Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-06-04
For THE CONSTITUTIONAL WEIG
TIE EkEEMAN-N Y

Genuernen--i b"ve shewn that q ed. J &C kson does
not possess either the ,aeuts Information thai we
should require IN a President OF the United States,
whether we regard i!e theory of government the
dictates OF sound policy, or the resptctabt, of our
national character. Eu; if !a were perfec!, unex
cephonahe on The score OF mental capacity his violent
and viDdIctve temper would present , s,Io,,r rnurd
OF OBJECT N To his election
lhere are lew qualities which Il President could
nave mat would tend more TO dsGualiy him for the
correct discharge of his duties than rcsentiul and
ungoveTnab!e temper. lie is REGULARLY expusad to
p!ovocat'ons, as lie is the great object Oh which Tic
ATTACKS OF The opposition concentrated nor can b.,
exercise The large powers committed to hun by he
Constitution without denying the wshes and disap>
pointing the expectations of many IN the numerous
agents too whom he must employ, and the officers
with whom he has 20 deal, he is Liable 10 have his
own WISHES thwarted aud 10 be harassci BY uceli.
Gehce or iraui--by buaders peryei eve
~ species OF tajieasance short Thus surrounded
10y SO many sources of irritation, the duties he is re-
CURED 10 perform are often Of great delcacy and DIFF
hcu!ty, requiring Tie most paUeat attention, and a
nice balancing OF conflicting ccnSdcratiU:,S At
thhe he ID called upon 10 exercise a mower yyhICi,
blends ques ioEs Ci constitutional Law with diners of
exped'eucyat another, 10 adjust The great interests
Oh CONNER &C and navig atiou-io tay, remove a de
tn3uent from Chceto ;iorrolY to ill yacancy in
winch the opposing claims of e., enty riy candidates
are to ne weighed and decided Oh. These various
sources OF perpie%ty and veXatiOn must be felt
gieVoos ourt"n even by The most patient mind which
aims to 60 IFS duty, and accordingly MANY have been
tound 10 sink under them, both in body and mind but
the irritable man they must keep III perpetual fever
and &c can escape tie annoy 10 other way than
ny snrrendeIing the business of lis office into the
hands oi others En besides these causes OF irritation
WINCH ae unavoidable there many Others which
lie hef ihagisra'e OF ibis nation must make pp his
mad 10 meet with Most Of his f,lRctio.s are pre-
scrioed By The constitution and laws; and where thew
ieaVe Inn Tree TO act, public opinion steps in and sea as
and criticises his mnntest actons He will he cen
su'ea and vifsd by ihE oppo,,fiun for the sake Of
i'iatins their opFonens; and Il he is known be
irasGhe he will be gnaded and ba;tcd for the purpose
or making hiiD expose himself. Such man NAV be
expected 10 hare fiequaDt chickering's with his cabinet
TO be at cross purposes With the iI0use OF Repre-
seh'a'Tes concerning appropriations and expenditures
-at open war with the SGEae about appointing hts
and 10 be stunS 10 madness D. The vii or ribaldry OF
the newspapers.
Eut you may ask for proofs OF his violent temper OF
which speak. My that lhcy ate TO be iou.
10 the history o! his whole life eXcep since lie has been
candidate for the Presidency Ubcn the magnitude
OF The prize al stake has produced an effort f forbear
ahce never before pracised ny him. 1t was a mat
tcf OF general n"i"rciy at Wash>giU that during the
Two sessions vhich hc served il toe &cuna ct tie U
States he made np quarseis with Gen Brown Cen
Scott, Gen. Gochs OF Tennessee, Sol. Benton MIR
Clay and Mr.. Crawford. OF whom he had fonrl,t
another lie had challenged! and ali Of whom he had
!aVishGd The coaTscst abuse lfha able 10 settle
So mary little euds, with such distinguished ..cn in
one city how rnay others he likely 10 have had i'll
oiher pals OF tie country. 1t uCulary rernaiI
cd al me lime that he up more q"arres thai
na. You !on' selves are obliged 10 admit that this
Geiect IS exhibited III Gen. DscksoU'8 letter TO Gov
itabhh though Oh seek TO scCGn by the mil. ~ es
OF "warmti and eXccincntn Of TIC mumeI Gus other
disputes and bta'Tls and fights which has spread
throughout tie nation, co extensively with his na ne
have not given myself The ironble Inquife. Tie
acis nave stated are sufficient to satisfy any that
he must have temper peculiarly prone 10 recruitment
and probably not very slow 10 provoke il.
Let il not be SAID that this was vice Of forinnr
tlines-that lie has seen his and corrected it
that having scwu for the last ihfee four years that
he is capable of restraining his passions while he is
Il Candidate VIC may presume he will coDtinueto DO so
alter ic 's elected. have admitted lis late rnrdrfa-
ION aud orheaTance, and give him credit for the FRO
prisy, whatever may DC the iDoIite But there are
people nnCharitsble enough think that such an ex-
iTsordoary number OF sudden reconc,iiatons-srch ar
unusual Jod Of TO- ggencss-scens more ike The ,ycl
OF art than OF nature and TO find lis cu.ce in the head
rather than The heart have not much Taiti, in radi
cal change of Ibis sort, AT Gen Jaclson's time OF life
! age as we'll policy have dun BIT somewhat stec
the iny Of his passions; and elected he might con
lihue his present fobearance for year or two bu
The fire IS, fear, only sn0tbered not extjurnslcd
and would blaze with IFS former iercpness long before
! The four years had expired
baye said nothing OF the execution Of The sig mill
tia men, Tor am alta loss what conclusion to draw
concerning that affair. Brave seldom cIunI
suI Gen. JaCii55O js both brave and r. ngroue On
The other hand, ] know MIR. Sloane to be highly re
spectacle man, and after making great allow aDcc for
the bias under which he may have written, seems
didicnli to excuse the Genera! for tie execution Of
these unfortunate men.
| ii Is possible that all tue military executions sane
toned by hun, that OF the indians the Horse Shoe
OF Ambrtser and ArbDtbnot well Harris ADD his
companions, tie effects oF his peculiar notions OF
military discipline and the effect o. example rather
than Of deliberate cruelty, az he by his letter to
MIR Monroe to have considered clemency, and re-
pngnauce to the shedding Of blood, a weakness to
vbich philosophers we're particularly liable
But, in The third place, il Gen. Jackson had the re
quisite temper and racy the disposition he has SO
repeatedly shewH TO resist the authority Of the Consli-
tuition and laws, AMI to elevate Tho military over tbo
civil power, would make With me sD iubuperabe ob
lection 10 his elevation.
The instances Of his discspcct io tho civil authority
not fey nor Insignificant Flr manifested it at New Or
I eans-n his correspondence with Gov. Rabun- in hi,
couespondence With the War Depsrtment--in his general
c'5cF to the arn~o sd9 Seminole campaga and daaly