Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-25

rious consideration and viewIt IA ali us aspects mud
all ITS deformes, there mny yet be hopes tina
VIII be arrested IN its wild career, before il totally
destroys that independence of action and Of opinion
without which freedom is mere mockery.
We recitc the following eccioneering article from
tho Baltimore Republican, e. i'll ustrotive of the
acuteness and Discrimination ofthe Jackson Editors.
your wishes"-CoL Likle's AJiress
Our friends will recolect that there was nothing
IN which the Jackson party took deeper interest
The winter before the last, than the election OF the
Speaker of the House of of tho IIn;
ted States: viii they forget, that on that oerason
Col. Little voted for John W. Tuyior-the GENTLE
man 80 remarkable for has observance Of all de So
Der deceneies IF he"-in opposition to ANDREW SrE-
vENsoS, u high minded, dignifed honotrobL, pentIe
man, whom every Jackson man IN the dct rct would
have preferred TO Taylor How then, Gun Col Little
say, that it is unknopn 10 him that he erer care a
cote against he Wdhes Of has eonaitucnh,
Some palation might possibly, he found for Col.
Lite's vote for JOHN w. Taylor as Speaker in op-
sit'on to MIR. Stevenson, if Mr.. Taylor had bcen
man OF the same high moral chara cier.
Extract Of letter from WaAtins,on.
AS TO the Incidents Of the conversation which
took place between the General and the cher.
gymon. as published, every word Of it, l as
sure. yonis implicitly true-.and many other cir
cumstances which tIanspircd, were suppressed,
a
point Of view than any thing which was publish
ed. received 1t from gentleman who " as present
and IN whose character for strict honour and vc-acty
there Is ne utmost confidence. Watkins is still
conhned--his counsel have n!otiorod the court that
the whole proceedings be quaahcd and he be disins-
sed. Al was argued few days since ind the
court required time for consideration. I, will be de-
cided probably to-day. They have reduced The SUN
dehclcrl, rom si5 600 to ,7oO-and am in formed he
has lettes IN his possession from those Navy Agents
FOR whom II was draw permitting INN keep IL, by
rendering himself Individually responsible to them
all OF which viii be subsequently brought out.
| u The strongest ASSURANCE wecan Give the ar,-
thor Of The following tina, we did no, understand tho
crtique of Revolutionary man ON Ed..e Ifil as Of
tensvc, designed TO be- Offensive TO anv person or
persons, is the prompt publication Of his own card
The truth Is, we did not know, suspect that the
author of Edge Hill, meant 10 draw The character, OF
the first possessoF of Westover, in that of the elder
FrSroyal We knew little of the history Of the frs,
possessor nothing in fact, and the delnca,ion of Edge
HILL may haze been to the lie, without striking our
recognition.
MessTs E.i,o The Wig of the ia, co,,tail, nat the
writer calls cr,iqc by Revolutionary Man ON iac iil
mover recently is7Ied from the press, sad sc iecu written
ny a Vngnian have read lc work aud tins ln. s,,,,,,
pu'lcateu and confess, Ne,srs Editors that was
mat your OF property should have allowed vo
columns TO nc diSgrared by such wanto and n,roy -,
attack on the feelings of Tire descendants OF that gent EN-
who the Revolutionary Man points person WHO - e
novelist Intended To under the character OF o Fz
royal WIN regard 10 tie novel itself h, Ia say I'm
consider precisely of those, the author o WaveIy in
tended to put down by hi, nmiable works The author II the
cque says, IN speaking of WestoveT for h,r place can
be mcant auccnl alistacIa, ur,ie of y,rri , ,
stately department Us of her Dons and their
monarchy are nuta'ly depicted 'n old Ft2roy al the feI
eTertoT an proprietor. quotations iuay M. r,,r
from ihis cTnique quite "a offensive, whole Article
venture to pronounce hel a pcotale family ,t
written PROBABLY by some superaunuaiei evolutionary n
age SnrcrJnscG requires that should say, that tic NO
'etor al that venerable mansion previous {evOutnEar
var die1 at us commencement that Ina held ooiurs
sion IN 'lie British arv such d.hnatun him
I'll he'd when these states subject mother cnrir
The Son whom he Is charged with having dlsinhertri h,
joining the American standard did contrary 10 na abr
ADVICE, enter the navy England, and ms tatier thou IN tina
ionor required lie should there. elder SON as the
clqie author calls hrn) elder but was
Gentleman euCac, N England who an early periot Of
' entered tne bnsnh army but believed never to have
Oorie arms against ms native country.
zine fat Jolly gentleman" was a respectable farmer who
had 100 much good sense 10 have such scuros
article H. tive rrique. The s wife the gentleman i'm oes
'"h, wnId i7vc been considered Of tine especisl, iy
even ~ these days Tie latter marriage was 10 lady whom
me happiness nj her acquaintance which nv tine hy was no the
o o iIs writer Se itt thee one a. the
author "i the crIIr aims, aud tins fact alone would move
iai me aiho' certainly uuacqaiuie with the real history
! "' '"O ''h!y whom he has SandcIed NERlTAS.