Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-02-19

they still prospectua Was it adiudged fair
riding or gross jockeyingl
The assaied stands to the ossaan, in the:relation
of Action to his dogs that unfseliugy pulled down
and desoure,l their master who had kindly fed them
with his hands! -. :
Che minority in the West stand to the,assailant in
the relation OF the husbandman to the adder found
chilled at his door, and when brougbs in a nd sniff.
ciently warmed, suddenly threw itself into coil and
stung the favorite son of its benefactor.
We found the assailant of our characters and our
ffnt-bearing species. We nourished it. and it grew
when !o 1t proved political Boan Upas and blight
ed and desoated all for miles around it's stem!
And not content with the triumphs of the past the
assaant OF our characters and motives has drawn
upon his imagination, and exulted in anticipation over
the trunphs of 1882, with semi barbarian insolence
OF Joy that might have suited the age of Suwarrow
but which the modern Nicholas or Dlebitsch. n.
Adranople, would have repressed or punished. had
1t been indulged over fallen Turk.
lie has amused his audience in this theatre with
description OF the minority again defeated discon1t
ted and hying-aye, flying and mcasi,r,rg their do
bic mileage the earth--leavng their females far
behind to the magnanin1ity of the conauerng hero
acoming! And even -counsels our ladies not to eo
with us to The war; nor risk their tle feet" ON such
route, with such protectors as wei
advise them nottorsk their jewels to the mag
nnty OF such conquering hero, they might be lost
| In the prairie grass, and never found.
Whence this insoent idea of our ffyine and leaving
our ladies? We never fled either 6om public enc.
mics, domestic Catalines. So
| But suppose our abandoned ladies overtaken BY
such conquering hero In his rigbt hand he holds
an Old New England grandinot her,-a prisoner to be
led to the stake-outraged in the feelings of her hs
band or son, her brother OF father! Under his left
arm he holds that beautiful, outre, and somewhat
| Watery nympl, the river Roanoke, whom, ever and
| anon, he caresses. and kisses, and hugs!
Ladies are not much depressed with the loss of an
election. They are said to be inquistve; and much
gwen to feeling their democracy stirring within them
| They demand the reason of maltreaiipo the Nay
! England grandmother prisoner. He tells them She
convicted before him. the testimony of old u,Is
ty journals and betrayed private correspondence ola
suspicion OF having thought, ninety five wears
ago, that the range Of the Aleghanies would be n
good western boundary to neat, little els Aepba
man, Yankee Republic on this coast; and that the
old political witch shall GO to the stake The ladies
oemano, II ms beautiful nymph under his arm does
not even now hold similar opinion and vote against
the admission of any new State in the Vest Oh.
yes, ladies' but oanfa eineif apor-I love my rvnnb
so much
Fhen comes the scratching scene. The ladies f,y
In the face of the conquering hero-reease the Yam
kee prisoner and even let loose the outre nymph un
der his left arm, TO go home, or rum up tree at will
and pleasure!
| And there will end the triumph of 1850. and tbere
VIII commence the litigatiug scene of Scratches.
plaintiff, versus Scratcher ct uxorem defendants
which shall leave your Imagination to report, sim.
ply affirming that, let the Jury come of the females of
either party Scratchee will be cast in the costs and
mark set on his front for his inconsistency and dis
I regard to Washington's farewell address.
Cur Saviour has been introduced upon the boards.
looking with composure upon the slavery of man!
VIII not enter the delicate u ound of slavery II
is our supreme curse-how shall we avert it, II is
the secret poison stealing its way to our yitals-how
shall we be healed of the maat}v?
Leaving TO the Fathers of the Church the mean.
ing OF the Christian precept, s'Whatsoever YOU
Worid that men should do to you do you even SO to
hem for this is the law and the prophets- pass ON
to remark, that Christ did net come az a teTnporal
law gIver to make statutes and civil regulations for
the Roman Empires but advised his hearers TO ebev
the laws TO pay their taxes to Cesar to peace and
good VIII among themselves; and to all manner of
charitableness in the imputaton of motives-iudo-
ing not, lest they should be judged.
lie was no Roman Cataine to niane sectional
preudices and local hatred nnd civil discord and to
array the provinces against each other. or ayainst
the Imperial head, or the Supreme Court of the Em
pre-, that he might gain the ilegtimnte renown of
beng considered the champion of deluded province
Chrst was better man! But however he might
nave looked upon the slaves of Rome there is class
OF mankind on whom even Christ himself, coming to
forgive and to save, cannot look with conposure but
reonkes them for coming about him!
1t is that class who follow after the FLAG of the VIC
to rather Tor the oaves and fishes than for the words
OF political life We read that he gave eratuious
apd miraculous fest to above five thousand of these
gentry: lie knew their motives and their objects
When they praised his dinner, and scornipa their
company, retired to vessel on one of the interior
lakes Of Palestine.
Ihey wanted more fish, and following after and
pfalslng him, crowded his little vessel as General
IN he \
day of March, 1929. ~"
lie knew what they after; told them to their
faces what manner of men they were; and rebuked
them for Coming about him!
, ana let the President Of the United States follow
TINS lllustr1ons example! And if there be any such
followers here, let them remember the EXAMPLES of
Ghrst, and the precepts of Washington and cease
their sectional strife, and conquer tier relish for
fish! ''-'" A''
Before advance to the discussion of the resolu
ton under consideration, wish to place the motives
OF the minority, with which have the honor to bio
associated, above the reach of their assaant bv an
stand in what the majority pleased to call an op
position to the present Administrations and TO invite
the majority to join u.s. and remove the appearance of
opposition By the conjunction
We shall endeavor TO sustain these fundamental
principles
l.. pte Union, as established and bequeathed to us
by the Fathers of the Republican opposition to
sectional dlVislons-snch as the Northern or South