Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-13

e 1eai ond unanlmty OF Virginia IN its main-
tennnco.
ahe 1saliyyers-Wdo are thega-An able writer
IN the Charleston Courier answers the question
Aney are not, he assures US, the Old State Ripht
Farty-thc Jeffersonians of fe0O-the Madsonians
ano war men OF l3i2--or the Radicals and Crawford
men Oh S4-"r Perhaps (says distinguished cores
Pohoent OF the Courer-dstine uished for force and
comprehension) Maj. Noah (hc addresses the n Y
Courer has heard of the Ji,,e ticket, peace party.
sentcie'l's party; perhaps he remembers the Circu
lar Church meeting, and when he hears that Rob !
Iurnbui is NOW avowed the main stock writer for
the party, he may remember the Investigator affair
In fact the ultras federal of '96, of 1900 of 1912
ana the ultra mad latitudnarian, free construction
Caihoun party Of Monroes administration, are the
same CONSISTENT gentlemen who flourish under
Tue appropriate titles, Mercury Boys Disunionists,
Nulifyers.''
The reasoning and Interior objects Of the "gcntle
men nulbfyers-The Tariff nulliGed the Union
dissolved, charleston thrown open to unrestricted
traoe, Hcn, ALI OUR MECHANIC LABOR WILL ZEE
PERFORMED IN ENGLAND, and more society
among us VIII present but two grades, GENTLE
MEN and their ssrcants The clegan, hospitalitv of
ola uines VIII revve our again seek classic
education at Elton and Oxford, and our great men
receive the grateful rewards of permanent family
/honours" [See the Mercury Toastsl
thepuohcans OF Vlrgina--here is too much reason
" oeheVe that these reasonable visions float in the
imagination not only of S. Carolina nabobs and null
myers, but Br!ist party which has ever existed in
tas country and IN various parts Or it. Eren in
virginia we have these gentry--rnen who are ever
ousy alternating the affections of the people from the
institutions and union of the Countrywide under the
mask OF warning against the Tariff, cherish the in
sidious purpose Of dssoving that heartfelt love which
Americans have for their Government. We are far
from intending to Include this censure the great
mass who oppose the Turif, and home industry-the
multitude are ever honest But it is the few-cer
tam leaders, who in the growth of the non-slayc-
holdiag States, see, think they see the scep;re
departed from Judah hrever--these are the men
whose desperate and defeated ambition is to be dread
ell. bhese men would recolcnze us to-morrow--
ehey would If they could, have but "two classes
among us, gentie1lsn and their sevants--they would
hail the return of those hslcyon days. when tue man
sions OF tue rich were approached cap in hand and
when rich mans carpet too good to be soiled
oy the tread OF the poor--they would gladly cx
change stars and garters for the honors of the Re
public, which they never hope to wear
lslt strange that these gentlemen" should feel
an hsuPeraoie repugnance to the American SYSTEM
by which are mean, the fostering aud protection of
American industry? That system which has raised
is raising and v continue to raise the various orders
and classes of working men, TO the level of these
gentlemen" themselves; to all the consideration,
which affiuence give? That system which is
ndsSolnby inter woven with democracy and eoualtv7
That system which makes Us independent in fact. as
well as IN name, of England, the land of stars and
gafters and corones, which the Aristocrats Of lie
South sigh to bedfzen their persons withale
Let the system be modiGed--let the bands be loos
ened where they are too tight, and frightened where
they are too ooselet sacrifices in the lannuare Of
Henry Clay, be made to love of Union--but never
vii the democracy Of the country consent to aban
don altogether, system essential to real independ-
ence, essential to the farming snd mechanic interests
East, West, North and Sou,h.TE
" Mathew Carey of Philadelphia the most be-
nevoent of men, is addressing S. Carolina in series
of numbers called the New Olive Branch" essavnn
TO call her back to the Union, reason and to duty
We are happy to observe that his dIsnterested pbi
lanthro7y is duly appreciated, even in South Caro-
lima
! Mr. Carey's stedfast and honorable rectitude. has
been strlkingy illustrated two recent instances An
envious writer in the Boston Commercial Gazette
endeayourcd to strip Mr Clay of the honor of being
the true father Of the System hateful to the Brit
ish party, and the Conference.-The American Svs-
TEN. Mr. Carey promptly dsowned what belonged
to another, and established the claims of Mr. Clay
by reference to measures and to dates He was
recently nominated as Mr. HemphllPs successor in
Congress--bn, with every assurance Of success de-
clined the honor, upon the scruple that it might sub
Ject bin to the suspicion ofhaving personal views in
tue zeal no has displayed in defence of the great
principle Of protecting Home industry
Conduct like this, is Oasis in the desert of Pol
tcs--a green spot which relieves the eye, weared
and dsgusted with contemplating the SANDERS, lying
hypocrisy, seishness disugcnuousuess, tergiversa-
tcn, and universal dcgeneracy, which mark the