Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-04-24
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FNIDAX MORNING., ApL.lL "a. 1879.
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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL "a, 1899.
.uiniSter to EmsiGnd.-When Oh Tuesday, We pre-
tended to believe that Mr.. Richie had it in contern
pation to reprehend the appointment OF Louis Nc
Lane, Envoy to England ON account of lis being a
Federnlis the Intelligent reader did not Of course
understand us being serious. That was the mode
we took, to recall to that genlcmans recollection, nd
that OF the public, his violent dcnunciation ef MIR
Kings appointment to the same station by Mr..
Adams, in 1925, chiefly because he was a Ftde,ulist
We knew perftc, y well, that MIR. Mel ane's appont
ncnt was TO be 'haiied excellent appointment -
this is the language of Tuesdays Enquirer in des
pte of his being old fashioned federalist and in
despite of Mr. Ritchie's lamentations in 1925, at
Alr. Adams appointment of two foderaists to high
station iiuus King to England, and Philip C. Pendle
ton to the Bench We have taken occasion to glance
over the file of the Enquirer for 1926, and we find
the assertion made, that Mr. Adams administration
vas a federal administrations AID that assertion
supported mainly upon the ground of AIr. Kings and
AlF Pendleton's appointments. Let us see what
Gen Jackson has done to offend in the sane way OF
! his cabinet, Judge Berren is self-ac:nowIedred
ted"rliist Mr.. Van Buren, certainly commenced his
career one, and MIR. Inghoni belonged to the same
. party at no very remote period. Mr.. Baldwin of
Pttsburg offered the place of Envoy to Mexico
Mr. Pe,berton known federa!ist takes the place OF
Mr- Murkley Naval Officer of the Tort of Phla-
delptiaAir. Scott, fcderaiis OF NIr Spencer re-
publican, Register at Chilicohe-and now Bar
beur is recalled to make way for Louis McLane as
minister to London. These occur to our recollection
without any minute enquiry. How is it, that the ap-
lprehensions of the editor of the Enquirer have not
been awakened by these federal selections? How is
1t that his fears for the ascendcncy of the republican
party so keeny excited by the appointment of Rufus
lAing q Philip {. Pendleton in 1925, are no longer
experienced upon of exactly similar cir
culnstanCe5? Why does that candid and consistent
editor, not now infer the federal character of Presi-
dent Jackson's administration from the uppoint-
inent OF Louis McLanc, in 1925, he inferred the
federalism Of Mr. AdaTas from the appointment
of Rufus King? Mr.. McLane is equally as much a
tcderast as was Rufus King, the only difference be-
tween them being, that King was first rate, while
McLane with incessant application is barely {. second
rate man.
These inquiries proceed from no disposition on our
part to find fault with Mr.. McLane's appointment.
tor we really approve it; to revive the almost for
gotten and wholly napplcable distinctions ofFeder-
aiist and Republican, for while we regret that they
were ever lost sight of acknowledge the foIly of
applying them to the present condition of parties and
OF the country. Our object is only to know why Mr..
Richie has dropped the word Fcderalist from his
vocabulary, since the Heros federal amendments
were made? Why were they offensive to his scpsi-
bity in l825, and why hails" he themas excellent,
IN 1922 Ought the difference of the source whence
things OF the same nature proceed to make SO mighty
difference in the things Themselves and the favor
with which they are received
Iennessec.--Tt has been well observed that tbo
friends of Gen. Jackson "fccl more digapprobation
than they express, at his measures, during the brief
space nc has filed the Presidency It was not TO be
expected that warm and jealous partzans should all
at once, rensuncc the confidence they had really
iet or PROGRESSED to feel in the Chiofof their party
Whatever unfavorabic impression Gen. Jacksons
official conduct has made upon the public mind, is
dscovera5lc from the silence and detection of his in
teIgent supporters. Opsn dsopprobation is not the
mood by which it displays itself
There is an exception to this however, in The case
Of Pleasant NJ Miller aIawyer of distinction in Ton
ncssee. That gentleman having been brought ont
as candidate, in The belief that his talents might
prove seryceablc in sustaining the administration Of
president Jackson, has in very bold and manly
manner, Withdrawn from the field, avowing as his
motive for doing So that he can no longer support the
administration. But we will let Mr. Miller speak
Tor hnnse' and as his caudor is as rare in these DAYS
asst isaiways commemorate, we hope the reader viii
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