Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-12-30

letters written in the same spirit be surrendered
to the public eye thus sanc,onng violation of prin-
cpe ofhonor hitherto held sacred and destroying oven
the freedom remuneration in social intercourse.
AS for the sweeping doctrines" Of Mr.. Aisnu
they have ALL essential to the interests of the country
been sanctioned by Congress, and by mauy of its
mrmbers most hostile TO him. Let it also be rcmar-
ked that the measures of this "rnad and mischevous
ADMINISTRATION" lave been recommended by former
Presidents, acted upon by Congress, aud aequierca
IN by the people And let also ask of the commit.
tee, If many Of the measures deemed ,nos, obnoy
ous particularly tho power given by the constitution
OF inc United States TO appropriate tnoney for hter-
nal improvements, ADD the right by the samo iIstru-
Inent to pass tariff lave no, bean openly approved
and voted tor by Gen Jackson, himself whilst Sen
ator oftho United States,
Abroad he Orr AdanIy) lils LOST Us the cn,onial
lEaae' Least OK al oft.ie committee ought Mr. Ste
venson to have sanctioned this assertion COR the sour
ces Of information this sabec, were more access
bic to him from the station he s, than to the other
members Of the cnpn,ttee. Docs he not know that
the act OF Parliament OF G. Britain OF 1925 vas laid
by the President before the competent tribunal .Sat
1t had the perfect right 10 have passed bill By which
1t would have been accepted that two bills were in
troduced into the Senate, neither of which passed,
that It was their voluntary act and that tie President
did not interfere With, influence the deliberations
of that boisl Our own opinion founded upon a care-
tG pcrus1 of all the docnrpcnts, has been and IL now
that our Government would have acted unviselv in
asserting TO the terms OF the act of Parliament. in
consequence Of the discrimination uadc in favor of
countries having colonies and the result orour accep
lance would have proved ruinous to our auntyaiop.
ut which deadly blow was mined by Mr.. uosJlisson
in all his negotiations upon that subject Our reve
has not been diminished by the lss oftho COLONIAL
trade, navigation Is cherished and Sustained and
our vessels going into neatral ports pay tonnage
duty OF $50, whereas by entering directly the British
ports the duty amounted to $500 and the prppc Of the
British West India Islands only suffer by the loss by
beng the ultimate purchasers of our pronce obtained
through The medium Of neutral ports. Ur S. must
have read, on this Interesting subject, vas his duty
the corrcspondcnCeso cre.ltabhe to Mr. Adarus while
Secretary OF State, III his Instructions to lIr Rush
especially his letter Of Nov 1923. the letters of Nr
Clay to Mr. Gallatin, the atter's triumph in arru-
ncnt over Mr. Coming, dud the dcraratio made to
Mr. Ga!latn by Mr. uuekssop, that ,tciricr OF The
bulls before Congress would have come up to tire tcr
oithe act ofParaH,nt, would have been accepted
oy the British Government. How can the cnnn;t,c
then, IN candor and in fairness, charrr, Mr.. Aao-
rith The loss of the colonial trade, r(he CHARGE w.
intended to operate in the States Of Virginia and N.
Carolina, and 20 produce this effect; tbA sonbs,;c,,
essays OF Sonex we're written By the metaphysical,
AIr. Pazevc!l.
As little trnfh is there in the aggravated statemen,
maze III the address Of the Insults submitted to by our
Government, and The injuries inflicted on our eorn-
htf Ill H..
orr commerce has been injured, bot the amount Of
loss has been greatly exaggerated, and if the COM
nittee have read the letters of r. Clay tho Will ste
that repatriation las been rny demanded, and if they
lave read the published correspondence of Mr. Ypdor
they VIII find that indemnity has in some casv, b,.,
made, and that progrsss vas being made in the ad
Jnstmcnt OF all fair Claims, FOR there certainly v1s an
Illicit trade carried BY sDme OF our merchant v,,
se's Bave the injuries slstaDcd by our merchants
from the Government of the Brazls, exceeded thcse
inflicted by France Naples and Denmark, which arc
OF longer duration TO time the lnins mitch crraty
IN amount, end indcn,lhy niode bv any of thosa
Governments except that OF Donmark? THESE arr.
as much 6e1pdoe Governments, IA term used hy the
committee OF Richmond in former address and ,,,i.
csed0 as that Of the Brazlls, ard rhy not N, to wa,
with them rs wU.l as with the latter conntrv. mea
sure gFavc!y proposed by of the Editors Of pew
papers hostile 10 the Administration,
The Quotation made in the address from IIt. As
lncssag', Of the words "palscd By the gill Of his
constituents" is in strict Union and harmony with
The mary isolated expressions o: Mr. \. detachch and
separated from their context. This disngcnuocrncss
has always been insts ccnsurod By impartial critics,
when manifested in literary or theological controyer
sies' bnt N poi1ic' w suppose it must be decimal
quite FIR and honest from Che reinico,,s ioaxin nov
acted on that the end usiics the means. Tave ,l,,
committee fatty and truly quoted Mr. Claws fxprcs
sions in his sPeechot baltimore, when they make him
say IN te appendix to their address, and with Dnrks
ofqnotation 700, that be you'd rather "sre orr land
visited with war, with pgstcncc With famine. With
any scourge" ethan fail Of Carrying III, point" :,
this fair and true quotation Of words, fsura.yey
appliedtoU2