Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-09
FROM The RICBY0.v.D f,vortrrp
vELUrI IN srEcULUMi

ZEE. 20, IS2l.-"AS 10 Gen Jackson
we would speak with respect: We feel for
nm the smcerest gratitude. Yet, even graf
itude must have bounds, when the happiness
OF a whole nation Is ut stake. Bring his
qualifications to the bar of public opinion.
and how will they stand, He saved New
Orleans; he Is q warrior; an apt and an able
one; a man of energy, of public spirit, of in
tegrity, OF genius. But arc these all the
qualifications which are required in Prcsi-
dent of the United States? Ho Teen. JACK
soN is a distinguished soldier; but is he a
Statesman? Where is the evidence of il!
Where arc his political speeches. his dos
patches! his essays! his measures! Where
are the evidences of that skill and attainment,
al politics to which life OF study, and of ey-
periencc, is SO essentially necessary! COM
PARE HIM WITH ADAMS, md pith
Crasctcrd, AND HOW INFERIOR MUST
III BE-Whcn we take into account the Sc
rles OF his pursuits, and the want of evidence
which he has exhibitcC!''
MARCH, G, lG24-"W Q pass over the ear
licr scenes that were exhibited at New Or
leans, in December and january, 1Sl4-l815
w SHALL not enter into an examination of
the question, whether martial law ought to
have been proclaimed, OF the Legislative be-
dy put IN a state OF surveillance. These OK
traordinaly measures, however harsh, might
have been necessary; and there are crises
when 'the safety of the People is the sn
PRONE law But why so vigorously main
tain martial law, when this necessity seem
cd to ranishl =
And that an order should
be iss,ied, also, for lie arrest Of Judge Lcs,is?
were these HIGH-RANpEp MEASURES render
ed necessary by the circumstances OF the
case! Or DO they not raihe,' 6cspeuh Mat ype-
ctsS az temper u, Genera! JuchSo,1, 7phich rs
d'SPoSeI TO MAKE MS owY WILL TUE SOLE
RULE OF MS AcTIoN52"
OCT. -, 1824--'The Presidential eien-
iion Is near at hand: and as it is important
the People should understand the charocter
and orctenttonS of the different candidates.
we have yielded to the wishes of many per
sons IN Virginia and elsewhere, in rcpnbsh-
ing an article on our first page, under the
signature OF 'A!gcrnon Sidney The writer.
IT should be remembered, wrote long before
Generel Jackson WIS even thought of for the
Presidency. His structures arc. therefore,
not the etfusion Of partisan zeal or hostility.
and are entitled 10 ;l,e most deliberate con.
sIdcration of the reader. Seeing with what
impunity MIMTAnY CrIrrrA,g had yiolat-
ed and tramplccs under foot the Constitution
and Laws of his couutrv, and Greadinr the
future effects OF such preccdents upon the
liberties Of tic People, and the stability of
our tree institutions, Ibis able writer stepped
forward to arraign the offender al Tie bar Of
public opinion
MARcH 10, 182d.-''jt has long been main
tanned rs maxim, that the man who can
not obey, ought not TO command; and the
Tuic, III the present case nj least, stands upon
this sound reason: that the man who makes
his own will and pleasure the sole rule and
guide ct all his actions oagA not 10 be trtst-
I'd gc5ih The fCr1c po7ccrs of u PERSISTENT of the
{. St@tcs. We want for that Office Il man
L" bo viii cooIly and carefully observe the law
and the Constitution: for these 0rp to be his
| guides i'll the administration Of his powers
Now, IS Gc"croj Jackson possrssea Of tim
cool and tempered spirit. 7cbjrh aciH ST hin, f.,
an ErccVtiUc yHogi&troic2 Has he exhibited
that spirit i'll past times What says, for in
stance, the history of his measures in 1897
May 13, 1G2l.-"Gen jackson. it seems
always thought Mr.. Madison was one of Tho
best of men, and a great ciyian'--but III,
not prefer him as President, because he al
ways believed thut the mind Of n ,,hiiosopbc,
could not dwell on blond and cai,,ooe wifi
any cOmpOsWre; Of course, that he was no
wcil-fttod for stormy sea- How prcnos
ferrous IS this objection, when it is rccolcct
cd that Mr.. Madison was the very man +,
recommend war, to which war Gen. J
owes his own high equation. The General
III this one stroke Of the pencil, draws hi
own character. Wdr is coniin,mlly Ronfio,
before his Darn ces The man who can view
} blood and carnage with conposure, has hirh
or qualifications for the Presidency, than he
: who is great ciUjliap, or a great politician
for, in Mr.. Madisou'5 case, this is svnonv
, nous with philosopher, What kind Of Prcsi
dent would this greot cioi1ia,,' n1akc1 4
gentleman who coHaot interpret the DIain RI
preston of one la5o--and yet would be call
ed upon to administer all the laws of IN,
land Ono whose ideas are so purely D,ilito
, ry that he would transnAute a traitor into ;
II spy, or would publish treason, not by the cici
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