Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-04-27

wL!Ch III 1924 WAS kladcI oy ,.ie maine OF ack son.
We have much clustering STILL bu, il is easy 10 see that
II IS artificial and cold, when cncd 10 that bun cling
aud merry zeal which once animated the Hickory clubs
rms zeal has come Ia pause, aud for want of some
rea! object to vent itself on, has in great measure
consumed itself. manifest falling oil in spirit is vi
sibe. The very unanni;y which at one time existed
by Withdrawing all that feeling which opposition in
spres mas assisted TO temper the aidour Of the Jack
son men. They have become weary of fighting sla-
dows
Other causes have come in aid of this temper The
most violent jackson men do not pretend to
The acts OF the Governmeut-bnt 90 no farther than
to say, that Clay cheated the General out OF his right
They even approve the measures which you on the
south side OF the Potomack dislike FOR they are almost
TO Tor the Tariff and for Internal
SO that II Is PLAIN they supporting Jackson
very different grounds from the Southern people, All
ople are beginning TO these things and as the
first furious zeal abates, TO ask themselves why they
should oppose an administration which in the main is
pursuing that POLICY which they have most at heart.
think that this view which is founded interest, and
winch does and ought 10 GO great way with 4 nation
Will in the long run prove too hard for tha personal
attachment 10 Gen jackson, which is the sole ouu-
dation of his popularity. They see more than this
that the opposition 10 the administration is mainly
Quoted by men opposed Penpsy lvana interests ard
they begin to suspect that if is successfully Peunsyl
vania interests will be sacrificed This has brought
ON great spirit of reflection, and general abatc-
tnent of ardour and many people now say, who once
would hear no argument, 1t elect Gen. Jackson
we Sau our may lose great deal by It, lie
can do no more towards fostering interests than
now doing-and il is far from certain that he will DO
as much As l said above, / think this argument,
will prove the best.
These views beginning TO be highly insisted on
by leading politicians and editors They fecby an
swered, for his friends dare them By the ar
gumens in vogue amongst yoU. hey chiefly an
swered by his friends declaring Gen. Jackson 10 be
warm for the Tariff. This again is denied by some
who say tina, Southern politicians have prevailed with
him TO renoancc his opinions that subject. This
has gained ground, and much suspicion is now felt
on this head that il is said lie be formally called
upon BY his leading friends in tins State, say If he is
friendly TO manufactures not Perhaps the vote Of
the State may depend on that answer.p
| TIE Oppositioa.-We invite the reader 10 pe,use
Colonel Johnson's letter, explaining his meaning when
he said the Administration must be put out, though
Pu'e as Angels at the right hand of God, and MIR
Seaon's the Junior Editor Of the National Intcigen.
cer) reply thereto. We will not say that Mr.. Scaton.
account of the matter must be believed. We will only
say, that when the reader has perused that account
will say
! The sentiment quoted by Mr.. Seatcn as expressed
by Senator of the u States in reference to the Pan
mission chat the administration had rejected
the invitation to that Congress- the opposition wou!,
have had them" does not surprise us, though it ma,
been apprsed for Is months and have more than once
stated the fact, that of those gentlemen who
distinguished themselves by opposing the mission
TO Panama in the Senate of the u. States had in the
first instance, prepared themselves defend it, and to
assail the administration for rejecting it, under the
idea that prevailed at the beg inning of the session
Congress, that the President had refused or wou!t
refuse the invitation Had this been done by the Go
yernment it was intended to nveigh against Mr. dams
as the foe of the liberty of mani ind, and all enemy
the Republics of Spanish America, SO gorously strug
CLING for their independence. This would have beer
a fine theme for declanlaton, and we have 10 doub
the opposition would had the affair taken That turn
succeeded in vote Of ccnsure agans; the admnisra
ton.
The sentiment quoted, amounts to neither more 70,
less than that the administration was to be opnosel
right or wroug-a doctrine Infamous in itself ant
destructive OF the public good. The dec lara
ton of Col. Johnson, that the administration
must be put out, though pure as apgeis-tfi
confession that the Panama Mission would have
been defended by the combination, had the Presiden
:! opposed iher constant censuTe of every appoiDt
nent whether Of fedeTa!ist democrat, and Of ey
cry measure, though precisely such they had for.
maEiy supported-and the close union of men of Oh,
most opposite principles, and OF the mos! deadly per
sonal cnmity prove 10 demonstration, that part,
was organized before the administration was yet warn
in their places, determined TO sacrifice the grea
object of putting them Out, all inferior consideration
of private opinion, oath of Office and public good
The state of things thus produced is without examp,
in the United States
d
yelling on the wings of The wind-truth as following
at slow and haiting gate; yet in the concern.
OF real life, well as in the adv entures OF poetic fic
lion, truth is sure to oyer,akc her ni!nblc antagonist a
| last.
The public has been imposed upon, with story OF
Ten repeated and rung upon with all the changes and
arts of defamation, that the President of tie u S.
had appropriated part OF the money voted by Con.
n furnish tho Pres y q, al