Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-21
From, The LrnchjUg JirgjRian
EsBROKEN DOSES

From, The Lynctjrug Jtrgjaia,s.
"BROKEN DOSESn
We borrow this caption from the Richmond IThig,
in further prosecution OF its design.
THERE'S nothing certain than that ai their
cUaung, the Editors of the Enquirer lave for once
overreaohcd themselves in relation 20 the Presidential
election 1t IS true, they opposed TO Mr.. Adams
during the last contest; but it is fact less evil
dent, that they not SO much opposed TO him
they to Gen Jackson Their first choice
AIR. Crawford; hei! second, Mr.. Clay their third Mr..
Adams; their fourth aud last Gen Jackson. Is it not
strange thea that, being defeated in their first CHOICE
and, by the election OF Mr.. Adams, securing their Sc
COnd and third in the Cabinet, they should attempt 10
rerenge themselves by exerting what influence they
possess tn bring in him who their fourth and lasl?
They say, indeed, that they espouse the OF Cen.
Jackson, because view ing the selection between him
and AIr. Adams n choice of evils they regard him
the least. How long has il been since the Genera
found this much favor in the eyes of the Editors
OF the Enquirer? Let what they said of him
80 late October 1872, aud ask if they ever spoke
harshly of Mr.. Adams:
From the Richmond Enquirer, Oct. II, 1921.
'''ge Cannot consent 10 lend helping hand to the
ELECTION OF sach man Gen. jackson. lie is Too
he Of Il SttesmQn-too rash-ioo cioicnt in his tam
'GliS too Giurh inclined to uYJitrqyJ 20
'ccrnme"t, 10 obtain Tie hvmJie support ofe Editors
81 Mix paper. WE WOULD DEPRECATE HIS
SELECTION AS CURSE UPON THE COuN-
''TRY.nM
cd Solomon; and surely men have greater to
wish that they had net written paragraph during The
last Presidential campaign, than AIes,gs. Rtchie and
Cooch.
''iVe cannot consent to lend hand to the election
ofsuc Cen Jac<s1n,n tb9y said in October,
1924; and yet, long before October 1926, they were
and nnw stranng every TO bring him into
1Icei Him, whom they pronounced, { CG'leiYT 10
he "too little Of statesman" to fill the Office of Pres
ient, at time when relations with foreign pow
plain, iItcigii,lc and harmonious, they now
support when those relations different aspect
and portcnd important consequences! Him, whom
fbey declared to be unfit TO preside the helm, when
IDe South American states tranquil, and appa-
renty advancing To the contamination OF the brilliant
destiny which hopes had pictured as the certain
result of their arduous and bloody Struggle and when
relations with all the powers of Europe promised no
interruption 10 the existing harmony they now seek to
elevate to an office, which, more than at any other time
require the possession Of trained we'll as qgor0us
intellect tie crisis that is evidently imDeod inc
oFef the Southern Republics, and wrestIe with the
practised strength of the British Ministry in discussing
the principles of trade which government has so
long eDdeavored to establish the only fair bascs of
commercial intercourse between nations! Those &C.
tons Of Gen. Jackson which, in 1894 the Editors Of
the Enquirer denounced 'rnyt, !" they now call f,n
that winch indicated 'a;olcnce NJ tenpcrn is now
nothing more than decision Of ChnYacfc,-the Gene
RAILS inclination ',bifr,, goceynnc7Ln is now or
ecSS Of rcPNbijcU1jSR. stimulated bY constitutional i'm
reuosity rather than tyrannCa dispositions tina
winch apprChcndcd with much anxiety and dread
and which deTrccatcdas a ''cursc ,7sn The counr'
* now eagerly anticipated and ardcnty invoked
we appeal 10 tho sober the RATIONAL the rejecting par
m iue community 10 pause before they IrTCrIcYab!y
ledge themselves TO The cause OF Cen Jackson. We
Intrcat them to with Themselves and enquire
whethcy the grounds assumed by the Enquirer in thc
short paragraph quoted above not the very same
grounds which the opponents of the General now urge
against his election And they entitled To- dcer
S0d serious consider atom II the objections urged by
the Enquirer in 1929, valid then, are they not
equally valid noir7 What releeming act las General
jackson since done TO demonstrate their groundcssncs
and faacy? Has lie achieved any brilliant diplomatic
exploit, TO prove that he is statesman Has he blot
ted ont the records Of bis rasness? Are there no liy
nS evidences of tho violence Of his temper? he was
'inClned to arbitrary govcrnnantn Men upon what
circumstances may we build hope that he is less 50
7olr II his election wOlG have been "a curse upou
tic country" at Thai time, what grace has he won of
Heaven since, which may convert that curse into
beesinr2
But, it may be said that the opinions of the Editors
81 the Enquirer entitled to no more yeirt than
those OF any other Of equal inforna and ability:
and af, therefore the fact that they formerly abused
Cen Jackson, and deprecated his election as course
Thca the country furnishes no reason wing the friends
g. The General should abandon him Granted. so far
p his or1SinHt friends, those mean Who jealous
- advocated his III the first election ARE con.
cefncd They have thc same reasons for supporlnr,
Inn now that they had when he was first bror,rl for
Eaid' 10 the asonl5hmcut Of almost every man in The
community They espoused iis cause them with a full
knowledge Of many g!arng impcrfccous as OK hibjtcd
m a long and active life, and we cx1cc them to be
equally blind Indifferent Co those which have since
been developed. " 90 not ask ILlo, 10 desert fic,,
itol But, we coll upon those who with the Enquirer
supported Mr. Cray ford, and who rcloccd when ths
election over that the Office had fallen 10 State,
Gln 10 preference a Soldier not 10 surrender thc
consistency, and, at the moment, give Il via
wound to the institutions Of their county, by voting
cor the Military Cbeffaiu. IN the language of an au
taOr quoted BY writer ~ The Enquirer Of the same
Gaie from which copied lhe paIagra PHI on which w
have been commenting, 'anoug the celebrated name,
OF antiquity, those Of Tie great cOnquerors and gene
ta's attract admiration always the most and i'm
4 notion al gu1C
fJr dominion superior tO That Of other nOithi5 W,
look upon such destined by Heaven for empire
aHI born 70 traDP|e thcir fciIog-cj1cns, without
collecting tho numerous evils which are nccessar,
~ The acquisition OF glory which but Oh the Ubycr
son o1ga5Hs an t!a destruction % ,ne A1nan sUg