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

Gardner, Rectorf-What private motives had thew to
vote against Mem7 why should he impute persona
motives IN one case when in numerous other cases OF
precisely the snme char acter, they were obviously
governed by public motives alonea
40 defence of the four Senators is chilled fur f-,
us or any body else against this rubid assault of the
Lieutenant. 1t is idle wind which will never disturb
their equonimity, shake them in the leust ira,;-
nabe Degree in the good opinion of any one udivd-
ual whose good opinion they are ambitious of nosse.-
sing On the contrary, the impotence of tho attach
compared with the hera!ded menaces which nr.cedo,
1T, is calculated show the impreynabe pronr;o, =,
their public conduct. But the spirit of the attack
deserves the apprehension of every freeman. T, i
In fact an incubation of the doctrine of passive obe
oience 1t assumes that every member of Congress
VINO does not yield unlimited obedience to the wishes
of the Chief troitor to the party and worthy NJ
remuneration. The -four Senators honored by the
Leutenants Interpretations representing four sove-
reign States, responsible to them their outbs and
the constitutions irresponsible Gen Jackson have
presumed to exercise discretion in their iurisdic
ton over his official appointments. Immediately
they are assailed their conduct ascrbed to prvnte
au unworthy motives, the effort made to Gil the pub
lie mind with distrust of their purity and themselves
tn
lncuicate manly and republican Independence Ia
Tue senate OF the w. States to be shorn of the right
oi Hee OPINION and the dignity of free action and to
oe "httled down into the passive instrument of re-
sistefing een Jackson's rescripts? Since this Gov
efnment had being, the conduct eff no public man
oh any pubic occasion, 10 intrinsicay entitled to more
aomiretion than that OF Tazewel and Tyler, on the
occasion referredto IL was disinterested indepcnd
ent' intrepid. Grant it to have been mistaken. and
virginia believes it to have been correct on prnci-
pie-and yet 1t is impossible deny it those claims
to admration which obvious integrity dis,nterested
ness and Intrepidi.y, always give Is there anv man
SO base spirited and degenerate that he prefers blind
and slavsh obsequiousness to the exertiop of
nature? Aun'aii
Cdndor.-A letter TO the Albany Argus from some
one or the Palace Slaves" at Washington. saws.
lone thing gained by the election of President Jack
son. Isl that the national debt will be paid off,
ERGO intends the candid epstolarian if he had mn,
been elected, the national debt would not have hem
paid! 1'e ooe'
were we to Judge the intelligence of the nenple of
New York aud Pennsylvania, by the gross and stupid
lies addressed to their credulty, we should be under
the necessity of ranking them low in the scale of
national character Phe above paragraph is designed
to convey a double meaning. a multiple lie. in the
first place, that the debt would not have been pad
but for the fortunate election of the Hero in the
second place that no progress had been made in
ing 1t by his predecessor The truth of the first in
timation may be measured by the known falsit1 of
the last When popular intelligence shall be uniyer
sally equal to the detection of the lying impostions
OF demasogues and knavsh politicians then and NOT
before will the liberty of the country repose on a
firm foundation.