Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-24

propositions too plain to he demonstrated Ills pla;n
that they hare been rewarded, and that Gen, Jack
son las disposed of public Offices, if ,!,y were lila
nryate property, to compensate personal services to
to himself, and to discharge private vviiru,i,,,- NJ
considered himself under Can any man, really &C
tuated by public views, think this right, safe or COM
lnendabie' Were public offices created for the re-
ward of Partzans, TO be shared out like spoil on q
field OF battlt'
| The Editor of the Enquirer has the candor TO ac
knowledge that he disapproves OF the principle If
he was sincere in his Remuneration of Mr. Claw for
taking the printing of the laws from Kendall Hill
and others, he must only disapprove, but regard
the principle as i'll the highest degree dangerous to
the purity and liberty Of the Press for SO he thought
the exchange of printers by MIR. Clay. How hap
pens 1t then, that lie is silent an occasion SO much
more garing, embracing SO many more instances and
so much more uneQuivocal than the one for whic.,
he sounded the aarn' Why has he confined his
Misrepresentation to simple annunciaton of it, and
that IN the spirit if not in the Shape of parenthesis
passing 1t slightingy by, matter which although
ne dsapproVed was yet too insignificant to require.
farther notice' Could he really think the removal of
Ncn'all and Hill so oery dangerous, and he now
think the bringing of than twenty presses
under the direct influence of the Treasury and of
rover a thing unworthy note of lamentaton or OF
repr"o' Is this the spirit of the motto cerae sans
IPs"'E Is this the truth without fear" or the ac-
c''mhouat'oh OF opinions to circumstances? All.
what pathetic invocations of the shade of Jefferson
what Jeremiads for tire corruption of the times
what dying strains over the invaded liberty of the
fress-what imprccatioas the sCoalition"-an,,
what surrlng appeals to the People--s'loulA we not
have heard from Mr. Richie had Mr.. ADAMS done
these things What difference there is between
tnN ht,iI
my ou'i sorhs your OK, and your bull goring mine.
From the National Lafeltis.ncer of yxyy %
one friendly suggestion however, we hope tt,
Editor of the Wing will excuse us for offering him.
ne mas any particle OF compassion in him for human
lnfrmy, let him forbear to say anv thine moro nh,
the possibility of Mr.. Clays being the next Presit
II he Goes not we cannot for the cnnse5ie9
ces TO his no1bhor, the veteran Editor or the Enoui
r. r, whose paroxrsuls whenever the thoupbt cross
es MS raind are already quite alarming"
lla la! But do not the Editors of the Intcllieencer
'h'hk 1t most humane, gradually to familiarze the
mind OF MIR. Richie TO the idea of Mr.. CLAWS beinu
he next President, seeing that the thnr will cor.
tanly come to pass? II it were to come ON him nm
eXPectedly, 1t might prove too much for his nerre
and perhaps we night have The melancholy dutv nj
writing Ill earnest, that obituary, which in 1924 ~.
wrote by way OF Jeu de Esprit Such All even, oIt
TO be guarded against, for after ALL Mr. R;tchie,s
loss to the profession would not be eusv sun,od .
! me augusta .HenOriai-IEc are GLAD to find TINT
the Memorial which elnanated from Aupusta. has
been received more dspassonately by the public than
we feared Various prints have commented mon i
\ with much absence of passion. The Arena depre
Gates the bringing forward the subject at this time
as II may introduce heats in the Convention md ,r
IN jeopardy the other objects of Reform, and ,;nks
moreover that 1t Is properly question for the ordi
nary Legislature in this differ; ior if il ne foo
heaVyior the shoulders of the Convention, NAV VIZ,
prove so Tor the Genera Assembly There is moro
Justice IN another objection which the Arena n,les
as to the time. That per says:
iSut we conceive provision this kind 10 he rs,
s"Iy ecessay-of those of the cOiouied rare vs.
VINO are already free. The scheme of manu,pison
nv CiI'e TIE iiea OF removal from
"oy Oh consideratIon be cherished only nv dos:o
% Nna"es VT INSANE fanatics. Before
VI ioesd"e provision IS made subject murh has IN s.
1uVV rec 'idcks, at this rs
.'" ,"S preliminary step is taken is mn uo,h
"s"fo t"a PUBIC n'lnd 10y the discussion of po, Co. ,,
,l"slon OF slavery, 10 he gradual in liz ooeruon IA ~
'''""'e"ce at "tufe perhaps distant day. ~ "
| hcnath1 IoaStS.-,Fhc reader will fnl son,a
'heSc the Most Piq1ant he has seen. Mr. Summers
definition OF "RemovaIo" is admirable Truly Oh,
'oea OF REFORM through the nstrumentalitv of sucj,
agents as Kendall, Duff, Hill, Eaton, Lee, Inobam.
10 say nothing of the great Chief himself is wb;msi
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