Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-06-11

of Mr.. Clay; and yet must tell you his future pros
pects Tor support put on the most untenabe ground
possible You verify tulk like person who had been
sleeping since 78, and who had Just awaked. uncon-
scous of the change of the principle of the govern
ment, and the necessary qualifications for Office since
that time You speak Of virtue, talents, philanthro-
Ply, the rights OF man. civil liberty, internal improve
ment domestic manufactures, the union ofthe States,
and such nonsense--perfect madness You mus, be
deirious What! DO you suppose these things
have any thing do with the election depression
ofyour candidate, these times? What care the warm
partizans-the men who move the waters to answer
their own ends, about oil this old fashioned stuff
Nothing Tell them Mr.. Clay will, if elected, pay
his adherents well as General Jackson pays his
them will be yeoarded by Mr.. Clay for lbellng his
opponents with good fat Offices And be sure TO tell
that the number exceeds, If possible, those REGARDED
by General Jackson. for publishing their vile slam
ers, that if Mr. Clay is elected he will turn all the
old officers OUT and put in the active, and bos-
ferrous of his party and without regard to their hon.
esty qualifications. Tell the candidates for Office
from Governor down to the lowest office in the State
that If they will only mount Clay hobby, and be
discarded by the people, they shall surely be reward
ed and thu too with better Offices than Jackson has
given his discarded followers Tell all the office
seekers in the State, (don't misunderstood me,
mean the blood suckers of the Republic, who attend
to every bodys business but their own until they get
into Office, and then attend to business that
all the Offices in the government created for the
express purpose of enabling the President re,oard
has friends and punish all who refuse to fall down and
worship him Declare that the Senate is no more
than registering clerk for the President-that the
President like the King can do ''no wrong"-and
that the Post Office Department, intended to be
mere party engine, to pay off the small fry who
may have retaited the SANDERS put in circulation by
the Dig office seekers. Tell these Office seekers to put
out the remaining sparks of fellowship and peace in
society-that the people were made to be tools--to
be 'hewers of wood and drawers of water for them.
Tell the people that Jackson refuses to ''drink this
country water, and gets his drinking water m;-srt-
ed--that he offered to give the whole trade of the
Mississippi for of codfish'--that jackson and
Van Buren, made bargain" by which Van Buren,
WAS to bring the State of New York to the sup
port of the Hero and il consideration thereof Van
Buren, be rewarded with the office of Secrets
ry of State, and that the bargain" conslmma
ted. You know the case is much stronger one
than the great bargain proclaimed between Mr. Clay
and Adams. And above all say much about s.reform,
you know that word is most remarkably adapted to
the time 1t really deserves to be selected from all
other words except ''bargain, intrigue and manage
meDt and handed down to posterity rich legacy,
and worthy of all acceptaton.
Now sir, hope l shall see in the progress of the
CLARION, that sword to the wise has been suff
cient" So good bye-I can't leave you without just
giving you my opinions, and that is, that your friend
Mr. Clay will get to be President unless you can
make the Office seekers believe that he will pay Them
better than General Jackson pays his hands.
shall watch you close and shall not omit to "point
out the errors of your ways"