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

tooisi report thar Mr.. Clay had fallen in duel
with John Pope of Kentucky, gained great ground in
New York and Philadelphia, and called forth at,er
ing anxiety from his friends until it wGs ascertaincd
TO be false. Mr.. Pope's right arm was ground off
by nal, close to his shoulder, when O boy Mr..
Clay rs in good health, (2pth Apr) His day has not
come, and ariN not cnne until Providence has made
him the instrument of expellng from power the men
who now possess it, uud who have marked every step
with association.
The Proscnpion at Washington is Piled yigo-
rniisly, and displays it advances more unequivocal
'ihnrueteristics of barbarty Mr.. Munroe the Post
Niastcr at Washington, said for long time be the
ool fost Master IN the country, has been turned off
~ flavor ola Dr.Jones, who getting no BUSINESS In
ns profession, turned politician. MIR. Sweeny, for
twenty years an efficient clerk In the same Depart
uisnt' Is removed for political reasons. When the
fost ohce Is termed into political engine, and made
snpservlent to party purposes, death blow is struck
at TIE great medium through which the public mind
corresponds We have every reasnn to far an orga-
nizrd SYSTEM Of espionage next.
The Washington Telegraph, echoed by its ally
mere, has for some time past been insinuatng that
oepredatlons were committed upon the Treasury
during the last administration, Just now detected
ny the vigilance of the new officers of Government
Ihere Is reason to fear from what we have privately
ieafned that these disngreeable nsnuations are sup
ported by fact But in the name of JUSTICE, Let not
tire innocent be cnnfounded with the guilty. Either
nothing should have been said, until the agents Of
Government were prepared establish the deficit to
the world, or the names ofthe guilty should have been
revealed at the ssnre Time From the shape in which
these r'mours have got before the public, the inne
cent subjected by the incapacy of that public to
discriminate from the want of evidence to the same
suspicion with the guilty If there are such guilty
pereonsf the treasury has indeed been dilapidated
-fet guilt be exposed, and innocence indicated
Let not vague, dark and damnipg insInuatons be
Circulated, confennding alike, the innocent and the
gailty.
That most unprincipled journal, the Telegraph Is
already attempting to these reports in justifca-
ton OF Gen. Jacksons proscrptive policy. The ar
gument of right in prescribing those officers opposed
TO Con- Jacksons election, is inferred from the fact
THAT or two clerks at Washing, on were suspected
of committing depredations upon the Treasury!
This precious logic would involve every officer of the
Government, from Maine to Louisiana, in the guilt
and responsibility of clerk or an auditor at Wash
1fgrnce by the mere imagination that it wac necessa
~, seriously, to combat vile doctrine as this and
lrsnit his morals add just and honorable feelings not
toanticpate that he will repel with scorn andindig-
ration! Yet[is it certain, that the Telegraph and
srne of its fawning and serve coryists are and have
been for some days, deliberately snsir,ntlg the ne
cessity and expedency Of the prescription from tire
fact mentioned. M
Again we say, let the innocent be separated from
the guilty. Let not mems characters be jas7r1tlH
and iHnRendoed away, And above all, let this not be
the protect for proscriptonor the eEruss for doing
that, which was previously determined upon. Gen.
Jackson s President, and has the constitutional right
TO prescribe If his heart IS seeled against the claims
of sueb men az Munro, Upham and Glentworth--if
resolved not respect the grey hairs othe revo-
nionary patriot tire highest testimonials OF official
capacity and fidelity, let him and his parasites not
resort to- alsehood fer justification. Let them pot
say that hundreds of honest men are turned adrft
because rogue has been detected at Washington,
aud thus abuse the good sense of the people, while
they basey attempt to atfix suspicion to the carac
tcrg Of their victims and add injury to tyranny Let
the truth be toldthat which every man knows to be
che irush--that the prescribed have been punished
1or presumng to question the Generals fitness for
Presdcnt, and for daring to be independent voting
against HIM Let the Hero, as all Heroes ought
leave quibbing to humber mortas, and proclaim to
the world that in this only republic Of the earth, CT
fizehs disqualified for Office, and punished by the
Government for freedom Of opinion! And let all true
republicans IN the land look at these facts with alarm
and disiudy.
It is with establishment only e4ualled by our regret,
that we have learnt that THOMAS MuNRoE Esq, rs to
be superseded in the Office of Postmaster for the city
Of Washington. The publicly reported grounds Of
this removal are as frivolous as the removal
itself is derogatOry to the public interest, and
dfsrepurablc to the government. The gentleman
removed is Of character beyond the rcproach Of
even the basest ealumnistor, and his office has been
conducted with trbanity, propriety aud mpar9lity
worthy of all praise, and Of all imitation Not only the
whole rity, but tire whole u. States knows this Not