Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-03-23

we reluctantly give pace IOT tne IolOWlnS cOmLnu-
ncation at the earnest request of the writer. 1t is
subject at best, dsgraceful to the country that
would wish that it might speedily sink into obi
Aion. We should, with correspondent, be dispo-
sed to doubt and some of contemporaries do
doubt, the statement of the Telegraph, that ii. Lee
recommended to the President, by Judge Mar
shall and other gentlemen of high moral and polti-
cal standing, not well acquainted with the
constitutional weakness which influences many of the
best men in setting their to recommen lntory
letters. The motive is well understood, but it is
what we have called it. weak ness we therefore
fear it may be true, and disposed to tread lightly
till further light be thrown on TIL statement of thu
Telegraph. Rumour here is disposed to deny the
statement to of the distinguished individuals
at least.
Westioreiand County, March 1s, 1880.
To THE EDIToRs THE WING.
have just seen Gen. Green's notice of the reiec-
tion of II. Lees nomination by the President of the
the U. S. as Consul General for Algiers.-It is GER
tainly strange publication, and one which doubt
sanctioned by the President for the purpose Of
screening himself from the blame, for great
silt, offered to the moral worth of enlightened,
and virtuous people. This rebuke of the Senate (by
unanimous vote) must no doubt be soreiy felt by
the President, and by those who did recommend Lee
The President, well as they, must have known
euery thing relating to Lees character. AS Judge
with whom am well acIuainted.) to believe he ever
did address single line to Gen. Jackson, recon-
mandatory of the Ex- Consul; nor can believe that
Phil. Barbour, is the Mr.. Barbour alluded to in Duff
Green's publication. These two gentlemen, trust,
will be enabled to satisfy pirgnains and their friends
in general, that they never did recommend Lee
Rives should be recalled, and Stevenson expelled
from the House OF Representatives, and eXlled to
some of Tennessee for thus justifying
the President for doing act which he knew to be
torOug, which he never would have had The courage
to hare done but for these recommendations. He
out with his justification, and even preends he
wasnotapprised ofthe which led to his,
Lee's) rejection by the Senate, and says "whatever
they were, however, it is gratifying to know the Pres
ideat cannot be made responsible for them" &c. &c.
I wes in Washington or days before Lees nomi-
nation was acted on it was then believed, that it
would be rejected, together with many others
Swartwouts and Ogden's certainly will, as was in
formed that many Jackson Senators expressed them
selves freely the subject. Il trust you will call the
attention of Virginians the said recommendations
of H. Lee in order to give those gentlemen who did
recommend him, opportunity to Justify themselves;
ifthey can, & others who said to have
ded him, to deny the DIsGRACEFUL cHARGE.-Your
friend, friend to virtue, and in principle
VlRGINIAN.
The following card appears in the Nat. Journal
Of Thursday.
In the printed speech of Mr. WHITE, of Tennes-
see of this morning lin the Telegraph 1 find the
following:
"Mr. PREsIDENT The gentleman has taken the
liberty of using this, well as some former
occasions, the terms Palace Slaves SC have to
say if that gentleman intended to apply any of those
epithets remarks to me-[Here the President in
terposed, saying, they were not SO applied; and sc
did Mr. BARToN."J
Iaver that the latter branch of the parenhess, viz
"And so did Mr.. Barron. is wholly untrue, (by mis-
take presume.) as my concluding remarks tina
debate show. The ouly disavowal made was in c
part of Judge WHITES reply which he has wholly
omitted in his speech.
Judge WHITE declared he was not member o.
any firm that was supposed to have founded the
Telegrapb; to that MIR. BARTON remarked-E'Tha
was not intended for you"
18Th March. D. BARTON.