Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-05-22
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TUESDAY MORNING. MAY g2, 1aa7.


the reputation Of Gen. Jackson is one of the most s
guar circumstances OF The present heated tunes and
displays devotion to his person atterin a, least to
h's feelings, however ii may to calculated in fact 10
produce the very opposite effect to that intended
!he establishment OF such committee viii be ron
Arued by many as an admission that his reputation
needed bostering; by others an attempt TO intimi
date that fee spirit of enquiry into tie lives andeon
duct of public men, equal, the right and the duty Ct
The people; and TO shrink from which, only proves that
there is something which prefers darkness 10 Irh-
Jhese ideas we say, viii naturally TO all who are
capable of viewing the proceeding with dsnass;or
ate and enlightened regard. We have seen the hest
aud greatest men exposed TO attacks more wanon
hhiounded and aggravated, than have been directed
against Gen. Jackson Gen. Washington was accused
OF defrauding the Treasury the private life of Mr. JEFF
!erson was charged with crimes more Infamous and nm
natural Than virtue ever conceived the possibility Of
being perpe;Iated, or than deceocy would dare to re
'a'e' Yet those great men, strong in limo,
disrcgaded the Storm and serenely advanced
10 fulfil their nigh destiny. They did not shrink from
the most malignant scrutiny; they did notwish il nor
cid their parzans deem it necessary or proper 20 or
Ganze committee TO bolster the regulations or 10
repress the forwardness of hostile enquiry. Such we
ihihk is the course which true greatness would pursue
II is no less the course which policy would dictate
Tor there spirit in this country more likely 10 be
iniamed than Illuminated, by effort to gag the pub
II Press.
The Committee have commenced their laoors Of love-
and have put forth manifesto to the public, dated at
Nashville on the 25h April. After announcing the
object which they have in view they say:
aft can no longer be disguised, that the re election
OF Mr. Adams is to be promoted BY the utter ruin
Gen Jackson's reputation, and by every species CT
iaisehood and misrepresentation.
We would fain ask these gentlemen, who commented
this war MISREPRESENTATION and fasehood, and which
side of the political question has been most distin
gnished by ingenuity of inventions, ndccercy ofaccu
saon grossness of abuse, and persisng in known IN
'rui Have they forgotten the attacks of EEremer and
Eaudoph-the charges of bargain and sale-tie per-
sonal ePhets OF puritan black leg, traitor, rogue
political swinder &C. sl,owered upon the Pres;deo,
aud Secrets of State by Gen. Jacison's partizaps
If the spirit of party has done injustice to Gen Jack
son, he and his friends are alone 10 blame They
observed moderation no decency in assaiJjuo the
Administration. They were the first 10 attack nri.
vate character, aud to outrage the feelings of homo
Tabe men, aud the decencies Of society Not satisfied
that his newspapers should carry this war of abuse
Gen. Jackson himself descended from the dignity OF
bis station, and in his Kentucky letter INDUCED him
seifin abusing the Administration and We'd with Penn
and Green in the grossness of his illusions and the
slang of his party. He who had assumed as his motto
the modest sentiment of the nmitabIe Lowncs was in
delicate enough TO depreciae his rivals and to press his
own claims upon thc consideration Of the American
people, Alter all uiis his boseriDg committee have
ihe exquisite assurance TO stha no longer to
DO concealed that TIE re election OF John Quincy
hJans is to be secured by tic ruin of Gen. TacI,
reputation"
We do no, pretend 10 justify the persona lilies of one
party by the example ofthe other: but If the eDLs of
the administration deserve repFoof for their internpe-
7ance let that reproof be given by the American pub
ic- aud not by those who themselves deserve il uosr
Let us be stoned By tue innocent and not the guiliv
Jet us be rePfoyed by christians for our SINS and not by
the devil.
Some politicians bave been known TO propagate un-
founded charges against themselves, that by an ossy
foutation, they might seem TO be prosecuted and en-
nance their favor with the public. The Easfy lie
committee have pursued kindred policy. Passing by
the SET ous charges against the political and military
lie OF Gen Jackson they have selected four of the
most inmateral, two of which have never before
seen These that he left Congress in time TO avoid
vote the repeal OF the Alien and Sedifion avg
and that when in the Tennessee Convention he voted
for property qualification in The voter. These arc
both denied.
The committee apply themselves chiefly to justify
Gen. Jackson for the execution ofsx militia men af-
Ter the term ofservice bad expired. They prove that
these men left their standards and returned home be-
fore they were formally discharged. But the weight
"he charge consists il their having been shot for re
turning home after tie expiration of their term Of SER
T'ce-and there is no evidence to prove that the de-
iauce OF The militia men, that they thought tber term
Of service had expired was not good and sufficient
But il is mol such charges these that the commit
tee ought 10 employ themselves in refuliDg ne have
never questioned the good motives OF Gen. Jackson in
all bis military transactions. Violent and uucons 1-
tiOnsl as we believe many Of them to have been we
are yet fully satisfied that he acted in them all for