Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-09-17
iITGm the O-.o St;c,c iourral.1
CIVIL, tcnITIR NhIEN-r'St

l'rom the O-o st,cc rorrral1
CIVIL ACQUlREMENTS.
lii .u:iiIcr ages was thought darrcr,ns-ar,l lis
toy proved II S9-to ctrust i.ilitnry men, ever when
gifted with civil requirements with supreme sway in
FciUic It appears 70 have been, eft for tho chi
&ch' OF ihl6 giftd country TO see ITO danger l., this
course ana thus put the wisdom Of ares al ugu,eht.
nut l:i'r nave likewise the glory 81 discovering, fb,f
mary man destitute Of civil requirements. i, mos
W"it!iY ct executing the EiSiys: civ. station CT the
Coy crnmci;t.
Ne o. That acquired knowledge ,aincd Nv education
a.1 experiences, necessary for The execution Of he du
Ties OF the Presidency. ]. q. Adams has served an
apprenticeship of almost forty wears in s,hordip,te
tons and by his requirements; every v,oy ,,,o,nJ -
aud HM;fc to the station he now occ MOS: ht nccor
ding to the prevailing Jackson looc the former houli
DC ao'aEccd 20 the Presidency liz preference to the
tser lei the honor prosperity fthe ccu,,,ry b.,
promoted not ~
Hcr. Jackson say of his supporters is a man
OF energy and decsiOn-of this we have no doiht
Wy Estos arc my passport says the General in pass-
ing the United STATES Agency with drove of ne.rocs
whore passports by law were required NV pistols
arc my passports says he: they have served -: such on
!Fmcr OCCASIONS and will desert me on this Here.
IL energy and decision with vengeance. Law md
Justice are trainplc3 under vet cnsrc- ard ocisn
are supreme III! Ire aening involve Si!as Dire
more the Indian Agent, ii he flames of the Agency
mouse n ne di" nc; comply with certain unlawful de-
iihs Vi Hcntrdl jackson, another instance, OF his
cnerg! and decision. His declaration OF mart ial Iou
III N,W Orleans, an act without precedent in the an
'as q our country-his suspension of the writ OF In
b'iS corpus, Justly considered the poIisd;n,n of or
it'eftlea--il. Imprisonment Of Iudc. Ha-is pcrsc-
cHtloA OF MI Louaicr--i,is slaughter Of sixteen In
u-ah prisoners IN cold biood-his rlslnc an army OF
men 'oT tfS Sclnrole war on his authority &c
arc certainty charming evidences OF tIlarv and 1ac;s
ION ci character they unfortunately O; his cor
tempt for the laws cf his country and the s,s,iftio
ioi ms own arbrary ,lsposi ION for all laws human
ana oivne.' IL: viii gather al able Cut:cf arourr
lla say others Of his supporters tdmit Hat h ~,
Da' the head otiie Cabinet, like the keystone nC
All afci Is detective. the whole structure
Vi coiiLhghce. intrigue AMI petty management vii
oO''u'dty Take place between the dittrit S,,cra y
mes 10 bend the mind o.. tiGir Chief IN accorianro
'icif own iiVora measures; and the Cahne. instead
.! P!'S;nilg as at present, able head rrrnl,in
Inc MhoiG machinery o. Government with iccur.,t5
"c'"''l- DGloi: on where every S striving to he
"is-er' where I'll DISPOSED TO COMMAND and nero
"ny' ii Wc lave any interest III the present form a.
Government Ii is surely the duty Of cvarv citizen &C.
eXli':iu" deliberately The Qualifications ; .e, III;
seek tc hc entrusted witt is direction Two 10, a.
hG Ior certain services rendered in tic ba-lr tnii
" VIC '6'H OF Ten. Jackson, overcome the dictates 81
our hctf ii'gm Mt, and seek 10 elevate Z III ~ II h,
H@Hc'J CIV! StaIo Ii oar Governments s Div on uc-
count OF such services and without the noe eza,,
Habl"ati"nS Tor ihe OticC what do we more t;;or
MY to tHnPcr with those liberties Tor which, orr FIR
,atr ifecY poured out their blood and treasure
one 1aSG step might lose ell that we nh ,r;.a ed fro,,
t'"r "X3TtioHs ana centuries elapse charac rs, ~,
dc'po'Ic tyranny and revolutions before we sLorl3
au arrive if ever. at the hay point from which W.
" con l'i'IS Oh inc HaiCh tower o liberty.
INC Eds'hndra, have raised wlrEing o. the rrcc,pco
we tfcah upon iii seeking 10 elevate General Jackson
10 inc Presidential char; unlike hers, may their uro
Pictic voice not be disregarGed.
From TIC National Ir'elIiccrcr-1
ne tTtS'GciI-ivcry citizen who has any know
2dge at al OF public servants is acquainted with the
remarkably Iaboriuus habits Of t., President He s
perhaps the earliest riser IN WASHINGTON and o,r1;rc
Insei 10 the various duties of his Office v.itI an
Sldlfy winch Is without example pcrjans In ,v rh
nc num- sncc the time Of President Nashiurfon-l
VIC rccollcct learning the fact that when he was
preparing his extremely elaborate rcpprt ON the IN
lHa'e SUBJECT o! wcI"lIts and measures which Le
vas as secretary of Stltc, required by resolution oil
congress 10 makc-a work which by ifs research ond
r"ITciicns'yc1"ss, eXtort"d Tic praises of Enrishi
'c'S--auNo"s tn complete the report before the
close oi the session, a which he wished fo ure-.,n =
he aros" during nearly tIc whole winter IT ; nr,o.;
ana occupied hmScffor nearly three hours before ds1
almost every morning, IN completing the task ass,
ca 10 NM RI" accomplished it, and the rcport com
WlSng between Two and three hundred octave nocce
was sent in before Congress adjourned We mon
ION NC incident merely to illustrate the habits of tho
president, and show how necessary some rcayafior
must DC 20 man OF sixty when the heats of orr south
ON summers adG their Cneobing effect to shat of CON
slant aDour. Without such relaxation and the rcno
Vdtion OF few weeks annually spent in fIe bracino
sen ar OF his native climate, his health would suffer
u III" lie were not endangered, bv it. He therefore
"o9t every summer, makes visit to Maesnchusetts
80 some WeeEs which he spends quietly amongst his
kdrcd and trends, and returns he scat of Govern
mont rcP7red for the labors Of the winter. This
mas Ocen thought reasonable indeed necessary nm
indulgence, for which lac has the example of all his
predecessors thai IL Is rarely that has been the sub
!'1 O THn'Ek q cons'lrc, 6EnH?t by tic vulgar aqd