Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-12-02

my leiter-ilare you done 81 ?--Lr | mistake not,y YOU
nave had frequent opportunities. On the 4th OF july,
Tue CITY OF charleston was IN n state of the most an
CRY colnmotion. There was openly and avowedly a
Union and L dis-unlon party-at least | heard men so
distinguished us they walked the streets. The Gov
criior had been poremptorily called on to conye the
Legislature. to adept measures against the General
government. The Mercury your own paper, q mean
polttlcaily) IN lis publications, spoke u language of
sucn octcrihlheo resistance, as 10 provoke the male
dic'ions OF southern Jackson prints of the first emf
nehcc. All was gloomy and portentous.-You were
Iii the city on that duy--the most conspicuous man os
We'll from your exalted station oil Senator, as from
having been lately placed at the head of the Military.
W hat did you do or say to dispcl or 0uide the storm ,
You We're called on by the rs Society fwith which
you ditied) by u political compliment to EXPRESS YOUR
views on our political affairs. Custom. however
wrong, required 1T from you. Did you do SO? Lo.
no other answer than an empty return ofthnut-s. 'Tbcy
did you the honor of inviting yt,i TO rive tl,cm , t,ost
iierc again was IN opportunity sforded to raise the
hopes oil those who ~despaired Of their country, or to
oIity the passions OF such as had been too far trans
ported ny her wrongs. What was YOUR sentiment,
y CLOWN burst OF patriotic feeling which suited the
awful emergency: Alnanly. fearless assertion of tI,e
side which you took: An Invocation to your country
men 10 SUI their rage and wait for more prcritiois
times: oh no. None OF these. 1t was Gen. Win
hcii Scott.--Montcs partufum, uascitur ridicul,s
mus. IN making this remark, | mean to cast no re-
'iecti"ia on the hero ofour Northern frontier. But he,
patrlo! and soldier as he is, would have blushed on si,ch
aduy--lnsucha an emergency otpublic affairs-in such
Situatlor-and So called on, to have thourht for one
moment OF the wrongs of an individual. however dis
tnguisiied. II was remarked in the city-it has been
remarked where ever ! have been. Again. Sir. If
the public prints speak true, YOU have durinp the sum-
ner coursed through the country-becn at political
feaSts-yet nave we seen Il word from YOU, calculated
TO aiiay pubic feeling? On the contrary. has not your
attendance ON those meetings, and Your ertrDorlko1,,,
silence (or no man is naturally and usually more dis
posed toIoquaclty than yourself) been n tacit approval
oftl'Is ercitcnaent. 1t is your own conduct, believe me.
winch has given rise to these suspicious.
fllnuV. Have no rpaSnn Ia c,r,rl,;, Sc $780,,
What have you not attached to me? You distinctly
admit 4" your Gdd!cSS, that | have attributed 10 the
Delegation no measure which was not consistent with
Tie purest patriotism, and to you,seY no sentiment
which you do not highly approve. Why shower on
me the burning lava of your wrath? If others over
whom | have no control, have chosen to attribute TO
those acts and opinions (Which you expressly approve
and commend) motives and views injurious to your
character, they deserve punistment-not me-. In
the reign OF terrorism when France writhcd under
the infections OF Robespicrre, it WIS considered a re-
flement Of tyranny that he made it a crime to be sys-
'ected u being suspicious. But never did that heart
less tyrnnt, delighting as he did in the tears and blood
OF his fellow man, and void of all sense of Justice. inn
prove so far on this Internal maxim, as to ruillotinc
one man for the wrong doings of another. In this
yau certainly have CLAIMS to originality.
L am with due respect, your OBJ DIT serv't.
TIiOS. Z. MITCHELL,
Georgetown, Nor. II, 1923.