Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-03-12


Of the country It is true that one officer Of the
government has been found to be a defnulter md
so. The unfortunate man has been visited
by the penalties of the law, and you, vcnroanco b.
been grated by his incarceration within the walls
of prison. He has been Justly punished Par be;
from me to palliate or justify his crimes. Rnt was
his default the of his removal: Was II not m
Their, the zeal with which he supported the election
OF your opponent, that caused his removal and h.
prosecution? Had your subsequent re-.
movais been occasoned by misdemeanors in Office
no objections could have been made; all parties
would have united in praise of your vigilance, and
the purity OF your motives; but you have turn
ed upon the world in order to provide snug births
for your partizans, faithful officers whose onv crime
was the independence with which they expressed
their preference for Mr.. Adams. Uuder the direction
OF the 'setter up, and puller down of Presidents
and OF the central committee, you were scarcely
seated in the Presidential chair, when you commen-
ced the work of removing from Office every man who
dared to say, you were unfit for the station to which
deluded people had called YOU or who held in ven
Grafton the character services of your predecessor
All your thoughts to be directed to thit one
point; me mghest as well as the lowest offices have
equally undergone the searching operation" from
an ambassador to the pi ifl Office in the Post
office department, even that of letter carrier In vour
removal and appointments, you have exhibited vas
Citation and instability of purpose, the usual ac
compartments of weak minds, and entirely inconsis.
tent with your boasted energy and decision of char
acter. You have one day appointed to Office and
the next recalled the commission, under the weak
and frivolous pretext, of a misapprehenson of the
person for whom the appointment was intended a,
IN other words, having no mind of your own. YOU
were governed by the dictation of others Such con-
duct cannot exa you even in the estimation of vour
most devoted partzans, whose interest it is to SIM.
port all your acts, be they right or wrong Even
the "setter up of Presidents" that man of ;mm,c,
late purity, who could consent to offer bride and
consequently receive one, must blush when ho
thinks of the weak hands which hold the re;ns
OF government Posterity will examine this ma : ,
ter with impartial eyes, and exclaim with one
nJnn f-ror
which has thus far marked your administrator ~
1t only wants the shedding of blood to be ranked
with the prescriptions fthe Roman Triumvirate -
Future generations will look with wonder upon the
appointment of Kendall, Hill, Noah Greene, and 9TH
ers of kindred stamp to important offices for -.
other reason than their unmeasured abuse of vour
distinguished opponent, and base and abect fatterv
OF the "Hero of two wars In these appointments
you have done sap the liberty of the nress n5
corrupt the very sources of government than the
combined acts Of all your predecessors, notwthstan-
Ding the continual prating of your partizans about
corruption, bargain and barter" and attemnts 10
subsdlze the press. The freedom of the nress has
ever been considered of the safeguards of our
Liberties, and it has been the great object of our le
glslators TO preserve 1t untrammelled but should
your example be followed by future Presidents tho
press may eventually become a mere eneine in
the hands of those in power and their conductors the
defenders OF their every act So loud were YOUR adj
herents In their censres and denuncations of the late
administration, because of the removal of fey NH
lie printers, and the danger to be apprehended from
such an exercise of power that was not to he
tea that you would have SO far oustrpped your pre-
decesso butt is OF piece with all your other nets
another striking evidence of your consistency
a few words more and l have done object to
the language you thought proper to employ in your
Inaugural Address, on account of the unnenayon
bera not to say unmanly, insinuations If contans
against your predecessor, which are entirely AT va
rance with that character for high and honorable
bearing tnat generous magnanmity, that ehvalric he
nour, which your followers have uniformly sascribe5
to you Ii you be really possessed of all these noble
qualities these high attributes of great mind I can
only account for your deviation from them by suppo
sing that the speech was prepared for Won and Tint
you were only the mouthpece of Others The ;ns;n
uatlons thus thrown out, besides beinp nnfonn-
ded IN fact, came with but i'll grace from Won To-
wards one to whom you indebted or much ne a..
reputation you now enjoy. Had you FORGOTTEN sir
the ability with which Mr. Adams defended your com
duct In the Seminole War; which was likely tn blast
ana wlther the lanrels you had won? Self respect
II not respect for the dgniied Office Won susta;
should have induced you to have stricken ont SON
tence containing indirect charges which Won could
not beheVe to be true. ! pity the man who could
suen VIGOROUS means to put down rival and
subsequently trumpet his own fame, by boasting that
ms administration should be honest one thus inf
mating that the previous administration was corrpnt
and dlshonest. III an administration formed of such
materials as yours be successful, we need not be an
pFehenslve OF the perpetuty of the republic We
need not be at any trouble hereafter to seek for the
rst order OF talents to guide the helm of State Pr
lots as skiiu may be readily found, and an impor-
...a .::. S''0'i " al auiiiIihg word, ny de-
monstratIng with how small portion of talents and
Pohtca experience, great and growing empire NAV
be governed. ROIIA
.4tafrS at Washington.
The following letter to the editor of the Baltimore
Patriot is powerfully written and indeed is extreme
y interesting in its details. The subject which is deli
cateiy touched in the concluding paragraph is eaInn
to American pride The readiest access and the most
successful to the Presidents ear, througha Wo0,a,
And that woman not the Presidents wife, but ono
OF his minister's! Connected with other reflections
which we need not detail, this subject nenros ~,