Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-20
TUESDAS MORNING, April. 20. 1890.
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This Gentlea not satiS heu Will tnel Jury inflicted
upon his administration friends by his first expose, by
reducing them and him .eif to the dilemma OF q com
pulsory acknowledgment O. the greater extravaganza
of Gen Jacksons than Mr.. A, 'ams administration OF
conviction Of the Secretary of The Treasury OF th'
extraordinary blunder of million c. dollars IN his es
innate laS before Cong essnot sati.Ved with tb'
absurd figure he cuts in lis controversy w.e Mr. Chi
ton, has taken the field second time to repair IL pos
soic the consequences of his officios zeal. H.s me
thoc OF dong this, Is worthy of liinsc,.s-worthy
that Nhetronchmcnt,' the clamor about WHICH orgi-
HanS IN pohticai craft. was supported by false ,cpre
sc'utons ana mas ended IN increased expenditures
worthy OF 1deTson'sn', which unsupported from the
s' W reason mas resored at every stage to mpcsi-
t'on Tor the purpose Of swaying ignorance
We shall not notice the part oft the .Rc,reachet s.
article which deals in fgurcs-we leave that to those
who have documents in reach, and who have olrea
dy displayed a competency to use them. Wepropos
10 offer few observations upon some other things
MIR. Wicklitfe strongly rc-insists that this admin
straton ough: to be chargeahle only from the t Of
har;h, 1899, whcn into Office and not for the
whole fiscal year commencing on the first Januarv
Had the gentleman made the discovery in 1925 when
Mr.. Rives contendcd Cor the contrary prnciulc his
reputation would have gained much Oh the score of
candor as it is likely to do on that of saoacitv
1T suited him and his brethren of "R ciorm~ then tn
make Mr. Adams responsible for the appropriations
voted under Mr. Monroe, and it suits him noe 20 OBJ
ect to the rules working both ways. IF the gentle
mans claims to public confidence were rlea surcd by
ms candour the sGreatcst and Best would rot incur
the hazard ofanother Senatorial rebke, by eyaltnr
nm to the vacant slippers of Isaac [I as unor SAYS
he meditatcs to do. If the Jackson administration
ought not 10 be made accountable for the expenditures
between January and March, 1899, the Jackson ma
!ority in Congress ougit--of whom Mr. Wicklifs
was one.
Referring to the deficits of Watkins and others,
this very candid gentleman say: Most ofthese plum
derers OF the Treasury find their advocates in the
ranks Of the opposition to the present adn.inistra
ton"
We shall not degrade ourselves by applying TO this
foul and lndscrminate inputaticn, the style of con-
tradictlon which it deserves. We are sorry opr
friends OF the National Integcnccr were so far
swayed by their courteous disposition, as to admit into
their Columns, libel SO gross upon themselves and
their political friends Courtesy ought to have its
limits, and in its compliances ought pay some re-
gard to truth and justice We challenge the exl,bi
ton of particle of evidence cmanating from any re-
spectacle source in the ranks of opposition TO sustain
the above charge. 1.-THE gentleman who made it.
would ''retrcnch' somewhat the superhutcs of his
Imagination he would, we humbly conceive, be outo
nsefnlly employed as in that Jackson "Ectrencb
men, which has resulted III increased ex. rance
and waste ofthe public treasure :
40 make others appear guilty as themselves, has
been the device Of the conscience condemned in all
tmes-and is o!tan partially successful, by divdino
censure This stratagem Of conscious wrong, Mr.
Wcklaie has not disdaned to play off, TRUSTING to
Its general success, and to calling up once more the
dead and buried public rancor and prejudice which
pursued the late administration from the cradle 70
the grave How worthy this mode of defence, is off
the statesman, or man of sense it is needless 70 en-
quife. Had the last administration as many sins 70
answer ior as 'hcre were SANDERS against their acts
ana intentons-and the most vivid imagination |
could not easily conceive the existence of more
We're the calumnies against them, truths, as they
were hell concocted fabricatons-iti is still mpossi
BILE to satisfy any of sense that their transurcs
SONS can excuse, or extenuate, the misdeeds, the
short comings and the despotism, of the existin1
promise breaking, profession lying, brageart admins
tration. The volunteer champion who EMPLOYS tbe
defence, beirays the paucty of the materials of vnd
cation, bat shows bis implicit confidence in that ip
noraEce which greedily swallowed his promise OIL
"Retrenchment:" and which always courts self inn
position. Nor need ye wonder at bis confidence
when we witness how amply its source bas justified
former expectation, and survey the miracles it has
5Yrought--a ignorant of the first rudments of
Government transformed into statesman, street |
brawler into second Washington, the father of his
country and one uninstrucfcd in his mother toDaue
into another Jefferson, whose capacious mind was
the receptacle ofull human learning. Ignorance has
doue ali this, and why need we wonder if Mr. Wick
bite who has seen and enjoyed the extent of its cred
u3ts virtue should rely upon it for the more humble
reGuistDen which he demands at its hands
as set Oft then, to the broken promises of tho
administration in regard to "retrcnchmcnt" and its
fbonarcmcai punishment of the freedom of opinion
NF. Wickl'fie has diyed into the "common sewer ="
and dragged forth from its sl... .-.@.- IL -,