Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-12
TO ANDREW Is 5:is 1S'a.

~ 1utCo d iii TGIn-
tion TO some OF tho acts Of your Administ ation.
which have already been developed, and which seem
TO mark the policy you have determined to pursue.
The office Of President OF the United States. is ono
ofthe most exalted dignity, far superior to that which
issues from the fountains of"legitimacy." The ono
Is conferred By the sufft ses ola flee people. and is
inc reward OF mort, at le6h OF presumed merit; tho
other proceeds from an assumption of authority in
those times OF feudal power, when an ignorant people
were incapable of estimating The blessings of freedom.
Inc important duties which belong to the Office of
acs,uent ottne United States, arc cocxtensivc with
tho Union, and he who discharges them, as thcy ought
to be discharged, should uct with an eve sinpIy 10 tbe
public good. regarding each section Of the Union ma
alike the objects of his care. lie who nets upon a
diuercnt principle, or is moved by party or persmnl
considerations. is unworthy Of such a station. I'm
your own language, "the President of the u. States
should be the President Of the nation, and not of n
party" Thenoble reply of Louis, Duke of Orleans,
to revenge himself upon his enemies, should he ever
present TO his mind-"1he King of France revenoss
not the injuries of the Duke Of Orleans." Actinp
upon inns prlncipie' an opportunity vas fairly offered
you OF transmitting your name to postcrity. as the
chlef OF a powerful nation, influenced in all his public
acts by his country's good, your civil, mipht have
0een as brilliant and glorious as your military career.
But the experience of a few months has CLEARLY DO.
monstrated to the great body of the people. Thai yo,
have either forgotten tie principles of (which Won w,re
tue uuVocatc III private hie, or you have been over
ruled by the interested counsels of those by whom
you are unfortunately surrounded. Conscious of
your own i%ncapaciiy to direct. the affairs of . prent
nation, you hive too readily yielded TO the counsel
anu advice OF others, who have made you the stem.
png-stone ey which to reach the objects of their
towering ambition. No sooner were YOU seated in
the Presidential Chair, than the work of proscription
was begun, and some of the first men Of the nation
were sacrificed upon the altar Of your revenge. Men
who like yourself, had welded the sword in battle
and grown grey in their country's service. were re-
called from important stations, to give place 10 mon
whose only merit consisted in The zeal with which
lney supported your cause, and the untiring diligence
\ WIFI Wnlcn fhn rNtIo ~ h fo.I-- i
your predecessor and his cabinet. They nre nov
RECEIVING their reward from the public purse.
thousands OF those who opposed your elevation.
because they mad no confidence in your capacity.
Pac"nS some reliance upon your own avowed prirci-
pies, and the representations Of your friends. boned
to find in you the president of the nation and noi 81 s.
a party" but The very first act of your adminis,rn,ion
disappointed both friends and foes. and conv;nnoJ
every unprejudiced mind, that the opinions yon III
vancad IN private life, when you had no hone of
rSaching the exalted station you now fill, YOU had no,
nrmness enough to maintain in public, in opposition
to your advisers. You yourself told ms. that ;f CO..
the liberties of the people were 10 be overturned Z,
would be by the appointment Of members of Congress-
TO ONCE; and yet, sir, in violation of this ornculor
warning, you have appointed, during the short time
you have been in office, a greater number of members
OF congress to high, responsible, and lucrative Offices
than any ofyour predecessors. do not mean 70 in
sinuate' that you have any designs inimical to the
Roertles OF your country-that you entertain INV
thoughts Of acting the part of a NapoIeon - =" ny
ituroide; but, according to your own showing. von
have laid the foundation of that very event = - ~
leelinSiy and eloquently deprecated, when YOU re-
s,Shed the ohce OF Senator in Congress from tho
State OF Tennessee, in humble imitation of The great
washington when he resigned the command Of the
army. After such a declaration, so solemnIv m,de
oeiore the assembled Representatives of the State. it
was not TO De expected, that you would have fallen
INTO me very error you censure ed in others. as frauub,
with dire ~calamities. l know your partizans bsvo
endeavored to defend you, in this instance. noainst
.ne chalge OF inconsistency, but their defence has
Jet n NeHKa as vOnr NUN cOn1ucf - AL
SINCE you nave beer loaded with undeseryed honors
before your election we were told that, although
wanting yourself in knowledge and experience as a
statesman, your vigorous intellect. d;ec,;m;n,,..
Judgment, and the influence Of your personaI char.a
Yer, wouio call around you the most gifted men of the
nation, whose talents and requirements IN the science
~ -: poMics' would cast abroad a blaze of light. and
Illuminate the remotest corners of this wideIv q y
tented Republic; upon whose wisdom. iudpmen, and
energy, the country might safely rely in times or
Danger and difficulty. l confess sir, believed this
! oa oeIeve you could command the services of such
men, and under this impression | was :he better re.
conciied 10 your election, which I opposed with all
my teeoie powers. But has the pledre of vour
miencs been redeemed Does your Cabinet a}foTd
out the land, that matchless wisdom before which aII
men were 10 bow with reverence, that puri,v of MR.
pose which was to pervade each department ~ TIC
government No, sir,-but one opinion prevails
,;nn} nose whose senses are not blunted by poll.
ucai lniatuation, whose mental vision is NOT obscrrnd
oy the clouds OF party-that is, that the affairs of our
country were never Uni to weaker hands. not
even excepting the 'IIeaven-b born Auditor" ino.
nam, Eaton, and Branch, men scarcely known bovn5d
the walls Of the Senate house, have charge Of The
most important departments fthe government. Ono
OF the NEST Efficient and upright officers, although
not actually removed, was compelled to quit a depaTt-
ment which, by his industry and talents. vas bro,nh,
INTO complete order, for tho purpose of providing for
a demagogue from Kentucky, whose chief recom6en.
dalton was found in the zeal with which he supported
which he impcached the motives of Ucnry C2,. .
man whose excrtions in the cause of liberty and The
rights OF man, will be remembered by the American
reople' when you will BIO forgotten, or rcmemberod
Fly , JS o 'ortunaie soldier, whose life and actions,
IKE that OF The Swedish mailman, will serve 10
Point a moral or adoyn a faler
10 inc list Of your friends and partizans, (which
u .a. onIOraces some OF the most distinguished
men OF the nationD were no others to be found. vii.
ing TO discharge the duties appertaining to those higb