Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-03-20

exclusive devotion of our columns
during the Session of Congress, TO the Repots Pro-
cccdings aud Debates, leaves room if we had
'ne to speculate ON passing events. The late Dim
ner at Richmond 10 Gen FLOYD offered some matter
or remark, and 50 dad that subsequently given in the
anne city TO Gov. TYLER. Thcy have passed hv
however, and we have Dinner Nc. > given TO
VIZ. kANpoLrn the account OF which we have copied
at large few OF the reflections arising from the per-
usai OF At, we venture 10 throw upon paper.
The first, second, and third Toasts, in memory of
our Revolution, OF WAsutNGTuS, and og JEFFERSON,
are uneXceponable We rejoice to perceive that the
of " AsIISCTON is still held in outward rev.
crcncc by those who now pronounce public measures
which lie repeatedly recommended Congress- To be
o: power. Whilst his memory is reyered
there is hope OF recurrence 10 his principles. At
present, according TO the sentiments of the Ii Toast
measures recommended by that sterling patriot are
worthy OF beng corrected by the dagger of Brutus,
For, l: is only reference such measures tina, even
the resolutions o! Mr. GILES assume that there ha;
been any dev ialon, in the General Government from
INC strict construction of the Constitution. 1t is only
IN reference 10 such measures the protection of man
uiactures the encouragement of learning aud the IA.
citatlon OF intercourse het" the several States
that any body precnds todiscovcr either in the acs of
the Government or the recommendations OF the Ex-
eculNe, a.S necessity to crcumscribe tie General
government by resolves, menace it with res
istance.
| This brandishing ofdaggers, metaphoricay,
At the festive able, only bad hut CONVEYS
Il pernicous moral The youth of America areaGy
sufficiently prone to the of daggers and other
weapons OF blood, need no squirting up BY toass and
sentiments, such this, from the un.1Gis Of the land
The sentiment, however, when 10 analyse it,
is repugnant to the political to the moral sense
and ii is in that view that consider it most
revolving
Abou, the construction OF certain provisions of the
Constitution, il is known that there great div on
ofopnion among the best and The wses People Of the
L nied States, as well as among the worst and the
weakest VIRGINIA represented in her LEGISLATURE
is decidedly in the minority of the States upon several
OF these most important points of construction The
Union is against her these points if She be not IN
fact, against herself for there many who believe
mat The popular sentiment in that Stale has been mis-
represented at Riclmoud.) She has pronounced cer
tain exercises of power by the General Government to
oe acts OF usnrpaiou she has declared, in effect that
the Government OF The United States ha passed tho Ru
bcon lately as according to The same rule of constuc
tion the Government has passed it every time that
congress has asscmed from the Al, of March 7aa
up 10 this day. This same dagger OF Brutus had Viz
gina seen always with the same eyes she now does
might nave oeen from The orig of The Governments
IN constant play Surprising the press ion TO be r
ura'ivo one, importing disposition tc resort 10 arms
upon every such ''usu,paun," passage of the Ruh
con, as angry politicians may imagine TO have taken
place ;he sentiment of the fourth toast is rs d;rec
Gans the spirit Of Government as IL is against the
emphatic voice OF those departed Sages whose mem.
DRY Tue D'Fner Company had just made lbaton Tie
principle four Government IS that the will Of the ma
ority shall prevail that OF opinion may be safe
~ tolerated where is le free 20 combat it's and
mat erroneous actions of public anu public bodies
q h1l
io box IL indeed, men, slaves to passion or to am
oon, not content to await the popular voice or obc,
Tue pubic wil, SO Tar transcend The limits of their y:
uuty as 70 plot the Acknowledgement of Their country or
t'rn their arms against II, there is a stronger remedy
provided, but still it is legal one. There can no no
pretence, under our Government to Justify in any
sense The application OF the sen,iment OF that toast TO
any thing that has occurred in il and Ueava, fr
bid that we ever The day when will be otherwise
" C have heard SUCH language bofore br; was Esen
cd 10 with Indignation, mixed with COMMUNICATION for
me dciSon OF mind IN Which il cngendered We
nave heard II proclaimed with Stcniorian voice in tho
Representatives. Hall, when the enemy was not o,,J
laundering at or gates bat within our walls that the
ustrious virtuous AD!soS deserved TO be b,oygLy
I" @te hHe for his daring to cause tho Constitutional
Laws ofthe ned states To be carried into effect We
arc not sure that have not heard almost "a ,n,cI
IN debate from Mr. RAHDoIPH, who must, by the way
nave made WY face IN swallowing Tic toast in no
nor o that man, whose political INTEGRITY no moro
seadiy ana constantly npeached for a series of wears
anterior TO tie late var If Subsequent To- il ,hap
any other ndn In the heated mind of furious poE
u''an' every man has passed the EubiCon, who is not
on ms side The trainers of thus toast seem IN h,ya
forgotten that there two sides TO every oraet ;.
ana taf, 1t shcr sentiment pass current they MAJ,
Percafice be tie !l:st victims upon whom il is Dut in
practice. F"' ~
we were as much sorry as surprised 10 GnI o,o r
the Orators OF the Day calmly recurring tn fs eon;
mcn ahUnt the dagger of iirutus which if he LsJ &c
calmly reflected upon 1t, we believe he would have
condemned and disciaiined, instead apDToyioo and ~
pTopriang 10 himself 1t is eminent to ,yI;rh ~
deed he made hi"''rI obnoxous, by The very toast
WIN Wch ne closed his speech; for nc had the homes
" and 'naniiness 10 tell The company tat no couId
not subscribe TO 'hc ''doc'rines of Virginia !, ,voulJ
be strange, indeed, If lac haJ subscribed to them scc
ing That his whole political lie has been war anain
'hht sncidai construction OF the Constitutions which
makes the General Government a mere excrcsccnco
upon 'he BODY polric-consuming all its resources
bIoanS itself with concoctcI hunours, instead of IL
ben@, as The Constitution inenhcd it, an active nm,
neas'htu organ collecting the vital nnd from the rest
OF The body, and repeng it, in copious and GoctCvu
streams through the great veins and arteries to its
Tcmotcst eXtremes. "
WIN tno exception just referred 10, confess we
read the Speech Of Mr. MoDvrrIE with = rooJ t"ai
OF satisfaction. 1t has often been our lot TO differ in
opinion from that gentleman, and wc are no a,!Iorers
Ui 'he temper With which hc sometimes comes into do
oae, ont we give him credit the other hand for I,o
nest intentions and syey frank aud open department
" 90 not concur with Mr. AcD. in rejoicing ti,a o
IS on the side Of NirmiInin - ~