Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-02

pohtical actors: Your excessive alarm too =. a..
tamperlng with the Press, inferred in the chance :.
. or publishers OF the laws by Mr.. Clay-are we :.
Understand that the change ofsome 10 or 80 publish
e's ny Mr. Van Buren, and the appointment of 30 ~
Az others to lucrative Office by the Presidents,
we 10 understand that these circumstances have ;.
no oegfec excited your patriotic fears1 Happy man,
whose imagination. is so entirely under self controul,
"hen John T. Erwin, brother of Mr.. Claws son.;r
ia"' was appointed Postmaster at Nashville nv NJ
Auahis' have you forgotten the fuss YOU and others
'aue ABOUT IT. as disregard of the popular wish and
as eVchg the purpose of filling the Post Office with
administration partizans? lfyou will look at Mon
oay proceedings IN the Senate of the IT. Stotes
you VIII see That under call of that BODY Postm,s
'cr Nenerai Barry has reported four hundred o,5
"mety cases OF Postmasters removed. since tho
"'eacst and Best came into power If there he
any exception to the TRUTH it is an exception and an
accidental or obscure exception, mercly-it is true
that with an accidental or obscure execution all ,b
fostmasters removed, were removed for noltica, re
sons, and their SUCCESSORS all Jackson men, Noy u
ask you In spirit of candor and sincerity and roe
'or the purpose of conveying sheer at YOUR want o
independence and consistency, in failinp to l;rec,
your powerful censure against these tbjnos- fp6t
do you think of them? You must disannrove ~ r,,
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seemingly indignant apprehension of Mr. CLAW for m.
change OF Editors, and of Mr. Adams for ~.
appointment of Erwin, must be concedod h.
self, to have been sheer deceit and hvpocr;su t. ot
the reasoning fair, and the deduction lop;cal, D,
proving then as you certainly do, unless vour f,r
mer opinions were hypocritical and nsincere-,wb;c,
we are far from saying why is it, that when tho
acts otwhich you complained SO vehcmen,lv in Ar
Clay, are repeated by Gen. Jackson in a hundred
cases Tor one and with the undeniable md ;nco,,,
vertbie purpose of filing the Post Office with n.ri
zans and rewardins the Prcsses-purposes which !.
briefspacc ago, you esteemed SD mortal 70 IL.
OIL the goVcrnment-why is it, man of consistency
that you dumb as post. You NAV at,. =.
shit the conclusion, by denying that in the removals
made, it has been the object of the Govorpr,o,t ..
punish foes and reward friends But look y, Tho
single circumsance-tlat in the hundreds md ,borr
ands OF removals, there has been single Jack.
sonian removed-and then bring yourself if Won can
to express this belief You did not think an 1vba,
Mr. Clay changed the six publishers, and Mr.. Adj.
ans appointed Erwin-you then saw in those crcpr-
stances, evidence of the most insdious and corrnt
designs against the integrity of the Press, and tho
purity of the Post Office. 1t surpasses ever vonr
dexterity to escape from the dilemma
AS you yourself, particularly fond of ae1;n.
questions we will take the liberty of askino Won one
Just suppose that Dir. Adams had turned out 400
jackson Postmasters and put in as many of his own
friends-and had selected from different parts of tho
United States, 45 nductors of the Press tbe r,o.
whole hog" oil his partizans as the recipients of his
Official bounty-and that Mr.. Clay instead of chang
ing or 0 1--WE forget which) publishers of the laws
had changed all. Man of consistency, Summed
we say-that Adams and Clay had done these tbinns
what would you have SAID? To what kew of az
tatic and patriotic rage, would you have tuned your
editorial thunder, Yet they have been dooe-are
no" doing-directly under your nose and in the
twelve months which have not sufficed to complete
the work OF prescription, of reward and punishment
but one single note of gentle complaint sighed out in
the. shape of wish (''we wish Gen. Jackson would
not appoint so many Editors''-or words to that
eifect)-hs lackadaisical complaint half regret half
n'fo"'y, but unrnxed with any element of the thun
uerng remuneration which grated harsly on the ears
OF Messrs. Adams and Clay-is all that in twelve.
months, you have found it convenient to say. Far
from expressing disapprobaion ofthe conduct of the
Government in the premises, or inferring the "wenk
ness madness" 'ncapacity" and "corruption. oe
ueh' Jackson from them, you did so logically, so
PefsuaslVeIy, and SO unqualifedly when Messrs
Adams and Clay were concerned, you are at this
moment, preparing TO exhibit another feat of consis
tency by urging in conjunction with your none-sake
IN New York, the necessity Of electne the "rreatest
aho pest second time, to 'complee the reform so
happily begun" and to promote the ssprosperitv of
the country" and the s'iarmonv of it's councils. -
preparing did we say? You have already taken
The plunge oblvious in the plenitude of your
devotion to the Hero, Of the electioDeerinr pro.
fessslon that he was desired but for one term-srd
the solemny asserted MAXIM that it was dangerous
that the same individual should be elected to The
Presidency!
inconsistency be sin in Heaven, how busily do
you heeP the Recording Angel at work? If you IN
'eu "ci as we verify believe, but the indepcn-
ucncc TO eXccute-how much is it to be regretted