Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-02-16

the table, failed l6 to G. An amendment WINS made
we learn, requiring weekly (instcad of monthly
exhibits before the Directory, of the transactions of
the Officers In the purchase of Bills Of Exchanre
a. The Legislature will probably adjourn on sa
turday or Monday.
W Let us enquire of Gen. Duff Green, if the
spasms ofterror he endures, are for the Repub-
iican party, or his amiable self? Has he in rood
earnest any idea that the Federal party as such, or
III any other shape, exists separaclya Does he not
know, that when in 1916, by the policy of Mr. Mon
roe, by the successful close of the War and nv Tho
utter desperation of their cause the Federal party
dissolved in its weakness, that they ind frept,v
rs inclination, accident ambition prompted ranred
themselves in the part los which soon after spranu
up, and that many of them were Crawfordites in
1894, and Jacksontes III 1926, as the friends of Mr.
Adams in either of those contests. If the General is
acquainted with the political history of the country
he must know those facts-and if he las spark Of
-andor in his composition, he must admit them
What bamboozling OF his readers is it then
worss than that-what a paltering with his own con-
science is ito call up the Ghost Of the Federal
party and soemnly stalk it through the columns OF
the Telegraph as living thing. Ought not the
General to be more respectful TO his readers than
try to scare them with spectreo BEING military
man, ought he not to have respect fer himself
than to discover SO much trepidation at raw lead
and bloody bones, of his conluration? For
shame General, for shame.
The common reader is not quite so easily imposcd
upon as General Duff magiues-wiat then must it
be IN regard to members of Congress, for whose a-
viseinent and government, the General isapourincs
forth ceaseess TRADES against NIr. Webster, and
the Fede al party-a name. without habitation.-
The most Purblind cannot be imposed unon by the
affected CONSERVATION OF Duff at the asccndancy of
the Federal party, fail to see that 1t is nohnn
more than the eXpedent his cunning has suggested.
to defeat the resolution for his removal as printer to
the Senate His denuncations of Mr. Webster ira
intended to whip in the refractory of the Jackson
party-f there such--by the apprehension of b.
ing politically yoked with that gentleman by the Tel
egraph, If on this occasion they shall act with him.
In fine, it is downright menace and intimidation all,
We are sorry for Mr.. Uebster's reseInt;on-not
that he had not great provocaton-but were we
members OF Congress, let the Telegraph rage as
it might, we should take especial care to give its ed
tof 10 by our vote that understandings
were not 10 De governed by his learning ourselves
Wrapped INTO the ranks by the fear ofhs dcnunciations
nevertheless, the General probably knows his men
oetter than we do, and after his appointment as Prn-
ter and the manner of it-not to mention other Incl
oehts i'll the Senate-we have neither the right nor
the inclination to doubt that he understands and pur
sues the best mode of putting the hook in the nose
oithat honorable body. He has our free consent
to lay the lash their shoulders with as much vioor
as he can eXcrt-for if, the rumor is, they mean
to ratify the whole of Gen. Jackson's appointments
save Maj. Lee, who Gas our Delaware friend savsl
is to be offered up like caught in the thicket
to propitlate public disgust-he cannot possibly en-.
terta!n more contempt for the sp,ft and the party
prostitution of that august body than we have.
ire 'Nomsnations.--I psrusng the account pub
lIshed in yesterdays Wing, OF the confirmation by
the Senate, of several of the appointments made by
the president, during the recess, will strike the
reader that the Secretary of Legation to Colombia
mas been confirmed, while the Amblss hinlsc f--
The renowned Mr. Moore--has not yet passed the or
deal of the Senate. This at least shows--term:nate
how 1t may-that stand has been made in that body
in opposition to the preposerous nomination Of hIr
Moore, and in unison with the Offended sense of the
nation-outraged by an appointment, which makes
the hrst honors of the country ridiculous when they
can be won and worn, by the vcriaSt drab and sea-.
engeT of party.
The Georgetown Gazette says:
"We understand on good authority, that the Sen
ate yesterday rejected the nomin of Henry Lee
as Consul General to Agers. We hope they will
put their oeto upon others equally obnoxious"
Whether this is true IS questionable. How the
people of the U. States would desire that appoint
ment to be treated, is moi TO be doubtedbut the six
years tenure, makes the Senate efficiently irres
ponsible.
EoR TIE WuG.
MR.. CGAY'S SPEECH.
have read with much satisfaction, the speech de-
fivered by Mr. Clay before the African Colonization
society Of Kentucky. To use an expression OF the