Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-11-10

gentlemen, and you shall have one, provided YOU will
lend US one OF the ~Euqnirer. We should like TO begin
win you from 1907: then you congratulated Tic Re-
luoHcan party on Tie accession OF John Quincy Adams,
'a'eh's 10 lis ranks. In 1907, YOU denounced John
'>anooiph--in 1913, he like Gen. Jackson, was called
" curse To his Country. lie found no favor in YOU,
eyes III" oe'ng elected in 1925, despite of your efforts.
10 'he Senate OF the U. States, you had reason 10 he
Nv "'a " d again to use his expression) 'scoming
"o '"o". met 70 be sure, you discovered that
Wv "s 'o"t'e" and yourselves, there was no
diiEerence Of ''principle"-and hi, whom n oo,,,
never enough abuse Ii hen he was down, was M soonsr
popular again without your assistance, than vor beo,,
ihe work of adulation and shoe tying. This ucp,sen
mas become a prosecuted ''patriutn in YOUR ewes: his
alliance with the "Essex Jnnto,m and "admira,ion Of
'"e " anchored isle," during the late war, to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Ia 1908 you were greatly
puzzled how to chuse between Madison and Monrosl
anu Il tradition may be depended upon, for som, time
Inclined to the latter, not Gaming out openIv ,nJooa
nu1 throwing a good word into his scale every nov and
tlen' IN your Peculitr ,cay. Well, the Legislature
me'-'he majority adopted Madison-publi opinion
declared for him in a voice not TO he m;s,okon On,
ont came the Enquirer as large as life. f,r lima. NJ.
aiSnn. In 1879, came on the contest bet ween y,noo
madison and Dewitt Clinton. We well remember how
our soy'sh blood was infamcd by your Recommendation
"C"hton-we have not surmounted the unfavorabIe
Impressions ,hen produced on US BIZ the Euouirer IN
""S Gay. Have sou forgotten your imprecations on
u"" 'or o"iuinS the Republican party at such u crisis:
~ u 'ciaeinoer how you used to denounce him 70,
MS 'hc"as'ened ambition" Have you forgotten his
'u 'o's' oi inc golden days of our commercial
prosperity" and your angry structures on it, Bu,
r ''o . becomes popular in the lapse of time. Ho
ags the ''big ditctn and places his fame on the mos,
'lPerishable foundations. From this time his division
OF the Republican party, his 'sunctlastened amb;tio, t,
his inirgues at Washington to throw "littIe Jimmvn
mo lie ditch, where he had goue under the pretonce Of
@'n"fos u aa OF the Us S. in the contemplated ca
"''' us e'iueh DAYS OF commercial prosperity were
forgotten by the most placable editors of the Enou;,or
Clinton became a favorte in exact proportion to his
popularity, and since 1917, the Enquirer has tecmod
with eulosies OF that great man, original and extrsc-
ted. In 1911, Crawford was denounced for his sa,rre
upon Virginia, and the latitudinous principles ayowed
10 his speech for reclIartering the Bank of the u. g.
in 1884, nothing less will satisfy the Enquirer than that
this Authoritarian statesman shall be President of the
l. states; It's editors however, taking the precaution 10
avoid a ~'committal" until his superior popularity in Yir-
Gmia was demonstrated. In 1911, and on the same
OCCASION, Giles Is denounced for his disobedience Of
instructions, and remains in disgrace, until he too, in
1919, begins to recuperatc. He is DOW tue Great A.
polio OF the Enquirer, and IFS editors go regularly 10
Delphos for orac!es. In 1919, John Q. Adams, who
siuce bis abandonment of the Federalists in 1907 ITO,
winch act and the circumstances under which it was
dome MI Jefferson to his dying day, expressed his res.
Pect and gratitude, as did Giles at The time) had been
III me coco graces OF the Enquirer, monnted up 10
TIE very pinnacle Gifts favor. Speaking ofhis defence
OF Gen. Jackson, the editors seemed TO be thrown into
capture and extacies. They declared il TO be q emo
fument of diplomatic gen;us,p an tournament to their
cantry"-and they congratulated themselves that their
fms had been cast in the same land with such y man.
Hif' Adams copes to be President, recommends light
iro'rses. and what is more 10 the purpose, becomes I'm.
popular IT, Pi,sfaiu-but let US draw the veil over
'"ese m"ae's Inconsistencies. They are in every mans
hrputh' and are the subjects of every mans ridicule.
Now for measures. Under Mr.. Jefferson began the
system Of Roads and Canals, and the extension of the
lariif. .Ir. Giles reported The first bill for construc
ting a national road, and AIR. Giles in his speech,
expressly defended it on the ground of general ,seL.
fare. Roads ani Canals we're then thought very fine
things by The Enquirer: not a whisper about uncnn-
stiiutionahiy, or the guIp!, Of consolidation. The
constitutional PRESTON we are graveIy told, was not
@then nade". But why was it not made? 4 Vir-
ginia President was at the heim-a Virginia President
recommended Roads and Canals and the pyosertio,
of American Manufactures. In 1911 the necessity of
recourse 10 the loom and spindle was strongly incrlca-
ted by the Enquirer. Manufacturing Societies we're
established throughout NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were al
Warded Tor the best specimens of Virginia manufactured
the Country was pressed to render itselfrtu1y indie
pendent Of Great Britain. But of late ali these lbinrs
have become unconstitutional and odlous. Tue peol
pie are told !hat Roads and Canals and the Tariff are
schemes" for drawing money from their pockets, andIl
pu'tlnS II INTO the pockets o? somebody else-toId thisI
oy 'he very men Who were their original rroposersP
ana champions Would the reader hear the reason
OF Tins remarkable changer John Quincy Adams ISL
President. Adopting tue line OF his predecessors. he'll
foo recommends a Tariff to make US independent oil
England, and Roads and c lals 10 enrich the country !
Suddenly, those things have become unconstitutional
The people are told 10 trembIe for their pockets, and
the Government is asserted 70 be rushing INTO Cosnl.