Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-10-17

caused II, for
the nsuiferabie arrogance by which it is accompani-
cd 1t is not sufficient that these gentlemen hive
renowned their own principles and perpetrated the
signal inconsistency heard Of but they must
have the people of Virginia follow their example, All
who do not obey their dctaton are no longer Repub.
"cans-and though three years ago, none we're Re-
pubiicans who did not oppose General Jackson NOT,
none are Republicans but those who support him. 1t
is thus that fools led by names and tina, Messrs
khchie n Gocch the sole a,bi,ers of who are Repub
means and mo not, accommodate great principles e,
promote Their individual interest and tie influence of
Tue Enquirer. Equally causcless and ;n.ctive has
oeen tue course OF many Of the distinguished lea
"ers OF tue opposition and respond TO that sentiment,
Vi 'he ~ nchours Address which pronounccs that on
position essentially acous and unprincpled; organized
oeiose Inc Administration had yet commenced its CA
'eef driven on by personal hatred and ambition and
'ro" winch no good fruit to the community can be ex
'or aspres 10 no change of measures, and 10
no REFORM OF abuses An opposition thus vicious in its
orig could be supported only by means equally ~,
c'ous- hence that rapid succession of fabr;ca,e,
charges directed against the honor and puri,y of The
Admnisratouthe employment of such yenal instrr,
fnents as disgrace the American Press--tbe ;n,,,
rnerable falsehoods which are coined and throw,
INTO circulation with rapidity which has kep, th,
peop.e IN constant state of excitement and LEI.
'"e"' no me 10 investigate the truth of one before
'"eS were caiied upon TO examine another. EigI,.
teen months ago, pronounced this opposition far
ther than Virginia and North Caroliua were euraee,
in 1T, land drew upon ourselves by doing So denunca.
ton in the Senate of the u Statcs) factions ami nm
Principed Virginia and \. Carolina alone, could mr..
on principle, oppose this Administrations for they alone
had waged consistent war against that Iatudinous con-
strucon, which, practised under all admn;s, atom
out more expressly recognized by Mr. Mon roe,s had
oeen' or 1t was conJectured, would be adopted by that
OF Mr. adams. Beyond these two States-C,lIo,,
van buren, Benton, McDufie, Woodbury-all was
tacuon-for beyond these two States and perhars
georgia IN part all without exception engaged in tie
uncomProtnising hostility 10 Mr. Adams and his admin
s'ra'on' had invariably from the beginning of heir
political lives supported and approved that copsruc
oi OF the Constitution and the 10 which il
ieu upon the basis of which the ADMINISTRATION
p'opoSen 20 cohuuct The Government. When these
men were observed suddenly and Simultaneously To-
renounce their old opinions and a,tachnen,s-wbc,,
the phenomenon exhibited of Mr. Ca,houn,s ho
coming State Right ,nan--aDd when Mr.. Van B,re,
VINO iad voted all the roads and tariffs proposed
promised to guard faithfully, The fe,o reoninin y,pb,
ohicA The States had li Ia ssean it was Obvious ,bas
"oS'iiy was predetermined, and that these arfn and
aesgn'ng statesmen were seeking pretexts to iusv
an opposition IN which they az least had right upon
p''"cPie 10 embark. Is not that opposition which ia
directed against men and ,neasures--wlich looks
to private promotion and advantage and not IN n,h
utility fao'ious and unprincpledo Aye--and there il
not one intelligent man, absolutely blinded bv nor
'zahsh'p and at all acquainted with the characters
public men. who is not firmly and ;rravoc.h,
ded, that personal Jealousy and rivalry on the
or The hope of political Preerment on the other or,
The solitary motives which ANIMATE Van Buren CT
noun, Rowan, Benton, Woodbury. and others whom
we VIII not now des ignate, in their hos tiItv IN t
administration. Exclude few, a very few consciep
tions men, who act upon particular cons uopaI v;ew
anu TIE opposition IN both houses, beginning with he
wee Fresdent and ending with kremer, a mass of
Poh'icai phtridhy. No man knows this better than
'ohn Randolph OF Roanoke, and had not that iudiyi-
dual, under the stimulus ofunknown constitutional in
quetude, recanted the maxims of his whole life br ,
PrecIPiate, III advised, nconsiderate and regretted r
aIon with the party OF Jackson-had he but pos,no
ned his declaration Of adhesion until the obvious 5evct
opInent of the interested views of the leaders of n
Combination, his peculiar powers would have been nov,
directed to the annhilaion OF these political incendiz
RES instead of the prosraon of that cause which
though connected with unpopular leaders, is The cause
OF civil liberty, social order and the constitution
The good feeling and expanded views towards i,e
-roreTn States OF the confederacy, manifested in lilo
Ly nchburg Address, are worthy of the other paris
That prejudice, unfounded, unjust and ca,efally TO-,
en'ed PREJUDICE at The bottom of The opposition 10
Mr. ADAMS throughout the Southern States is obvious
TO every attentive observer II is this unfortunate
state OF feeling, which the demagogue have seized upon
and welded '7ith SO much efficacy against the admin
'stratIon In vain is it reminded, that the people Of
re" England orc doeoondod from the Republicans ne
the time OF Charles the frs-lbe finest models If DO
mocracy ard patriotism That the world has produced
that they declared for the Commonwealth, while the
colony OF Virginia adhered 10 the Crown-tlat Boston
was The cFsd'e OF the Revolution, and that the New,
England States in the habits and manners ofthe peo