Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-10-29


also We presume, has the President of the United
States, and every other appointing power in the
United States yet who presumed but this simp,
body Virginius, that because in,ercesson was nado
for particular PERSONS by citizens of the country tina,
1t was nn intrusion upon, end 'simpertinent and
otcous interference with, the duties of the apport
ing power Who could ever have supposed this alb
surdity but one whose coXccmhry is upon a par with
his charity.
"fe Pretext (shys Trgnius) that the list of names
furnished by the Anti-Jacksonians) was eiven tn
nlarge the sphere of Executive selection and
ITS iasciood Is betrayed first by it's absurdty and next
BY the proceedings OF Mr. Secretary Editor md his
Ptc@ upon Its rejection"
We every aveiso from selling the columns of this
paper, with such terms as this amiablc writer has
stopped to employ; yet the list the Central Com
nnttec, vas furnished for the single purpose of enlarr
ing the sphere of Executive selections as all TINT WIN
asked WAS, not that the Administration party s,oua
nave az tho commissioners, but half only or even
ra flart-wo must in justice to the committee ma
yourselves, who acted the medium of convcyinn
Their wishes to Nj. Smith, and through him. to the
iXccutivewe l.s;ico, ,,cfort The CHARGE o,
tfc!scaooa upon pirsat We do not Know tia,
Alr. Smith explained to the Council that i. was only
the wish Of the AniJacasonians, to have portion
of the commissioners; but we DO not believe for
1'N-'-~''',
Anti-Jacfsnn party in Richmond, acknowledacdly in
minority III the State, could have had the prcsmp-
tion as well the folly, 20 claim all the commission
ers. Nono but an could suppose any such thine
II he does net know positively to the contrary he
ought TO have known it from reason und presumptcn
All lis deductions from this false assumption of his
that it scheme OF the Adams Club to ret in
ioh ticket, &c. &c.-aro therefore worthless and
empty as the rest of bis reasoning We add our
iirm porsnasio that lie did not in truth believe tia,
such wish or expectation really INDUCED by the
"Aha!n5 Club" tneaning suppose the Central
Con'lnttee) or by any member eff the party II is
cnc and bull story for rhetorical eoc bcgotten Of
Malignant nature slpon the love of 1najorty-the
/ oesetin9 SIN OF our rotation gentlemen"
And who, casks Virginius, are these mem? Those
fcc"na'nended by the Central Committee. 81 repent
~ tte answers his own queson,) protested and COM
United Eairtizans of Clay and Adams to a man."
And pray, most sapicnt Virginus, who should they
nav" pecu' Did yon wish expect then, to bp
Jackson mem Were you not sufficient to protect the
interests OF your beloved Jackson without expec.p,.
The An.i-JacAson Committee to do it,
We pass over the insoent and contemplate rsflcc,
,ons Of this most ill-,atured ,l-contrived and in
consequential writer, upon the "Adarns Club rs M.
! is pleased to designate the Anti Jnckson Contra,
Committed We should do them injustice by tn.
mere supPosition that Cabeil Carr Coalter Stapan
Iiarrs ard others, the fame of whose ineorjtv
AID abilities Is Lovn to the utmost limits of the T.
States, stood in need Of defence from the slanderons
c'iuslons OF an anonymous and malignant ecribblct
y more venoInous and vindictive production-one In
9cii more spleen was United with in,potency-
''ore ihper'nence towards the minority, with morn
zeal to propitiate the distributors of the loayes and
s.:f,r I'll
uPo'' even N THESE days OF snrpassing rancor and
Observation-Disclosures. Such gratutous abuse-s,ch far
ietched and illibers iscoustructon of motive-snc,
go ont OF tue way to iInpute intentions which werr.
cngendercd only in the muddy brain of the author
i''nsrh VIC have never before Witnessed To linn IS
applicable both the sarcasm of McI.ane, and the
refoFt OF Randolph. We would not by any mea,s,
nave is head, if We obliged to toko his heart
into the bargain-nor his heart accompanied bv his
head.
! We repent, that tic Central Committee did not 81,
much MS dream Of wishing to have all the Commission
ers Administration! They believed that the obc,
OF their appointment 9as impurtiality-thoy believed
this would be most certainly secured by having bot,
parties represented, who might thus act as mutual
checks upon each others zeal and party feelinotev
were sensible that the best and purcst men MIGHT in
the excitement OF great election, be nsensbly nf
eneed by their feelings to favor the side to which ,
were attached This is human nature and with nr,
feet respect for the Commissioners appointed bv the
EXccutivc they suppose them not exempt from tho
inhTT1ltlos OF human nature. These and these onIv
were Their views-and they were communicated to
the Executive, or at least intendedto be so Whether
these views were inpropcr unfair, or unreasona-
ole-whether the prosecution of them in a manner
studously delicate towards the Executive fair I'M
disguised, and aboveboard deserved the torrent of
foul abuse which has been let loose against them by
Virginius, we leave it to intelligent and liberal
public to say; not doubling that their decision vIl
uphold the course Of The Central Ccrnrnittcc, and
censurc lis mpertinence
fN His ENctlIencr is on his hrll h,rsi, A. a1n,,r