Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-02-26

your famtiles and friends, enjoying hap
piness and health. bid you an affactonate farewell
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THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 25, 1880.
Corruption Of the Gopernn,ent-Mr Barton's
Speech tho sequel of which VIC shall lay before the
reader Tomorrow, thus concl,rles-a conclusion to
which claim-th attention Of every citizen, who
n the complication of his individual AFFAIRS has time
to give thought to the country. Every line is
fraught with truth, undenable, ominors dangerous.
President of the U. States converting the power
of the people into the instrument of gratifying his
private resentments, and It's patronage into the
of rewarding the followers of his fortune the
sycophants of his person. and the DULLES of his party
hundreds of officers sent adrt-ffee even of susp-
cion in opposition the wishes of the portion of the
public Immediately around them, and directly inter-
csted in the administration Of their Offices and ac-
quainted with their integrity in that administration
the principle of personal partizanship the Chief
established as the rule of qualification for office,
which predominates character however high,
services however long and faithful talents however
undouhted, and Republicanism however long tried
and unwavering- Presses in the first twelve
months of the Administration, brought directly
into the pay of the Treasury--twelye members
of Congress-, noted for their adrot electoneering,
advanced within the time to lucrative Of
fees, the unquestioned reward of partizan SER
vices, in violation of a principle solemnly enion-
cd by Gen. Jackson himself-the Post Office De-
partment filed with partizans-the nation scandal
zed at the little regard paid to moral decency
ny important Observation-Disclosures would be
successors before his death, but secure of i'm
punity from his civil incapacity and inbecity, cor
ruptng his followers with promises and sezing up
on every incident, and perverting every public
sure to buy golden opinions for themselves in pre-
paration for mounting the throne vacated by choice,
or by the disgust and disappointment of the people
these the extraordinary & inauspcious character
estcs of the first yenrs rule of General Jackson
Since Cassandra uttered her fatal and unhecded
prophecies, do not believe prophetic spirit
ever animated human bosom, than that which die
tated the celebrated prediction, that the election of
Gen. Jackson, would prove a to the country"
That warning voice would even now deserve the
honours which antiquity assigned the Prophet, if by
some extraordinary fatality, the profound sagacity
which fathon,ed the future, had not subsequently
aided in fulfilling the curse, which its penetration
foretoId
And is there noproof of this subserviency tie DO
partmcnts?
There of proof and that volume consists in the
simple annunciaonJohn Mclean is no longer
| General OF the United Sates'
Aud why he no Because he would prostitute himself
and the Department under bis charge the low and corrupt
The custer of judge Mclean to FENDER the Genera Posi-
Office subscrvent to the main design and the almost ncrim
mate roy every ana man from
rsason the declaration of against iberics
Ard he ress that once Proua Of Liberty sub
sdized and 10 mere party engine stationed
this floor misrepresent and destroy the minority! And tina,
t,e passage of the Pruth
The United States Sena,e the grea, barrier public
safety be sunk to the mere corrupt and ssvs register OF
Executive edc And that VIII De !he passage the Danube
Choir of the ship of constitutional beryThat is to be de
upon Shuma, by throwing dark clond of supcon it,
and rendering useless, and worse than useless,
tribunal of the States and some other other tr
bunal established IN its place. as party engine like the cor
rpt courts in the worst days of Great Britain for the desruc
en l mere Grand e, gs0ns to e1t the head
And iben-"Farewell! long farewell 10 all grea
oG5 81 D and Us 10
and the guidance Of the Farewell Address Of the Father of hi
/ country.
II The Telegraph in contradicting the story (which
first appeared IN the Whig,) that Mr.. McDufie an,
the Secretary of State had had blov up--takes oc
casion to observe, that it would havccontradcted
before, lift had not supposed unnecessary to con
tradict what was stated on the authority of the Rich
mond Wing.
We cry Duff's mercy We know not how wi
shall survive sentence against credbility, issues
4 from so impartial and respectable tribunal.
One word about that story of BIr. McBpfie. W,
thought it improbable at the time. So did Our cor
respondent, who reported it as orc ofthe rumors 0
the day at Washington, in which the public take
perhaps more interest than they deserve. In intro
ducing our Washington Correspondent to the reader
we pre-nonshed the latter, that the correspondence
was made up chiefly of speculation upon passin
events, and where .faets were stated or con
cerned, to believe nothing that was not confirmed b
time. Thisw said in perfect respect to cores
pondent, whose fidelity to truth is unquestionablc
but from the determination not to be instrumental
misleading any body-which might be the case,
persons did not take notice OF the distinction betwce
a'bistory, protested. and letters which purpored
give no more than the talk, runors and speculation