Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-09-06

source OF INFINITE delight to reflect, that low as publ,
p nus SUNK you" you are still estimated as you de
serve. ~ lew attracted by the glare of YOUR wcat b
ana many more actuatcd by the violence of marty sp;
rrt' concur IN exolng those talents which all allow
20" 10 possess; hut public opinion would soon frown
INTO silence the man VINO would profess In Ju;rc
ncdr'' winch prompts the ndiscrimnate destruction
vi every character which happens to interfere with
your iaVorte PROJECT OF debating To VIRGINIA
:. - . ,ne Wen Known observation of u celebrated
orator that 1t Is the nature of every tinr orre,t TO
De wild and cratic Tho reverse of this m7 i'm ,,it
70 'he nature OF every thing wild and errat,. To b,
great would place you at the head of the oue Il
e. t: no W. h''ro" observation of your course
10 perceive That you yourself entertain tho, idea which
the reverse OF the rule is calculated to convey In
" ho o'her pfuclpie can we for the pxtrav;t-
Sice tnot TO say lndecency) of Your conduct i'm the
senate In the house, and upon many other public oc
caslons unless your enemies have ,ncboriiob lin
ted we are to attribute it to the fumes of wine or tho
raVings OF insanity. rather choose to consider it
however as the excess of an oyerNeanpr v,n " which
'uuSnt you to believe that the widest cytrayaran;,
OF winch you could he guilty would mass current for
inc eouiitions OF genus Unfortunately for your ~
putaion, fear You have listened too long TO the adj
vice OF those pernlcous friends by whom Won rc sur
rounded, and who have persuaded Won that auy con-
duct however ns,tfftrablc i'll others will be hailed
WIN applause III person OF your consequence. I'm
taught by experience, you have suffered them to itt.r
you iilo bcief that your word Is law Ill Nirginia
ana the greatness with which Won swallow the iie,
Pii hkehs you still more strongly to that whom
You are si;id to resemble nearly i'll yoar physical
St'''ui uliltg Is the PRIME moving principle OF
your soul but 1t is not that vanity which some times
smtlatcs to the noblcst actions. II is not that vanity
winch actuated FULLY when he riSqucd lis all for the
preservation OF his country it is vanity of that cold
anu hcartless kind which prompt ed the French mon
ster to adorn his with an infinite i,lber
OF DIS own portraits wllle he deIuncd the coun-
| try with the blood OF his fellow citizens IN or
der TO It's qualification. Ii that vanity which VIII
destroy rival without remose In order TO e,y;c it.
self on his ruin. Though You want the power Won
io9rSei nave sad enough f. convince that YOU
iacheh not tie Inclination 10 exercise the TYRANNY of
honcSplcrre Tor you have assured Us that Won came
OF race tia; never forgive an enemy IL need
cd not his assurance 10 convince us OF that vindctvc
disposition o; which you have otherwise given so ma
! NY proofs: and the acknowledgment would DISGRACE
any one who was not already sunk below the sense
OF shame.
Amidst all the eXtravugancies OF your whns how
ever Is hut justice to state that You lave been con-
sS'nnt' Whether fighting III the republican ranks or
denouncng the admins! ration OF Mr. jefferson whe-
thcr upholtng England in her contest with Your
country ana reprohatmg military and military
measures, or boldly prououncing Your preference OF
tIil Jackson 20 arise from his military fame YOU have
uniformly marked Your from your first disaD-
Pomtincilt from which you have never recovered to
the present moment OF ephcmcr;l popularity wla par
| " whose VIEWS It suits to tiaer belief on IN
importance which Won never possessed In this ne
We'll as Ill coarse rbadry and vulgar abuse yo, a tar
eAccl Your worthy compeor the Governor 0f VIRGINIA
aS th gentleman srrpasses all the rest nt the world.
II mas become fashionable among certain party to
honor you with the name OF patriot TO the eyclrson OF
the title OF all others to that honorable dist inc
ti3iS How long IL has been since they discover
| ed your TIL, to that honorable appcation it
Is Impossible Tor to decide But yo;l al least sir
are bound to give us your idea the word patriotism
without any violent distortion of your sentiments #
IS fair To conclude that notions of las
Iar as regarhs yourseT) confined 10 an affection
for another and distant lard. bone Your admirers
Wiiremcnber the expression .as long US there were
any gen l'n IN Er"nia, and il their inter tatior
OF patriotism does not coincide wi'h voars be both less
drN''nt 1T NOtir ard
elusive light to the title is disputed. When were
! there any gentlemen in Virginia. Was it before the
heTo1tion when oar government more nearly resen-
bl"d that OF your dear old England when a few
grandees We're lords OF the soil and could grind the
poor man TO the dust, i'll that ivorite country
out his having the least possibility Of redress. How
ever this may be, If seems Won are the representa-
tive Of that departed stock and truly to udge from
the specimen, We may rejoice that the is nearly
| extinct.
But notwithstanding this tone of contempt, yorr
friends have claimed Tor rou the rirlt of dctatin to
Virginia and YOU yourself have - far acouicsccd rs
to have not only taken her into vour special protec-
ton, but even 10 have transferred her guardianship at
your death. When one million of free men shall
submit to BE- dictated to- by jn Of thc ncutcr rc1-
der, their debasement will be great indeed. Trca-
7 son VIII have become virtue, the mlDatory procla-
nation OF Governor Giles wholesome advice, and
disunion have LOST half lis terrois.
You have already shown lauiable anxiety for
your posth'rnous fame: being assured doubtless that
your memory Will outve the busy transactions in
winch YOU nave taken such q conspicuous part. Let
us imagine you to have already passed the narrow
isinus which connects time with eternity, and the
gentleman whom YOU have publicly appointed your
f bographer engaged in the profitable task of compos-
ing your memoirs. He has already pursued his
norrativc through all the changes of your protean life
f and finally seen the hero safely lodged in the grave
with his fathers As is the manner of historians he
feels himself obliged to sum up in few genera
words the character of him whose memoirs he Ina.
written. Let It's suppose however nprobable) thai
he brings to the task mind which overlooks all tn,
preudces OF party i'll its impartial search after truth
and then let us imagine the character nc would draw
"it Is difficult TO draw the character of the singular
, individual whose memoirs form the subject Of Thu
volume. He was every thing by turns and nothing
long. His opinions subject TO the most frequent
and most irrational changes and the idea of those
whom lie deemed his interiors not changing with hin
drove him to the most violent acts ofinustice. Til.
injustice always without magnanunity, for Inc
considered it treason against his supremacy for any
to hesitate when he thought fit to pronounce the law
bC IF a1icpy which all l.;