Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-15

Can 'herc DC no difference OF mon without eumty
DO you believe that every man who voted for Mr. I'D
ans, and who had not received from you some per.
ssnai inJnry preferred him because he hated ysus-
Ihnk you, SIR, that there is medium between idol
airy and hate III is not because YOU think there
no such medium. but because your c!crdted ambition
VIII allow ofnonc. This makes YOU look upon al
those WIN voted against you your bitter iors.-
most hTm!y believe Tint, saving those whom you
had personally made your enemies, every homes
man, III giving his suffrage TO Mr.. Adams, obcyel
mo dictates at his Judgment, and that many did so
violence to Ihcir warmer feelings towards you
My husband. sir. never was your eHcDiV In the
ovcrlowng patriotism OF his heart. no gave You tho
full measure OF his love for your military serylces-
lie preferred Mr.. Adams for tho Presidency because
ne thought him qualified, and yon unqualified for tho
station. he would have been raitpr TO his coun-
try, he would have had even my scorn, and have de
served yours, hai he supported you under such cir
cGinsiancCs. lie used no means 10 oppose you. lie
did patriots duty, IN patriot way For this he
IS punished! oh. how punishcd Ny
heart becds as ! write. Cruel Sir, Did he commit
any offence worthy ofpuuishmcnt against God or 4.
GanSt his country, ur even against your Blush while
you road this question:; speak not. but let tho Grim
son negative mantle your check! No, sir. OF the
contrary, Il was one OF the best acts OF his life -
When he GPrcd his bosom 10 tho hostile bayonets
OF his enemies, he was not IN the line Of his
duty, than when he voted against vou and had he
ialcn martyr on the field Of frh,, he would not
more have deserved monument, than he now de-
serves for having been than m1r,yrcd in sup
port OF the dearest privilege and chartered RIGHT al
American IrCemcn Careless as Won arn ah,ut Pin,
effects of your CondrCr II would be idle TO inform
you 90 the depth and quality OF that misery which
you .,2vc worked in the bosom OF INV family Else
"tr.d tell a tale that would provoke sympathy il,
any thing that had heart or rcpto G-ous Of MI -
from every eve not aIcus oiued look uuon scenes
OF human cruelty "with Ccmposurr." Besides ven
were appraised Of our poverty; YOU knew the depen-
dHnce of eight Little children for food end rafncrt
upon my husbands salary. vow knew that advnr-
rs ne va fhprt
cate any regular blsncss and without friends able
20 assist him, the world wo.ld be t. him barren
heath, an inhoSPaJie wild You were able. there
lore, TO anticipate the heart-rcndiur scrncc which
yon may now realize the sole worR OF your hand.
The sickness ana debility Of my husband l,o1c ccIl
Wpan me II ri1liciie his and his eh,ldrcr's wronvs
The natural tlndity of my sex vauishcs before the
necessity Of my situation: and a spirit sir ~ proud
rs yours. although in female bosom demands ius.
tlcc: At yolr hands | ask il: Return TO him what
you have rudcty torn ON hI5 possessions give back
~ his chi'ircn their former mems of securing their
food and rRImCu show that YOU can rccnt and that
your rulH has kadgt least one exception. The scyer
~ practise" % y"G III ,hs instance Is heg cucd, be-
clusc accOmptn ca by breach OF y0uy E.ti solemn
Typ dyed ~ my husband He called upon YOU told
you frankly that he had not voted for Won NVh,,
was your reply: It was in Substance, this, ct AT
every citizen OF the United States had ripht TO ex-
press bis political sentiments by HE vote: that NO
charges had been made against Mai. Barney; If any
should be made he should have Justice Ccne he
han by tine hand with apparent warmth YOU concluded
be assured sir, shall be particularly cautious how
listen o assertions of applicants for office" witt
these assurances from you, sir, the President of thu
United States. my husband returned Ia the bosom @
his family. Win these rehearscd, he Wipcd nwo,
TIC tears Of apprehension. Tho President was no
The monster he had teeu represented. They wouI.
not be reduced to beCgary-hagEIr want would no
b" permitted to enter the mansion where he had al
ways been stranger. The husband and Inther In
done nothing IN violation Of his duty as TN officer
any malicious sandercr should TO pour his poj
souous breath into the ears Of the President tho
cused would not be condemned uucu rd and his in
noceTce would be triunphant-ihey would still n
happy' At was presunablc also, that possessing tn
confidence OF three successive administrations who's
testimony IN his favour presented TO yo,Il that M
was not unworthy tho Office he held, beside the sipns
lures of hundred Of first uertanti!c houses Ssto
O!shed the fact OF has moving given perfect Srlis4c
IN" IN the manner he transaced the business Of hi
Office In this state Of calm sccuritv without me-
mont waFnlng--ikc clap of thunder IN clear skv
your dismissal came, and, III moment the house q
Joy was converted into one Of mourning Sir wa!
not this the refinement of cruelty? But this was no
aii-The wife whom You have thus aroniZed drav
her being from tho illustrous Chase. whose voice O
thunder early broke the spell Of British alleaance
when, IN the American Senate he syyorc by IIeayct
that lie owed no allegiance to the British Crown
one too, whose signature was broadly before Won
eyes, affixed to the Charter of our Independence
The husband & the father whom you have thus wron
ged, was The first born Of hero, whose n6ya an
military renown brightens the page Of your country
hstory from 10 TO 1915, with whose achievements pos
tcriy Will not condescend to compare yours for h,
fought amidst grcaicr dangers, and fought for In
dependence.
~ the side of that fathcr, in the second British
"s', fought the son: and the glorious eth of Sen
TENDER bears testimony to his unshoGan intrcpidi
Iy. a wife, husband, thus derived: 4 family o
children drawing their existence from this double
evolutionary tounicin, You have rccke7slv causn
hssiy, PerGd.ously, aud therefore inhumanlv
cast helpless and destitute upon the icy bosom 81
Inc world; and the children and grand children nj
Judg Chase and Commodore Barney arc povertv
stricken upon the soil which owes it's freedom and
fertility ia part, to their heroic patriotism.
Sir, would be unworthy the title OF an Amor
can motron or an American wife, If did not vim
dtcata his, and my chljrcn's wrongs To this bap.
py mnd, the panoply OF berty protects a n wlllou
distinction Of age or ofscy. IN the severity pracli
ed towards my husband lCoafosscdy w.rh,ut cause
20" lave injured me- and my chi!drcn---yon bayI
grcvously Injured them without achieving any cor
respondent good to Individuals % our country NJ
Yourself silence therefore, would be criminal ever
in me- md whe9 the honest and regular feelino,
OF The People Of this country (wnO couuot be lone
GeiHdedJ shall have been restored, and whom party