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

Representatives through the Speaker that he had beer
detained by sickness, from his public duties since FRI
day last.
For THE CoNsTIruTioNar WnrG
TO AGfS.-No. II.
SIR The first sentence Of your address to Mr. John
son contains insinuation derogaory 10 his decacy
That sentence rs as follows
"SIR:-l have seen, without surprise, an address
''of the Anti jackson Conventions, reported by Won
land of which you are, unostentatous.s held up
eas the sole and exclusive author. Whether this
proceeds from natural nstinc-loye of oif.prinp-or
from wish 10 make the public believe that il was
"no concerted operation between yourself aud Ger.
Stain persons at w ashing ton, shall not underate
''to enquire"
II lie difficult to decide from the phraseoiogy whe
ther you mean that Mr.. Johnson has ostentatiouxlr
held himself up the sole and exclusive author ol
the Address, or whether he has heen SO held 10 by
others: The first idea is supported by the words ina
urai instinct, "iove of 0ffsprIng"whie the second
seems 10 be conveyed by the words in the first mem
Der OF the sentence rather believe that your go
cret conscience admonished you, that Mr. johnson
had not in reality, besn guilty of the indelcacy of os
tentatiousiy proclaming himself the exclusive author
OF the Address, at the time that that cons ceuce
could not prevail you to let pass so favorable an
opportunity of exposing him the sidicue, which
such an avowal necessarily subjected him to- There
Is papabe coDfusion nay, contradiction OF ideas in
your language; but if you meant to saw that Mr.
Johnson had held himself up as the sol.: and excu
SiSe author OF the Address, you wrong his deliescy
and outrage the fact. IF you designed merely tc con
yey the impression that he had been SYSTEMATICALLY
held up as the sole and exclusive author by others
you still wide of the trnth There was no os,euta
lion in the case. member indeed of the committee
oil which air johnson was the chairman, took coca
sion to .disclam for himself and his colleagues oil
share IN the address; b II when soe .i;I,n- had
been said that properly introduced the topic ard as
| (who was spsctator) beeve wi,fuut concert OF
previous communication In this may be mistaken
but believe myself correct. Now where is the os.
teuatioD Of all this? How does Gen. Tayio,s modest
disclaimer convict Mr.. johnson of osteutaon II Won
mean tiin--or the Convention if you mean i,,em-o,
whomsoeyer you did mean? But you insinuae that
this was studied movement (the imputpg the excIu
sve authorship Of the Address to Mr. J. 10 make the
lpubc believe that the Address was not a concerted
operation between certain persons Washington ane
the author, How ii could have this effect, / am AT q
loss 10 conceive Would il not as strongly appear &c
have been concerted without its heng exclusively az
cribei TO Mr. J. as by ' But your logic is defect
ge the idea you wished TO ey the public under
standing. that the Address of the Virginia Couvento,
was concerted at Westinghouse rather that i; wa
dicascd from thence-s intellg ble enougl; and PRO
vided your injurious surmiees stick you arc Indifferent
TO the phrase in which they reach the ear Of the public
This idea has been repeatedly thrown on: witt, vew
OF alarming the pride of Virginia, both in the news
papers, and IN general remark; and the Hon job,
Randolph in the II. of r. with TIE fear Of the Addrcs
before his eyes, and in his heart and would seen
without fact to authorize his Inference 10 aid i'm .
purpose OF 0eaoeDlnE us influence
i, pressed, or rather insIDuaed, file same belief Bu
come from what quarter such an opinion rnav-fron
the House OF Representatives. or from Agis-;t is n
true, essentially, and particularly There was M
concert between persons at Washington & Richmond
aD!ess, IN The ordinary way, giving and receiving ori
nary intelligence, and which would have occurred
! had there been Convention in existence and n,
address negotiated. II is intended be insinuatec
that the materials of the Address furnished from
w aslng;on the assumption is uterly deDied--f tina
The spirit or topics cf the Address were dictated from
that place, it is wholly denied-f that the course
the Convention wss in the slightest degree Influenced
by extraneous action, IL is sti wholly and absouel
denied and let those who these facts establish
the prnof. The object Of such usnusons is too eros.
and raIpabe, TO escape the detection Of The public
To connect the Va. Convention with The hdnipistra
/ ton a, Westinghouse represent it as having beer
there, aud having by the score
influence end exerions of the Secretary Of Stato-t
depc, the result of Ga bnei management 10 ho
il up object OF jealousy and distrusi TO the al
armed pride OF Virginia, the plan fallen on from
the frat, 20 paraysc its effect public sentiment
and TO render il obnoxious to The ignorant and III
I, sensitive. That such iDsiDuations have, and ar
known to have, foundation in truth and Justice
interpose no sort OF restraint upon their circulation
it rather quickened than retarded the industry OF those
who dreadiDg its consequences, determined {
srangle it in its cradle Islander IFS legitimacy
Vain and impotent attempt. Without pretending {
consider itself the Representative of the ,ohote peopI
Of Virginia, but claiming for their constituents POI
ton Of her citizens, large in numbers and respectabl
in every point of view, the Convention survived III
storm OF calUmny which met IL at the threshold wa
sustained by the people 10 an extent not anticipated
the most sanguine, fulfilled the highest expec ton
Of friends, and realized the gloomy anticipstious
enemies IFS sssembIsge is epoch IN the politics
history OF the State, as it's proceedings haye elevate
the intellectual reputation Of Virginia abroad Wbs
better demonstrates tbis-tbe high opinion which enc
mics themselves entertain Of the Address--than III
Simultaneous attack made upcn it, and its author, fror
so many cuarleTss