Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-13

rom the hirc!ug lbeer to tic brutal murderer and
hat he whose habits havo long accustomcd' him TO
Ave upon the ruins of private reputation, would she'd
Inc blood of his victim with pleasure, if paid do the
deed Of death An independent. able, high minded
editor Is an honor to his country and the age in which
nc hves. lie is TIE guardian ut the public welfare,
the sentinel OF liberty the conservator OF morals,
ana every atcmp' 10 allure 10 him TO descr-
tion from his duty, should be regarded as an insult
ana INJURY TO the mutton whose interests he is bound
TO defend. 1t Is less manly in assaiunt and not
less oca'Vc OF hosiits, to bride the sentry on the
walls OF your citadel, than gao him and hur him
from ITS batilcncn's. /, is.more dangerous cor
rupl the press by tile prospect u Office than absolute
y to silence 1t by sed,ton laws; because, all hough By
the latter Course 1t may be destroyed yet by tho
former 1t may he made the engine or tyranny.
he charge cf an undisCuiscd effort to sutdue
It's energies in the days of the elder Adams, brought
down upon the heods of a who were friendly to the
sedition act, the full of public coue tom
and yet remains Is be what will be the effect
produced byan attempt to bay and prostitute it. We
have pack in full cry upon re trail OF every mar
whose Integrity OF purpose Will not suffer him bcnc
before power; md his friends and character and hap
piucss torn from him by thcm with as little re.
morse rs was felt by the blood hounds of the old
French litter. Cun all these things be justified by
the examples OF the illus,riors Jefferson? Sir hi:
real friends will at al times spurn the iputa'ior
which the vc question conveys. They will remind
you that the first prominent act of his Adnnst or
was to discmharrass aud ur'rammcl the presto dis
engage that Chartered bnrmc from the sha ckies c
authority anu ieaNe ann frCc as mountain TheV
VIII toll you tina, the great iDaXil0 he adhered to- til
the "tcSt period of his life. was that "crrcr of orn
ION should always be tolerated while reason was Jeff
free TO combat it, that he had rewarded the Office
hunting lbrlier who had sanCcrei his predecessors
with view to ganby his election with his nncon-
ccaied md unmitigated scorn and contennt: that he
bought no mans services with gold, at!rpt ed no sys
t'nl 81 Gnsorlng presses with office offer ed no lures
to ibecrs, employed no sSnssins character Tire,
wears ago, when the great Western Statesman who
ira, tor his independence hccu h,.,i,cd like wild
beast, flied with honor t.. his country th,, Office
iof Secretary ct Stale, he bpcaulc an OBJ
lect ct the btierest viluperation, b. discrnrc-
i:g some half d1an ntcrs lron, TIC petty Job Of
publishing the laws nd although lie whole extent
oi this exercise of Prtronrye as it was then ca He'd
'li not amount 10 more than few hundred dollars
yet i WAS considered cXcrion of mower vitaly
dangerous To tl:c country. tending to establish a
government press. Such press was sa;d 70 he NOR,
alarming TO the liberties Of the people than n n,loce
guard OF six thousand men, and the acts of ,he n
cLe'afy were denounced as being calculated to sar
tn, ''vigor degrade the indnneudcnce. and cnfoflc
the vigilance OF the sa.ti:.eis on the watcI,tower ri
'loGftF, Wlese beacon lights should blaze with pure
n ~. "huy'AS listre' But now, when many OF
nose very sentine's have been subsidized by office
ana ne new stlPcndiarcs have formed IN bottaIp
about the throne, presenting their pixies in close ar
ray and ory dsep for its defence the otty coouorce
c these patriot warriors is heard no more within our
wa!!; Their RPS hang ON the willows, and instead OF
ringing an alarm through the land they are h,shed
INTO Tie deepest silence and most trauunil rcpose
Dir. President, III this hriei and hasiv review Of
the prominent characteristics of the first wear of This
administrations we have observed those acts which in
the opinion of the honorable member from Tcnpes-
500 Will have no effect upon the American puh
nc than Ian attempt to agtne the ocean by throw.
ING P"hbies on MS suracc. We find, hewever tina,
the removals to which he referred have not amount
cd only to the dismissal of Few subordinate off
GERS, but to thorough revolution anonr the mos;
important and faithful tunctienarcs of tho oo
Vernn1en; and ought to he remembered That ever
the subordinate officers alluded to were r,REcMry-
may know less OF this world than the able and ov
Perlenced member from Tennessee bnt still, tb;nL
this nation will look to ofyranny which tram
pies faithful servant under foot, or turns him ou
Mth SCOTS ana contempt, however humble his cond
son may have been, with feliprs vcry different from
those manifested by the advocates of power TbcT
may not care for the little saarcs--but they viii loo
to the principle of Executive action-to the mo, i've
winch makes that action dangerous Does the hon
gentleman recoiiect the for which John Hamn
den refused To pay the ship moncyo The sum f6r
which he consendcd amounted only to a few nencc
yet the claim of British monarch to it was resisted
10 ne utmost; and the feelings of an English public
were a9tated like the ocean in a storm not on a,.
count OF the sums to be paid under that eonI cxac
ION out because 1t was cncruachment on tboir
rights, and an abuse OF power. Every genuine A.
'iefcan iIePubcan carries the spirit of John Hamp-
den ~ his BOSOM Surely the honorable members
own nigh estimate Of national character will NOT snf
ief ni 20 entertain The degrading idea that an En-
gilsh pubic, under an English monarch cherished =
SSiiec VI or more determined nf
resistance TO the abuses Of authority, than his own
couHtrynen.
Has he forgotten the which induced our ancestors
e Yea d'ies and The stamp tax? Was only the sum Il,
oe ,eveu whcn SCI Tins continent in fame the on.
p'essve Pc'Pe upon which those claims founded? fife
MAJ ann:'raon OF Executive power has been such as even
me conception OF that patriot whose opinions
we Doth reverence SD highly why the honorable ncm
views with such contempt the the salaries awarded
10 tSecu1ys partisan and all the distress anguish inflicted
on o by prescription, while he overooSs the prnc
pies WINCH have been violated and the constitution which has
pee tamPed under FOOT Here is ground on which We
nave arrasned youi Administrations and anonr ira fr;c
y aus lis victims to scorn yet they recolec tha,
a. u 'nes to-day may shortly be in tho power of another
lney now consider this gosaIper floating in tho
po'ica atmosphere, and have told it is eaibe1 Which,
can weiSh nothing will, the people, they should recnl,nn
mat tins feather is torn from the pumage of the America w.
g ao hat te ansgression which they now regard as So
nd may De precedent 10 sanction the uurpaon Of .oycr
iof me destruction Of The Liberties of the people
Is oocn my remarks il, reply honorable gentlemen
suer me no" to say sir, that il has been no par of nv,
pe INC feelings OF my associates by personal illusions
~ % aInogn have Intended upon the challenge of the
rom tennessee 10 speak boldlv fankr ADD
@ as nc sisn reasonably desire But if any lucksss ar