Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-11-17

'hey VINO make such assertions, must rely upon The
ignorance IF t6e people for escape from detection,
"Wedo not here proceeds the adJressl ,llnle 10 the
charges OF bargar- and cor rnption, WHICH have been
denied by Nlessrs. Adams and Clay with unblu>h.ng
assurance, although every thinking man, considers those
charges To be as well established by circumstances rs
II we could produce n sealed bond vi tie compact. be
tore the ey Is Of thcir defraudct couu,ryEcn.n
DRAPER has the merit OF pr ererring Il ne.c cha, gc - licb
we thought adinicult ti,iog) against Miessrs. Adams and
Clay. Then gull, is not only TO be considered as es
taaiished, in opposition TO the weight of Bucilanan's,
bownes and h~larki0y's evidence, the witnesses relied
upon 10 conV ict them, but Il, Is 'unblushing assurance
II S n crime IN these gentlemen, to have denied their
guilt! What will be next charged as a crime TO
Nessrs. Adams and Clay. w cannot undertake 10
prognos,ica:e. Perhaps the indulgence of natural afrac-
'o's-uie love oil their wives aud children. We shall
certainly be sursised at no future accusation-tia
emotion can be excited by no new direction which
the haired OF tne'r enemies may take. When we dis
cover Inc least spark of liberality in their enemies
when we observe their opposition tempered with ;us
tee, or their accusations sustained hy 4 shadow OF
proof, then we shall! give way to surprise. livery
thinking map considers thSc charges to DC as well
established by circumstances! Drapier has been for.
tunate IN ms associations. UI on the contrary. have
never yet met with that thinking man, however hostile
To the administration, who did Jriiere in tue bargain
and corruption. fIe might have s,,snic ions-he nipbt
aunt That MIR. Clay's acceptance oil the appointment
subjected him to the suspicion ola previous understan-
ding with Mr.. Adams-but on the other hand, the con
cession' was invariably made, that IL was az most, 4
mere s"sP'tion, not amounting n all TO befief in cor
r"pton' and that Mr.. Clay's staoding and talents we're
such as enabled him 10 command the station, which bis
enemies accused him of having traded for. How is il
That this VIE" of the subject is so cautiously excluded
by Mr.. Clay's enemies? Why cannot they admit
that his long services and illustrious talents gave
HIN the highest claims 20 be Secretary of State:
why do they choose 10 ascrihc tina. TO corruption, which
can be accounted for on the most honorable grounds;
But Il Is simple in us 10 ask such questions. We nigh,
as well ask his enemies, why they are not Just. and
liberal, and decent III their opposition. We might as
well ask Clinton, Calhoun, and Van Buren, whv they
have selected Henry Clay a their victim? To ask
such questions would imply our ignorance OF their pur-
pose OF clearing the track of all distractions 10 tier
reaching the Presidency.
We are done with Drapier. When he again ad-
dresses the people, we hope he will assume some other
That of "Drap;er' is consecraiei by the
patriStism of Swiftly his profound Investigations and
rigid adherence to Gtets. OF the statements which cur
Stafford DRAPER assumes as such, not one hut admits
of the people of Stafford as much as he has dune, if VIC
presumed them so ignorant as to require a Iefutation
OF his .fUctS, iii detail.