Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-04

rtfsuaeiN6 Spenkcr.--ltc thf attention.
hVios II rs long and steadily, probably. as an,
liam th1t has ever appeared ia or halls Of Lcgisla
-. Frank lofty, and disntercsird, with power :,
aa'cnf and capacit, to lead lac mast nsccssa,ily bc
nnt would always DO. iiuportan. individual i'm am,
pablo assemblyto which nc might belong. Since lS
has been out Of Congress- his public speeches hay,
been principally sueh have been occasioned b,
icrtvi'ies 10 which he has been invited guest in
those parts of the country where custom has repder
ed Il indispensable OH such occasions To make nm ,d
slrcss Fastidons friends and false friends. aud y,
course cnesnes have reproached him for the frcon.u
~ sfthese eu2rts ana have sought To degrad. him
by fixing on him theappelation ..table orator
Most ofthis rebuke lins originated in hostility ono,
or conccaed; aud the rest Ia a want of ntte,o, tn
tne circumstances IN which he has been ploced
WAS he to decline MI invitations tn sucb ,,no,;,,o.
from his friends and his nciehbors nj n time u.h.n -
tempest OF tho grossest calumny was beutn.r anon
hin, from the presses the interest 1--WE do not ,,se
700 81 org terml Of those who sought to destroy
him IT he accepted such invitations was no In f,i
low the custom Of the country or was he To- brcol II
nnd hc silent! When he spoke, il was easy TO say
That he would better have consulted his dignity by
nefng silent, but it he lad been silent, il would have
been as easy to have inferred conscious g,il, from
tie fact, that having suitable occasion to defend
himself he had, nevertheless, been able 10 MAXI, mo
defence at oil. He had acted on the idea: that
puoic man, attacked rs he has been, must ropel
tnose attacks, not only once but on en- and always
hsf the uncontradcted repetition of caumny should
wear channel for IL in the public opinion I, Il, no,
always easy to decide, whom snudcr should be motto.
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think the rcsuli has shown that he Judged rivl nd
acted wisely His repeated indications OF l;nsrlf
against the charge of bargain ana corrup,ior-a
urge I.,..-..ulis ehohg In ITSELF but in its effects
not TO be despiscd-have, in our opinion, contributed
with other causes TO bring about that Just and cqui
Table reaction OF public sentiment, which. at the pre-.
sent moment, seems giving To his character a dc
gree OF interest ana import lance. Ii seems To us
impossible that every fair and honorable mind sioud
not rejoice IN this tone of sense, sanity, and good
feeling, To which that portion of public opinion w,ich
has departed from itappears To be returning. For
ourselves, without looking To future events or con
templating the probability of Mr. Claws return To
public life, feel the sncerest pleasure in scen,r
linn elevated, in the pubic Judgment to the lurh
station To which his character, his talents, and his
services justly entitle hun
But we do not, nevertheless, Cunfne ouselves en-
tirely to this abstract vow OF the natter We think
it hardly probable that Mr. Clay is destined to pass
the remainder of his life ip ms retreat NJ AsI.nd
Standing, think he docs this very ulunlcnt a
object OF more interest aud regard than any other
in the United States, there evidently noihinr
TO keep him out Of the sphere of political action but
single event, the proba 6ty of which never great
appears TO DO fast duninshug aud hat is that liz.
persons now III power shall conduct the concern,
nf government as To give 10 just occasion ipr opno
sltion. For humble selves, VIC are free To sax
that in oplpisn, the first leading measure of tic
present administration has boon such as should AVA
ken the attention. and alarm OF nll Intelligent friends Of
the constitution This loading measure is q .,cneynk
Thdnse, an all the Offices Of eoceIns,G from tnoir,s
merely personal; an attempt To form copJinGiiOn 10
retain potccr, by The patronage Of the government IL
xeE II is not mainly tls,t our sympathics arc ava
kened by tho removal OF mrn from The liit, crpplov
ments under government, who have been lied to those
employ men,s and have no other means NJ living; al
t..Oukh are FAR, Ycry !.ir from dscaImur s,lcl,
sympathy, and from scoing the expression of i as
unbecomlng whining Our objection lies deeper
The principle of this mode of auInnst ration is hos
THE 10 The spirit of the constitution aud the existence
OF the government. If this bad example is be fol
lowed we entertain not the shadow OF a doubt, that
IN less tlt twenty years 1t wall oyerturn this govern
iicnt. TX Is no inquiry with us, To what extent ar
whether to any extent, the present administration
finds example, or an apology Tor us conduct, i'll the
course pursued by Mr. Jefferson IL is enough for
ira, that, Judgment, the Constitution cannot
endure such course Of administration Gen. Jack
sun seems have acted N he POSSESSED all tho
power and patronage of the government by right OF
conquest. Hc dIspOsscSses actual IucunI5 cnts and
parts out and divides the spoil among ls followers
and retainers, the spirit ot cor Iucror. He
thinks oil Offices his, existing for hS usr aud TO re
ward ms friends; ami as far understand can
trace the and causes OF his appointments, no
one case exists III which any consideration has pre-
Aailed over personal attachment the profession
such attachment, to himself Now ask a rcilec
ting men, VI uay thing tend moro 10 demOfNLe
the country, it any thing can tend more to make all
rood men sick OF the government. and weary of its
fluctuations aid changes, and finally to break 1t up
and destroy it, than to bear contest every four years
in which contest involved tie personal interest of
cry individual officer, from the CHEST to the lowcs'
How long the constitution stand the successive
shocks by all that out, against ali that in
both parties being excited not by any preference OF
particular measures, not by honorable ambition, but
by direct, personal pecuniary interest? Add to this
that oXcCmcnts arc gwen TO the press that great
lever of public opinion and motives addressed to It
uf all others most likely To shake It's independence and
degrade it's character. fhe conductors othc leading
presses are THEMSELVES the chief objects of regard
The dspensatiUn ofthc rewards bestowed It's adhc-
tents the heads OF triumphant purity. Andn some
cascs these Offices appear TO be held without dis
connecting the incumbent from that which proved
the cause of his advancement. We have already
rarity arrived that state OF things, III which the
Treasury will have presses, and the Departments o
State War, aud Navy, and the Post Office will have
presses. Partzanshp, personal association, nd,vd-
iial combination 10 obtain office, III word Idctoh
I'm all il is ram6catons, and all It's odous features,
with this new and extraordinary character about it
that IL is faction under the patronage of Government
il cndeavouring seize upon the whole power OF the
country. This is our view OF the subject at least
Every man of sense knows that all that is said about
I2IEoyD, ia moro pretence. II s that species of po-