Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-05-25


sary to secure that, Nc. III. he blamed, as it
will nobody can blame him for obeying But quere
de hoc' The next session OF the Indiana Legsla
ture will settle the point.
Some clue is afforded by this letter, to the motives
of Mr.. Calhoun, in giving the casting vote for Ken.
dali lie ii seems lisa Jackson Calhoun Republican,
Noah, { Jackson Yan Buren, Repa5hcan. He ex-
poets nothing from .Ne,o York where Noah IS suppo
sed to have infucnce-be expects much iotn the
Wesi where Kendall with class at least, is
infuentiu and who to the boo, of being his friend
and having it in his power TO Go htn good or hurt;
as he might deserve at his hands possessed the sac
cicI and all sufficient Recommendation of icing the
mortal enemy of Henry Clay This we lake ii, was
after all, the true motive which led to Kendall. con
ffmaton by the Vice President. w. are sorry for
! is-nct on Kendalrs account--but on that Of the
Vice President himself. whom We wished TO see
strengthened agains. the Rival whose nrig0es hav.
converted he Government into resemblance of
those Eastern despotims, where all things urs tran
sacted in the dark, and IN fraud AID subtlety of
one thing MIR Calhoun may be CERTAIN, that he has
done hiisself more injury, than Kendall can remune-
rate.
we turn with satisfaction from tie devious in
trigues of the rival cheftains and their partzans to
contemplate the firm and manly conduct Of Taze
well. Tyler and Smith. This is worthy OF American
Senators, worthy ofthe good old days of he Repub-
lie. Resisting all sinister advances certain to act
with majority, and OF venal praise if they voted with
the Government, mourning the haza,l of denuncia
tIon of snsconstructsn, of that abuse so copously
iavshed upon all who assume the privilege of dssen
ting from the nfallbility of the Idol they thwarte
his wishes, they yet planted themselves upon the Com
stitution and their high responsibility and equally
condemned solicitation the one hand and menace
on the other. Few able perhaps to initiate but
there is something in daring and disnterested indie
pendence which commands the admiration fall We
do not belong to the political ranks of the Virginia
Senators, but Virginans we feel proud that they.
have sustained the majesty this ancient and Roman
spirited Commonwealth.
EStrac of letter, dated
WASHINGTON, May I1th 1889
The votes given yesterday in he Senate ON the
nominations of ii Noah and Mr.. Kendall have CIV
on rise to many speeulatons; and the politician ~ho
wishes to exam ne INTO things present and future viii
End IN them much matter for profitable reascti n -
As remarked t. you in my haaty note yesterday
Mr. Cahotin has been much; uarua I'D about the au-
poinment of printers Office [ do not knew that
he proclaimed his apprahensions in the sshigh,uGysn
but have cvesy reason to believe that he hs. in the
bye soays, and in svay he efec;ually to ss-
SAL the President, and more PARTICULAR, Mr. Van
Buren,, who is supposed to have been tie prin,e mo-
yer IN making out The Nominations. Ia 10 the Pres
ident no one here entertains he opinion that ha ex
eTcises any vioton any thing ci The kind; and at
this early period OF our history brought TO
adopt the usxia, with al slight change in designating
the executive. that "he President can DO no wrong
When Congress met, Mr. Van Buren, was literally
"the cock Of the walk" lie had not won all, it is
true, to his support, bu be had gaiaed ascsnden
cy over the Secretary Of War, the Post Office and
the President; and Mr. inghera and Mr.. Branch
were silenced AS mentioned you in hesary
part of the winter it had been Mr Calhoun's deter
mnation not to be at Washington until some time
after the meeting of Congress; but being advised By
one OF his friends that ms presence here necess
ry. lie made all disrsto to take his as presiding
officer of the Senate Having reconnitsfed the DO
itcal fortress. be thought the assailabe point
was that which guarded By the oface-holJng
printers His penetrating eye discovered that the
people awake to their own security, were rot prepaF
ed to the press subsidized lie talked OF bargain,
sale and corruption he had doEe Ike four pre-
ceding years; his friends, when comparing the
last administration with this gave Sle1r, unhasita-
ting. and decided preference to tks purity OF the
fermer Ills very soul loatbed and abhorred all pYin-
eTs in ofjce and for tirae, it was hoped. ha would
feel that he was degraded wien The company Of
Duf Green. There is politician better qualified
TO Judge OF the suhserwency Of hreing editors than
~ Calhoun. Before h Withdrs Wn fon beiuC
candidate IT l32l, DC had IN his ezapoy more press
es than all the other candidates. and tlase he had
brought to his support within less than two years
eSertons. If nc vofe mad been iaken OF he noro
nations within the three first months Of the session.
oil the printers would have gone by he board Mr..
Calhoun knew too well lie importance ofthe Post
Office Department, III carrying on electioHesri1g
Csmla IN. let that engine remain in he hands or
undf the Influence Of Ar Van Burea. Mr. Van
Buren, bad welded this department. for few nohths
with tremendous effect His friends were appoint
ed not only IN New York, bat TaFamany men
wero selected for post masters in tho western Saes
! Mr. Hobbe was created assistant ecst mas
ter general; and department, designated the APP
pointing department, assigned e. HIM. Sorne
Of the representative from the South, very early
period of the session, aware of the influence to DO
exercised by this department sgniEied to the Prssi-
dent, or to Mr Barry, that the reform must not bo
carried south Of the Potomac THIS accounts for
the limited number Of removals in shat quarter
! Having thwartrd NJ Van BgTcn IN this a regular
siege was laid against the department. iiseIG Ii was