Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-08-25

there be any tning winch he can give me ain sure
heought to give it. True, l have abused him in eve
ny form, nearly as much Us you have, and THOUGH
nave not changed my opinions at ALL about him. still.
prudence and SELF considerations render il necessary
mat should pretend to have changed them besides
these fellows, Monroe and Adams were in INV NAV
Wheh thought 1t was my time to be President and
can therefore abuse them with u good rrace This
'ld SO long, that, at last, began to praise Gen.
Jackson, and scarcely any body knew when NH,
praise commenced. BY the bye do You remember
those pieces Which once sent YOU for publication
soon after the Seminole war. You refused to pub
lisa them You know, because thew were so Itch,
upon the General, and, then had them published
IN HE Federal paper of this place Great God, if
the GENERAL should ever get glance at them am
gone forever on all Sides hope files are left of
th"' paper. But to the point; my wrii ngs are
prompted by various motives, and you know that men
very often have more than thing to tteir bow
may, perhaps, be able keep up that Iii strnction
now prevailing, and which my golden coskets d.; sn
Mncii to bring into life; if so, then | think I can
ca]oie the Cd man into appointment for me-
thcrc Will then DC vacancy perhaps in some of
.he oepar'uichts foreign embasy. something else
;hat viii suit me. iii fail in this perhaps soueihinr
may present itself bct;, the present term exnires
Never before, dad mucil about an Office I
VINO nave always Thought myself No. l. in the ma
TIN, would never before act in subordinate char
acter' but no, the changes have been ereu: in u
man affairs, That cannot think Of returning tn nv
farm OF poverty in ***tt ,y present condition. cn
Office therefore, must have, ii i; be possible to oct
Edn.--W!iy rul,, both you and l. seem to have
been pretty a'uci engaged i'll the same views namely
Seg-prese'ca!ion And ii the truth must be told lo
me see II the door is FAST believe the same object
actuateu The whole party nos i'm power. Is il not
strange, thai men should BE- SD easily Inauound, hv
mode OF tact has always been to honey the people,
depend upon 1t, but few OF them understand any tlino
or government men, and If thew can only ho.r 8.
man spenf of their authority and acknowIeo. j, in
Il houn'ilcss FORM they know not and care not whaI
acts ne may commit. For instance. | will name AN
example IN yourself, which is esrrngest have ever
known. After you denounced by Virginia, for
your dsavowal OF the obligation of instructions SC
he people you know, were in against YOU every
where; yet, i'll your writings YOU have praised
te people SO much, and talked much of your low
of individual man. over governmental oppression "
&C. &c. that you have fairly the people over 10
You, though the offence you had committed was the
most gFievous had ever known by a representative
But my dear Governor after all. fear that our re
public l. destined 10 end Fear! need no, Use,
TINS word tor really very little about forms of
government, II can only be great man under it,
Eratliy rae III this, and take any government YOU
please. Iii republic you know man must make a
hoSe III order to bring himself into view and this i
the only moae almost by which he can succeed
haze therefore been compelled praise this republic
ana to praise the people, without cariIr much for
selves.
Gor.-What new thing have YOU heard from
the Tube Crat0r, since saw you?
fa.f'-WAy sir, the papers yesterday are fail of
MN from every quarter. Curse the fellow call linn
i"oie orator or Chartered Lije,tiae, or what Won
please, we shall never be able to keen him down |
ttready have the people begun to take the sense of
themselves In hotels and steamboats, &c nd ali hone
Is gone In the heart of the Jackson country steam
boats go for Clay by whole crews and what can be
dohe III such case: Even our last hope. the aiita
sy teeer, seems To be dying away the country Bv
the bye Governor, when You called out the militia
about tins place the other day. hopes that it
was a mere stratagem to inspire anew the fame
Which lighted us into power but which seems 10 have
becom. extingu.shed Am | mistaken?
{ioo-Why there vas not much ground for
ealing them out, thar is true and fear have SUD
lrcted myself more to ridcue tHan any thing else |
yet per ,aps, it is all well enougt; il viii keen The I
spark alive a little longer. But do you rctol!eet |
that commander in chief? and there NAV he |
some danger of my taking the field, and what thu, |
ID should do In such case? Even in INV youth
and frmness always had nv heart in nv mouth IF
all things were not smooth, and SHOULD heaven so or
der IT, that should be required to take tie field, all
my inrmties would be nj exposed to the world
You have talked much i'll the Enquirer about nv
ROrat coura"e, aud | quite tickled at YOUR re-
marks bat the truth is, never had any moral cour-
age, any other kind of courage in nv life. II is
true that say q great nany bold and daring things
hn rig situation protects Inc from violence always.
W nat MAJ OF Courage would offer violence to mr.
: on may have heard of that fellow of Roanoke an
proacilng me once to in nv r,um; | knew
be was coming, and therefore pretended to be sick.
lie raised his stick, and with that !awk eve
OF his, and long finger, frightened me that nv
heart was very near eapng out ofiny mouth; il kick
cd within me at such rate that my body began 10
bounce like patched bean. 1t is true, | deserved
u all, Tor had business expose his private let
ters in which nc severely denounced MIR. Jeffer-
son, and more especially as answered those letters
Hiu p'lshco MS IdrtNeT than re mad
red IT. yet notwithstanding this did not think the !
fellow would approach my ROOM with upifted cane, !
and flourish II over my head. This Randolph, is
my evil genius. | had promised myself much honor
and glory in tine approaching Convention; but Isiall
be afraid to open ny lips for sooner shall !
take my seat, than THIS fellow will begin at the |
crown of my head and skin the solcs of my feet
do not know what TO do in such Il case; can YOU
tell me- my dear Editor?
EdH.--8ut do not YOU and him anrce in ,l,c ne /
neral politics of the day?
G'o--Why that is matter not quite so Ger
fam In one thing wc certainly do agree, and that
ts, IN hitting all mankind; but then wo hate each /
other 90, and there is the rub. We cannot GO tore
thcr, slough may think alike, because each Of us
thinks himself the greatest living, though We |
do not think each other so.