Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-04-03

lote!gencer have been assai!ed with great bitterness
by the combination presses for exposing to the rco,,e
OF the United Stdies, the ambitious projects OF tie
Caba lately organized at Washington. The zeal AM,
n'repidIty with which these cenines have Developed
the plans of the conspaors, have been ascrbei to the
unworthy motives OF chagr;n and disappointment al
The loss OF the Senate printing. This silly and infamous
charge is reuted by the fact, that some of those
very presses, the organs of the 'combinatop' justified
the election of Duff Green on the ground that the
lnteiigencer was decided Administration print-and
no." iorsooth alleged with what consistency let an
impartial public decide) ta its Editors were at least
neGt'Wl, until reused by the vote of the Senate which
affected their own interests. The Charleston Mercury
whose tones have been considerably sharpened and
elevated since the visit OF the Honorable Martin Van
Bureu to that city, Justified the Senate in pre crring
genuine Republican JaoSsOnian 10 decided .9aa.in>
is!TGi;oa print" when but few days previously
charged the Intellgencer with running up the Admin
stra,:on fGg because of ;h3t vote OF the Senate
Nessrs. Gales IS Scaton have, however, yndicated
their course and their motives, with triumphant success
aud are carrying The into the enemys camp with
such skill and energy, that it is perfectly obvious his
ranks already thrown into disorder. The course
OF the neigo.cei since the Presidential election has
been shown by series of extracts from that paper
have been that of candid, impartial and honest sup
port of such measures Of the Administration it APP
proved Ia that course its Editors are determined to
perseVere, without putting the servo badge Of any
man, faction party The privilege Of commenting
freely and independently, upon pubic measures,-and
the proceedings of public men, which they deem hostile
TO liberty, injurious to the general welfare, they will
continue to exercise and in doing they have pro
ceeded to unravel with the hand OF master, the dar.
designs Of the midnight at Washington, during
the late winter.
The National Advocate, the too! OF Mr. Van Bnren,
which always speal;s with the studied ambiguity, and
sometimes with The ncoerence OF ,elphc prics!ess,
has taken the freedom to bas,o upon the Iutegencor
and Journal, the title OF otgans Of the arisccrscy"
With what t:ah let those decide who are familiar with
both those prints; and who especially remember the
ability and patriotism with which the former paper
sustained the cause of the country during the most
trying and pcIous circumstances oG lie last
most precious instance of conslstaacp, is 10 be
found in tao late articles of the Advocate, the first OF
which written with view to indicate the principa!
points upon which tie two great parties, 1.-The Aristo-
cratic and Republican, differ. These are its words:
1.-THE Tariff System; Internal improvements; foreign
policy; economy Of the public money; state rights:
rotation in Office; direct election of the President and
the liberty of the press, the principal points ON
which believe tie Republican aud Asistocratic
parties OF the present day differ in more or less
degree. The union among tie Republican Members
of tile last Congress, is doubtless founded in great
measure upen these leading points, &c. tl.n The
n
the Tariff and l~tcrnal Improvement Systems for cx-
ample, that that party BY which they are advocated is
in the estimation OF the Advocate the 2yi>i2cra!ic-
and that by which they opposed The Republican
party. division of political parties so stupily alb
surd either 10 have struck the Ejiio: himself or
fearing that such doctrine might be very palaah!
to Pennsylvania, find in a very carly eubacqucn,
number that this Sy5iliine oracle furnishes his o,yn
contradiction.
"By the way perceive very considerable c-
fort is making to connect The protection of domestic in
dtsary and Mte,ntI IMPROVEMENTS with tie thorough.
thick and thin supporters of the Administrations 1--we
know any thing Of these matters, zee bc!ece Mat in
sese t,co points there is he no party feeling ctatc
Ucr. AT an early day propose shew that no par
ticular haye right 10 lay ci2in. to these
the most constitutional principles both"
more gross and palpabe inconsstency--og more
awkward attempt a, mysDyiag, we have seldom seen
We do not think the two ''Taiionals" at Wasbingion
have much to fear from this ''Naonaln at Sew York
II would be advisable however, TO watch him closely
When Falcoai has The management of the wires these
puppets do cut some most extraordinary capcts.
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The Washington Telegraph gives signals OF deep
distress at Tie republication in the National Journal
of certain extracts which appeared in ibis paper from
the pamphlet OF Thomas l.. Arnold candidate for
Congress 10 Tennessee. The extracts will be we'll re-
membered by our readers Arnold charges General
Jackson boldly, with having spent the prime OF his life
in cock fighting, horse racing and ducllng and to cap
the climax of ALL asserts that ''he tore from husband
tie wife Of bis bosom, 10 whom he had been for some
years united in the holy estate OF matri;nouy.n Duff