Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-17
Extract of q Letter.

81 that the 18th Auditor is publishing sketches
of defaults, &c. in his Department. and that your
contemporary" republIshes them with great gusto
THE object all this is not to be mistaken, and for
effect. The present holders of power doing little
to be admired, the discomfort of the people must be
sotened and their imaginatons amused by something
and with some ingenuity, the politicians of the Cabl-
net, have determined to fall foul second time of To-
bias Watkins Filebrown, Hay, and those against
whom defalcations established or alleged under
the plausible expectation, that if abuses be pro-
we'd to have existed under the former administration,
ergo afortiori-tis adminstr alton be the ex-
emplar of rectitude, and the pink of Administrations
a bright idea, which think must have been struck
out of the noddle of the thinking Secretary. 1t is
quite too deep to have been conceived by any less
profound thinker. But wish to say word to your
I'sGontemporary
| He seems immensely pleased with Amos sketches
dreadfully shocked at the disclosures of default there
in made and to be greatly concerned at the loss of
character which his country may sustain by them.
Amable patriotic gentleman! l could forgive his
Hypocrisy, for IS nothing ese-I could overlook the
malice which turks under his affected horror of default
and defaulters-but when he shakes hands with Amos
Kendall and joins that worry In his scheme of nvol-
wing the members of the late Cabinet in the guilt of
DR. Watkins; tries to make the heads of the Gov
eminent responsible for the delinquencIes which have
ever occurred in all Governmental am under the
necessity Of refreshing his memory to niure nobody
and nobodys feelings but recall this consistent gen
eman to sense of prudence and respect for the fee
lDgs of others.
Does be know then OF defaults in Virginia?
Does he know of no case of default which irnposes
upon him, the obligation to forbear from pushing the
consequences beyond the Immediate of the de-
fanlter. He does know such case. With what face
he pretend to think the last adrnnstra ton inyol
we'd in the turptue of its criminal subordinate ents?
Did lie think thus, when certain defaults occurred
under Madison aud Monroe? Did he profess to think
thus at that time?
I repeat that wish not to wound, but to save.
The subject is decate and beseech this Editor not
"A and Ofhp yyh
ing but justice ought to recall from the oblivion Of
time and the grave. His party is successful-hc
and his flourish upon the ruin of the late adj
ministration-ougH not this to suffice him. without
attempting to taroish the private reputation Of those
who lately administered the Government?
Your friend truly. T. C.. ###s#&a
JUNIUS.-W Within q brief space three new claim
ants Of the authorship of the Letters Of Junus have
been brought forward IN England and the U States
Lord Temple, and brother Of Dr. Lloyd Bishop
of Norwich, in Bnglaad-Borne Pooke in America
and usual, very ingenious cases made out in ia
vor of each.
Phe following just and energetic description of the
style of Junus, appears in the Boston CentiDel of
Aug. II, from correspondent.
1.-The diction and style of Junius peculiarly his
own Pregnant with meaning. his language differs
from that Of all other writers. Amid the most taIut-
ing sarcasms he is solemn, naughty, and impat ieni;
and whenever he is disposed TO be playful, it is the
lion dandlng the ape But seriousness and stcrnness,
and straighforwardness are his predoninating traits.
AL is open and above board. lie lays traps FIR
weak ntelects, no snares for the unwafy, tricks
Of shortlved policy Stripped of ali equivocations. he
addresses ninds Of the first order He speaks to his
contemporaries md, at the time to poserity
Though his awful warnings are 10 the digniGed style
of prophet, he bnts at no deep, dark, and portcn
Gus designs YET unrcvealsd, mines of conbustblcs
just ready explode under the peoples feet. There
is nothing like Btrkc's hurricanes Of eloquencc,
when beating mp fo7 volunteers to crusade against
revolutionary France, nor any attempt to frghtcn
reason from her throne that revenge might take her
place On the contrary, there appears throughout
his energetic pages Loyalty to the monarchy, homage
to truth and vencratjon ofthe laws. His reprehen-
sive manner instead Ct rancor has the air of
the supernatural inspiration of Prophet laundering
in he drowsy Of stupid sinners than the vulgar
passion of a domagogUe
! Whenever Junius shall be discovered no will bel
found among the very first rank of tho illustrous En-
glish, md when his writings shall become more stu
died his very severe and most canstic passages will
be the least admired. His invectives call forth The
shouts of the multitude, but it is bis Truths that
cuts the deepest! PHJLO-JUNIUS.
Csrahridop 9Th Aur. 1890,