Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-29

.lon at common law, for an offence against the I'M
ee Caee6 IN their fedcratye- character his position,
would be, that there cannot be such an offence A.,
one against the United States under the Cannon
United States. ~ ~ ~
And then the Court adjourned
The President.-The following letter to the Eai.f
tor ofthe Phenx Gazette is from the gentleman who
Communicated to us, the anocdote of Gen. Jackson
ana the northern clergyman, and WINS written in con.
sequence of the republication in the Gazette Of the
article from the Baltimore Republican, SO fatty and
earnestly contradictng its truth. Since we publ;sh
gu 'he last extract from our correspondents we have
seen ana cosversed with persons Just from Washing
'oN anu from interviews with the President, who
MAKE 10 scrupe IN corrohorating the mtellisencc-
Dut IL VIII be dcnied--of course Were it evident
as the run moon in frosty night, it would still be
ueeo anu the more evident the fact the more stout
ana emphatic the denial the asserors of fasebood
ever make up for the deficiency of truth, by the We
hemcnce of protestaton. The rankcr the falsebooS
the harder do they always swear to it. Who has
forgotten the daring and fagitious game PLAYED
against the nation In the of Blr. Crau,ford's
health in 1922 What can partizans do, that ourhe
to surprize after that
nu' "'tt motive can we, or any else hayr
~ eSaoi'snihs mental overthrow against the Presi.
oe'''' None possibly We are quite rs vlinr TO
IiuSi MN Us the men around him, and quite as will
fl"S 'hat ne remain President, though he be but
! Nbs Log as that the storks, Kendall, Green and
ING man, should assume the remaining trappnes as
'hey already grasp the trlincheon of authority No
we nave no disposition, Heaven knows, or wish.
that the act should be true, as in ,ct we make bur
h''ie question 1t Is. Things go on badly enough al
ready They anisM go still worse, if Presdent,a,
responsibility were merged in acknowledged imbes
clity.
From tt. Ph.air Gazette
Inc blowing communication is published ms ~,
act OF justice to the writer and will sufficiently ev
pain itself We have heard from other sources since
ne appearance OF our editorial article, that what he
states s strictly correct. The bodness of the denial
and the sort of cfcint character which it assumad In
the Baltimore Republican led us into the error IF
tnnk,ng thu. possibly the correspondent of the Wing
might have been mistaken.
For the ale~enaya PAc,,ir ce-s,.
" WASHINGTON. MAY o.
/ AR. EDIToR In casting my eye over YOUR ps net
OF Friday observed an editorial paragraph bsvine,
tor Its object the refutation of a publication frS
made in the Richmond Wing, in relation to nm in.
tervlew which took place between General jackson
ana Nor'Gerh Clergyman, and based upon exple-
nations made by the Baltimore Republican,
I AS L furnished that information to the Editors nc
the Wing, tfeelmyscIf bound by an obligation due
10 them, as we'll as duty 10 myself to make known
INT on winch that communication
anu al tie same time express my mistaken belief IN
the correctness of the circumstances detailed
i fo..s.-3sl f recettact aright) that this Bnlti-
more Editor had affirmed that every particular con-
tanned III that statement WIS incorrect: that tn.
'clersJaasn" twho figured SO conspicuonslv =, "a
was not political friend of the GeneraIsp tina
the gentleman who accompanied him was not a
clerical srotsr;' and that the President WAS ,,ot in
iosmea huS once efter introduction ofI;s visit
OF HE n1ii:c and place OF resisnce.is,
IT'S SOB h.E intention e esIteT INTO an e!abosese
eH,.llassion or stts;sps y prove, BY any mole of
aTgunenta ION, e firth Or frlssnss .,f
tserai sPeciica IONS .ss,d ~ Ia, the ,.,r,isf 60
Or lileorfectnes5 q tho two first it IS matter os
u aRortance whether tileyssa st:e or false So far
As tnoy Fave any eearlhg on the question at ss,is
between as or are designed tn sab eYye fs;e,a
h7d IN view IN making the publication alluded To !
namely, TO prove the imheciitys of Tic proeihen,
ana ms total Inaienacy for tho dischar go of the
ties OF the Office which he holds
4 That the affirmation, however Of fi,a Sc, :;
correct to wit, he vas Eot only friend az rho Con-
eral s. but warm, zcnous and cfci5.t one so s,ct
So as TO attract the attention Of that portion
conlnrlty IN which he lived, and the severe an;,,;
versions OF the church Which. he rad the
toral charge, Is fact public and 2rsoneral not
RET tact as weknoHn IN Rosso end hroi,,
= we s'tate 81; That the late Mr. Pick
ermg The icaderof The Federal Iarty Ia tisot
was loud and vocftrous ia chantipG nnans >, ,i
)! "lartlst WOODEN" who IS now Hing the 1oaasrc
ofhis coe,ntry's glory" 90 :
! rs 90 the second ciargc 5afn nv ;,,ea,,;n,,
/ angn#5y sis rusconeeiye and ip;sipte,preted mo-
yer Designed % oohgeyan idea that the gentleman,
4 yi.0 accompanied tficeieYz Ear yvasn -
ther think re r0raepi5es 1orrecsiy5Y nse,I tho
y ezF-Sion professional brothef ~ which tr,caI,t
I enc Who was ora 9fhe ssfse persuasion AID aftsj,.
en- 10 tie sane 's'os.natian protesting christias
As f1sSe Charges, uSSess, can snassn .,, rant;,
/ or hayo any relevancy - .te question m dtsnnfe
/ incpt. o'A'
I Whether or net the President did, at two several
and distinct periods after previously rceeviur in
troductory letters, ard undergoing formal introdr
ton in pro1ria rs'voa ask the clergyman his nsrn
and place of residence, is fact in the Truth Of
which have no more doubtsthan that he is now
piictiy as do any event furnished by the records
OF history The sources from whence it oririnatsd
know, and know ehey be relied on v,o;fd