Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-04-23
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Preaching and Pracace.-The difference betw cen
preaching and practice has long been observed. No
thing is easy ;an the first OF uoI difficult than
the last.
These observations njuced BY glance at the
Jackson manifesto lately issued by the Central Com
nitee of this city. We say n glance because we
have We, found leisure 10 compe,e tho perusaI o.
that pondarous pcrloimancewho Ie ability i! the vul
gar standard of estimation MAY applied TO H. great
! indeed When VIC have accomplished that talk
which resolved TO accomplish If not before
at all events during the long season in Nav as we
heard friend hume ousy ohse,v G. who had been ru
" OF The same neglect with ourseVes,we propose TO
oter some general remarks upon it. 1T presept we
'nan content ourselves with some observations upu
passage to he found in the I'd column and first page of
the extra edition. The passage is iu these words:
I'm Tree coul,,v, the people have an uu.luubtc
rght To charge their public !uuctionares at pleasures
an" Is strictly consonant wild the OF ,tepuh
mean institutions, and tends ;e piese va,:on of
puf''' and BY consequence of their existence, that
Persu0s high power, should short Intervals return
10 ;he oody of the people
ihat the people have right to change their
iunctionases at pleasure. is a ruisn in ,h.,
County, universally admitted in theory, and u
nversa;'y enforced n practice. We see no rea-
son Tor ITS assertion by the Cenga Committee bu;
"o--to AID IN eng their address TO those unreal
'onabe dimensions, which have provoked the sarcasm,
d one party and the regret of the oher-or TO insin-
"' e' 'ie friends Of the admnstrA tion denied this
nceeasioie right of the people II the first was their
ooJeci they have succeeded 10 their hearts content
"' we "e''e their address IS tie longest exiant-f
Toe iaa' is sud' ienI 10 say, that tie friends OF the
'o"s'f alton cbeef!ully admit Tie right OF iie people
to change their rulers, boti state and federal al rlea
sure.
hn' - TO tha other member of tho sentence VS.
"'en IN address 'Vha; have say s:I e;,Is
'"s aadress 80 the purity and preservation OF Repub-
ca" institutions, that persous high in power, should
st'hort intervals return to the body of the people "
1i oAceHeht sentiment and one which meets and
always has met our waTnest appreciation. Rotation in
once ia iavao Old Democratic xi1p and we re
oI'e 70 see hc"!caied by authority A,sh rs ,l,a
| ot the Virginia Central JGckson Committce We
nope Ii "i'' come again iG,o fashion, and we shall Ger
ianlT expect The Jackson Central Commi,tse af1sr
'Hes have successfully enforced tie maxim against
Jon" Y 1da'ns, who has teen three wears in cElco
10 apply II to themselves, and voluntarily rcnorih
ing t"e high offices xh'ch they hold, return AGAIN
to the bosom OF Che people Fer Says tie address in
The next ssntehce) ''such revolution keen, aIvs =;
the rccoiieci ION oi public ineu Ills essential ,,,c:l
too easily jc's0!ten cr1di he Se2eons Of ,,.,cc, ,b.,
ONCE ana authority conic: On br, r., ,t.;
own advantage merely, bot for the benefit IF tte ~
nnniiy, whose trustees and servants :Lay %, I'll;
is ti:e language of the adirass aod excellent .,
proved language it is. This is The ny1a,6;,y ~
( W. see no" conforms the prdtfire The address is
's"ad by ten gen'Iemen-ooe Mr. Taylor has either
omitted or feiused-we hope the Iast--,o sign it. or
these ten gentlemen eigh: hold high Offices undc, H.
o'"ie Government One was for many years, atior.
'hy succeeded TO niofe lucrative Office Another
has bean public prin,er--one Of The rrost l,ora,;
Offices IN the State, FOR IL years and has manifested nm
purpose that We have heard Of to s.is,u,n In
Of the people" third has been more ,I,,, ,t-o
years, Counsellor of State, and un!ess h,,y,, ,,-
should be Contention, 1t will probably l,e 1o,o
intefva "before he returns to h. "bodv of ~,
pie" fourth after enjoying The same I.io office f
i' years Hm'efu" to The body of the people
'"e neSn pots OF Egypt TO heiIgood and "pu>
'9 ing company resumed hs station as one Of s.ucr
"hSee7 anu servants" iIhh after filing the same
ounce several years now ably discharges the office nj
register winch we hope be may long fill and ,ybic,,
we nave ho' understood that ne contemplated resinn
"g' 'a' ne might return TO tue 'body OF The people
sS'a Is clerk OF the House of Delegates which IL,
0''o'oy act very toolish!y if he does not keen ~
'ps aS nc can seventh IS our worthy Delegate from
his city, who seems disposed not,g standjup tho an
proved MAXIM above, TO hold on yot awhile An
''6h'h is the very gentleman, who If rumour
nay he credited, drafted the central address
lnd who so eloqueDhy and coDvincrgJy, incuI-
's'es the necessity of "pubIic functionarics " TO-
o,9g at short intervals TO the body Of the people,
'''oh lends TO The purity and by consequence to tho
reservation OF Republican Insiitutions and which
gain, "kecPs alive in the recollection Of public mon
ti' esSs"ft1t principle, too easily forgotten amid, the
eductIops Of power, that Office and authorize arc mn,
onier'cd on them for their advantage nereIv but
" tho benefit ftbe community &c. This pen,Ie-
IAN who thus strongly and cnncIusiyey urges the
Top'iety of returning public fpncfionaries al sLorf
''eFVais," 10 The "bodJ Of the pcopIen tiat our Re-
"o''csn institutions may thereby be ''purGedn and
~ consequence pTeserved"--and that 'Tbe recollec
linn F.I j..