Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-12

'ttN Will 3&itkh40 uuQ kEt0uIpn1ul DSF88v0I-
ance. IIo came into Congress, prepossessed with
convictions. that all was corrupt and rotten in the
! government, from the crown of the head to the
sole Of the foot. He found a pretended believer in
every Jacksonian, and a ready cosdjutor in his med
ltated reformation. Now, we ask the reader TO
mark the result. The Administration is changed
Adams and Clay arc expelled from tho Government,
and the Jacksonians, with every thing in their own
hands. have it in their power to correct tho abuses.
and to retrench the expences Of which they had
complained. How have they used that power. Mr..
Clay had deprived five or six abusive (f him person
ahy) editors, Of the publication of the laws. aud this
was called corrupting and buying up the Press-but
Ar. van Burcn has deprived hulf a hundred, with.
out the pretcxt of my reason, but their opposition
TO Gen. Jackson's election. Mr.. Adams had great
y sweiied the diplomatic cxpenses-it was said,
that nc might 'buy up influential opponeuts-
but uuder the first year Of General jackson, these
same expenses have exceeded uIl former prece-
dent. One editor was sent by Mr.. Clay abroad,
and that was called by the ~virtuous indigua-
ton OF the Jackson party, corruption, though
neither honour, profit, nor durability was at.
}tached to the mission-but General Jackson has up.
pointed forty editors to permanent office, and among
these forty, upwards of 500, 600 is annually distrisu.
ted from the Treasury! Embezzlemcnt it was al
lodged, had been carried on to an indefinite extent
every spy was rewarded who could bring information.
and the strictest and most hostile scrutiny Instituted
the result was the detection of Watkins and PesI,e
whose defalcations could not have been much loucer
concealed, and the amount Of whose depreciation had
been exceeded by the deficit of MEN whom General
jackson himself, brought into office, and by deficits
under Gen. Washington and all other Presidents
Another item of the account against AIR. Adams and
Clay was, that the Departments were crowded with
superfiuous officers, favorites and depenJou,s mn,
there 10 be supported out of the - casury. ,rhcsc
gentlemen have now possession of the Departments
and 1t seems there arc not only not too mann subordi-
mates, but some Of them want more.
Is 1t wonderful that seeing these things, Mr.. Chill.
ton as an honest man, should acknowled1 re his error
renounce The delusion by which he and tens Of tbou
sands were cheated, and make honorable rcparation
to the man whose fame and peace, SO much was done
TO Destroy Is it wonderful that he should do this
when not an intelligent administration man re,u,,s
from Washington, but with aplfted hands at the pro.
hlgacy and rapacity of office Which he witnessed there,
Is At wonderful, when to the plainest understandings.
the government is in the hands of men devoid of
capacity, and of the confidence of the public, and when
an unccasing struggle for the advancement of indivi.
dual views, leaves the business Of the country 10 shin
for itself:
From he National InnuIgeaecr.
"AsIiiNGroS CuY. March 9th, 1880.
40 The Editors Of the Satnomak Infelipene,r.
Gentlemen: II your paper be not already too moc, crovd.d
with communications. 1 bg OF you the favor 10 inset this
There ore duties which men owe to o,be,s-bu, !,
may Justly be said, that "paramount' duties r snch
es .ney owe to themselves. There are times and
circumstances under which farbearance NAV bc >
virtue-but, IN the course Of human events x soma
times happens that individuals haze no aita,n,,ir.
lcit, nut to indicate both their NOTICES and thor
. In this unpleasant condition ! am placed Mt n,ese,,
AN honorable man feels no charge more sensiblv than
thst OF inconsistency" and an unprovoked abandon.
sarnaaIs . whs,h WIN whom ne has acted in a great
should always be able to assign at least a zin,,,ibIe
II not a substantial reason for his course. ~
as a member of the dominant party in this nation ri
nus. soss'nhly protest and declare that, TO the utmost
extent OF my power, both publicly and privately. I
nave defended the doctrines upon which that M rio
came into power. / now neither arraion nor cb,I,
lenge the purity OF their motives. But, while the
warning voice Of charity demands that ! should err
pose others as sincere as myself, it does not imnoee
on me the humiliating necessity of following in The
wake, OF any man or Get of men, nor of Joining tho
Dusy tnrong OF "oftice-seekers," so as to violate
elner the dictates oil my conscience or nv reoson
am charged with "inconsistency, and a dereIict;on
OF duty--for the purpose Of Frustrating me. and loss.
ening the influence ola candid declaration WHICH in
the sequel of this letter, l shall fearlessly and consci.
entiously make.
1.-THE charge Of zinc consistency means that I have
abandoned any of the essential interests ofmv conn.
try, J only ask that the specifications and evidences
caieu,atea 70 support II, may be. afforded. II it be
that L have unsuccesguHy attempted to retrench the
expenditures of the Government-then I REQUIRE M
prog. 1t it mean that 1 have been jealous 10 sllav
the ferment' and quell the rising distrust in the SoutbH.
ana 10 90 justice to an oppressed and patriotic popu.
iation-to prevent disunion, and perhaps ultimate
bioodshed--then | admit il. fthese be the grounds
l hope IN God, may continue obnoxious to the charco
OF inconsistency" and that, with untiring zeal, NAV
persevere in an attempt to merit it's application ~
myself. should rejoice to have them avowed from
North to South. '"
No-the secret ofthe whole matter consists in ,b;s
we are to be annoyed with another desperate s,rug.
and tcho shall fall. "i "Se'
The reasons why ] am not satisfied with the pre