Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-11-21
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EoR TIE CONSTITUTIONAL. WHO
TO MIR. THOMAS RICHIE.

SIR: o do not SiortR General acksuu oh no! certain
~ not. You yourself nave so and s,rcIv hi L
most d'Sfere'fcd md coHcSre testimony which can m
called Tor. This is No" the FIRST time you have u
b!uslngy stepped forth witness in vou, or,,
nor is the first time that your tesmonv thus niJcn
oeen rejected both upnn the ground coinpetecn md
d'0'hty fom would have mankind believe mat al, ,,o
say IN iaVonf oil 0"rSey is true and proper and vet
Mr.. Clay shall venture even To d. ny tie T. , -
which you and others of the combinations, ,avc ,,,,~I
forth against him, yon immediately PROCLAIM, III. Jcaj
false and condemn him for daring speak IN his avn
,"V"u u Inc most e%tfav@san' praises Of Gen Jackson
be not !" foTg h'" then do confess myself Ignorant ol
the meaning OF language But sir your zeal in hi. nso,,
fcdfioT prompts you to cvcCap the limits of rn, c ~
have asserted that which You must or ourt, IN - "
untrue ii you do moi know it, you are bu, nno, I,,I,
IN ialitics il you do know it, teu every homes, man nh
to reject the authority aud influence Of YOUR apcu,e
"u say (Speaking "f Gen. JacksnnO that .s.J,cn r.
services were 40 longer required by public
nc voluntarily resigned his sword, like Ciucnnatus and
'reiircd to his farm ''
Nov, sf might, perhaps, be wiling to excuse vo, r..
such sentiment. il tic scaiia, had no, bec ,Ii
proved ever aud again, if did uct I,I;cv, ,,
man kuow's ibis FAC, better than vou,s.c SIN ~
do not Sio(fH Gen Jackson. The records of TN. ,o
Try prove that Cen jackson his sword as Ions o h.
could aud that he continued 10 draw money tho public
Treasury tor long time after peace canr E,,,,I
may be truly sai that when lac resigned the cira of Gov
cTn"r %; Florida he did so under of c.s
h"h NOT "i choice foT lie had involved the country and
individuals, III many aud difficulties tI,,, ubi
bUi las feirem"nt would probably lead &, t..r.,u,iy
ar with Spain would have been pes lccty ,u,voi c IL
consequence oi his con!uct but absolute m
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leht OF Judge ffomen for issuing writ Of iInaeqs
Corpus, ia state of profound pence was nm nu,,,
wh'ch !'cchian an" republic an should be ashamed n,
eCeHS much less JitSt!ig. St sir, you a,IproCe N those
things, and iaud the General The skies. bar on do ~
&f"'JY MAJ. Gen jackson parted with his svyp,d o,,,
because I've obliged To give it IN. and Ing ,;i 49,,
cIVII station bee ausc Of countless difficulties if
he had involved the country; and vet have v,,, ,, 49,
'e'| 10 Insult me name OF CinGinnatus comparj, Iii.
matches virtues with the vices and rxcesses cr Co.;
sou or give me leave To request that yuu VIII aga lao.
into the history ct the virtuous Roman whose n ~
"'V' placed alongside o Gen. Jarksoms, and il Won ,,c
not too much blinded by prejudice, thnk YOU wi, c,r
than there is between the f.nquirer ard N,,i,i ~.
ligenoer as faithful chronicles in what mari oC p,
HISTORY have you fund hat CinGinatns during tI
seven days tina" he was Dictator single
upon the oman people, upon auhority ,y;,l, lI
ne was intTustcd: This virtuuus ancient ac, be,c ]
"PPotu'e" rom ms plough to be dictator OF Rome ,v,r
mold the office no Longer than he could con,uc, t,
OF his country embracing space ofnmy tlry scvcn dr.,
wh'lS' jackson cotinued to hold his itarr
Tor many years after his victory Of New (),Isans. ,I
last was deprived Of By ru!e laid down ~, ,i,
men for reducing the army. Cincinratus not o, ,,
did srici PoweE and Office, but when it was Crcci ~
nm ne dIShained to HOLD more than Miry e,yr,, dae
Cen Jackson only grasping at MI the r,y d., H.,
people eau gvc but IS actively engaged in obtanrne it. m
all the means within his reach; and with ,esc c.d 4
SloTral facts c"re the world. you nave the assurance -
declare, to- the American people, that ,le r,,r,r, r
Chen"a'ns and ce0. Jackson alike. Do Won t,iuk
sir, that your readers ismorant that tIrsc i
Parsons cannot he detected by them. or do YOU ink ,I
Influence Of the Enquirer is still So powerful as ,l ~
VIII deny IFS orthodox character? ~ cbe1 rasr b -
Cd SIR you will Gnd yourself mistaken Bn YOU do NO.,
G'f'y Ern' Jackson Then, sis, what do you mean fv
these false praises and false comparisons Let The eci
understand you; PmHg your sos rj heel, gt k,yb ,u
80 't we may he enabled understand and lyDcI y,
gu se'ect rom the ancirnts. the OF
from the moderhs. the of Washington. C,o c IT,
n"s' vr,nous names recorded by isto1y) you say tlt
~ jackson IS like BOTH and stu you do not oyi him
really, SIR, you seem to to have lost the balance ~,
your mind; and to have scattered your former u,ncplq ia
the winds. pc "
You have assumed SRA spirit Of dictation AZ prepostcr
Gus aud absurd il is silly and ridcuoue You, nave
oody and nnbIushngy told Mr.. Clay what nc must d. in
order 10 satisfy the people, and in doiug this Won vs
osIcgardcd both constitution and precedent win con
oe Kind eneush to say under what clause the
'on I've SECRETARY Of State may he inpeachcde o. an
yoa think ,ha any individual who may think bi,rsclc
grieVed' may demand OF Congress an exa,ninafior ~ H.
case; You have dictated to MIR. Clay Eourfre, scna,a,
causes and offences fo congressional Investigation: and
say "n he Stfts these inycsg tons the pc0pc ir o
ne satshed Sir, have you made any estimate Of the ex-
pehccs attendant upon these enquiries, allowing them to he
proper aud CONSTITUTIONAL And do you really thin ,l,,
C'"eress may thus s1uaUIer the money Of the people?
-'V'' '''' H7c 81 ',sN 2%rcT points Of cr-~,rv nav