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


the name of "e scarenger but frequently by
the former has for long time apperane exclu
sivey to Duff
AS for Row m, though good deal of intellect, he
holds the most anarchcal and disoganzs doctrines aud is
wiha dull and pressing in his that he spoke to
empty Seats as he generally docs lie is genenany, but
ceedingly tedious
and Inferior all points what he during ais
speech inspired and attention. except
from the Tennessee members who from the other
groom (as Jackson man expressed TO me y
In weight Of character he is grea he talents
Compare these facts with the statements Of Duff
But MIR. Cayon-beiug a new mciubcr, his
talents generally known here and his speech ga,ed
the by its unexpected ability In this respect reminded
of Mr. Foyth maiden speech during the when after
he had his first without saying word dis
playing evidence of talents he came out with the creates,
and happiest of all his efforts and IN his best The
ehect considerable So much for the Congressional
culaed of political gucs and political movements would
fill qure ofpaper deal reported which true,
and much of what is would be believed distance
The occurrences in general society, high t speak la
sophisticated society in the country Would you believe that
political arrangements controlled,
sicula female and the opinion which he entertained,
and the degree of respect the which may be ewn
Yet such the facial least such generally believed he
the fact In truth my dear SIR true history affairs private
community Il would be supposed be intended history
Adieu
10 The following is rather too kind to us, but we
publish it, from the desire expressed that we should
and containing better views than we have seen in
regard to Temperance Societies.
Fon THE WING.
Mr.. Peasants: There is n noble frankness in
generous mind, which renders 1t prompt to confess
Its it is liable to a possessing
such mind, shows by the readiness with which he
rctacts wrong position, when its error Is discover
ed, that it is not favorite opinion but truth which
he desires, and that the less error nor
any the less offensive, because he may have fallen into
it. How strikingly and how odiousy contrasted to
this, is he, who either from haste from want of
correct information, from prejudice, having assu-
med position wiliully and perhaps ma
lgnany, refuses to abandon it, even when the strou-
sest possible evidences of its error pressed upon
him.
have been led to these reflections Mr. Peasants,
from your remarks this morning, relative to Tempe
Societies, and with your permission, | will 90
farther will not-I cannot soOp to any species of
iattery:-I am man of warm feelings and may ex-
press myself strongly, but be assured, that my
prcssions the honest representatives of my sen
ments.
From the commencement of your editorial career
have watched you with deep interest-not the inter-
est OF an enemy, who wishes to detect your faults
for the purpose of inuring youbut with the interest
Of friend, who sincerely desires your success is
panied at even the appearance of an which may
prove an injury either to your editorial character
cause.
Your political sentiments in the main, my own.
love the manness, the iberality, and the iugenu-
of your political course, far purely
politica:-but in some of the moral deductions which
you have made from your political doctrines, think
you have erred You are, believe, of ardent
temperament, and rather precipitate IN your move
ments. If Therefore, you depart at all from the right
line you in danger of eaping great distance
Did see you deliberately descending into error, with
all the cold calculating heartlessness of Editors,
should say, it is the nature of the animal; let him
alone!. But when l consider that if you have gone
into error, you have gone there with the SINGER
ity of your Impressions and feelings, and that Il
OF
you would regard it with strong disapprobation Of
soul any other man, / must confess that feel a
most anxious and often painful desire that you should
discover the fasty of the position you have assumed
Several things have fallen under my observation
during The past winter concerning you, which have
given me pain: and have been more than once on
the point of sending you my anlmadversons:-for
knew that could have access to you; and that your
righteousness would afford your columns, even
for the means of chastsing yourself, but my many
and pressing concerns have hitherto prevented me.
am constrained to come out, by your frank
and generous apology 10 your female correspondent,
concerning Temperance Societies. By that apology
perceive that you have entertained totally erro-
neous notion OF the character and object OF those
Societies Time will not permit me to enter
into detailed exposition of the system. 1 have
honestly and thoroughly investigated the whole mat
ter myself in all its bearings; and although not
myself member of Temperance Society, yet
assure you that such Societies deserve the most
dial support of every philanth!opist and patriot
and the time Is not far ahead when every that
has moral sensbility enough to be capable of blush,
will feel glow upon his cheek AT the-remembrance
Of having opposed hem.
1t with deep regret, that observed your ap-
probation of Mr. Chiltons remarks in Congress on
this subject Had you, with your usual acumcn Of
investigation, pursued the science of these things till
you had arrived at the truth concerning the physolo
ey and pathology of man--the connection ofthose with
his intellectual and moral nature and the relations
which exist between the animal, intellectual, moral,
social and political man, instead Of approving Mr..
Chilton's sentiments, you would, with me, have re-
garded them utterly fallacous an? unspeakaby
8bomina ble:-as either cvincing depravity of soul
which with than the sensuality OF beast
pies the most salutary, moral and civil restraints
der foot, in order to get at beastly indulgence,
as cvncing ignorance of the true science of man
which should have introduced its author to primary
school rather than 10 National Congress.
When you arc speaking of the natural rights Of man.
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