Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-10

SHSHi! (ioT IL seems we are to hive
Hma Tor eight years AT LEAsr.l A cancus. Impos-
stp4e' Inc weaker ofthe two will never abide by
their award. They propose TO surmount The diffcul.
y ny extending the rule of the present Chief Maois-
tFate eight years; but thnt only puts off the evil dav.
The day itself mast come; in fact il has co,ro e,r
MI Adams Him they had couried before the oav of e,o.,o,
""" "e"'e ass'duay. Him they had promised fe department,
" '"'e' y mr. CRAWFORD were elected But Mr. CLAY cou,d
not reconcile 1t TO himself. to vote for a man whose CONDITION, nc
heai'h was inadequate tn signing his name. After the election.
tiIe efaw'ofd'tasi in Congress were the neutral par,y. (ircun
s'aHces MADE them 50, for the battle had been decided whboo,
their assis,ancs. In this position, they were the be-, ;nises os
P"sSiss events. ut hat time, their predictions were nearly
unanimous IN favor OF MIR. Adams to Gen. Jackson, and their
IoP"7'on entirely so-we have il from the hishcs, au,hori,y-,ba,
MT. Clay had voted as he ought to have voted, had ,o,et n
Mey mis- circumstances, uouid hare rotea. Was no, uiy an
explicit acquit'al ofary hargains Two of the most distinguish.
ed, and many of the inferior order among them. waited :, H.,
eiaS, congratulated him on his course and tho result. and prxs
GU n'" 10 sustain the Executive his influence had 50 muci, con-.
"o''u "e'eae, ds gotug into the cabiuet. We ell remember
'c ie''er OF one OF our present Va. Scpators to MIR CLAW
t''at letter was but the cuun,erpar. of many similar ,esrimorj.
AIS OF the satisfaction aud gratitude of distinguished members
OF 'he Crawford party, upand dawn the coun,ry-lc,,ers vtNA
the honou'able deicacy of Mr. Clay ins prvea,ct him foor,
making public Nfaga however the result. Mark the purNIa.
"""'y' 'e "eahiNess of the very men, when the clouds BEGAN
" v" III 'e winds 10 threaten o lemrns, against Mr.. adj
a"'' administration. No sooner had these indications appear.
CO. than they observed a proaped silence in regard TO the .,ar.
gum They would at first neither acquit nor cundenn- -
iheir conduct factuated with the ehb and flow Of the battle
oherH when danger first appeared, they at laa. when tina, dan.
ger "i;aine manifest and threatening to the Administration
'""e e'e'e's III ana ciamofotfs denouncnts of the .har-
e""' HIahy ofthem, observers at Washington. end familiar
WIN men ana things there, at the time of election, they dis
c'aHneh all belief in the "bsrsain;'' nor did they profess q he.
tN'e' uhti 'hey considered the election Of Jackson sure >
WIN scarcely an exception, they acted upon Hcnto,-.u,.;.,
"true says he, l do not believe in the bargain. bu, I IN - nj,
g''hNaY ~ because isanswers the pnEFssc!" We scarcely deem
" 'essa Illustrate what we have said, by individual in
S'ahces' we should not have to go far 10 find them. B,, i, rs
WORTHY d remark, that Dir. McLane of Delaware, who was or
warmly to press Mr.. Clay 10 go into the department, of State
mas neen rewarded iol his Subsequent efforts in bringing Della
ware 10 q e'ilef OF the bargain, by the mission TO England! He
""H me stump throughout that firm aud independent, little
State, and elo4uently enforced the s'corrup,ion" of Adams aud
N'ny' Aho'her gentleman TO whom we tovo alluded, a. ,ho
author OF a consrstulatory episile To Mr.. Clay upon TIC even,
or 'e e'eci''n '"'2a, and whn In that letter, n fatterino Terms
acquitted HIM of corruption--ihis gentleman aGer ba had bs.,
elevated, chiefly by the exerion of MIR. Clay's friends TO n b,sb,
u Nohofabie Office, IN order 10 concilia,e the Jacksonians, and
10 reconcile himself TO those who at the crisis of his political
h'e' denounced md almost spit upon hinl-;his quondam ad.
mirer and friend of Mr.. Clay, this firm and independsn, man
passed ewo whodc winters in Washington $50 rnmor saws with.
ont 50 much as calling to. pay his resperts 10 him! Times had
changed since he wrc:a his letter IN the spling of 1925,
And now few there are who do not change with tire times, 81
nave a suibciency OF mental m,repitity and disin,eres,edness,
to hold them on mistaken and unnoved in the path which
conviction points outflow few of such upright and fearless
politicians there are among us. the last four years have afforded
memorable and melancholy evidence. Let such men As these
rejoice if they can, in the honors and dement's which a majority
confers. They never can attain tina, permanent confidence and
general respect at which they aim. They nay enjoy the smiles
and favoTs CT tier majority for a time, and make n profitable
job of sac rihcing the expectations Of old and tried, 10 The mo
misses and Establishments Of new friends, bat re:ribuicn will
reach them at last, and then they fall Ike Wolscy-v4 II the
pity oi lew, and the ccnsnrc of all parties Such has been the
treatment Of Henry Clay from the congressional friends of Mr..
Crawford, and we feel confidence that the history Of Marty
cannot furnish another instance Of A more pusIIan;r,ous sacrj.
fee ofan individual to its spirit, orc more calculating ircaclefy
TO the benests Of truth and honor. impariaIly viewed, n
amounts precisely 10 ,hiS-that in order to propliiate the antici.
paied conqueror, they assisted to immediate the man whose
honor they knew, whose chsractCy they admired, whose inno.
cence they acknowledged, and who had done less than them.
selves to offend that conqueror. We affirm THAT during the
year 1873, the Crawford party almost unanimously acquitted
Mr.. Clay OF the pretended b~argan-usy, we have heard one of
his personal friends say, that the Editor of the Ennuircr hinrcn.
who latierly did so much to pmcure a belief in the "baYpain.,
never did as a man, believe in ii.
We have exiendsf our remarks beyond what ue intended,
and Will close them with the treatment of the Crawford psrtv
towards Gales e. Seaton. These gentlemen in the s,rurale Of
1924, were the firm friends Of Mr.. Crawford-bis friends arairs,
hope, and his friends 10 tive last the friends wbose tignieed
support was She principal means Of obtaining for him tue rs.
peciatie vote begot But they refused 10 become parties to the
allrspce Of 1926, continuing however to pursue a course tenn
Pera'e and respectful TO all The FIRST that came in reach, they
fell the FIST sacrihce 10 jackson prescription, and the friends
with whom they had acted two years before, were Che mos,
J ! forward 10 bind the victims: Nothing exhibits the cold.blooded
s~eI6shness Of Mr.. Van Buren's character more ~strikinzty, than
his principal agency in this Transaction. Hc vas the nan TO
~lorganize and head the pursuit. The original jackson men
| s,nod ,,,oo;sbe ~ te vead;,aes IF The .Cu-l 4. hz..u