Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-17
For THE VINO.

TIE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
The state of things, since the election OF General
JACKSON. is DOT only novel, hut alarming in the hiqh-
estdcgree. y new principle of action has been re-
sorted to, which cannot fail so 10 distract and divide
TIE AiaeIIcan people, as that the government itself
Is III Imminent Danger. do not mean the proscrip-
1--WE system, that Is nothing compared with other
principles winch mark the course OF the adm;nistra-
ton. This may be borne with, because the day Of
rctriDulI"n Will come, and so far as prescription is
cnnce' ned, all will be put right. 1t is not LiS there
fore, that mean to call the attention of the Arneri
can pe0p'e 10; it is to othc,, and more serious acts of
the dominant party. Hitherto, each administration
which has succeeded TO another, las. held Itself bound
TO regard the national interest as lis Fundamental
rule oi action, and bowcra: violent NAY have been
Tie struggle Tor supremacy, when that struggle was
over, all considerations of personal revenge were
lost in the considerations which belonged 10 tie coun-
try and othc general good. Hence we see, upon the
pages OF history, that tile Immortal Jefferson. after
succeeding Mr.. Jno. Adams. used language lie most
conciiiotory. III all his public messages. and prGcIiced
The utmost iorbearance towards his political enemies.
1t is true that he did not give them Office. and that
he removed some from Office, but with HE exception
of these things, his conduct and language toward
the Federal party was respectful and entirely free
from personal aspeTity. After MIR. Jefferson snc-
ceeded TO power, he conducted the great concerns OF
Tie government, upon principles, purely national, AID
IN no instance, as fan as | recoiect, did he st"op
to an act of personal revenge upon those w!:o had
preceded him in Office and power. Can Gen. Jack
son and his advisers say the same? / blush for nv
country when / taiiUld he difference.
NO sooner Is the present party IN power, than Il
search is made INTO the conduct Of al, who surrcH-
dered themselves AID their office, to the will of the
people, and this examination, in place of being con-
Quoted for the public good, is eagerly pursued for
personal revenge; aud, as it. would seem to bring into
disgrace the late administration, and each individual
who composed it. ! ask. Il any good is to rise from
q newspaper exposition Of bad management Of any
department 10y him who was lately ut its head? On
the contrary, would not the national character suffer
IN the eyes 81 MI foreign powers, ii Il vicious course
OF conduct could be fixed upon any important agent
Of the government? Ard at the same time, | viii
ask, what advantage TO the nation or TO individuals
Is 10 arise from a newspaper exposition of the details
OF the departments attached to the Government?
None earthly, as every one must admit. These re-
marks are induced from various publications in the
combination prints, and more especially from az art-
Gle III the Telegraph, of the eighth July, under tho
head Of "Navy Hospital Fund" In this article the
writer, no doubt, has had access to every thing in
the Navy and Treasury Departments, and his appe-
tite seems to be keenly set upon the destruction OIL
character. If we 60 on in this malignant and re-
yeRgeful spirit, what hope is there of stability "a
the Union? If each new administration is to be the
destroyer Of the characters of those who have pre-
ceded, does not every roam perceive that the
And if so, how long can the Repobic enduret
1t is not that the article to which ] have re
tered, contains any thing, in reality, against Mr.
Southland or Mr.. Rush; on the contrary, the write
seems to be totally uniformed upon some of the
most important focfS and Ia1cs, relating To the subject
upon which he treats; yet, the object in view, is fair
ly disclosed, and therefore his article is a fair subjec
of animadversion.
i consider it to be the duty of every ad ninistrstior
to take care of the national character, by concealins
2 errors that cannot he cured, and, st. the same tim