-hs patriotic conduct in the
late warhs two elections to the Senate of the United
States by the republican party in New York-and his
unquestioned ability aud patriotis.n-a these were
forgotten. They aifordcd extenuaton for the Pre-
sident, and gave guarantee for Mr.. Kings honest
discharge of his mission When Judge Caldwell was
appointed the same clatnor raised. The opposition
saw in these appointments and some Others banker.
i0g in the President after federalism and set I'D hy-
pocritca lament for this indulgence in his early though
abjured propensities. On the otaer hand, when men
who had al! their lives belonged to the republican
party, Clay, Barbour, Rush. Villains were called to
oince, what was The language Of the opposition them