Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-09-12

all confidence an lie fier Of his countryo woula h. a.,
it, when is well known that Washington was wide I,,;
nd'naran in politics, according 10 HE doctrine of Tie Tr
sinia school, and that after due solemn deliberations
ne sanctioned the charter of the u States Bans
ended Internal Inprovemc and tho protection of
"factures and in truth advocate that very po
Cyl which is denounced in present. rulers as despo,ic
usurpaon We put these questions Gov. Giles no,
because we are at any loss know what his answer
would be, but sew him how Utterly powerless is the e
ve by which he hopes presen:
ton and its pocy and how easily might used aga ms,
those who attempt to employ il.
far less pleasing task now our duty to perron,
we would approach every thing from tho pen of Mr.
So" with profound respect Ii is this duty is
repaired Il" u.s. by the ofsious zeal of those wish
MAKE me Opinions OF that venerable subserveut
'ews' winch we sincerely believe destructive
interests aud happiness Of this country Mr. errscns
ter TO Gov Giles to be employed political engine to
promote the election Andrew Jackson to the
chair There is doubt that is now u,hered into
pubic notice with that design, sustain the feeble
attack of Col Randolph. We ask all impa rtal md can
did men to say, whether there syllable in the letter
to justify the belief that Gen Jackson considered by
the writer suitable person fill the Presidential chair
Nay more, is there any thing which will allow the
ence that Mr.. jefferson preferred Gen. to MIR.
Adams Let the reader rccoect n to the fall of
1924, according Col. Randolphs own statements Mr.
Jefferson thought Mr. Adams able, learned and honest
man, and greatly preferred him President, after
Mr. Crawford The letter to Mr. Giles, written Dec
1873 shortly after the Presidents first Con-
sress, aud helure the opposition administration was
fairly organized Mr. Jefferson himself in assigning the
causes of his ALARM speaks only of The Presidents doc
FirtneS, in connection with decisions the Fedora
Court, and the "msconstructons of the constitutional
compact acted by Congress" These judicial decisions
and legislative MISUNDERSTANDING must have occurred be-
fore Mr. Adams elccon and Il time when Mr.. JciIer
preferred him Mr. Craw ford. to sup
pose then the Presidents dcrt,fncs which were con-
tanned in his first message wrons III these fearful
holdings in Mr.. Jeersons mimd3 not Obvious, that
his objections ouaded upon the settled policy of
three bran: es of the Federal Government judicial
legislative, well exccutive supposton be
what possible exists FOR surprising earl
as December 1885, Mr. Jefferson had changed the opinion
he entertained of Mr. Adams far back the year 1892
Could he the date of his Gov. Giles, We sur
rendered Mr.. Adams for the Military Chieltan? The
thing is impossible. The doctrines of Mr. Adams Mes
sage had been those of preceding administrations inclu
ding that of Mr. Jefferson himself MIR. Jrie,son SANG
TONED the Cumberland Road-tle road from Georgia TO
New O.leans, AMI many others Mr.. Jefferson sent Has
let Europe, wiJu act Cf Congress- purchase the
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which purchased expense of thirty or forty
Thousand dollars; ana have been lying ever sre useless
and unemployed What doctrines were asserted by MIR.
Adams III his message, which likewise the doc
rnes of Mr. Jefcrson? In this abused and misrcp
resented document read the following language:
'The Constitution under which, you are assembled is
charter ni Hmfcd pocerS After full aud solemn deIib
ration upon all any of the objects, which urged hv an
irresistible sense of duty, recommended to
yonr attention, should you the coucusion that
however desirable in themselves, the laws for
eEecting them, would transcend The powers committed 10
support let consideration induce you TO assume mr.
exercise Of po~ers not granted 10 you by he peopc"
Was Mr.. Jefferson Unitarian Than the author
of this passage? Did Mr. Adams recommend single
which has its precedent during the three Ad
'ninistra,ions of jefferson, Madison and Monroe
If we had the Giles that the published
letter actually written by the sage Monticello we
should hesitate to believe it We say earlesy and with
OF" the fear Of contradictions tia, sentiments at
war with the proesscd opinions of Mr. Jefesous whole
political life Take for example part which relates to
Manufactures We will say nothing of his frequent re-
Communications to Congress protect important
branch OF our industry. What VS. in his famous letter
to Benjamin Austin; letter by the by, which has neve,
found its way into tile columns the impartial Richmond
Enq"er'-"To be independent of the comforts of life we
must Iabrcate them ourselves We must now place the
manufacturer by the side or Observation-Disclosures
gfanh enquiry is, shall own comforts or
20 without them at the will Of foreign He there
fore, who is now against domestic manufactures mus, be
fur reducing either dependence nation or be
clothed in skins aud to live like wild in ens and
caverns. am proud 70 say not one of Nesc"
We ask which opinions deserve confidence the
most? Those which expressed by MI Jefferson when
in the vigor ofIc and public usefulness, which pub
lishe to the world and enforced by his great authority as
President Of the United Stacsor opinions of the same
Mr. Jeerson delivered the advanced age Of
years, under tine weight of nmi,y private embarrass
ment, and communicated in a prjraic and coafdeniial
letter, which he had expectation would he revealed
The respect bear his memory and the circumstances
under which this letter Gov. Giles has seen the Irh
induce abstain from further upon its CON