Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-03-06

valid and unanswcrable: Unquestonably, they will
say. And do they thiuS them less valid and unan-
swerabe, that they urged by Others instead of
themselves? IL would seem Indeed, ssDce they rs III
endeavour, which is the most they do, to turn them
into ridicue, or grayey answer them occasion nay
SUIT. When they were lately presented to the public
IN calm aud d'gnidcd manuer BY Jonathan Roberts
IN reply 10 the communication Of the Jackson Commit.
Tee OF Philadelphia hue and CRY was iin.ne!atelv
raised against hm 1t is however natural, perfectly
natural that these objections should have lost all weight
WIN those who have further need oi them and il
perhaps equally natural that the opponents of Jack
son, should urge them unanswered and una,iswer-
able and urge them too, the quoudam fayourite
objections of his present adherents
iss they, some of them at least, are ably stated !,
seVerai numbers Winch appeared the Ena,irer over
Tue signature OF "Agernon Sidncy,' during the last
canvass, the precise time recocctcd
ana as wish has been often expressed by many of
Your subscribers, TO them i'm the colu,nns nf ,ur
paper, you cannot have any objection 10 repubsh
o' esPcciaiy rs You arc among the number OF those
WHO arc contes'ng the elevation of .Iaclso 10 the
'c''ue"cy. by being again presented 10 the public
eye peradventure somc who at the time of their nub-
icauon subscribed TO all the sentiments therein con.
taned, but who have since become the warm and de-
voted friends OF jackson, may be induced TO take
TeroIade movement aud occupy the stand they then
dd; since, IN this age of nuability and inc ,ss,ency
fheu adopt e:snbandon principles aud opinions with
as much ease as they put on Off their coass and
ueSef' the ranks OF one party and attach themselves 10
these oil another, with much facility rs weather.
COCK, to which they may iHap,ly be compared is
veered about by the wind il varies from one 10 ano
Tier point of the compass. BE this however as II ,,,r
the General must be gratiiicd know that am id the
various Changes of his friends, he has remained the
same unaltered in all the leading features of his pr-
Va'e military and political character. If he was not
worthy OF the Presidency in 1925 rs his best friends
then dec Jared, neither will e.be in 1929. Such at
IIeaSt, is the opinion of one, who IS
No TUENCOAT.
Nj. Cites Resolutions. Giles Resolutions
Vgpp Gnn liz, lirD, I,,r
tadopted, by large Ia critics. Gen. Snyth made a
very able argument GU that day, in reply to Gen.
Taylor-and MIR. G. lies also briefly replied. His re-
ply was confined chiefly to a defence of his conss
tency impugnei BY his speech when Ohio was in.
Toduced into the Union. His defence consisted in a
part denial of the sentiments there ascrbed TO him
and in alledgng that the constitutional question wa,
not made a: that day. Il was thought rather lame
and IT would have been better had he admitted wha
aIlcleary saw namely, that his opinions at that da,
ana t's, were flay contradictory and rested bis dc
fence on change OF sentiment. wrought by time auc
circumstance. For example, he might have said-tia
although Mr. eerson's administration set the prece-
aeht o. making roads and CaaIs, aud he himself aid
ed aud abetted, yet that there was wide difference
between Mir. Jefferson and Mr.. iles aud Mess rs
ADAMS and Clay road made under the admins
ua'ion OF the latter is unconstitutional but it does not
'oow that 1T was unconstitutional when made under
Mr. Jefferson. Virginia was then in power-she is
DOW IN the opposition Adams and Clay must be put
out-ahd 10 ehecttbis we must charge that as ehv
cFimnai IN them, which tight aud constitutional 10
mir Jefferson ana Fir. Giles. Things are ne.be.
f3ht nor wrong IN themselves, blt all made fbe one
Or the other by circumstances and the agents who do
tilen Examples 10 prove this are abundaut--auG the
opposition to Adams and Clay, resolved chat they shall,
30 nothing right, have very properly acted upon this
system, since the commencement OF this
All their measures have been exact couuterDarts nj
the measures OF their we
have assaied them al, and continued 10 make many
/ people believe them unprecedented, unconsti.ution
al and corrupt. This is necessary to effect our end
to get Adams and Clay out, and get the power ouc-
selves
III might not have exactly suited Mr.. Giles purpose
10 hold this lanGuage-but it would notwithstanding.
have come nearer the mark, than his yindcaiion.
In relation 10 the resolutons-they were voted for by
all sides of the Iouse-excepi those who were friendly
to roads and the tariff The Presidential question as
far as we could see, did into .eir considera
bon. Their discussion occupied week, and cost
$4,000 The fruit will be, roc e praierea nifu-a
l~cekS remembrance, and then ob WON Like The other
abstract legislation of the Virginia Leg saturc their
only practical effect will be put little more of the
peoples money into The pockets OF members
-az<S-
CONVENTION.
CHAHLoTTE County FEE. 81, 1927.
J At a meeting of the members of the Cub Creek
Debating Society, al MIR. Char les q. Raines for the
purpose of taking into consideration the rejection OF
| the Convention BILL
Mr.. Hill McCraw was called to Tire chair and MI
Charles Il. Raine appointed clerk.
After the meeting organised the follow ing pre-
auble and resolutions were adopted.
We, the members of the Cubb Creek Debating
Society, feeling mortified The rejection in the House
o. Delegates of the bill rroylng for taking the sense
u tue people of Virginia relative TO Convention
believing change of he Constitution to be the wish
! OF majority of this Commonwealth ipasmIch as It's
strongest features arc aristocraca and in IFS
tion oPpressiTe--and Il ON the lucid arguments con