Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-08
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| Messrs. Editors: We have been much amused nv
reaGng the letter of the redoubable ex editor of the
hehtucky Argus, to bis brother in arms, who at pre-
sent iceas that many, atectedy keen. and really green
eyed amman, as they denopnate it. We are LOOKING
With anxious solictnde see his promised vaedcto
~ TO bus PATRONS His professions of gratitude To-
providence for his special interference and drec.
ton OF his fortunate deslinies remind us of an ane,
dote that we have heard parson visited his Dntci,
Parenoner, and "n walking over his laIlds with him
l'a viewing us iuxurant crops, perhaps with IN eye
20 hinse as Wen as his Crentor, took the approprI-
ate occasion To observe that the farmer had cause In
be Sery thank III TO Providence for his npuifcent
Dountlfs 9c The phlegmatic Dutchman with sly:
slow and hon9st calculation OF effects from cause,
rephed, II had PETER tin. mine ,na,,ure cartn-
W men we see such creatures Amos Kendall pro
oted Tor their ouse ingrotvde, their gross treache
ry,a Gstei prostitution of principle moral or poli-
eau aHeetedly ana biaspIefuousiy giving proyldeace
tnahhs and praise for having raised them from the MO-
sly, we are farcbly reminded of the honest Dntch.
mans reply, that they had better thank their manure
carts. When we see such character manglers as
baDhey D. Carr, elevated for other merit than the
Justly CANNING one OF having illuminated nanysof
the most intelligent, influential, useful honest and
Vlrtuons citizens III the community, we are hroupht
10 the honest conclusion. that if Providence directs
these things his adversary will obtuin credit for very
lew; and the devil had better abandon his empire az
his au hory and influence literally extinct in this
dirty planet. When we see men OF such abandoned
principles such prostitutes Of virtue, "men who have
piuckcd the fair rose frcm the heck of innocence
and planted blister there" and then proudly boast-
ed OF 1t, gwen as compensation for such acts (fov
tey have no others to recommend them to the Prei-
dents tavour the most dgniied, the most lucraiv,,
and the most responsible oces in the executive con
trout, what are our irresistible conclusions They
can he no other than that such In the sIyevG es
tlmaicn OF our Hero, merit the favourable dig
tIiictlon, communication and compensation. Hf,,
names OF those 10 whom allude, need not be
mentioned The aoGior demos In the cabinet and d.
Pionatlc corps as well as every in the ccnpu.
nifty must understand As in Christian charity
we must exonerate all higher causes, what do they
owe their prolific crops but to their manure carts?-
But II possible to transcend this, we see one of
our Hero last best gifts conferred a man who has
long since damned himself to everlasting fame from
having been VIGOROUSLY the conspicuous acccs-
saiy of Aaron Burr. Verify, thiv he has brought
the freight OF his cart most lnckl3 to market. In
short sirs very life blood anost chils in our veins
and we renlly renlbe at the Consequences, when we
view the executive game that is now PLAYING, when
we see long tried, veteran, nnst faithful and honest
servants prescribed for fault but that of patro
tsu, moral and political honesty and capahility and
their places filled with mushroom herd of black
letter babbers, with nothing to recommend them but
voracoas appetite and the affected love Of their
hickory idol.
We shrewlly suspect that our consistent friend of
the ENQUIRER, OF truth without fear,' will
never receive q'll pro quo for bis humble but
Pntfiotc achievements, for he perhaps would find il
difficult TO prove satisfactorily hickory Jury that
he has attained Immortality through the Medium
been Justly denoninated Goody Round Shoes it is i'm
possible 10 identify him in constanc any thing but
that OF t,yGilg. As he has been every thing by
turns, but nothing long enough, it is presumed that
lac Will be found in the vocativr.
AGRICQLA.