Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-07
Saetg6m.
FFIDAY MORNING. MAY :. 1870.
DsLlcate poslnr. Of HE Prosident-

No President has ever had more dlficul, rorpc
to play than he who now stands at the helm, Sue.
cessiniy dnHng both parties, aud obtaining bej,
equally from Carolina aud Penssyyanio Tho
States most d:amctricaly opposite in interests md
po'''''' ny lis celebrated 'Judicious Tariff he is
'ar!y caught IN hS own trap, and cannot by any nos
slD'y' cZ,:icste himself, without mortal offence 70
ono OF the other and full though late exposure
OF ms own dopcily. Having in his messaue and nv
the character of his associations by his prcserco .,
ond sanction or the Jefferson dinner declared bis
theoretical attachment to the doctrines know, nv tbo
name OF State Rights, he must in a short time. find
himself IN the most trying and pcrous situation.
various acts have been, will be, passed az this
session OF Congress affirming the constitutionalty
OF Internal lmprovcnco Il by national assistance sub.
scribng 10 the stock OF various canal and urnniko
companies, auhorising surveys with view 70 fuurc
improvements and yielding large bodies of The pub
Ac DOMAIN Tor benevolent purposes. What will the
President do with tI.,-- ne sign them
or refuse 10 sign them: WIN he resign himself 70
the majority OF Congress- will he take that stand
a. PRESIDENT which he has already occupicd =. nm
individual il he he frcrd Of State RIGHTS rs his
southern supporters nvouch him, and rs he himself
processes he cannot but deem every such Inv IN IN,
traction o! the Constitution, for the condemnation
Of the power of Internal improvement. Is ,rccisr,.
the tenet which crery State Righ, man holds and !.
'e point from winch he takes hi, latitude and lepar
lure. lie can be no State Right politician who
!'e'uS ~ any moro than he can be Christian who
denies life to come
we WISH the reader to observe one thin"-tbot
we were never Of the number who conceded to Con
Jackson the credit OF being friend to limitcd con
strucion Of power. HIS military life if conduct bc
any mirror o.! opinion, proved the reverse The con-
t'hgency never arose, in which hc did not take MI
the power which was necessary to effect his end
Whatever that was. IF now, we choose to consider
nun as such, and 20 from the assrlmption
Is OILY IN conformity TO bis own declarations from
The repeated and solemn asseyerations Of his surno
tiers who hold those doctrines and from dcCeronca n
Mr. Rhchc, who cannot be suspected of SUSTAINING
ono IN md for the Presidency, who is 10 State Right
man. WE have right to question the Presidents
'c 70 the position he has choson in our secret opin
ion, and We have also right TO consider him III thol
position as if it were lawfully assumcd-bcn,, tb,t
he and his friends say it is that in which conscience
has placed him.
Considering him then, as ne is asserted TO be- nv
MS leading advocates Oft press the Telegram the
hc'mond Inquirer, the Courier g. Enquirer and
The Charleston Mercury--a State RICH, man ,,bot
VIII no DO with the many bills giving away the Pub
Lands, auihorising surveys of routes and voting
money to roads aud canals, which will without n
question, come before him, Whut will he do Mr.
Ittcbic' VIII he sign those bills, or will no no,,-
II he does sign them, by what sullnr pretcvt ,viu
you defend his sincerity If he docs not sim trem,
away goes Pennsylvania, away gocs Now Yo,k
away goes the Harrisburg and Albany Caucus. "bock
agen goes the Hero to the HERMITAGE, and dissolves
INTO thin air, the crafty scheme orclccfipo the C,cno
raj second time, and transmitting the sccptrc TO Mr.
Van Bnren. Now we couH ask Mr.. Thos. Richie
a very hard question. Il is this suppose the congo
qucnces oil the Presidents refusal to sign the bills ol
Iudcd to, were what we have assumed, that is. tho
alienation Of the middle Statcs--woud Mr.. Ritchio
prefer the bills TO be signed, aud Jackson and Van
Bnrcn next, to retain favor and Office or the bill 70 no
rejected by him, and the rights Of the States and ,c
CONSTITUTIONS thus indicated, II is n hard oro..
tion' and we do not expect him TO answer it.
Once morc-as Gen. Jackson is n friend oC S,,,o
Rights, and oflimted construction. will he ,jg, tho
internal Improvement bills or will he noy Lot tbc
reader tx his attention uron fli, rc,rl,