Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-05-25
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FRIDAY MORNING, MAY q5, lsq7.

sDu'. opinion into the Presidential controversy says:
'But will not the public enquire why is that such
desperate expe5ents resored TO? Can il be really
eassdryio sustan Mr. Adams, after many years Of
public service and part OF the time actually in the
office of President, by Ieort TO expedcnts so excep
fiDpabie."
Why should The mention of Mr.. .Jefcrsons oniufon
be dencminated desperate erpedienR The Enquirer
Is never more pleased than wen quote his opin-
Ions on ats side of the question: ard all remember the
repeated assurances it gave before the last election of
his favorug the choice of Mr.. Crawford. Is 1t be.
cause he is dead that the allusion his opinions is
called desperate egpcdient' The world has always
paid more difference to the wishes and opinions of the
dead DIAN the living But the inconsistency Of the
Enquirer is becoming proverb. Following popular
impulse at all times, TO preserve popular favor tina,
paper has involved itself in such web Of inconsisen.
crs, that i. does not think it necessary to wait
until time has measurably erased one SC, CT lis opinions
from lie public mind before it promulgates another
and irreconc liable set If the reader sill look at
the Enquirer only short week before the from
which the extract above is made he will there fnd
declared and insisted upon, with triumph and exu,a
tion that WIN. Fl. Craw ford against the Coalition
and in favor of Gen Jackson's election. With great
Difference to Mr. Crawford, OF opinion that Mr..
Jeferson's sentiments entitled 10 much conside-
ration as h and unless we have greatly misunderstood
his character, Mr. Crawford would very cheerfully
make the admission. ''WH not the public enquire
why is it, that such desperate expediens are resorted
tps Can be realty necessary to sustain Gen jack
after many years Of public service, by resort
such desperate expedieDts?n Answer your own wise
questions gentlemen and before you advance new views
again. examine your files for at least treek back
But if the Enquirer considers desperate an ex-
pedient TO introduce Mr. Jefferson 10 sustain Mr.
Adams against Gen. Jackson, we can adduce an an
thOrity, which the Enquirer will respect. We
hope the Enquirer win deny its own language
though pleased nsinuatea dsrust of NIr Jeer-
sons. we want higher authority to sustain Mfr
.lams against Gen. Jackson, than the Enquirer ITSELF
cit written with astonishing force of ingenuity
and the most captivating eoquence of all descriptions
1t is monument of diplomatic genius. Il is an orna.
meni TO my country. feel proud of belonging 10
nation which has produced such blaze of taIeuts.n
Now we appeal TO the public, if the of whom all
these fine things are said-who is pronounced monu
tnent of diplomatic genius ornament to his country
and TO possess tla=e of talents, b. competent
jndge as the Enquirer must no, necessarily be better
qualified for the Presidency than soldier, des
tnte Of staiesnap's experience?
To SET off what it dare o.; contradict the recorded
opinions of Mr.. Jefferson in relation to Cen jackson
being made President the Enquirer speaks of the high
estimation in which be known TO hold Gen Jack
No doubt he did holt! him in high estimation as
patriot and successful solder-the same grateful es
nation in which Gen. Jackson is held by every man.
woman and child in the United States. All this lie
could and did feel. without suffering his feelings 10 run
away with his Judgment But we have faint, perhaps
mistaken recoiiect!on that pending the late Pres
DENTAL election, the Enquirer Itself Notwithstanding
lis present disgust at the made of Mr. Jefersons
Cor
authority of MIR. JeGorson's name to obsiruct his sue
CESS .Nr Cra,ajord. We do not assert this to be
the fact-but harng confused recollection of re.
ference to Mr. Jefferson's determined to
ezanine the files TO satisfy ourselves Oh the point This
We know, that many strange things may be found in
the C:l hles of the Enqurer
s'Why, tasks the Enquner,) for The sake Of Mr.
.'eHcTsons memory, not the public told when
where, and under what particular circumstances he
was induced thus to speak Of Gen. JacksooaD
Provided he did ''hus speak, we can really see no
difference that the time, place, and circumstances can
make? The sentiment was distinct and definite. Mr.
Jefferson said, ''the run made by Cen Jackson was
an evidence that the Republic would not stand long y
Soy what the odds TO time and pace-yhetlier
lie sPake it in January or June-at Monticello or
syie-uuder these circumstances or those?
Least of all we discern how it is to affect Bir
JeFerson's memory The sentiment is consistent viii
Mi JeIerson's opinions through Hfe-hs pacific poll
ry-his fear OF the military feeug-his invarisSle
opposition TO var, lest should engeuder too much
OF The military spirit aud disregard for law among the
people Of The United States. The Enquirer need have
no oPprei'ensiops about Sir. JeGerson's ,aeu,ory.
Stc1m SbiPS IF U'nr.--There is in the Aprn npro
Der Of Blockwood, says the New Yorl, American
Fettor by two Captains of the British navy in which Il
i5 conended that owing 10 the great Improvement and
more general Introduction of steam boatstbev ,nue;
trenceorth constitute the efficient of naval war
tare-and recommending il therefore, an OBLIGATION
"t duty all the officers Of the British pagy 10 make
themselves practically acquainted With the nature and
pSger of steam engines, when used to propeI vessels
The writers of the letter state that they themselves