Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-05-07

~'e 'o'hsnco oy .air .4dams, at time too, when !,
W.T. Adams must have known that, 10 all human prob
aoihty he was to be the President, who would have
the expenditure of these appropriations"
Dn' S"tbese appropriations could have been made
without the authority of the House of Representatives
the Senate, and the President of the u States-sol
'na' MT. S'ves IN fact. in tho attitude OF opposinr
"'mseh 10 acts passed and approved by those three
powers OF the Government. Now in reason who is
or ought to be, responsible for tho consequences Of
those acts the Congress Of the u States who passed
the appropriations, and Dir. Monroe who appr,
Vsd them, or MIR. adams who did no more, and
con'o do no more, than simply to recommend
he'hs Is this justice is il bigoiry, Is il calcula
'eo 10 eniShten tie people of Virginia as 70
the operations Of the Governments and I, teach
them from whom they ought 10 exact responsb,,v ~
rs 1t calculated only. TO answer party purpose ,o
rnislead and deceive
bu' we nave question 10 ask Mr.. Riyes before we
have finished. II is this. Did be- or did he m, =.
member OF Congress, for these very appro,r;,
IONS I've mean those relative to FOREIGN
WHICH he nov" so loudly complains and which ,,c renre
se"'s AS PROOFS of MIR. Adams enormous protra,v or
Inc PUBLIC Tfeasure3 We do not asset, that he M
or we have no means al hand of deiermiup ~, ,o;p
but that he did p0te for then rye have little or nm
douot Tor he was supporter of Mr. Mon-oc,s admin,
s"a''on' we have written to Washington for the
accessory Information, aud whether it confirms or
gstiVes our supposition will lay i, before the read
or Meanwhile, we bad rather have his own answer
d'd lie or no' vote for these appropriations If he did
we need not suggest 10 MIR Rives the awkward ami
somewhat proposterons atti;uce into which zeal has
hurried him--f he did not, why still we saw that Ipo
quincy Adams Is responsible TO, aonronr;.
IONS OF public money, made under Mr. Mourop,s al
minlstration, than MI Jee: son for aporop,at;o
authorized under the previous administration of job,
Adafns the elder.
ID inns case then, we presume every reasonable
man Will allow Mr. Rives' facts 10 be- what ccIebr,
ted gentleman called false Trcss-and his Deductions
10 be worthless. We arc not unreasonable then in
asking the reader to apply the balance of his letter
the maxim, &c pcde He,-cuiem.
1t 10 said that at the Halifax election, Mr.. Loeap
lawyer Of that county, md Anti Convenonis, ,sbo,sd %
induce the people TO believe in the identity of the Admin,
Sa''n and Convention causes for the purpose OF defeat
ing the latter This circumstances if we could suppos,
MS speech t" have had any influence would not convex
very iacring idea of the intelligence and observatop m
the people Of Halifax. We should certainly be very
IN believing thar the Of the Adninstrs ton and the
demonstrated. tina, large majority Of the eehoasrs
virginia were opposed the preposerous nonn Of elect,
ing Andrew Jackson. MIR. Logan certainly deserves
patent for this discovery Wehave aavs ha the
10 conscience 10 express persuasion that Vr,;,;,
would vote for the Herobu. if Mr.. Logan is right Virq
MIA Will support the Administration by large maiorv
nay' what IS still more gratifying and surprising those
eoutes generally esteemed the unanimous for Jack
son. as snena ndoah' Washington CuIpeper &C. Wilt
almost unanimous tor Adams for such the character
~ '"' vote Tor the Convention Such is the a,surdity
into which sensible men rum when an uten,,era,.
zeal and love of theory oblscate their jurneps
MI Logan an emnen, lawyer ana warn poIi,ic;an IN
ns part ct the country, and so di.posed I've
the right by all the rules of reasoning to urce his arpu
mens as an admission that Mr. Adams will prevail against
Gen. Jackson in Virginia. But, non tall nuriEo
The Convention vote is rapidly gaining Tbc n,osc,,
majority is upwards of $500, tie vote of Patrick
"ythe, Grayson, Giles, Greenbrier, Randolph Wood
Brooke NJ nongaa, Cabc and Orange ye, to be heard
FROM vii we think, swell clear majority TO near -ono
Charles Citys James City, Allegheny, Mason & Ioca -.
The remaining countless against Convention bu, their
votes are feathers in the scale Ne sha he OBLIGED 70
friend for Of the vote oC the Ia neu,;o,e
counties
by the vote Of the whole State this result is rroduccd
That majority IF The counties against a Convention
But heavy majority of the people it, Some arc be-
ginning to talk that the counties having the minority in
tine legislature have right defeat and will d.ea, the
wishes Of majority of the frcchoders. That is 10
that certain aTbitrary phca divisions the
of the State called counties, shall defea, the will nj rho
people OF Virginia. When such doctrine ms this shall b
really attempted to be enfo.ccd, civil war will no. only
become justhabe, but sacred duty.
SPcH'ng.--Some person has the charlottesville
Advocata letter from Cen Jackson TO himself written in
1922 cont aiming fifteen lines, in which, he and ,;
worthy editors, exu there single word spell,
Even the word character and that pc as ought
10 oe we nave the words ofth editors is faith,
iu' copy of the original and that sufficient We bon.
they will extend the same credit u.s. when we inform
them that we are acquainted with the Generals hand
wrte having several Of his etters-hat w saw bs
famous letter TO g. w. Campbell at W9sbip7top and ,t