Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-12-03

me; ana having doubt of the fact am not to he
o m oy mere respect for official station, much
W rear OF personal consequences, from expressing
that doubt What the Secretary of War may be
huuced ITO stoop" to, s not for me to decide. That
i ue between his pride and his conscience. He
who seooPs from elevated station to the commission
loi acts which may SAVIOR of partiaIty Injustice
ae seitshness, cannot stoop much lower as public
o.hSer' ano may easily find arguments by which he
"a" reconcile 1t to his feelings man. TO Withdraw
MS eye roH, the polar star OF public integrity ard fix
II on any light which may guide HIM TO personal adj
'a"'ase. WILLIAM PRENTISS.
| 1he Cenerut Post OGice.-In the Richmond En-
qulrer of yesterday the following card is published;
not however, without some grooming in the spirit on
the part of the Editors. tho ccoss;ty which
PEELED them to give publicity to formidable attack
on the Administration, aud pretty plain nmation,
that farther fayors of the sort must not be looked
for. The card is prefaced by very good defence of
the Post Master General, who the Enquirer asserts
from quarters upon which they may depend was most
dn1toasty DESTROYS of doing full and ample Justice to
all the parties concerned" The high authority for
this ave<incnt, is probably Mr. Barry himself: accor-
ding to the reasoning OF the law worst authority
that could be cited.
we republish this card because we have heard
great deal from various Sources of the matters to
which 1t has reference, and because we are satisfied
that 1t is the herald of more specific accusations
deeply affecting the purity of the Department.
CARD-COMMUNICAT
The many tulsome puffs respecting the late con-
ttacts for carrying the mail from Washington to N.
Orleans, have filled with Indignation the minds of many
OF the last friends and firm supporters of the usri-
GUS patriot who presides the affairs of this ma
ton Those who witnessed the course pursued ON the
late occasion, think they discovered much shutting
intrigue and management about the Post-ofice De-
partment, which eventuaed IN throwing patronage
into the hands OF cunning and favoured few to the
exclusion OF The equally deserving many.
The Post-Master General, in his advertisement
parcels the road from Washing on to Fort Mitchell
In sectons-and the public induced to believe
nat ne would receive separate proposals for carrying
the Mail OF each section.-The writer states it as
lac not TO De controversial that the bids by gentlemen
residing III the vicinity of those misunderstanding
common interest lii, and attachment to- the surroun
dug country; gentlemen of responsibility and respon
sDhity characters, such these, did, by their propo
sals offer TO carry the Mail from Washington to For
mitchell, tor many thousand dollars per aunum less
than the Post Master General has contracted to give
to powerful. wealthy influential and fayoured com
Pany-a member Of which, after the day of putting
In bids had passed had tho bruzen effroEterv 10
BOAST OF having bid upon supple paper; and therefore
was sure OF success. Will the Post Master General
or the Contractors any of these puIers, venture
to say he could not have the Mail transported from
Petersburg, Va. to Cheraw, S. c. ito saw nothing of
other routs for Six thousand Dollars less than he has
engaged to pay this ailengrossing company for that
service? Cali you this Reform? Is this the beasted
Retrenchment in the Department.? Verify, it looks
much like old fashioned eXlrava and fayonri;ism
Much credit is claim I'd by the Post-Master General
the Contractors and their satellites, for procuring
The Mail to be carried for the four years to come for
less money than has been given for the last four years
but 10 determine on the economy and lmpartality
OF the department, should enquire not what has
been gwen but for what could the business be now
dones The great improvements in roads-the vast
olierence III the price ofproduce, l826 and 80
readily account for the difference given at the two
periods. The competition of the sec ional bidders
was Far more eficacious than the patriotism of the
contractors IN reducing the contract price.
The writer IS utterly ut loss 10 know why, and
earnestly protests against connecting the famous Mo-
bile and ~ O. contract with those recently adverts-
ed and made
lit Post Master General Ignorantly, or from
other cause IL or l8 months age, entered into con-
tract allowing twice or thrice much worth
for carrying the Mail that route, what that
bargain TO do with his late advertisement & contract
IT he intended to connect the two lines, enter
into contract for carrying the Mail in Alabama and
Louisiana from Mobile 10 New Orleans, why dId
be not advertise thai he would proposals to
that efects Why is that left on; of his advertisement?
1t is with deep regret the writer feels compelled to
anlmadvert upon the pursued on this occasion
By the Master General the Contractors, and the
host OF interested letterwrters applaudng, proof
of Patriotism. Reform and Retrenchment, what the
writer coDceves to be garing proofs of ex ravagance
and partlaIty-to give SIX thousand or sixteen thou
sand dollars more to- MonopolisiDg Company, than
other equally deserving Citizens would render the
same service for-is not the Boosted Reform ana
Reirenchment promised under the Administration of
Gen: Jackson and practised under that of JET
FERSON.
IL Ainsworth after examination, was yesterday
Neutrality-suspicious. being, in the opinion Of the May
or, made oct by proof, furnishing good rea-
son to believe that the crime aedged had been
United by the person charged with having committed
t-aud that there not even prina |actc case
made out against him, by witnesses entitled to
sonnLte degree Of credit.
Such is the result. 1t is hardly necessary to de-
tail the cock and bull stories of the Witness of the
day. The interest and curiosity created by the mys-
terry of Reds murder, were illustrated in the crowds
which besieged the Police Room.
u 4 correspondent from Prince William is infor-
med that the communication 10 which he refers by