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


ths Political Sceptre of New York, and we dare saw
no Presidential aspirant made love to him, unde,
the belief that to win his affections We the sures,
II not the only MEANS of winning those of the State
which he guided by his oracles and controlled by the
Col Stone should be humbugged by an "honourable''
correspondent, when the same hsmiation bcfel him
who fills SO much mightier spacei
AS for poor Southworth the Editor of the I.;tero
ry Subaltern, who first published the Jefferson letter
and who really seems to to have at times ga bee
In his bonnet'-our contemporary literally "chaws
him up" No quarter whatever is shewa him-and
the letter be a forgery--nnd if Southworth
new it when he published 1t, he deserves no
quarter-But as it may be- tme and is iu-
oeeo' most probabIe-that SouthwHth himself was
hoaxed 1.-THE Commercial thinks by some Jacksonio,
VINO calculated that the detection of the hoax would
lnlure MIR. Caay) as say, this may be the. case
we submit 1t to the bowels of Mr. Ritchie, if South
worth Is not entitled to some compassion especially
from Inc first publisher OF the East Room Letter-ac-
c0rding 20 the old adage which aedges that "a fell
low feeling makes us wondrous kind"
Here We would fain stop. The conduct of the
Eultor OF the Enquirer touching this matter as we
ha"e thus reviewed it, provokes rdcule bat does not
seeia tO deserve anymore serious mark of dsappro-
Daton In the quotation which follows, we recognize
spirit OF Understanding injustice, and malgnity
"hlch calls for another sort of repreenson In his
paper OF Friday last, we find the follswing
Upon what evil times we falen In how manv WAYS
are the friends of H. Clay prepared to support his
Ihefe seems 10 be of Birmingham m sci up for forrna
base conand enough TO be fond in abunnSce
we VIII not 60 back the DAYS of the Harris for
gerry we conhne ourselves incidents Of little more than
the las, little month We have seen forged letter boldly
oh upon pubic, as the work
one OF the most talented and brilliant and
inc good name OF John Randolph We seen Gurus i'm
the Baltimore Patriot"
The reader will be at loss to understand what
this candid Editor means Souihworth has publish
ed what Is believed spurious letter of Mr. Jeff.r
son; COL Stone another letter from an ANONYMOUS
source, describing the conduct of Mr. Rasdolph.
which probably had no foundation in truth-,vhat 9
the inference which this logical this fair this beney
client and christian gentleman, deduces? The infer
ence which he deduces, did we say? No-he does mn,
dedoce t-that would be stretch of boldness in er
rof' manness in doing injustice of which this Gin
snuatlng lnuendoing gentleman, is utterly lncapa-
ole' Thus openly stated, the deduction would glare
In all Its illogical Geformty, even upon his own en-
elusive readers, and it is to be hoped disgust even
t"ona' with It's inconsequentia absnrdity and patent
malice The sknl gentleman, versed in all the arts
OF able Editors, proceeds wariy to work-he
macs the snake IN the grassand states his PROPOSE
uoh IN the form of an inuendo. "Upon what eviJ
times have we fallen! In how many ways, are the
friends OF Henry Clay prepared support his preten-
sons" The patriotic exclamation is oceasioned by
the publications ofSouthworth and Stone-inuendo-
the friends of Henry Clay-the marty which sup
ports him, IN how many ways''-that is by forgery
mark the sly and insidious term sin how many waysl
are they prepared 10 supportMs Pretensious!" Was
not h1s the Inference which this unfair Edtor-too
spiritess to stale it in Wordswas not this the infer
ehce which be expected and designed that the great
mass OF his readers who stepped in the political
ignorance which he finds it his interest TO keen then,
in, should draw
| We sometimes think the Editor of the Eosuiyer
must be in his dotage-so garng are his absurdties,
so unnecessarily does he rush into nextricable diff
cultes, so uniformly does the scouige which he d.
reefs at others, recoil upon his own back Not onjv
upon measures, men and principles has he in almost
every case unsaid all he once said but scarcely no.
tical incident occurs which he does not conrive to
render monument of his most esregious inconsis-
tency. He is sensible of the truth of what we saw.
and his mortified vanity seeks redress in sweeping
and indiscriminate political traduction Could anv
other man but the Editor of the Enquirer, who had
been like him, made to publish the renowned East
Room Letter--have been guilty of the extremity of
impudent inconsistency, of deplonng the publication
of the spurious Jefferson Letter as a reproach to the
American Press-of chanting Jeremiads over the de-
cay OF public morals, which the publication nfers?
Is there another Editor of his party, Green not ex-
cepted-so iberal to involve the friends of Henry
Clay as party in the iniquy of one more unprin-
cIped individuals When he published the East
Room Letter, did any friend of Adams exclain be
hold the Jackson pary" What control has Clay or his
friends, over such persons forged the pretended JEFF
ferson letter that he they sho be made responsible
for what neither he they could help Surely
the devil hmselfi the father such logic.
Yes--we hare fallen upon evit times--but the evil
is far deeper and deadly thln the publication OF