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


Is not one man, who u,ites the respect of the
worthy or the confidence of al. lie is however
friend of Henry Clay, (.hat great and prosecuted
citizen, toward: whom the rejecting of all parties
are turning heir eyes. the only man who unites
the requisite energy ability and popularity to rescue
the nation from the moral FIRE and sword Of Jackson
ISM aud that was crime enough. John Speed Smith
10 CFittenden, is as Hylaa 70 uercues.
EDCE-EILT,
W. are sorry that our correspondent, Eert1s,
whose Jealous defence Of the living and dead.
whom he thinks caluu,tissed by the Crtique OF a
"Revo!utonary Man does SO much honor to his heart
AMI Understanding, should peais in indirectly cen-
snring us for publishing the Cyiique, by the express
sion OF lis renewed establishment. we again pledge
him our assurance, that we knew not the real char
acters feti:iouely brought upon the stage in Edge
tilii, either IN person. from, tradition. IVe had
never heard read Of any eirh incidents in the Be
volutonary war, as are described in Edae-Hin, and
imputed to any of the characters in tue Novel; and
in truth except when actors in the struggle are in
troduced by their real names, supposed the whole
story to be fiction. We glanced with gseat haste
and slghtness over the manuscript of Revolution
airy Man, and strange it raay appear to Vctas, it
any SANDER upon the living or the dead. This OBJ
tuseness no doubt results from extree defcsHcy lit
the knowledge of pedigree, misfortune which we
hope will be pticd rather than blamed.
Gao word on no Cri:iq1e IS it is again b,ougat
Under review we sonsesfsfi toe Bhc,,Ssse4Zes Of
obsecti"na urged by the cable authoF ssainst
Lcge-Hil unreasonable and r1tenable, an6lGss the
plain and simple that the author of Eaec-ITi
proposed to write a Novel, and not History. If
therefore he assigned to character the merit of
speech made by another las 20 Patrick EIenrr, the
defence made by Gen. Marshall of Warden to aDo
Their, some brave deed achieved BY somebody else.
and inverted the whole order Of time and circuu
stance, still he did not Transcend the loriti,natn
license allowed to fiction by criticism assumed hv
Homer, BY Shakespeare and by Scott. HISTORY is
one thing, and a Poem, Play OF a Novel anothcr in
one, truth only prosscd 70 be told and truth on is
expected nanotler instruction is en- forced by the
means OF amusement and the writer is allowed the
scope of his imagination to paint things as they
ought 20 be, or us they might have been. It is rid
cuoGs therefore, to subject Novel, although il be
historical Novel, TO the rieor of historical r1le.
FoR RICHMOND WI1IG
Edge HI and dts Cr5tiqgs By Ee1oIQia,.
org .Ifan.
Mcssrs. Editors: Over the signature Of Tcritas I
addressed to you some remarks and stated some ac
10 prove that the author Of the Critique was wholly
unacquanled will the family which he has siandeFej
Thought Instant denial of the truth Of his state,
inent was necessary and proper-and noyy take the
liberty II saying, that my establishment ION re pc
rusal of the artice) is greats increased at your g
wing currency TO such a miserable effort 10 vilify In
memory of the dead, and wonnd the feelings
the living had been told that the author of tx, .
Hill intended TO represent in that work, occurrence
which took place at Westover, during the Revou.
ton knew that ifthis were The fact, it was desti.
tute Of TRUTH save in particular, that there tAe
British army landed with the traitor Arnold. Vic
that place was in the occupancy Of defcncecss vi
dow, surrounded b. numerous family. I had che
tact ffl>~ nc whose tOngEa knew not falschood h.I
tba personal safety OF snefamfy az that the .
bcer m command wouI yy.ofFer and that the grooT
were destroyed, the cattle cCns-,rd the npros ~
Iicd of and in s1St, the estate lad sstc By tLo "a
vadup army, for which she never received one cent
compensation. IL The power Of such army, wtN
out another place OF refuge, what sloyid widgx
with number Of helpless children haze done? T.
this period of her life too, she vas entirely depcnder
on that property for her support and that of he
F.! family. Should she have have gcd to Richmond
4 The Government could not have protected her. as
had already sought its safety in the mountafns
and there, Tarletons corps sufficient to M,
it to flight. The continuance OF the British army al
Westover, rave rise 10 reports Injurious to the at
tachment of its occupant to the American causo on.
Of these, which gas excessively distorted, was this
General Philips was very sick, ond sent on shore tc
ask for losf Of fresh bread; the loaf sent and
print of buttcr this civiity which she could not re-
fuse, for the house tsefwa under the mouths oftbc
British oannon) was UNANIMOUSLY exaggerated, and ev
addition made j. which the tongue Of caluTb1y
could utter. Slandcr on SANDER was gotten I'd, u;
she was formally charged with disafecton to the CO
vcrnment, and summoned 20 appear in Richmond
With conscious innocence, she repaired ththcr
where her vile calumniators had not the hardboo,
TO confront her. In letter TO one Of her femal
f!cada, she says you no doubt perfectly remenibc