Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-10-04
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70 General .4adrceo Jccison.
SIN: Before the unfortunate yea. OF your admirers
placed vol. in the atnic of candidate for the first
office in the gift of the people your character was CON
sidnra scored: YOUR achievements had thrown r-ou,,,
You halo Of glory, which the eye Of detract;on in
vain cndcarorcd TO penetrate The numerous tuuts
of your character either silently winkc at or o.
pcny defended; and there waa heartily an American
who did not feel iDrcat iii the preservation OF yo;r
hcnnr Nothing could hive been more fortunate for
yo'i! reputation than ,r you to have ALWAYS contin-
Nc! in retirement. You would lien never have zone
down to future ages the associate of that man. who
r't conceived the idea OF destroying happy nsi-
buttons. and whose will only cease TO be eyccra-
-, when pa.riot-T shall longer be esteemed
Fir'nc. Your t':oW citizcns iron, grateful sense Of
yoUr important services. had nlrecdy ivcn Won the
rlttn OF their aiirc;icrs. The i!nboundcd confidence
which thoy Teposcd III yonr virtue, au; patriotism has
b't one example in the history of this country Hv
what accident, by w!at laisfortumc-haf it hr5ncncd
that this friendly disposition has in many been chan
od into the most revealing antiquity The inherit
lont inquiries OF your enemies the unruardod nc
knoWlc grncns of your friends gre not alone sufficient
to account for detection ~ ucxn,npei in the annals
OF csnvasSiDg. Some oct Of your own must have III,
tnrVcnei, 20 tIrn their admiration into :lisn,st and
their friendship into hatred Il is not difficult to trace
It 30 It's source. Your noes no longer those Of
private ila; til III: 10 ncnnncsse the low urticcs to
winch the hero OF two has stopped n tho road Of
pFcitrn'nt, have become incorporated with the lso-
~ oftha country.
Having Early travelled through the c-tuo r:,c az IN?
crimes, you we're uIred fl by ycr ,a,ijrara 10
answer the honorable purposes for which your admin,
is'ration was Intended. Tcy Judged ccrrec u, that
if once elevated by ,lcr means. tt could nic,d v,
20 their Will tor hc transition from tho tvrnT 20 the
slnHC - "asy 0lld natural. that noti,c but rf,r.-n
Of cTcur!%tnDcsis necessary 10 render il co,,li.t .,
add 10 thc circumstances under which ycu yers Or :
forward: ne Eraccr OF lie gcritl"raa b. whom Won
were originally nominated ana The dram IS cnlrulr.c
FiTig from his native state escape The soon atcr,-
dan upon tic q. Il CRIME which IN t. ;tntn
subjects The arprtln!or to imprisonment III the Pe-
tcn';ary he iniInd Consc stion in friendship for
tho rcoun he has! lost IIiG DEGRADE 10. seems ~
haze been mr. to yotr iiien,ehr and scr, Gre ri
opinion, tc' iii the event of your c.con he VIII BE-
Pinced i'll situation where he may indulge liz n.tr-
raj propensity 81 making way with the public finds
in order TO make his Recommendation Of Won, more ci
ccuei, be resolved tn ssslm" character a fifth, TO
which he had forfeited and stiHc every f..riinr Of
shame IN its birth. The former was tal. which h,
was never able to accomplish 10 the satisfaction ofar,
but his own immediate friends but he hq, srjccoo ia
so We'll III the Inter. that he even submits 10 hear HIM
self called an honor withr;, feeling insu!.ci nv tho
HlsapplcGion Of the term. OF ordinary L. Il
cacy who had been guilty Of rcCu!o. ion 81 tiogra
rs that which first introduced this gentleman TO vo,ir
acquaintance would blush TO hear pronounced in his
presence Bit the spirit of Iacksons;n mas iarol-
ced distinction between homer and honesty: f0r what
cT"r may be his prccnfOrs 10 the former the r c-Sf
reckless ofyour adfcreas will hardly venture 70 de
defend his title to the LITTER Seeking to shield rolr
own disrCPutahlc deeds frGn observation under the
erI1g isiny OF his, the idea once occurred to
You thnt there might be improperly in u-scr;a
ting will! TIA: of o man nc.o io1sly tr,;lty
offs most fragrant breach oftrust our discretion yvr
unable to keep pace with your ini7atiencc Tho road
10 Treternca' wee open and intoxicated by the bril-
!anry OF tho prospect You thought il loss Of time IN
hesitate moment. The fpInos fnayirn Of Io,r,1.-
WAS adopted in moment, though yon afterwards dis
Corded 1t Win Us little ceremony You would have
thrown OIL garment no longer fit for wear Conatca
ny ono o your friends to your wishes with rrrard
your nomination for u. States Senator Won hesat Cd
not TO declare when it suited your convenience thu
you hod been elected without your own lnovycdcc OF
consent.
Yon had yet displayed thc fi,Il oxtcnt Of yo
abilities. on had already given us ernDlc rroof
Of Your capncity for the commission of the most h
nous crimes but nc who views you merely in the
capacity of murderer and tyrant has INT n flint
idea ofthc versatility ofyour genius. Even the prca-
ncs of their crimes throws certain cir Of grandeur
around those men whom all ages have ccnc'1rrcd in
dcnomnGtIng teroeS. But they hive almost uniform
~ possCsseha sufficient degree If 1ncnriritv TN en- 90
them from little vices which they thought derorotorv
to the honor they had acquired by their moro spcnd
crimes. four character is every v,av tho reverse
Stained as you are with crninalify oftc dcrpcst die
You can nevertheless descend to low frjcks which
would do no discrcdit to Jonathan Wild himself
Though you congratulated Mr.. Adams on his SUCCESS
shelving thereby at least a tecit opr-oboton of tbc
means by which he had obtained it, vet no sooner was
your back turned than disappointment rot tho bettnr
of your Judgment. Your assumed poitenc-ss vanish
cd IN moment, and the rough and natural ten,por of
the Tennessee bully was exhibited in a thousand in
stances Yet, amiablc man, amidst al the cxtravaran
ceS which rendered you conspicuous at this pcrd
1t was easy to perceive that you were concerned not
Tor yourself but for the good the people alone They
mad been cheated oFtheir rights by corrIIpt aiori
~, and you felt yourself the only man capable of
toIine tneno IN Your patriotic zeal to put down
corrupt administration you even condescended to ,io
aiate your own protested principle of never sceLuo
ONCE Inc many uneasy moments this painful sa-
cln'ce OF your consistency tothc good Of your country