Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-07-07

serve wherever the Democratic Tor anu ol,sr) party
puts hira. This is surely not refusing the nominu-
ton. 1t is any thing else but that.
" The Essex Register says that Fuller did not
probably carry off the Sac, 900. but that the sum has
been IN a course Of expenditure for years. He esca-
ped to avoid the consequences of detection, which
probably could not have been much longer concealed.
lie was a man of extravagant habits-which he no
doubt INDUCED at the expense of his employers. The
event created little surprise, says the Register. "with
several respectable gentlemen"
u We conclude this morning, Mr.. Kings reply to
Kendall, and Lieut.. Rando,ph's answer to the same
Individual, postponing many things of interest, in or
der to accommodate the public curiosity, and do what
justice requires of us, at the earliest moment.
These gentlemen ask nothing of sympathy, but their
claims to it arc not the less strong. Governments
are elevated at a great height above private persons,
and their attacks fall with a proportionate weight and
violence upon the heads of the latter. The contest
Is unequal, and every generous man ought at least to
weigh what the accused says with candor, and divest
himself for tine moment, of party feeling. All gov
ernments have their parasites, their fla, terers, their
expectants, and did one come FROM the dead
to speak in favor of the accused, we should
hpS ooAhtAS tlclI uOnOt
and suspicions--still find them laboring to
excuse and defend the conduct of those IN power. So
it has been always. and so i. will continue to be. 1t
Is gratifying however, TO observe, that in numerous
cases, party allegiance has yielded before the strong
Indignation excited by the treatment of Mr.. King.
Mr. Raudolph's defence is a highly beautiful CON-
position. 1t presents many striking views of the
questions involved Two things we understand will
appear when The ~ c q 10 hrou0bf n fr;,l - @la .ao.,
money was received from Timberlake by his friends
in this country, than is acknowledged in the docu-
ments appended to Kendull's Report, and that his let
ter book was whole and sound, mhen deposited in the
Department at Washington. 1t is plain if this be SO,
that LIT. Randolph did not mutilate it. Kendall ifhe
could. could tell who did, and for achot purpose.
EXECUTION OF PoRTER.-We annex the partlcu:
lars of this execution from TWO correspondents of tho
N. York Commercial.
We said on Monday, that the Justice which banu.
ed one man and %pardoned another, colleagues in the
same offence, seemed harsh to us. It NAV he
right--it may be humane-the pardon OF Wilson
was certainly no injury to Porter-but after all, and
without any disposition to find fault with the act of
the President, because his act, it seems to us partial
and unwarranted by the state fthe facts. Both were
equally guilty, that is acknowledged If one deser-
we'd death, SO did the other. If one deserved par
don' the other had quite as strong claims. IF an
example was wanted, hanging tlco would have been
more striking than hanging one. Our neighbor seems
to think that do what he may, the President will be
attacked by the opposition. Perhaps the opposition
are only Initiating the taudabte example set them by
MI. Rltchie, who in the four years administration Of
OF Mr. Adams, found not one thing to approve!
How the pardon Of Wilson was Felished in Pbila-
delphia, may be learned from the remarks OF the u.
S. Gazette annexed.
E%oas the Philadelphia q. S Gazette .Ju:y3.
In another place will be found a notice of Lhe exc
cutlon OF JAMES PoRrER. Among the innumerabIe
host assembled to witness the spectacle. but n mr..
inion was heard. and that was continually EXPRESSED
injustice had been done-the letter and spirit of
the laws had been violated-anda distinction made
between two culprIts. that denoted an improper bias
or a total want of discrimination. We have never
witnessed a more decided expression OF public dis
appreciation OF any proceeding, than has been made.
and is now being made, ofthe pardon ofWLsoN with
out that OF PORTER. They had both been tried for
one offence. found equally guilty. and condemned to
the same punishment. 1t is not pretended that Por-
ter had committed more crimes than Wilson; and
thoughhe had, still he was not tried for more.
One token of disapprobation of the proceedings,
was mentioned to us yesterday, that may be consid-
cred as emphatic. The sign ola tavern having the
present President Of the United States painted on it
in the south part of the city, was taken down and
rehung bottom upwards. We mention this only az
testimony of feeling on the occasion.
From u Correspondent Of tie ~. Y. Commercial.
Saturday Buue,in Office,
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July I'd.
TIE ExEcuTioS.-ln conformity 10 his sentence, the pensI,v
OF Death was this day inflicted on James Porter, the Mail Rob.
bof, the President having seen fit TO commute tie sentence of
Wilson 10 imprisonment for twenty years.
ihs gal!oHs was erected on an open lot of about thirty acres.
Immediately adjoining Bush Hill, md as early as five O'Clock in
inc morning, crowds Of people were observed to he stationed
ID .e vicinity oil IT. waiting for the hour of execution. AS the
morning advanced, the crowd increased, and bv nine O'Clock
as many as fifteen thousand individuals had assembled on The
s'ouEd. lbey continued to arrive in large numbers until abou;
ten o'clock, when a dense mass of human beings half covered
the hoids, amounting, we should suppose, with what afterwards
assembled, to forty thousand spectators, of which no, less ,ilan
two thousand we're women, some Of whom had infants in ,her
arms ""
Alter standing for several hours in a burning sun. il was an.
nounced that Porter was approaching On looking towards the
CITY a csvaicade that filled up every avenue TO the sallows,
was seen drawing near, envelopcd in a cloud of dust. which
asst partially drew ASIDE, only served to make the c!oud an
pear more dense They came on at a slow pace. attended bv
a throng OF officers and guards Porter was seated in a cart
upon his coffin. and looked around upon the immense mass of
people without any uncommon concern. lie wore a shabby
black hat. the remainder of his dro,c br:ru ro,o- t.a.,l =