Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-09-24

therefore quite right, that he should be provi-
dea Tor that his fatherin-law O'Neae; O'NeaIe' s
son, and y Neaies two sons-r-iaw. should all he
snugly provided for, too. The whole family are on
the civil list. Lucky family, that of Mr. O'Neale,
U The editor OF the National Gazette IMr Walshl
disciaiins personal enmity to Mr Clay; on the con
Tary friendly personal relations" he says sshave
always subsisted between Mr.. Clay and the editor -
We stand corrected, and advise the editor of the
Gazette assiduously to cultivate the acquaintance
u The National Gazette says it has seen an oiIi
cia circular from the Department of Foreign Affairs
in Paris. signed by Marshal Jourdan as provis;onol
head-appointed by the Duke of Orleans. The men
OF the Revolution are at the head of every thing.
! For THE Wu1G
| To "NATHANIEL BACON the Hero of tbe
/ first '76"
Sir. The talk going, that in your voumirous ettocl,
upon Mr.. Leigh in the Whig of w ednesday mornn,,
you had garbled his speeches in Convention ,ens
ing portions from their context suppressng other ev
planatory and qualifying PORTIONS and in short treat
ing HIM with the utmost illberality and unfairness
was induced to make some examinations in order IN
satisfy myself of the truth or incorrecuess of tho
charge against you cannot but suppose that Won
concluded Mr.. Leigh was either 90 much occupied
or viewed your attack with too much indiference 10
notice your publication, and that his friends confdno
in the strength of his claims to the support of ibe
|pseple of Henrico, and presumng that where de,ec
on was SO easy, you would not expose yoarself to
the consequences OF misquotlng him, would likewise
decline as unnecessary, the task of tracking Won in
your various statements and quotations.
is the public thus to account for your garbpg of
his speeches? Did you imagine that nobody would
take the trouble of exposing your unfairness or ca
pable OF that unfarness, are you likewise callous to
eSP POI, :,
/ These you may perhaps think, are warm terms. So
they ore; but will presently prove even to you TINT
they are not undeserved
From page Sc of the Debates of the Convention
you quote faom Mr. Legh's speech on the b.s;a ~
Representation, the following lines:
/ "And now. Sir let me he distinctly understood o,,,
men to my native State foot OF SOIL to every into
strong tina, (wha, all attachments 70 ny
useful to their objects mustbe) prudce- hardly recoIect
will doubt this oresaw foe,ol this fearful this distract,
ing conflict looked al with terror, from the ars And
have burned raised my Cassandra voice TO warn 90 -
s;g @ mad strength .s make j, beard, The
d e inc want Of political influence laented had dis
though probably would have been successful yes m
nee s, my my reason my peudices principles ALL
6ra evils to Is Of tho va Es- and still, cruel
veins while make the avowa-bu shall ayow ,sa, :" my
Of the Commonwealth in integrity is only the
| second wish OF my heart" ~
wonder Sir that these eloquent lines had NOT
persuaded you to treat their author With moro car
dor and generosity. l wonder they had not moved
you TO abandon on the spot the deliberate purpose for
l.. I'm
not go with the quotation WHY did Won sto1 in
the midst ola text? UIty did you stop in The middle
Of senteace2 will transcribe the remainder of the
sentence and that will explain your motive for the
suppression.
yet sir-Tsaid Mr.. LEIGH and the blood curdIas
in my veins while make the avowal--I shall avo[v
that the preservation of the Commonwealth in ITS in
tegrity is only the second wish of nv heart. fbe
FIRST Is, that may be preserved entire undera Cn;r
equal, regular. Republican Government E,andeI j.,
the great interests that 10 as aU and ON
Just balance Of those interests thai are confctius
Phe lines in italics, the lines which Won suD
pressed ask you sir, why you did suppress tbeo2
1t could not be from their great length because tbev
only three lines, and three lines are little in com
munlcat'on which occupied eight columns in the
Wing When you profess to quote mans speech
why should you stop short in the midst of his ideas
in the midst OF paragraph in the very middle of
sentence, not even proceeding until you came to q
full stope ask you again, what could be vof,r ron
son for stopping at the word hcarL"--and omittinn
! C conclude the sentence?
need not remind you Of your motive in do;nc, THE
| You wished to represent Mr.. Leigh as an advocate
for dividing the State at ali events as viepVnor
that catastrophe with conpa rave indifference. no.
this purpose yon publish all he said which can boar
that construction, and suppress what nmediatelv fol-
lows, and what has only to be read to nroye tbo+
you have dnne him the greatest Injustice Aha, ~;
speech has been arbed that he is as mnch be fried
Of the integrity of Virginia YOU or anv otber ma,
1t being the first wish of his heart, next to that of
having "a fair, equal, regular and Republican Co
vernmenE' You make him deliver an obnoxious con
timent, and then suppress his Qualification Of TINT
sentiment, which being read in connection with it. rom
ders II not only harmless but 50 mertorous that
every man, even you yourself, must agree with him
Is not division Of the State preferable to Monarchy
or Aristocracy, civil between its several nssp
Thus Mr. Leigh meant, and neither more nor loo.
Was 1t not ungencrOus unfair, unmanlv In sunnress
The explanatory part Of his observations and inns NOT
only msrePresent him, but make that appear obnox
ious which is worthy of all acceplaton5 But per-
maps you have heard OF the medical maxim. ''despe-
UcsDerafp
indeed ought to be the cause, which requires such
propping this.
You must have been aware, that the member of
the sentence in Mr.. Leigh's speech which Ivou.svn
pressed but which have transcribed above defeated
your design of representing him as an advocate of
thc division of Virginia, and that if published aong
SIDE OF the part yon selected i, would explain t.
and so far from ,njuring, he of service TO him If
vom were not anbfsed of this. ~ hv did VOL, a..a.s