Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-15
Ebe Constitutional gabtu.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, MAY Is, 1879.
FROM rnE' kNeuInER OF YESTERDAY.

fnPosarefs to oDfceNIr Niles objects members of Con
s being appointed Executive Offices except the hghes
grade In which we have uniformly agreed with hn-He
Pomsent Of Cen Solomon Van Rensselaer, PLACE Of epu
postmaster at Albany which carnesy resisted by Vice
aes'ea. Iompkm aud Senators King and Van Buren,
Ane sentiment which expressed the exec
"s NOT keep of their hands representatives of the peo
que; tney VIII go on ,is tempting them desert their posts
y'e'ahS their solicitations IN cases iore tie ministerial
office could be equally sceu filled by thousand Others is
Tine oE the people speak
shls opinion and we have uniformly thought, that
sxcep where the Office the highest grade ough,
soe esn Jackson has not ~ ne .Rs aie
az MS appointments from either House of Congress of that
.ce. as Posunaers, Coec,o Auditors &C. Sc viii then
toe time Tor the people to speak out.
Can Mr.. Ritchie be ignorant of the fact that men,
seis of Congress have been appointed to ministerial
offices, aS collectors &c. by General jackson! Can
io really be ignorant that Jeromus Johnson, appoint
ted one OF the appraisers of goods in ~. York. was
member OF the last Congress- That Geo. w. Owen
member of Congress from Alabama, has been made
collector OF Mobile? That John Chandler, Senator
from Maine has been appointed collector of the Port
OF Portland Has the candid editor the ENQUIRER
ignorant of these facts? We venture to say he ,cas
7hos-that he couidno have BEEN OF SO recent DC =
currence, of such general notoriety, falling imme-
dlately within the limits of his vocation, we hazard
nothing in affirming, that he was not and could not
have been ignorant of them. With his characters
tic and in;maabie caador he asks "But cui bono?"-
And in full possession of information directly falsifi
ing the assertion traced by his pen, he adds-Gen
Jackson has not broken in upon this rule-aU his
appointments from either House of Congress are of
that character THAT is where the office is one of the
highest grade.'')
1t has been our unpleasant duty for years, TO fol-
low the editor of the Enquirer through his tortuous
lz~.,> e
him the justice to express high admiration of his
ingenuity. His tact in nsinuatlng without assertng)
that to be true, which he knows to be untrue. and
IN limiting that to be untrue, which he knows to
be true unrivalcd No can better translate the
distinctive definition, qcod est sna,to-dissiD,tlo
que quoa est No is better skilled in the
force and effect, ''of horrible insnuations and dam
Hable nuendoes'-or more dexterously support
fasehood by quotation or kill truth by suppress
sion In short tho editor of the Enquirer is learn
eddy versed in ''a the arts of able Editors" We OBJ
serve these things, for the purpose of showing how
far short he has fallen of his usual address, i'm ma
king the statement above. The exclusive circ,la
ton of his paper will prevent many of his readers
from being dssbused of the error unless in his
dsintcrestcd love of truth he should condesrend to
correct it himself
But, Gen Jackson ought to he judged by the rules
which he himself has prescribed, and not by those
prescribed for him by the Enquirer In his letter TO
the General Assembly Of Tennessee, he laid down
the broad and unqualified proposition, that it vas
corruptng the Of legislation, that it was de-
strucve Of Congressional morals in airy case, for the
President to FIJI up offices from the two Houses OF
Congress. Every man knew that the opinion was le-
yelled at Messrs. Adams and Clay and was intended
insinuate his belief of corruption, in the then
cent Presidential election. The time at which his
letter written, its language pregnant with eccu-
sation against MIR. Adams and NJ Clay, not less than
the unqualified and unconditional terms employed,
demonstrate that he did not then, admit single
exception to his rule. Many fools no doubt i'm
posed upon by it. Many acknowledged the propre-
ty of the rule believed in his sincerity and support
ed him accordingly. 1t was an electioneering trick
not hess artfll, not less hollow and decetfu than that
by which he wheedled Pennsylvania into his support
as friend of tire Tariff, and Virginia us its enemy
It's morality was upon level with bis solemn dis
tlaimer of having spoken evil of Messrs Adams ant
Clay when bis SANDERS upon their honors track
ed in every tavern, stage and steamboat between
Washington and the Hermitage, and upon par will
his complaint that copy of his letter to Carter Be
vtrly had been fraudulent!y procured and published
against his wishes, when it written for publica
aion, and could have been written for nothing
else. AL were intended to mislcad, and all wer
successful in this purpose. AS proof fthc si1cern
of his opinions that 1t corrupted the springs Of egis
lation, TO appoint members Of Congress- to Office an
that his object in writing that letter was neithc
moro less than to avail himself ola favorable OF
portunity 10 insinuate his belief Of the "barrain-
LET us look at his acts, as the best illustrations
bis principles.
The following members of Congress have been M
pointed by him to Executive Offices
Martin Vun Buren,, Senator from New York, 81
cretary of State.
John II. Eaton, Senator from Tennessee, Secrett