Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-15

winch nc ills, mingled the world OF his fellow
citizens, and gained experience and knowledge o.
men from his intercourse IN society, before no reach
ed the highest Office Of the Government his remoy.
ais would have been marked by less Of injustice than
they have been, and his appointments by more Of dis
elimination. lis errors are hardly SO much his, as
those Of the People, who appointed him to an office
satisfactory discharge CT the duties of which the
tenor OF his life had not well qualified him for ~ !,
had those who went before him.
! We believe General JACKSON % haye uood dis.
positions. but bad counsellots Through them he
erfs, and errs greatly.
10 the Editors Of tie NaiionuI Laistl;r,,,r,,
| GENrLEMEN At the termination Of the late polit
icaI contest, those men who had supported the last
Administration, without personal views. hut unon
The single ground OF a supposed superior fitness for
the discharge Of the functions which attach 10 tbe
responsible Offices Of Government were prepared 10
review the eatire ground of CONTROVERSY 10 dis
card all prejudices, to admit the benefits which in
some points, would arise from the decision of the
People, and TO anticipate many advantages instead
OF evils, which lad been foretold, from an impartial
and liberal Administration.
IL was thought (tor SO it was promiseil that Gen
JACKSON, feeling the high responsibility Of his sta
ton, would direct his attention alone to those n
ses, which had crept into the Government. retar.
ding ITS successful operations, and preventing COZ.
rect and proper administration of its affairs
II was thought that, the constitution and Laws
oeing preserved as guide abuses, which had no
sanction but custom, would have been corrected
that the spirit OF Republicanisn would have been
Daue 10 triumph over the gradual encroaclirnents
Wnoh are the frequent results of unquestioned power
BY adopting this course it is more than nroha-
Oie that errors might have been detected and rem
edcd. at all events just regard for the purity of
.he laws would have been displayed, and the Admin
zeal, 1t not its success in detecting abuses
1t was thought, too. that, as il was believed IN
come within the scope of their duties, the rrea,
principals OF general policy both external and inter
"a would nave occupied tile attention ofthe Cabinet
These dreams. for they turn out to be So wore
'nnhentary No sooner was the Chair of State va.
Gated thon the present incumbent Welding either
TO tile force OF natural passions or PROMPTED by the
Interested suggestions Of band OF clanorous nett
TONERS began system Of prose riptiun which in the
ierceness and uncompromising spirit in which il i
pursued yields to nothing in the annals of anv pUe
III this country 1t is true, THINKS the wisdom and
foresight OF our fathers, the lives of men arc safe
The spirit Of Tiberus or 4 Nero nav riot tn ey.
cess or tue dlSrcsses OF such derive subsistence
from the Governments but to the dcDrivation or
office the power is limited
II Is not possible to discover the principle uno n
which TINS prescription rests. It's operation is more
occur than the course of the celebrated Council At
Venice. There, it is true Information md cbargos
were invited, and they were ANONYMOUS hut no,
concealed. The victim OF suspicion had the opnor.
tnn!ty OF defence! But here the blow follows tho
dGcSoh' ana me Character Of the charge is shtoud-
cd IN perpetual darkness.
RtniInII'h,is haJet duris4itnr egao cnstiyq, me
6"aH4ue--bnt here even aflei punishment. the VIC
tim Is not perIutted 10 meet tho CHARGE. for tho
purpose Of defencc.* " '"'
Did Tibcrus or Nero ever pe.pctrate an act O,
greater moral obliQuty thau those which daily occur
III this City! '' WV"
IT'S true, they carried 20 an excess their ven.
seancc' and stained their guilt with deeper dive
OF crime. But here, iorbearance cannot br con:i
/ ueIcd virtue. Ehr power which Tiberius WELD
edto attain his objects OF vcnsoancr is FORTUNATELY
not dcputed by the laws. ICCIJ1S,
see Aades correspondence with Mr. Van Buren, connected
IN to max secret nionndtioos and private denuncl
Mons nave IN some Al not many hefn made the ground 81
"eie"iH'u Ifon clLec Of useful and esiiuabe men
"" e are requested to state, Gen. WIN. l.. COR
DON OF Albemarle, is candidate for Congress il.
Tie District OF Amherst, Nelson Albemarc. Fluvan.
ma and Goochland, vacated by the resignation OF
Hon. VIM. G.. Rivcs.
GOO
o. he Northern Mail reached the Richmond p, 1c, ~
@ P'st h'"e O'Clock YESTERDAY morning, -four hour
earlier 'ean usual having Jeff Washington a, tho usual tune 4
O'Clock the dav before. We have been thus enabled 10 ye ca
pous extract, TINS morning from tho papers brought y
were in hopes that the IosnaSict General ,d r,a5. a.
arrangement 10 have Tire Mail brought carly every day
out uu rrSLnnd haiti merely co.c1ucce Of Tho Coc
to bcns ~ the Stag and wishin. reach here ca eb
ppe ~ iic 70 wIucsS the four mile that the Mail va
eNpfilto! on this We untstt
Northern Mail might hc brought tn Richmond m To- or n
O'Clock and nOr by the early arrival yx,.j,
cnnrncd in that belief TIE citizens Richmond and so,ih
OF H. would b. much benefited could permanent, arran seE,e
bcentcfi TO bruS here by 10 II o'clock u the morning
And We are CERTAIN, whatever is possible To- hr nDe in that
the pre- NJ enter sng Contractor Fan rcrin II may he NJ
enurd Win more expense; but much make that Ar
object ~ comparison tie benefit that would bc derived v Nc
Merchants and cilzcns generally.