Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-02

OF Legation Is contingenty, IN important officer, q,
IN the event Of the death or incapacity of the Minis
the Mission devoves upon him temporarily. This
practice has been to appoint not first rate men, hu,
men OF some experience. and tried capacity. Mr.
Clay is we understand, scarcely Of age, perfectly io
norant Of business and we will venture 10 s.v had
never been 30 much heard Of by name, by any men,
| Der OF the Cabinet, before Mr. Randolph asked 70
have him made Secretary. But he was Mr. Ran
doiphs proege, and on that account received as "a
ver, what no young man in the nation Of his age,
would have oven ventured to ask for. stronger
case of gross favortsm, could not wen be imagined
81 The Lynchburg yirginian of the 2asa, has these
pointed remarks on the course pursued towards Mr
King by the Jackson print in this city:
MILrs KIso.-we were disappointed in onr expec.
at'on OF receiving the second part Of Mr. Kings re.
ply to the falseoos of Amos Kendall in time for this
mornings paper. 1t is minated, however in the Nor.
FOLK Herald, that the friends Of Mr. King when they
shall see it, viii find that they have no cause to re-
greet the confidence they had reposed in his ability TO
rescue his character from the of his SIAN
derers Il would be amusing. If IL were not disgust.
ing, 10 see how srtfuly the Enquirer acts towards Mr.
King. Lamenting that it il thrown into contact with
gentleman SO generally beloved and of such extern
sve influence rs Mr. King, the Enquirer says, holds
that gentleman IN the "hghest esteem;" yet in the
same breath, tells the world that he IS deauiter
and ought to have been, as he was, removed. This
Is knocking him down with one hand and raising him
up with the other.-Bu the truth is, Mr. King is not
defaulter, nor does the Enquirer believe at he H.
Yet SO deeply is tina: paper pledged the admnisra
ton that IT must perform the task assigned il. No
man reputation is safe from its eth rib stabs whom
the administration finds it important destroy Its
conscience may sometimes revolt this necessity but
hkr one who has gone far in iniquity, it
back even 1t 1t would. II finds that it difficult
to recede than to push ard to its destiny whatev
er that may be. The opinions of such a press are
surely Of little value.
1t was in the true Enquirer style. Mr.. Hing has
many friends, is popular man, aud believed inno-
cent by the community in which he resides. To of. |
fend him and his friends might inure the Enquirer
the Editor therefore, holds him in the ''hghest es
teem." On the other hand the Government of the
Greatest and Best, be sustained in the persons
of Branch and Kendall. Mr.. King therefore, is de-
faulter, and the Editor anxious to establish this
Impression that he travels of the record TO make
an insinuaton about draft ofTobas Watkins which
even the maligny of Kendall ad overlooked or bis
judgment told him would not answer the purpos e,
that Mr. King and Watkins might be associated in
the public mind, as partners in guilt. If that Ed
tor was in the habi. of answering questions, we
would ask him, how his persuasion of MIR. Kings
delinquency, is compatible with the "highest e.
teem"?
Error Corrected. We stated yesterday, that tue
majority for the new CONSTITUTIONS was 1O629. Il is
not quite much, small error having been detect
ed in the addition. The majority is 10, 4sa, viz:
Eor 2o.o55
Against 1858
Total 4I6Is
we publish the official return ehis morning, cor
rccted