Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-08-07
Gte Constitutional 9Slbtg.
WEDNESDAY MORNING., AUGUST &, ;8lD.


late chief clerk in the General Post Office to Mr.
Barry, will be read with painful interest. If the adj
snnisratv.i 'ciumoscribe men for difference OPT
nion-f mon who have been faithful and vig,ant in
the public service, and who having devoted the vgor
If their manhood to acquiring a knowledge of the
duties oftheir Offices, now too old to turn to other
Of livelihood, be rudely showed aside TO
make way for such venal hirclincs as Amos Kendall
such whipstcrs Carr, such wolves in sl,ee,,'s
clothing, as the Rev. Obadiah b. Brown--we saw, ii
the administration is determined 10 reward the profit
gate instruments Of its elevation to power, we think
they ght least, tighten the blow their victims
by saving, when truth authorized the declaration
that officers removed had suffered in consequence
pi any imputation upon their character Havinr dc.
prved those persons of the immediate Of feed
ing their wives and children, honorable feeling the
duty that owes to man, the commonost humanity,
requires of them remove if it was in their power
the natural suppostion that they turned OH, on
account of dishonest or improper conduct. But no
this is not the policy of that cruel old man. whose youth
passed amidst the savage of the cockpit has
hepn called by the iptatuaou of the people of the u
States, in the maturity OF his evil passions disgrace
station rendered the most honorable earth by the
virtues of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Mon
1t uOeS dilSWeT lile pVSe Ol
the Green's the Lees. the Kendas, the Hills, the Ea-
tons, and the of the crew, to acknowledge hat
the victims of their tyranny have suffered from no
neglect of duty, but from resolution early announc-
3D. that Gen Jackson "would re ra,d his friends and
punish his enemies that is to say that he would con
slider the patronage of the government his
private property and disregardng apubic consider
utions dispense it, reward the active instru-
uffce, those whose judgment had dsapprovcd of his
election! And there styling themselves Re
publicans, who pretend To approve of this! Aye! and
who not ashamed to talk of the kindness of tho
Hero, commend the bencUofencc of his countcnance.
write rapurousy OF the philanthropy of his smile,
Pitifl sycophants! most disgusting abaseneH of the
noble privilege oil independence
Were the petty tyrants at Washington to grant
such requests as that made of Mr.. Barry by Mr..
Coye-had they the magnanmity to do an injur-
ed man Justice, and acknowledge that they had re-
moved him for fault of his, farther than his pre-
suming to have an opinion of his own
fault they would be kicking the scafnld:1g which
alone sepports the system of prescription from under
their feet and deprivng Duff and Richie ofthe pow
of fascinating, that the persons removed had been
dismissed for roguery sottshness, and that in due
time sufficient would be given foT their
val. Whatever others may think, we have never
supposed them capsl lie of much iiberality. and
arc therefore not surprised, however indignant we
MAY be- at the daboIical attempts made to suy the
reputation of all the removed officers We expected
10 better from set of men, who before God-we he
leve the worst no at this time, WELD the power Of
any civilized nation upon earth. No argument can
render even plausible, the proscriptive system, but
the one Which strikes it the character OF the reno
ved To punish men for the sake of opinion, TO de-
prve of Office upright and long trusted citizens be-
cause they preferred this instead OF that to rule
tyer them, is doctHne much az war with the
theory Of Republican Government, opposite to
The feelings and opinions of TIE people Of the ..
States and so obviously ruinous in its consequent
ties to the Independence Of the citizen and the nteg
iity of the Government, that it needed peculiar rea-
sons to Justify it, Hence the pcnsoned-Prcss Of the
Administrations the thirty Editors who paid
out Of the Treasury of the u States, have resorted
to the des ructon OF character in the absence of all
reasoning, not as a justification but an excuse of
prescription.
The Nat. Inteliigeucer seems to Us, TO view Mr.
Barry's conduct much too lemently. That man is
certainly more cuIpabe who lends himself to a
which his Judgment and heart dsapprove, than he
who acts from persuasion Of right We are led to
understand, that Mr.. Barry warmly disapproycd Of
prescription. vet find him carrying it farther in
practice, than any other Department. Is it any
cuse TO say that he has been overruled' Wond not
conscientious prefer to resign an Office, to be-
jug made the instrument Of executing system of
policy which nc execrated? Thus Judge Mclean
thought and thus he acted IF MIR. Barrys conscience
Yevoted prescription, he had the right Of re-
firing, and his remaining under such circumstances
proves him to be political Catamte, ready to poi
lutte the integrity of his principles to Office and enol
Hment.
Who the reverend wolf, Obadiah j. Brown is, who
proclaimiug himself minister Of the religion Of bu