Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-12-19
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FTom tie .Nafioaat .4drocaie, December TO-
| EsesWsnf's Message unambilious, and sAis
tscfoES this document is opposition still finds in il
hsot!tctsng to object Objection is in fact the business
OF opposon and ii not therefore singular, that per
sons disposed should cay:l where CANDID and homes;
msnsafptove The Evening Post carries its malignty
TO anbnwonted leugth aud satisfied With nothing Short
OF giving the President the lie direct The Post will
doubtless call scurous for saying So although al
Tue satc time, that paper deem, ii reputable and becorn
ing 10 aver, that public officer, Of the dignity of Presi
dent OF the u S., has designedy mssia,ed iacs-be-
cause orsoo' they beyond the EDITORS knowledge
or contrary to his apprehension OF them. But what is
most amusing the Post aud Enquirer in conjunction,
loss for any reasonable ground of pai,,s -aiusi
what the message does in fact contain, wisely caltha.
instrument TO account for what il dues contain
And what, gentlo reader do you think has so moved
the sorrows of these men? Why the President say
they, has omitted TO offer word ON the subject of
'napirac'nrss and they are IN mighty alarm lest the
administration shall abandon that interest Suppose
Inc president hau unnecessarily filled is message with
this topic, what would have been the tone of these
iauii-inders' They wond have appealed 10 the COM
mercai interest; lhey would have chatged the Presi
dent with an undue bias favour of hiAown state and
| ct manufactures; and The land would ilre been fe,
win oies OF sectional prerdiccs party PRESIDENT and
All that.
but what matter is it what such nalcotents find TO
say Does any fan aud Intelligent Iced il? their
OBJECT Is defamation, and they manifest btai differ
ence In Tie choice OF means. For OURSELVES we think
the silence OF the President the subject o. maDuEac
turs was 10 be expected; il became him be silent
when single word from him either way was unecessa-
IS, and mus; have thrown him into the bands y. one OF
two great parties When the nation itself is moving
nit'b and west. aud even cloud u: pTomises seen
IN tie scut TO encourage domestic industry and Amer.
lean manufactures, the friends r the Amerc
are neLanSio'A that airy unnecessary furthsr OPP
position should be excited against them By uncaled for
expressions of Partially from the President whia is
sufficiently understood that the Administration re ards
them with ali the Indulgence and favour which is cum
pabie with the national interests and with equality
! rights.
fro91 ua NaIoaoi IntetAigenrer, December u ~
| Tie Committees Of Congress.-The process of a,-
polntinS the standing committees in the two houses q
congress is completed and our readers are appsed o.
the composition OF these committees As TO those oftle
Senate, we have nothing TO remark; and as those
oil The douse OF Representatives, not much more. With
regard to the latter, foresaw and limited the del
cacs OF the position of The speaker reference
10 the organization OF his committees sill leave 10
doubt on that head, on the minds OF those who
doubted before We do not mean in our br lief obser
saions on This subject to indyiduaze we never dc
At pdeeh, IN auy other than complimentary manner
unless where individual plants himself in position
So pro'onent and particular that you Overlook.
BIN il you would. Ii is enough for our general pur-
pose, 10 say, that il is believed that majority of ali
tie nsporat committees of the House of Represents
yves rs composed OF manibers opposed TO the pres en-,
administrations and that there Is therefore, little au,
ger TO sa unprecedented 10 the Republic from the ACT.
OF the present congress. For be the recommendation
OF the Executive those of the committees of t..e
house, good bad, indifferent, is not likely that
any will prevail which do the cordial assent
OF both parties.
Athati indispensahly necessary, keep tie wheels
lot Government IN some sort of motion from year
year. Is the passage of the annual appropriation bills
for the payment OF the civil list and for the support OF
the army and navy. OF the passage of these indspen-
sable bills, surprising any extremity of party conflict
Se presume there is doubt; the object OF the party
opposed 10 the administration being break ioYi
the Government, bat tbose who administer il. No
thing unfortunate 10 that opposition could hays
happened, by the :yay than their having succeeded
IN chung their Speaker, and of course IN appointing
their committees in the House OF Representatives; by
which ssccess. instead OF being assaanis they becan.
4 efendants--insead OF being besiegers, they will be
themselves besieged, with all the disadvantage OF de
Tending cause in which they have DO heart.
As for the animal appropriately laws as Mr.. Ran
dolPb's appointment 10 the head OF the committee
Finance appears 10 be generally dered merely
honorary, and MIR. McDnfie, second on the committee
becomes the effective head of it, may be assured
that nothing will be done by tlat committee TO clog
and impede the healthful movement o! the machinery
Of government. McDuifc is a gentleman of stronf
and even violent preudices but he has never appear
ed TO Us TO be influenced by interested considerations
such as would induce him to postpone the public vel
tareior the qualification Of objects personal himself
ftis views OF the objects and ends o. government arr
liberal. lie is friend internal npro cement, more
over, and we believe, also, 10 liberal administrator
OF The concerns OF government. So disposed, as w
believe hn to be, may hope that shall not wi
ness IN Tins congress, the singular spectacle of chan
cello' OF the ExcheqneT opposing the supplies
we uu't therefore, that the Government viii go on
quietly without beirayiDg, by any arrangement of it
usual operations, subsection OF the order its
cerns to the iuctuaon of parties The present state
of things. which III a monarchy wond produce change
Of ministry, viii, it will be seen, have in adnra
BILE system the effect 10 sustain te Executive amongst
the People. and TO place its adyersares the great,
est possible disadvantage 10 themselves.
Ihe more we see OF the operations of our institutions
the mote reason we 6ud 10 admire their admirable
T.! structure, in which all the imperfections, well Of
military democracy, of bicdtchy and arstoCracy
appear TO be carefully guarded against.
From the United States Gazette
! Ii1rL(ord CoHrenOn.-Wc have noticed in the pro
ceedGs OF several political meetings and in the ed
l'oiiai columns OF different opposition papers, frequent
reference TO Mr. 6dams, being intimately connected
with the measures of the IIartort coHventon-some.
indeed, speak Ufhim as if member promoter tbaf
i meeting Without Offering any opinion upon the pro
Priety of that convention W may be permitted
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