Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-16
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THE NEW ADMINISTRATIONS

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jackson, is not only novel, but alarming IN the high
est degree. new principle Of action bus been re
sorted to, which cannot fail to distract and divide
the American people, as that the government itsel
Us IN imminent danger do not mean the proscrip
i've SYSTEM thpt is nothing compared with otbe
principles which mark the course Of the adminstra
tion. This may be borne with because the day OF
retrhution will come and SO far as proseriDfion /.
concerned, all win be put right. il is not giis there
FORE that mean to call the attention Of the Amer
can people 10; il is Other ind more serious acts OF
the dominant party. Hitherto each odministr ration
which has succeeded to another has held itself hound
20 regard the national interest as its fnds nj
rule OF action, and however violent may Ina W. been
the struggle for supremacy, when that struggle WINS
over, oil considerations of personal revenge were
lost an the considerations which belonged To the coo
Try and to the general good Hence we SO upo, the
pages OF history that the immortal Jefferson after
succeeding MIR. Jno. Adams, used tho most
eohcmtory, IN oil ms public messages, and pracced
the utmost forbearance towards his political enemies
IL is true that he did give them Office and that
he removed some from Office but with the excrntion
OF these things, his conduct and language towards
te Federal party was respectful and entirely free
from personal asperity. After Mr. Jefferson sue.
ceeded TO power he conducted the great concerns of
the government, upon principles purely national and
IN no instance, far as recolect, did he strop
an ae' o. persona revenge upon those who had
preceded him IN Office and power Can Gen. Jack
son ana his advisers say the sames ] blush for my
country when behold the difference.
no sooner isthe- present party in power, than a
10 maui CONDUCT Ot all, who
dered themselves ard their Office 10 The will of rho
people, anu this examination, in place of being con.
Quoted for the public good, is eagerly pursued fer
personal recenge and, as II would bring int
aisgracc the late administration, and each individual
VINO composed It. ask If anv good is TO rise from,
newspaper exposition of bad management of any
department by him who lately at its head, On
the contrary would not the national character suffer
III the eyes oi all foreign powers If vicious course
Of conduct could be fixed upon any important apent
OF the government, And at the same time I will
ask, what advantage TO the nation or TO individuals
lis to arise frona newspaper exposition of the details
OF the departments attached To the Government,
None earthly. as every must admit. These re-
MARKS are induced from various publications in the
combination prints, and more especially from all ar,i-
Gle IN the Telegraph, Of the eighth Juy under tho
head OF Navy Hospital Fund" In this article tlc
writer no doubt. has had access 10 everv thing in
The Navy and Treasury Departments md his n9ne
tte seems TO he Keeny set upon the destruction of
Character. Ii We go in this malignant and re-
vengcful spirit, what hope is there of stability IN
the Union! If each new administration is o be the
destroyer oil the characters OF those who have pre.
ssaen' does not every man perceive that the
teontest Tor power Is to be- fierce and 5ioody7
AND 1t so, how long the Republic endur.9
II is not that the article to which l have re.
ierred Contains any thing, in reality, against Mr.
Southntd or Mr.. Rush; on the contrary, The writer
seems 10 be totally uniformed upon some. of the
most important facts and iaos relating TO the subject
upon which he treats ye; the object in view is fair
~ disclosed, and therefore his article is fair subject
OF anImadvcrsoh.
consider il be the duty of every administration
to take care of the national character by concealing
errors That cannot be cured and, at the same time
sustaining the interest OF the country by all the
means which can be efficiently resorted to- TO tell
the American people and the world, that the fund
created for Marine Hospitals had been abused is 10 do
nothing but blot private Character ms far as such
publication through the organ of tue administration
can blot it.-Why not permit this supposed abuse 10
lie until the meeting of Congress- and then make il,
the subject OF special message, which would put it
III proper train OF investigations and the result as
certained, through proper committee! Whv nj
tempt to poison the public mind before hand7 is IL
to procure the effects that the aiedged bargain
and corruption did Is it because il is known that
when the stream of public Justice is once mudded no
man Is safe, however innocent, who falls into the
current These are the most ALARMING INGREDIENTS
oil winch revolution Is composed and no nation of
people can long submit TO such a state of things
sprnglng from fountain, the highest within their
reach. The consequence will be that feelings the
most bitter, VIII be engendered; strife themost fierce
VIII commence; and consequences, the most fatal
wIilfollow.--Whether the Republic will be able TO
stand the shock, remains to be seen, and | shall re-.
ioice in the Disappointment of my own estimates
heretofore, when the MANA cement of public con
Germs, has been abused, the individual who has abu-
sed his trust has been brought before committee of
Congress, where such investigation has been had as
justice to such individual reqmed he having az oppor-
tunity of explaining all matters before the nvestipa
Ting committee. If, after such investigation mis-
conduct IS proven, publication 10 the world is not
Oh'y oub h1tY lHdI TIC INDIVIDUAL
may be held up to public view, that others may be
warned against similar misconduct. In such case
the delinquent himself would have cause to com
plain because he had had full opportunity TO dc
fend himself before The i0ord Qtciaiiy, or semi.
Qciaiy, informed of the facts charged But TAR diff.
erent is the practice Of the present dominant party
for tho official organ at Washington, proclaiuls the
charges, whilst at the time PronouHces JUDY
ment IF quit and Disgrace upon the individual char
ged though the victim who is thus pursued has had
no opportunity TO explain Nor will it be any usti-
fcaion of such barbarous conduct. that the accused
shall afterwards be found guilty, because it reverses
the Just maxim that guilt must be proven before is
proclaimed. An individual so charged. might be in
nocent and prove himself upon his trial-und /
nsk what sufficient atonement can be made 10 him. it,
after being crimnally charged by the official organ,
he shall prove his innocence 10 all the WORLD His
fair reputation, becomes clouded under the charge,
opinion is formed and neither time nor proof Of in
noceuce, can restore him TO the place from which he
had fallen in public opinion. Is it difficult then to
that the whole country will, in the end, be divided
into two great parties. alike hateful to each other
No CONSTITUTIONAL governmental principle will be