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

you 10 discuss, of tnai gu wifui!y and ku,wiusiy hayS
ps acticed upon their understandings
propose to remind You os some OF YOUR past neon.
sjstencics, and ALTERATIONS. after which, mankind can
Judge Of your consistency, as well in relation 10 Priacs.
Pte, as TO men.
Indeed when sir, / review the course of your pnPer
ifom its iirs, institution Ia the present day. /! cannot out
feel surprise that it should have reached The high sian,
ding which il once occupied. Very soon after the e-
adjustment of the Enquirer, our difficulties with En-
gland at the time, gave birth 10 n new party, deno;ni-
mated the minority o. teyfiTn quii party. For some
time, your paper wore a doubtful ASPECT, and none could
iell To which side you really belonged. Both continued
t' claim you. until the year 1905 or ,Icreabouts, al
which time YOU came out III the support of .tir. .a!on
s1e for the Presidency. in opposition to MIR. Madison.
The minority then laid exclusive claim to you, and the
majority gave ycu up without a struggle.
This was the situation to which you had brought
yourself BY wearing your ClCl tirerT very soon af,el
which, II Is heiieved, you put on the HCery Of distin
guished Judge, and Casting away Mr.. Monroe. tci.hou
uoy ner lights, took up the cause Of Mr.. Madison
winch you esfoused With great zeal. more especially
after you found ,b.t you were in a majority. The un
stable course and feeble Judgment which you displayed
I'd the world upon this occasion, were enough 10 have
sunk you in the estimation of all politicians of the day.
but our increasing difficulties with ENGLAND, which
ultimately lead to war, Kept the public mind too much
employed TO turn TO you for a moment. and perhaps,
from this cause, you glided Oh smoothly enough unit!
peace came.
In your yea! for Fir. Madison's election, you had i'm.
tibed almost a hatred towards AIR. Dlonroe Who was
your first love, and, whose after acts, did not merit the
forfeiture of your f. friendship, II indeed 1t had ever been
sincere' still although with a bad grace, you felt your
self compelled 10 favour the election of Mr.. Monroe,
because there was no opponent bat Rufus King, and
although you can now support The man who was ex-
sreinely anxious for fIr. Kings election ) you could not
then go along with him. Things passed on, until another
individual was necessarily TO be called TO the Presiden
tfal Chair, VIXEN you again came out in your o,on livery,
and whilst you wore it, lie most furious tenunciations,
which ever fell uDOu tho head Df Cen a,i.-b ,.tcn
from The pen Of Thoras Richie. You will remember sir
that you went so far as TO declare in the face of tie En-
quirer, that you should look upon Gen. Us election 10
the Presidency rs n curse upon she country. And hal
has Gen. J. done since that time to redeem himself
from this harsh inpuiatioi ?
Is his vote in favor Of the present tarir in 1891. :
sufficient aIoncraeut in your estimation for all his for
mer sin: This cannot be, bcCause, If we are 10 he
heve your own woids, this tariff. too, is n cursa uoor
the ccuntry. Here, then, we have YOU, plainly before
The people, at one time declaring, that the election o.
General Jackson would TN your opinion be a curse
r.pon the country, and now, at another time, you are
the most noisy man in the land in favor of lis cleo
''on. Who has dressed You in q neic ire;24a Is il
General Jackson himself, or have ven baan co,r;eJ
onf Uttered By the New York coaiitinuo You acI,nov.
lodged in 1894 that General Jackxon's election IN thn
presidency at that time would be a culgs yJo, ,hf
co8ltfy. and, as he voted for tie present tariff, (which
you call also a CURSE ii IS plain E.,J.. aa.mr ORR, SJo,,-
snSs, that, you are now emieayoring 10 fix u goyL,,
curse upon our beloved country. Sir, am J correct n,
10 1 mistake your l~anguageF Surely ! cannoi MS
NdAe YOU oeCausS j see mat every writer has Under
atoood you in the same way, and you have 90 whore
dsnied it. Nay, you cannot deny it, because your OWN
Giles are the best evidence against rou
However then, you may be ahie TO DECEIVE a la,on
portion OF the good citizens Of IL. commonwealth ,
assure you that the inteliigc:.; politicians, have detected
sou, 10 the various Da:sstatenenis you have made. and
the change ofActry, in which they have SO often beheld
Sou, the result of all whic!, is that, the Republicans arr
40 longer, the warm friends ct the Eucrirer.
In the notice which you have taken Of The Anil
jackson meeting in i~tichmand, in the Enquirer of ii,
oSth October you have nos"a'dediy permitted year
self to make some Developments winch [ shall enc,;rt
into IN my future numbers. You have distinctly toid
Us that jackson vans TIE Presidency mr four year
Only. Pray Sir, how came yen hy this hnowieJrcs-
s5as 1T been by bargain and ~intrisne, TO which yo,
we're priVy? Has there been a solemn cogenQut en-
tered into, TO which you are . subscribing witness, i
so the people will be glad TO itaow tie aghoKe egksat nj
tge bargain. If W are TO be sold 'IMe sheeo IL. III.
saamb!es" the people have a right 20 know under
whose authority this sale has been made. All these
things, with some others, will form the subject Of
inture numbers.
ONE or TIE PEOPLE.
Governor Giles.