Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-10-29

oftiic case which that charitable Samaritan stigma
,xes san inipudent if not corrupt interference"
\ body OF citizens approach the Executive and ask
then, in appointing public officers to consider the
claims Of persons whom they recommend. The prac-
tcc is cocval with the Government and is done eve
ny day III the year, AMI in every Government OF the
- States. For the first time, certainly III Virginia
i, is resented by member of the Executive Council
Tor We suppose Fr,;iiius To belong to tina. uuguss
body) encroacncnt upon their most re- al die-
nifty, and stigulatizcd impudent If not corrupt
,crerelcc whit he duties Of their High Misltincgs
cs pretty pass, the citizens OF Virginia, are get
ting to indeed y rrec;ons cc,npl6ca;ion of that
Republ;canisn which is the boast of the State! Ct-
gpRs oftic State not allowed to approach tie Off
GERS whom they have created and whose existence is
in The breath of their nostris, 70 address them re
spectfniy upon matter of public interest without
being reproached US ncdders, and stgn,atized as
corrupt. a pretty pass things haro GOT to iii this
Rcpub'ic!
We SHALL NOW, having given this statement of
facts, every Of which be sufficiently establish
I'd, pursue Yrinins step ny step. Nuc. Of his Jcrc-
nliad is founded upon the mistake ola writer IN JEFF
i,rsoh, WHO knowing that the Governor presided in
Council, assumed that NJ proposed the nomination of
the commissioners friendly to JACKSON. THIS las no.
thing to do with the merits a: the His mistake
cannot Affect the proprlety OF the proceeding III ap-
pointing al! Jackson nor can his loc.
isg part OF the censure nthc Governor, affect the
co9uct of those who solicited from the Executive, q
mixed commission Il has given Virg;,,ius an oppor-
tunty OF oinS his Excelcpcy with attcrr, and that
perhaps as the only motive Tor his noticing an error
Which he probably knox TO b. nadvcrtcnt. iIayin,
performed this pleasant duty, this writer asks:
WAS the LIST (cf friends administration IN truth
presented by the Adams Committee? Or was lis pre-
se"Gton the Ioerc work Of tho Editor OF tn, R;cf-
inond Wing, in whose hand writing it il ru,noursd
the list was made out: Was there any representa-
ton or memorial from the adams Courmttcc or any
other body Of citizens attending it, or cid this paper
us has also been runoured $seac ck11Gsss;0ty into
the Council Chambes through the means ST one of
tie Adams members and without any communication,
TO the Governor whatsoever and b.uTin the mark
] on lis back, Anti-!ac;lson Commssioncrs:'
! The narrative oitacts gwen above, is a RELY 70
''s of:Icse intcrgogatores G:c list ,,as ar 81,
truth" presented By Tie ,tdelus C1p is.b,t i,
Vas made ont at .la request CO the individual rmc1
hers OF that Con Hi.ter its object fifty approved bv
thein aud the list itself handed by their direction 10
Join H. Smith, Esq. member oft'ie Council, 60 &c
by h!n exhibited 10 tat lrody, in What tnanncr end
form DO might choose Whether this is sssucoLIrr
ck1ndestinciy" into the Sacred prcsencc Of the rost
Wors1in! Council, wi'Is the most aur,Ist Governor
ana his Ice - their kead il too tnotty 81 pojt Of
caSuistry oT ~ 90 unite We leave it for the sol,,
fion OF these acute diaacciana who can so vjro-ors
y call for tic application Of c maxim Of "ro.a-io j..
"i;'i t" i:.o Quincy AdaTns WHO las hec. three.
years aud six months Prcsdant, yet who DO no. per
cciVc toat the Same maxim applies With quadruDIed
'0fce 20 case lnuch nearer home The ingenious
gentlemen who think that the rule of .oyat;eu oa-t -
ollt. rood J.,
once IN seventeen %ears III their o.ra, ans say who.
'net ti'is was 'ciandestna II seakng" Into Tic Coru
{" Chaiuer or not; but that lno. .5rlii is man
20 SNEAK OF shuttle either When the duty cr uu OFF,
Ger IS to be done the part OF man 10 be PLAYED.
u VIII reqnIrc nnuch more Ingenious ogiclsrs than
| 'lrglntns TO satisfy the public
wA9n7soever proceeds a'!tliorj tl.;s r,aper
was i't1lshcd Its intrusion Gil harlo; must he nd
i'tted to have been o:fcious and ir1vudcrt mir
ference Will tic duties Of The Executive"
The extreme dccorun Of this wrifer must be vastly
aai'ircd lie calls the ntroduc ton Of list of names
as honorable rs this Commonwealth affords, recon-
n''h"ed 70 Office by citizens of Richmond, many of
cii the most shining OF the land, aud presented bv
Il member Oh the Council, whose pure and uprinIt
character Is known throughout the State-he calls
'S an 'TnSfon, can iaPertincnt and o6tcious inter
ference! Not the Great Moeul, or tic Basbav, Of
ifPoN coHid deliver himself in language more npe-
1ouS ana insulting TO tho slave who had cncroacher
upon MS despotc presence! Is this the language ola
republican to trcemen' Isit a Councillor of Virri
a who pulled Up by little brief authority, thus pre-
Ses speak OF rccmen, as if they were his subjects
Or his slaves" Our word for it, this very writer is one
VINO nherts c'rI'aicc Rcpublicanism-one who is 50
purely blicdn, that he toeratcs no difference Of
opinion With hin. When before was 1t Considered
an intrusion an inrpudent and oGcious interference
'oF the citizens of this Commonwealth, sinnly or in
NUMBERS to address their rulers in TIE onauaoe Of
circumstances complaint recommendation? Never
Dciore.-Peope of Virginia. This is the condition to
Whch we arc brought by the operation of our iseru
Die Constitution. This is the effect ofremovino vopr
oicers beyond the reach and the control of tho rone,
h's Is tho effect osthat particur organization ofe
executive wLiciI excmpng them from popular cI,as