Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-04-23
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p:,, FoR THE CoNsrIrUrIoNaL WING.
bbVlEW OF THE JACKSON ADDRESS.

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'hat address only OF public no;ore,y bu, form
| part oil our national history.
hu aSSenoiage OF Jackson Delegates took place in a
usSs afterwards, and it natural 10 expect from
WIS Convention also, address 10 the peonie se,,iop
,oru'' IN candid language, the reasons winch moved
.'e" 10 support of Gen. Jackson aud which ought
81, ne people 10 unite with them in this support.
~ was disappointed at the silence with which this
convention. treated the subject. No address yos
80 " ne'n 10 the people, although the importance
81 we SUBJECT seemed strongly TO demand 1t. VIE
er 'ie silence, at that time, arose rron cupyirt;n,
nat hothi!g could be urged in favor Of the capjid,
""ose cause they advocated, or whether the Convcr
non 'e overwhelmed with the arguments containei in
Tue addIefs OF the Convention which preceded ,fc,r
asseinbage by six days will pc,ians nevor ho r,,r.r
an we know OF their views tic time is that a mn
" do mace oy member, respectfully requesting
oh'n,itee to address the people of Virgi.
MA VII me approaching Presidential election and that
ne ntofsoa cas rejected. We know also thai t Con-
Feh'on appointed Committees with power 10 GII all
vacancies occurring in the Electoral College and
80 uopt SRca JuifteT measures as ey man Jeso cr
Peate"l TO promote Tie object of Mis ,5eeijopn
w may then trace the late address of the Jackson
:, e"'o" 10 'he power given 10 the Central Com
et' uuueI tne aiicised words OF tue resolution a
uoie 'e,erfeh TO- Tor there is other authority by
winch The power can be claimed by them l. ron >
reV.e" OF these proceedings, the first thing vhu.
a',he me inDd OF every s, what could have ndu
Geo s Central Committee TO usher forth ,l. ,ddr.ss
alter delay of sevcntyfipe daysa The ConveDtinn
isei seemed 10 think that the Cause of Gen jackson
was so strong in Virginia, that no effort Of rms EnJ
I, 'Ce"y al haf fn"s, yet :ofesccing that The mi
mary cYer might abate, they clothed the Central
committee with power, Specialy in the first nlaoe
ana then generally, TO do all such other tbinrs az
i"%''t promote the object of the meciing The Cen
in. INN N"e" lhese things vciy WE'LL and so
,onS as necessity did not press upon them an address
The people, so long they resolved 20 be silent be
euss ey no donot felt convinced that the least SAID
nHs ue oes' Tor their cause. Finding at length that
"e puoilc sentiment IN Virginia changing. ground
and passing rapidly from Gen Jackson 10 MIR gdame
Hnuing that tho great State of New York had been
mistaken by the friends OF Gen. Jackson or raibe,
m!srepfesented by them, The Central Committee NJ
o'ohu ""G no doubt, greatly prefe rcds ITO remain
silent, resolved thai silence would no LONGER a and
'a' some new and great efIoI must be made to sus-
'ain ,he 'otierlnS ediiicc upon which Cen Jackson
stands Hence the address which las baen l,,ely IL
sued which, for great length false auboritv and ,r
authority pereersed, 10 SuR TIE rc,cs Of Tie ,r;
', exceeds any thing which has been seen i'm ,ncder-
!nes' low lamentahle is il, That under the corrodna
p"ence OF party spirit, the truth cannot be told or ii
I"td That II should be made 10 assume Gress which
coiceais or DISCUSSES lis real form.
ihos' Ia place at performing that duty, which the
enlightened mind the honest yeoinsn,v of tho
county; IN place speaking plain truths TO the peo
PIE III pian language. that all may see and under
s'ad' oy Tie acts OF the opposition one dark cIoud is
maze 10 oHeThanG our political HORIZON, so thick and
STRONG thht neiIher talents, genius nor patriotism
can pierce II, and human liberty every where M, y.
ov"rw hc!'ne6 by IFS bursting floods
Tins is The point TO which the cyes of the neonl,
should be direced, and wien ;he dancer is once seen
the remedy Will be PLAIN and easy.
beore lake Up he address itself i, NAV be nro-
per 10 MAKE some further preliminary remarks and
'tse Fe"a rs VIII apply Chiefly 10 the representatives
~ Tie pcpPle NO bows with mCie unafTected Gin
ceriiy 10 the sovereign wi; of the pcnuIe tim tho
writer OF these humble essays; lie can have no motive
t'er "F e"le tanning, or expressing older opin
ION, because lie IS Huns eli OF the naonIe and ~ n.
Times an advocate for their rights; bnt the peope do
not awas understand their rights nor their iDtcrests
ana II uet are represented by misguided and hea ed
men every thing which is dear them, may be ienp
lnrh x-
OF party winch sometimes carry tie representative
INTO political tempest destructive Of the beat ,nte,
es'' OF TIE people, or by timid feeling the repro-
sentative and at the Same time, love Of popularity,
which makes him afraid 10 .'speal the thine, ,yhc.
he hiInseif doth Know Thus IN place IT foIlnvi,n
we honest dictates Of hrs Judgment and tna,,1
MS rune Oh action he substitutes what he thinks ina
be Tue "rOf yoI'U," makes This ms rule Of action
ana thereby piunges himself and his country into min
ADD Gesoiation. ii is dspaIagcn,cpt 10 The ruder
standings OF tie people 10 say that they do not at all
tunes, understand their rights and their interests re-
moieiy Situated iey generally ave- from Che seal nj
information pursuing their daily avccaiions hr, have
! no means OF acquiring knowledge, upon subjects
which oiten spring up in the unex pccted mann
and can only be understood By The pcrusal nf docu-
Inents which they cannot obtain In ii,usfrsttcn M
: this proposition, | will instance the present disagree
nebt OF tie american and British governments pon
what IS commonly called tie colonial uucs,iop and
VIII ASH no" The people are TO he informed honest
y upon this SUBJECT except by the honest and indie
pendent representa- tons Of their represCnfativese M
m'n Is either wise or knowing, by 5ntujti11 and those
VINO can nave no access TO the Of knowledge
must remain IN ignorance unless their
are honest and independent enough to corn murca,e TO
'hen' IN on honest, simple and unvarnishcd form al
snch important political facts, may bear upon the
rights and the interests of the people. 1t does not
nn'regnently happen that few noisy dernagogucs,
pass oil their own language, as the Language OF the
people, aud those who are hunters after popriarjfy
often mistake ths TOR the will Of The people, and BY
coming IN With these noisy decaincrs sometimes sue.
coed, 10 so poisoning the minds ofa whole community
cS totorn m o'non for them, tcich Hey trouid o1cr
hare |oTocd Jor McmSeivsU, it, in the beginning they
had been properly Informed upon the subject This
verify DO believe 10 have been the case with tho
friends Of Gen. Jackson in the Stale Of Virginia and
elsewhere few leading demag6gues, began TO aryiie
t1tt, and maze greu noise against MIR. adams ,l,r
moment I've was elected, and with their own selfish
views they allowed to go on without any se,iou
notice being taken Of them, until the upsuspeotinp