Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-08-11


day, we find the following article:
ENQUIRER
Editors Of National Lateifgeneer No
+ w. "Retrospects' omitted for of room
= Hear the dsngenuous, commissioning Editors Of the ~ In
'elsencer in their words, as extracted from paper
of the 9th July, 1929:
tissue of the suit, (civ of cosrse pending trials
and the consequent scrutiny into Official Transactions they
"both and public officer; and him. nat
by he ae&ocrent Of ery mann hS of ssas..
| 'farty, ,cto heard the testimony throughout"
What adcraing insult is here offered whole American
people WITHOUT well within the limits Washington
Instead OF permitting the people OF the United States without
ne limits OF Ssnson TO judge of the conduct of the late
evidence, when made known en ignorant jack
ins,on, their inabe guides; thus rendering all exercise Of
opinion by all without Washington quite uneccssary-,hat
work having been performed their hands by sympathetic
commseraors within. The has years at,eu.
lively read ia National Intells ence dis
accompanied with disregard of truth as the write.
verify believes Whilst they destitute all common
sense sound judgment and useful information, they deal
their siy eposlerous dosnas and their willy mseprcsenta
uHs a. II they carried with them authoritative sanction
ana M 'e ease oil the tariif particularly they npudenty exh
bn then silly idle opinions if they obligatory laws
principles II" political economy, upon which that weak
wicked and destructive has been attempted
(which pucked from Angel wing 10 sanc,ify the
Koran hy transcription They not only :emptuously Gm
the differing opinions Others they exhibited instances
OF the osses desect 10 the deliberate opinions expressed
.'ate Governments; and on some occasions, represented them
10 he III an actual state of deirium kindly expressing hopes
The same time, that they coming senses virginia
mas receved several OF these vtraiive compliments Now
ITS aspects which nslted the public morals and the
publ; sensblies aud fix upon the seal their sanction
and approbatisn with assurances, with the
consent and concurrence of all the citizens
of all 'ae aud thus, by code OF Washington ethics
afford vice inviolae protection asans, the old fash
Toned ethics of all the of the people of States
The only talent which these disgusting disclosed
to the writer for the last years. of
factised knack of equiyocaon nsrepreen,a ION,
ties OF H',cn'7g aisciioos 10 sui, OCCASIONS and
tins hackle'l often clunsy executed, detect
own owl, aisceS In no case has been more bungimsy rac
used and completely exposed than III the of the c!prt
Watkins; and his accessora wiess,he renowid Mr.. Sou
en,io,s delinquency his hear,-and With repenran, tears
III his The writer has been meled make tie fore
quence of the daring attempts of these ego.tc, prosatc cd
tors, the writer thinks them, public pluerer
to The moral sentiment of the country. The specified punish
nlen awarded by the laws, forms bu, small portion the
means employed for putting down crimes and
The great and eacacious instrument employed that nd
men of the country; but when that irresistible influence
rs brought 10 bear against the execution laws what
country, whe, stripped of all public morals' Vice. then
comes triumphant and virtue is trampled under foot Then
indeed is the dcplorahie trump, the sympathetic COM
''nato" OF the vicious protecting themselves against
moral sentiment of the viois Was there ever case be
and atrocioms, than that acting Washington under The
newly proclaimed code of Washington ehicss And do not
me s'iy eaos OF the National ineiigemce stand most
sIcous in these vain daring efforts efficacy
OF the laws Let then the Washington commentators of all
sofis take heed; lest an the enforcement upon the
people of the United States, of their ethics turning The
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laws they draw upon terrible Vengeance of the
public Indignation How yain!--how iool,.-h how wicked
the public morals by calling upon public conmiscra,io,
tlerers.
! 1s snnn,;u produeJiesrrts; IF Issliiiv nof-
med from the per OF WILLIAM b. GIIEs, once emf
nent public debacI but ir the last three vcass
filing, with any thing but dignity usefulness, the
Executive Chair of the State of Virginia He has
been for some weeks past wearying the readers OF
the Enquirer with what he calls 'rctrospects,' c
which we have not read dozen lines; has perhaps
a single individual read more &C them who had any
idea where they from The public were SICK
at the drvolng illusions Of garruous alieny with
which he dosed the readers of the Enquirer last wear
and, even before 1t became duty to expose the
entire falseiood OF portion OF the charges which
he then made against the vrtuous aud persecu ed
ADAMS, his TRADES had ceased to excite our breast
any other sensation than that of disgust his vnd;c.
tive, dislugCnuoUs aud hcartlass proceeding. The
! Caption of this ''Notc' OF his, however, attracted
our attention, and, having read it through, we deter
mined TO lay it before readers shew To them
the depth of degradation 90 which man may he re.
duced under the combined influence OF envy hatred
and unchartableness- not against u.s. for we do not
| presume ourselves to be OF Importance enough TO
kndle do much passion even i'll Gov Giles's breast-
but against the lncorrupbe ADAMS. and his dstin-
guislcd compatriots of the late Administ raj on
| Who that had the good fortune witness the Con
gresslona career of Mr.. CITES, III his better DAYS
and has admired The cogency of his argument his el-
oquence in speech, but, above ALL the dignity and
decorun OF his manner, does not depore the shater-
ed wreck Of such mind which we behold in the a.
bovc pitul irrago ofmalice vugarity, and alsehoodo
It's arneTtabe, and We do gricve ut it. Forbcar-
ance for fallen man, if uot compassion for discm
pered intellect; nay, more, decent self respect
forbid our measuring back to him his MEASURE OF
Bilngsgate and bitterness and to enter into an ar
gument with him, would be reasoning to the winds
If we did not for these decline controversy
with him, we would ask what MIR. SoUTHARD has
ever done to provoke this to his Infamous assault
upon him? Has he disgraced himself by intcm-
perate ard vulgar rbaldry Of persons whose eminence
he has never been able to rcacl' Has he ever adj
vanced charges against the highest of our public men
which he was not only moi able to substantiac but
ton of his hand writing? Has he been the man
tspsrsers aD,bgua' roces) to fill the public ear with
ambiguous chargesand vague inuendoes against every
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