Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-21

:is Unconstitutional and bloody violence, and
know, qualified be President of the u So than
James Madison is to command rmy. To effect the des
tuction OF man whose superiority has made him hateful
(io such is the gaantry, frankncss, courtesy and
hearted Vrgnianis of HcnyClay that man dislike
Linn except from that unamiabc weakness of human
'ure, which sometimes TO hate villa. we cannot
,iya0 effect his destruction, fud men willing
do what three years ago they said wnr DC fatal the
Rrpublc-the eleva ton of violent an! unruy Military
Chiefiain @ the Pesdency-a whose name but for
his victory New Orleans and the unlawful by
which his conduct sgnazed, would not be much
known. to the people of the u States The passions of
Che present day. inca pac,ate the Public large from
tmatins these things they cservcbut when those pas
sions exhausted, and their cool Senses
look back upon the madness of these times fill them
with as,onishmen, Then md before will the pub
lie mind be able pass the proper sentence upon the
Calhouns, Bentons and Rauhophs-wlo crafty their
personal ambition aud private hate leading their
eun,rymen through The ns,rumcnality of their pas
sions and preudices, into tina, gulph of military
dsspo,ism from which when entered, there is
treat aud which they themselves, three years ago, when
their private views differently directed, poi"ed out
the justly alarmed fancy of the county, follow
Gen. Jacksons elevation the Presidency. Then too,
e people perhaps repent at leisure, what they may
have done in haste and pa son, and in violation of The
axns of ougovernment, the spirit of institutions,
and the prophetic warning of Jefferson.
Eut TO return to the proposition Notwithstanding Mr..
Ciay honourabc acquita his enemies continued press
their charges of bargain and corruption through news
pers and in Congress; and en- extent, with
shch zeal and that may justly be said
this identical charge is tho of the whole popt-
lar opposition Administrations 1t unreservedy
declared at the great Jackson Meeting in Philadelphia
1926, and again the Meeting III Baltimore tina
the supposed bargain between Messrs Adams and Clay
was the single cause of opposition to the Administration
II vas its vicious origin and its which
led their dislikeand confidently affirm, that this is the
only cause of its unpupulafi,y in Pennsylvania For two
years and half, Mr.. Clays md Mr. Adams reputation.
have suffered under this charge, necessarily rung BY two
hundred newspapers and repeated, notwithstanding their
refusal investigate it, ny Members Congress During
tina, timc Mr. Clay has been unable trace to any res
Tonsble His enemies while they ted it,
held him up to the American people guilty man. deni
ed him the of proving his innocence. vain were
they challenged and dared exhibit their proofs they pre-
ferred to keep the charge enveoped in that mystery
suspense, which they knew productive of eiec
popular imag ton. Cen Jackson has made knowr
tsat such proposition made 10 him by Member o
Congress- as he supposed by authority Of Mr.. Clay and hi
fiends-hs partizans deny that this is accusin. Mr. Clay
and the question we wish the public decide is, ii Gen
Jackson has not fairly made himself responsible
trs, of the charge. We persuaded that reader
already satisfied of this by the narration Of the cir
Before large company in his own house
he spoke in way leave the impression on their minds
tor Mr.. Beverly says the others of them agree
with hn) that Henry Clay had offered through his ren.
70 make him President certain conditions not this
repetition of original charge and he who repeat
charge against individual, responsible that ind
vidual the first INVENTOR Is he who repeats SANDER
bound when called upon say where from whor
he derived ii? Is he accuser as him fro,
whom he derived it, Is his repeating it, as grca,
injury the party its circulation by the first conve
This is the precise position of Gen. Jackson Thou.
of his last letter Beverly soften the thing
though he there says merely that he supposed propose
from MIR. Clay,ough he affects to be sorry III
bias done Mr. Clay njury-ye, the world will look upo
nese expressions dictated by prudential self regard
The question is not what his letter exprcsses-bu III
proper enquiry is if lie did speaking to his compan
at his house, leave their minds the distinct i3pres
S0n that Mr.. Clay had offered him bargain in rcatio
20 the Presidency? Unless this the how came Nj
Cnrer Beverly say so? Unless this impression was dis
tncty made on his mind now came he to be so full of ii,
subject as Immediately, like bursting with secre
70 write TO That effect to his friend in North Caroline
How came Mr.. Harrison Of Louisville to agree with hin
this what Gen. Jackson said?
We will not insist Upon the triunphan conduct of Ger
;ackson partisans when Beyerlys letter appeared at III
Generals then admitted repetition of tire charge. We sa
thu, without this aud upon the circumstances of the cas
tine public will conclude that Cen Jackson did Tell hi
company, that Mr.. Clay had offered him bargain rone
his friends How silly, and idle, and insincerc is i, ,fer
To- say that Gen. Jackson has not made this accusaop-o
TO pretend, that ne is to furnish the proofs upo
which he makes it. When it is remembered who Ger
Jackson is, and what position he now occupies in relao
70 the country and to Messrs Adams and Clay he will
fund responsible for something than the truth Of th
accusation. The world will allow him no merit for hi
affected moderation sin neither seeking refusing Office
whent finds him breaking through the restraints of deca