Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-11-14

their support To Mr.. Adams, in ; g approaching con-
test. l, is "A Iameniable fact thu he spint of misre-
prostitution has gone abroad, rfatuated and infu-
rated partizans seem 10 have u;6carded every seuse
of shame-all regard To candor aud decency, and APP
pear determined 10 accomplish ,seir object, without
the least respect To the character of he means; and II Is
also u subject equally ,n he regretted. that they are
countenancei, aud hHd too easy an access TO The public
ear, through the prostitution of the pubic Journals -
Ne have seen facts the mos; notorious facts rec -ded
in the public mind years ago, when there was no
cause for niisapprchersiuu, attempted TO be explained
away by tchite-p0shing comini,tees:--We have seen
the most undoundcd and the basest cttunn,es fabricated
thrown into circulation, and propagated with the
most un;iIins assiauity and The most unbiusiiing iInpu
dcnce:--We have seen some of the public Junction
aries, %suilyiug their dignity--sioopiHg from their high
stations, for the miserable aud paiiry purpose of excit-
in, The public passions, add ,nlatning the vulgar pre-
JUDGES, by wiIfuiIy rpisreprescnt,ng, distorting and
peivertng the opinions and sentiments of public men:
every mean artifice has been rcsor.cd to, every niser
able engine pu, iD operation, 10 dcCc:pe aud mislead the
public, from your celebrated east room correspondent
icllosc name | thot your honest INDIGNATION, at haync
been made the unwittinG Instrument OF such a base
and infamous impositon upon the public, wouIl have
long since gwen up TO mer:ied disgraoc) down to this
last humble attempt which have just corrected
These vitiGtcd feelings and principles, this deplurable
state of public morals, l fear augu, nothing good, 10
the destiny of this Republic. 4 step or two farther, in
Tins miserable scramble for Office IN which principle
and patriotism have 10 share, and from which. truth and
justice appear tn be wholly discarded; the seeds of cor
ruption will be so widely and so deeply sown, that we
- NIs'> 80 SsA SNhhh ttthi tbL
"re!gn" OF a Military Chicitain." Then indeed NAL
The country be parcei!ed out into Military Departments,
and Military Tribunes be sert in every direction tC
d''N the 0~bseQHiCus. and dyugooa the refyactory into
subJec'ion; and if the people are at this time too vr
tuous and enlightened &c be governed by Gen. jackson
as you yourselves once supposed them, they will ther
have been corrupted and degraded, until they will b,
made "Aact!y 1T 10 be governed only by him. You
gentlemen, loudly dcclaiIn in favor OF Stale Righfs
which indeed, you will permit me to remarli) seen
TO be but IN little danger OF inO1aioa: vcu denouuc,
The General Government for tts,t'pGtionS, which non.
practically feel. Would you not render the public a,
important, and acceptable service, in turning the brtiey;.
Of your long established and respectable press, against ,i
demornlizing, corr"ptirg and degrading system of misre
presentation and neutrality-suspicious. and distortion
wiicn - carrying on. TO the total disregard OF candour anc
!uir dealing, and to the exclusion of all the common cour
ieSiss and dccrncies Of life--exhib;ting in your own exam
pie an elevation iar above the lille passions and fHe uye
!Hf'ccS, that move and actuatc the Ssitish and hoHs,r
Asnrted, but patriot pretending demagoKuc? 1t does, i'm
deed, seem to me, that the reflections which would necess,.
riy grow out of such a course, and the applauses OF nj
good men, which you could not fail to receive i'm such =
contest, would he far more gratifying to the generous and
hon0UId0'c mind, than any poor satisfac tinn which could
he derived from driving from the confidence Of the country
a public MAN, some of whose principles or whose persou
YOU hated, but VINO has spent a iaboriouS life faithfully. in
me service at mat county; or ia contributing to raise to the
highest Office hno"n 10 this Government Il man, whom yoI
even AT tins moment esteem as unqualified for the station.
But ! have heen betrayed into a course Of remarks moi in.
tended when | sat downi my only object was to correc; the
niSstatemcnt Of your correspondent, and la wing dome that
! am ioT :he preseu. content.