Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-26

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I'll Il ives ssces tanned tknt u was rolling beyond con-
troll, thrcstcning TO everwhem in ruin aud desola-
ton al Who would not launch themselves upon It's
stream, AR. Inehsm, Mr.. Drllas. and other cham
piops Of Calhoun, were among those who most ear
Mostly deprecated success At still later PERIOD
Mr.. Ven Buren can Hform you IN what estimation
you wore held by him, and tho consequences which
10 anticipated would result from your elevation.
know not whether he adopted its full extent the
language Of Mr. Richie, aud deemed your success
she eseatest curse which could DO inflicted upon the
nation: whether hs willing, with his notorious
mouth piece Noah, to compound with his ears prov-
ded you would spare his neck, declared With Col
Benton. that he should be compelled either to aban-
don his seat in the Senate, to perform his duties in
the Legislative hall armed with bruce of pistols to
protect himself from yonr brutal terocity. Your
Premier doubtless recollcct the courteous phra
ses IN which he expressed his adherence OF your
cnaractes, his contempt for your qualifications, and
his appreheusions Of the consequences to the coun-
try If you should attain the office to which you asp-
red. He can also inform you how far there was
foundation for the belief that his eyes first OPEN
ed to your varied eNcellences, and his faith confirmed
The direct and peromptory refusal he received from
the late Administration TO his proifers of connexon
with il.
True il is that at the period when your name was
irstpromulgated as candidate for the high Office
which you now occupy, You were comparatively un-
known II the nation. Your achievements during the
late war were fresh in rccoections; they had re-
sounded in every and filed with gratitude every
heart which exulted in the glory and success OF our
cpuutry'e flag. gallant and chivarous people could
and did, appreciate these claims upon their affection.
The details of your private character unknown
tn many in the civil offices you had filled your insig-
rifcauce had scarcely preserved alive the mem
DRY Of your existence. The American people never
forget benefits received, those VINO confer them
Recognising in you one who had done them service,
with q generous confidence which if you could have
conprehended and appreciated you would have re-
sponded TO, when the past enormities of your life
were revealed, when your daring outrages npon the
constitution were exposed, when your recklessness OF
life was exhibited to the public, they would not list
to the accusations against their gallant soldier
The ample evidence by which they were sustained,
vas either not examined not regarded; and you
fmnd that the very enormity and multitude OF your
tansgresslons generated feeling OF incredibly
which no testimony could shake, and in which alone
yon have found your security.
The Fictitious glare which political controversy
creates and spreads round the objects of popular
idolatry, Is fleeing the passions in which it
riginates. Time viii, ere long, cause it 10 disap-
pear. Your true history viii be given to the world
freed alike from the adulation of parfsaus and the
misrepresentation of opponents. Your character
VIII stand delineated by the bold hand of truth; and
lsubmt to your own conscience announce the YER
dict which your country must render before the pre-
srnt generation has passed away.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
I'D. Clay dad the administration Pyints-It is c,l.
Eous and amusing to observe the relative positions of
this retired Statesman, and the busy barkinr mouth
pieces OF successful opposition. BY the legitimate
expression OF the public WILL however improperly or
otherwise that may have been BIASED, Mr.. Clay has
been removed from public authority. He is now no
more than any other of his fellow citizens so far as
the weight of Office is concerned-and is only to be
distinguished above the most indifferent members of
the community, by his personal qualifcations-his
talents his virtues the services he has rendered the
Country. Wherefore then the abuse and persecu-
ton which persue him even into the shade of domes
tic retirement Why after the successful issue of
that bitter and nnsparng conflict, which drove him
INTO that retirement and planted the standard of
triumphant chief on the highest citadel of power il
the generosity of victory forgotten and its glory tar
nlshed by mean-spirted vindictiyeness. Why in
fine the dignity of manhood sunk into the ferocity
OF the brute.
Perhaps an answer can be given to these humilia-
ting enquiries, not paatcable to the selfove and
vanity OF an infuriated but unsettled faction. Even
the dead Lion is an object of terror. But let him
only sleep, and fearful indeed is his waking to the
apprehension Of his interiors. The analogy is most
apt to that wretched and agonising suspense with
Which the whole of caluTninators PARASITES de-
pendants and ofce-seekers, who constitute subsi.
died press, and the most part of supporters are
watching the temporary repose ofthe sleeping piant
whose ere long awakened energies threaten 10 crush
them into their native insignificancc.
Charleston City Gas.
From The Baltimore Chronicle.
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