Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-12

OF u prison. lie has been Justly punished. Pc, Nail
h Io% me 10 paliato or justify his crimes. But. wa
ms deiaut the cause OF his REMOVAL Was IL not rnN
Their, the zeal with which he supported the eiect;oX
OF your opponent, that caused his removal and iii
subsequent prosecutions Had your subsequent rcH
mo- s oh;sc ssem occas,oned oy mlsdeme.aOrs in Office
would have united in praise Of your vigilance. an,M
the purity OF your motives; but you hsvc tnr.w
co upon the world in order to provide snug BIRTH
Tor your ~partizans, faithful Officers, who's on7v cr;n
was the Independence with winch thew .~r..~N
incl, preference for Mr.. Adams. Uudcr the directio,A
VI u setter up, and puIer down of Presidents. n
auu y |, :me Icentrai committee" you were scsrceiy<
ced the work of removing from once every msr ~
dared to say, you were unfit for the station -" -r;cst
a deiudcd people had called you, or who held IN 800
e ana .ne character " services Of your predeccssorH
All your thoughts seem to be directed TO tbit 60
point. The highest rs well as the lowest oaacs. hor.I
equally undergone the searching operstionn f,or
IN ambassador to the most pi ifIl Office in the PosN
ouce department, even that Of letter carrier. In youJ
removal and appointments, you have exbib;tcd. %.
Citation ond instability of purpose. Tho ,snsi 10
compartments OF weak minds. and entirely ineor,;sI
tent with your boosted energy and decision IF ch.r
,h boe iou nave ono day appointed to Office, and
ana frivolous pretext, of q misapprehe nsion of tb,
person Tor whom the appointment was intended ~
In other words. having no mind of your own Won
we're governed by the d~ictation OF others Such con-
duct cannot exalt you even in the estimation or von,
most devoted partizans, whose interest it is 10 s,,n.
port all your acts, be they right or wrong E sw
,he setter up OF Presidents" that man of ;mn,ou'
e ~ pura,yi; VINO could conscn. to offer a bride and
consequently receive one, must blush when no
thinks OF the weak hands which hold tho -.
OF government. Posterity will examine this rn..
Ter WIN impartial eyes, and exclaim with one
voice against the tyrannical and oppressive course
which has thus far marked your admins, - e
IL only wants the shedding of blood to be ranked
with the prescriptions ofthe Roman Tr;pny;,a,n
ru.urs generations VIII look with wonder upon the
appointment of Kendall, Hill, Noah, Greene and III ~
ers of a kindred stamp to important Offices SUI
other reason than their unmeasurcd abuse of von.
distinguished opponent, and n base and abiec, g,;tosr,
o. the nero OF TWO wars" In these appointments
90 rrn . , ~ Ione more 10 sap the liberty of the press and
corrupt the very sources of government, than Tie
combined acts OF all your predecessors. no,w;,hs,sn
alng the continual pratjng of your partiznna ahon,
corruption, bargain and barter" and attempts N
suos'dlze the press. The freedom of the nrcss h..
ever been considered as one ofthe safegpard. q "as
liberties, and 1t has been the great object or GU :.
gisiators 10 preserve 1t untrammelled; but sborId
your eXampie be followed by future Presidents. tho
press may eventually become a mere engine in
the bands OF those in power, and their cona,cea-s az
aeienders OF their every act. So loud were vour al.
herents IN their censures and denunciations az The ,s,o
administration, because of the removal OF a few nub-
TIC printers, and the danger to be apprehended F,,r,
such an exercise of power, that il was mot 70 he 1870 o'
tea that you would have so far outstripped von~ n
ueccssoIi outit is OF a piece with all your other acts
-ahCtner striking evidence ofyour consistency.
a Few words more and l have done. I oh;s., ..
the language you thought proper to employ n ron.
inaugural Address, on account of the unuenernn.
hiiDerai, not to say unmanly, insinuations IL con,s;
against your predecessor, which are entirelv q, -
rance with that character for high and bonor.sI.
bearing, mat generous ma gnanimity, that obiva Jr;c h.
hour' winch your followers lave uniformlv asrr;ho,
TO you. ltyou be really possessed of all ,beso nnhIe
quantities, these high attributes of treat n;,J Tn.S
only account for your deviation from them. bv ,nnnol
sing Ihat The speech was prepared for YOU. and tbst
yoo were only inc mouthpjece of others. The insin-
I y mus thrown out, besides being unfo,,n.
ded IN fact, came with but an i'll grace from unu ~
wards one to whom you are indebted for mrcS So oS &c.
reputation you now enjoy. Had Won fo,aot,aO M na
the ability with which Mr. Adams defended YOU on'
euGt IN the Seminole War, which was likeiy % Ill.
anu wilmer the laurels you had won, Self rosnao,
/ not respect for the dignifed Office Won s,at,'
shouidhave induced you to have stricken ont = snn
tence containing indirect charges which Won oouIs
not ocNeve to be true. I pity the man who oo,iI
auoP' such ihglorious means to put down n rival -
subsequently trumpet his own fame. bv bo,s,;nn III,
Ns administration should be an honest one. tbus 80;
ihu,ilg mat the previous administration was co,rnn.
ahu oisnonest. IL an administration formed of s,cJ,
materials as yours be successful, we need mot h
prehensive of the perpetuity of the ronnhI;o 'e sP-
need not be at any trouble hereafter. IN seoL 6. ~ 49,
nrst order OF talents to guide the helm of state D.;
iots us sKiiful may be readily found, and an ;n,n,
tant iesson VIII be given to an admiriDp world. bu a.
honstraung with how small q portion of talerts ~
be governed. o"oPIe may
.a!Gairs at WASHINGTON.
Inc following letter to the editor OF The B,;,;roo.,
Patriot, is powerfully written, and indeed 10 ex,,or.o
w lnterpetlnn in lie Intu.I- W