Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-07-08

Gentlemen:-lse send you a tancy sketch;
but what if all they say is true, It is not
rery wide of the mark.--If you hke scene
I Ist, / may send you scene the ID.
Your friend,
NO POET.
Buckingham, June 22d.
SCENE |.
! EAST RooM OF THE PRssIDENT's House.
Enter Sscreterv Van Buren, and General
duff Green.
DIFF Speaking warmly. - tell you
Mr.. Van Buren, it will DO, and sir, it must
DO
r But Gen. Green, pray consid-
Duff do consider sir. Iconsider
my declaration that Gen. jackson would
reward his friends aud punish his enc
mies.'' That pledge must be redeemed;
the "proscnpton" as the coalition call it,
must 60 on.
Y B. (entroatngly.)-I think Gen.
Green if you would permit me--if you
would give your mind fair play-F could
convince you not of the iqjustice--I care
as little for that as you do-but of the bad
policy of prescription, towards ourselves
Dgf.-Impossible Mr.. Van Buren,, i'm
possible sir. lam not to be changed, the
! President is not TO be changed, or if he
should be, he must take the consequences
will put him ont, as Tputhim in."
v B.--Aside, (insolent puppy)-I
am fully apprised General, Of the vast in
fuence Of your Press in bringing about
the late happy revolution, and of the fatal
consequences of its abandoning the sup.
port Of the the Administration. Il is for
! that reason, and because | know so well
the fattering Difference which our Hero
pays TO your advice, that | am so DESTROYS
of enhsting you in aid Of my opinions
Could we punish our enemies with safeh
to ourselves, | should be the last man to
stop the arm Of prescription. | am used
to political sacrifices; | have often sacri-
feed friends to my advancement, and if ]
would now spare the common enemy, it IS
from the same motive. Imuch fear Gen.
Green. that you urging too far and too
fast. am afraid, SIT, of a reaction The
/ Americans are a generous people, and will
revolt at the slaughter Of the garrison after
the citadel has capituated. Letters of re-
mouspance are reaching ms from all quar-
ters. The public prints are in arms, and
our friends put on the defensive. Our
friend Richie, in this letter gives sage
counsel.
Dpf-A fig for Richie--he is a pigeon
liyered fellow, always scared to death for
fear of being leitina minority--neyer fear
he will pull true, will make him. But
what does he say}
7. B.--The very circumstance you
mention, entities his opinions to great re-
spect. Accustomed for years to study
| the signs of the times, he draws Invaluable
7 conclusions from indications that escape
the common observer.
Il will read you part of his last letter
Richmond, June -, 1929.
MY dear Van Buren,, ,qatc familiar
you see. The Administration is on the
edge of a precipice. Present my mos
respectful compliments to Gen. Green
and tell him that we look TO his Influence
with the President. to stop the prescription
for the present. *f* and 80 are entirely
ofmy opinion. There is a dangerous OK
citement in the pubic miud. CLAWS friends
very numerous. in several districts of The
low country, and prepondering above, are
making strong impression by contrasting
the vindlctlve measures as they cal
r them of the Administration, with the &C
knowledged magnanimity and generosity
+ Of Clay, aud of the late admins
tration towards its enemies in Office.
cannot dns1cer for TIE Old Dominion j.
, prescription Is not suspended. / heard pri
vateIv, that ask@ fftRsa@% makes no Sc
cret Of his disgust, and it may prove
fortunate thing that he Is not in the mex
Congress. The neutrals in the late con
; test are all turning against Us. The Goa
j lItlon party 10 this State, powerful in tai
j ent and character, keep united, and ever
p man lost to Us. is a gam 10 Clay. Go,
forbid that my Preseuuments come true
. but fear. my dear Van Buren,, that Clay
= popularity IS returning with whelminl
j reAux. hate that man, and yet canno
tell why, for kR0l0 him to be brave, elo
queat patriotic, generous, splendid-per
p haps hate him because / have iRjms,
r him. Have you any experience to tina
4 effectl But like DR.. FelPs rhymester,
hate him. And yet my dear Van Buren,
] | may be so crcumstanced, as to be IN
P der the necessity Of supporting him for III