Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-30
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From Ne .lsiatioaeh Lnt.Nireror Of .luu.

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SIGNS OF TIE TIMES. Now s the dav and
Nows the hour have already said for the friends
OF the present Administration to come tIr,y in heir
might Steering LII their strength, th.,v have hecn
ignorant themselves how great it Is. The voc.ra
tlG and ClanUr of organized Opposion have AL
most ovGrpowcrcd the voic OF rc;;son an. oil trul
80 as IN c0uncxion with the boastij .,v:lrcarinu
tone OF the busy instruments Ot the party to Leave an
IMPRESSION on tho minds Of the apprch, sirc Of our
own si's IS we'll as ot the quint and snsLla OF
our opponents, that tho Opposition wis the n,atrty
In the country. For our own part, readers will
bear lis witness, we have always cyrresred as we
nave FELT, fuil confidence III tic intelligence o. the
rejecting part OF tho Community; a firm trls that
they would save the country from the dapar OF the
precedent II not the actual danger OF the act Of ra-
cling at the head of civil concerns n lnnre soldier
"a Successful one Indeed, and therefore tn" bore
dangerous: but still spl0ier, whose temper is
known to DO tlvo-ubo to the ln arbitrary exercise
OF me powers he possesses, and to the 0SsutaDLion OF
power TO 90 any thing THAI suits his current PURPOSES
or his notions OF exp diencV. Wo have TRANQUILITY
because eonidently, relied upon tho rcdeCmng virtue
OF the People, to resist and in turn pnrsue the Com
olnation (Cf the dsaf@cted Of all parties with che
friends of the Genera to put down the A6nliniStra-
ton, right or wrong. And by recent events, the
People have, so far, justified our confdencr. Yte
elections III LOUISIANA, kxNTUCKY, ami tspIANA,
The results Of which have been uneruivocalv demon
sratire OF the preference OF those States for the pre-
.1'nt Administration upon its InaritS, bat the
i1rcrtmners OF yet brilliant hoodcss tril1nos
we now hope that we shall have the vote OF PsHY-
sYLvANIA III favor of an Administration characterized
oy hXed principles Of policy; by serupaiosi> regard
ior the just rights OF the States and individuals y
love OF pesce; by liberal tolaration and i,v to Nv
devotion 10 the best interests of Ee couIttTv-- o,-
position to party WHOSE opinions, the great qrs-
ttoII5 Of AMERICAN policy Is uncertain and unknown:
whose establishment of tie claims they st M as
rights Of the States would nnna,il0fe the General
Government; who would involve Us in iorion wars
Whist persecution and prescription would he the
order OF ihc day al hone; and who having come into
power by ito success of cabastic clarIns, would
think of nothing else but how to perpeuate the pow
or tins arrived at. Yes, we hope for tie vote of
PENNSYLVANIA, which will leave the General with
fcwcr electoral :otes than he received at the last
election. We say that hope for it--nav, we
might say, cGiculatc upon it. We know from i-
formation to r relied nDon, that the People of that
State, derrivcd for time by the arts OF demagooues
ma lntrTnerS, ure rapidly awakening TO the impOr-
fauce OF the questions involved in the present contest
and arrayng themselves the side OF the Admins
tratlon and the principles Of Repubcanisln and of
true American policy, Of which they have BEEN here
f"tnre, the firm ana most efficient supporters. And
IS now the opinion Of the best informed men, that
we shnh obtain the whole vote of that State.
But, rrHiO"f Pennsylvania, unless there be treason
~ Tire camp, we shall undoubtedly gain tho day.
Albeit little given To counting noses, will, for
once, shew to readers upon what computation we
found this ccrtHnty of conviction. Until the election
was over III LOUISIANA, where whatever face they
put upon III the Opposition has sustained most dis
astrous and irretrievabe defeat, did not venture
W c] up an estimate oi the relative SIrengh on the
Two parties at the approaching election of Electors
w mad general confidence i'll ultimate succcss, but
we bad not ascertaned in our own minds whcro the
forces were to come from. Pie result OF the cleo
ton In kENTUcKI has ended in mind whJteyer
doubtwc entertained ON the subject. We reckon up
with certainty votes enough to eject r. ADAMS and
Mr. RUSH. leaving out the whclc vote OF Penpsylva-
MA ~ well as other votes which we expect 10
get, and giving up Norm CtRoIfNA and VIRGINIA,
In which States the result is Mt least doubtful We
d. not give up either Of them TO our opponents in al
loving them to avoid disputation to be placed for
the present 70 their credit We embrace in te fol-
lowing estimate nothing but what we consider
certain: