Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-19
From tie LyDrhburg Tirgia:s1.
PRESCRIPTION.


Never were the affairs Of any neop!e confided 10
the administration of such vinictfve tyra1.s 1st he
people OF the United States, in moment of dcIson
unfortunately selected to rule OYER them. We make
this ASSERTION deliberately because we believe i, TO
be strictly true. We believe that if they were not
restrained by considerations wholly Of a personal
character they would Gully deprive man OF Office
who vcntured to dissent from them in opinion, but
that they would also incarcerate him dungeon or
shed his blood 1t is the spirit which dictates
to both-the same which actnatcn Hemisphere,
Danton and Marat to people tile prisons and
to shed the blood Of France.
''Tts gloriDas 10 hare gi1nrs polgdr, !.
"Buta IS riIhrinous to use it Ike giant"
The reader will the list of victims to the tlas-
tardly malice of Duff Green, continued in to- davis
paper say of Duff Green, for it is notorious that
he Is President de fact0, and sWavs Gen. Jackson
whichever way he will. The greedy appetite OF
this hypocriticai pretener, like the horsc-leech is
unsuitable and will never be gratifed SO long as an oD-
ponent remains to be offered up as a victim to the
weakness or vndictivcness OF Gen. jackson. It can
be no longer concealed that Gen. J. is subjected
entirely to Dus control-that he is in his dotnge-
intirIn III body ind i'll mind--aDd wholly incapable
ofdlschargiDg the duties of his office. The fact was
first dscosed'by a Washington correspondent of the
Richmond Whit; but we were then under the i'm
preston that the writer must have been deceived and
VIC did not therefore publish his letter. But subse-
quent Information, both IN the newspapers g. verbally
leaves us no longer any to doubt that the mind of
Gen. Jackson iss much impaired as to render it
With him. and it is therefore that lie has quietly sur
rendered himselfto the dctation ola man than whom
there is more generally and more Justly detes-
ted. 1fit be asked, where is Mr. Van Buren, the
naserspirit ind great magician, he has beea term-
ed? Why does he not exert that influence which it
Is said heinvarably acquires his political asso
ciates? Why does he not adnonsh them that they
are cutting their hroats and take the knife out Of
their hands? Why, too Branch and Berren
passive spectators Of such ruthless and des.
potic against the freedom OF Urinion' We
aISwer--they al! in Duff's power: and even
If they disposed to act otherwise are compeied
to submit in silence, under the penalty of an appI
cation of the screw and tourniquet. The moment
they shall revolt, or show symptoms of dissatisfaction
the scurious columns Of Dutf's Mud Machine will
be opened against them, and ''the secrets of the
priSon-bousc" disclosed. They arc aware that
Duff knows the secret springs.by which the Soon
6'nEttdn' OF lnvetGfate personal and political
foes effected, TO pull down the late adinistra
ton lie knows who were the chief wo.fers of the
wires and what Inducements were held out TO the
s0balterns- lie knows by whom aud BIZ what means
the Telegraph was put into operation, and by whom
ITO use Mr.. Van Bureaus phrasrology) it vas elm |
proved" lie knows who gave the cue to all the |
SANDERS q iasehoOds which have found their wav in
to lis Common and therefore thew are afraid or
him. An old adage says that "there is bonhr a.
mongst tbleves"--and it may be true SO lone as
they adhere TO each other and to their common
CAUSE. But, the moment one Of them betravs tho
least INCLINATION to become an honest man, his asso
ciates are converted into his doadliest fues, and
spare efforts TO effect his ruin This is the dilern
ma IN which the gentlemen find themselves who
when aboriDg so zeaous.y to carry their point did
not expect, and DO not now approve Of tie conse
guencCs which have resulted from il, They dore
not speak, lest they be crushed b. the very eDoins
they have put into operation.