Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-12-03
FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA INQUIRER.
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Calm sheltered haven of eternal rest.

Calm sheltered haven of eternal rest
30 heavy, passive to the tempest's shocks,
Strong on the sign post stands the stupid OK
IL Is most baaeiui consequence of the igue
caoal, and organization of party, that 1T imposes
dances upon the public the first ustunce for their
Representatives In Congress, and finally imposes
these saine ounces upon the nation statesmen and
members of the cabinet, because they have been, or
are AZ the tiine members OF Congress. instead ofscru
tnIsng the individual for his talent learn know
euSe and virtue, the effect of party alone regard
GU and to be member of Congress, is to be COM
peten for any Office the gift OF the natlon-or even
| President of the nation itself This was pre-emi-
nently the case with AIR. Ingham.-It was never
dreamed of, necessary misunderstanding he
t1lent--has he sclencc--is he u fnancier-is he a
political economist The only qualification thought
ot, required, was--"s he a member of Congress;
do the delegation of his state recommend him?"
The only thing that engaged the mind of the Presi-
dent was, she recommended by the delegation of
his state ~ Suppose these same eleven had re-
commended MIR. Daniel FL. Miller, or MIR. Joel g.
Sutherland, 1t would have succeeded in the same
manner, and with cqua; reason and lustIce-foI al
though those gentlemen would have been a broad
satire upon the nation, still they are fully equal to
Mr.. Samuel ID lngham; and Should then behold
what we do now the country degraded IN The person
OF quack doctor, a poor, ignorant and mbeclle
shop-keeper. Suppose Mr.. lngiiam ~ resign,
and eleven members, a majority, were TO
wait upon the President anu recommend Doctor
Sutherland, any similar smali-ware intriguer
whose only quality deception. trick and manage
ment, IN local eiecon!-Would the President?-
You will say, he would say No! Then why appoint
MIR. Inghan3-Why not remove hlm Duff isreen
will tell you that NJ In CHAM necessary his po-
tical nrigues his ulterIor operations and present
interest; that he question OF competency idle and
ridiculous that Mr. Ingnam must where he
is, sfor political purposes-as for the treasury, Mr.
Dickens can take care of that on the old plan.
In the same manner, Duff Green is not the s.pub-
lie prlnter"-ihat Is mere cloak; he Is the politl-
cal pump of Certain faction. Is it the
national dignity, public wealth, purity of our re-
publican institutions, that the of public printer
should be thus prostituted? Will the delegation
from Pennsylvania agree To vote Tor political
pump who possesses sense of the dignity anu III,
portance of hs station, and destItute of all ability
to discharge his duties, If he had proper
ception of them? Will our representatives consen,
to vote for lager of our local politics, unde,
pretence of choosing public printer?-tf they do,
will they be dlschargng iher duty the people, and
to the constitution? Upon full view of all the cir
cumstances touching Duff Green and his political
positions do not hesitate affirm they will con
cur IN the negative opinion; and withhold their sup
port from ono, who is neither gifted with genius
learning ameDly of manners honesty of pur-
pose, to qualify him for the station. He is to be
sure. one OF the wheels most pernicous .pol,ti-
cal machine," which the sooner it is dismembered
and broken up, the sooner Will the people Obtain
restitution of their rights and liberties, the sooner
Will foul STAIN be wiped from the ional charac
er. MARFYN LUTHER, Jr.
From the Greeuuule .Mouatameer of yyouember, 10.
The Editor of the Southern Times has counted FL
members OF Inc oenate III FAVOR oil ConveDtlOn II
against it, and doubtful. ue alsU reckons Ga mem
bers of the House of Representatives for Conyen.
ciop, 35 against it, and 25 doubtful. We are very
much disposed to doubt the accuracy of this state
ment, inasnuch as members from Spartanburgh are
put down IS doubtful 1t IS we'll known here that
the five members elected from district, have ex-
pressed themselves public speeches as being deci-
dedly opposed to Convention, 1t is also known
that the four Represent atives from Chester are
under pledge TO vote against Convention. The
people of that District voted "Convention" or no
Convention" and the latter ticket prevailed by
considerable majority. Phe candidates previously
pledged themselves to vote in accordance with the
will of the District We have been told that there
are t'oo members from York opposed to Convcn-
ton.
TO the Planters Of Virginia q ". Carolina.
EHXIIE hInh ~ of lni1 r,aid IN rCnhaccn in,