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Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07
John ADAMS.

The following is extracted from the Speech of
John Adams, delivered in tho Hall of Indepen-
dence, before the Congress of 1916, on the adop-
ion of tho Declaration of Independence:
Addressing JoHH HANcocy, the then President,
he said
''Rcad this declaration at tho head Of the army,
every sword will be drawn from it's scabbard and
tho solemn uttered to maintain it, or perish on
the bed of honor. Publish it from the pulpit, reli-
gion will approve it, and the love Of religious liberty
will cling around it, resolved to stand with it or
fall with it. Send It to the public halls proclaim
it there, let them hear it who heard the first roar
OF the enemy's cannon, let them SEQ it, who saw
their and their brothers fall on the field of
Bunker Hill and in the streetg Of Lexington and
Concord, and the very walls VIII cry out in its
support.
"5ir know the uncerl:.nty OF human affairs,
lut see, sec clearly through this days business.
You and may net live 10 the time when this
declaration shall be made good; may die; die
colonists-die savcs-de, it may be, gnominiously
and tho scafTold: Bo it so-bc it so; if it be
the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall re-
qniro the poor offering of my life the victim shall
be ready at the appointed hour for sacrifice, como
when that hour may; but while do live let me
have country, at least the hope of country.
and that a free country. But Whatever may be our
fate DO assured be assured that this declaration will
stand. II may co0t treasure, and IT may blood
but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for
both. Through the thick gloom of the present 7
tho brightness Of the future tho sun in hca
We shall make this a glorious, immortal
day. when we are in our graves children will
honor il: hey will celebrate il with tIanksrivinr,
with bonfres and iuIuirations. On IT'S annual re-
turn they will shed toars, coPious; gushing tears,
not of subsection and slavery, not Of agony and dis
trsss, but of consolation, Of gratitude and ofjoy.
g Sir, before God, believe the hour has come;
my judgment approves this measure, and my whole
heart is in it. All thatI have, all that I am. and
all that hope in this lifo here ready to stake
upon il; and leave oFas began, that live or die
survive or perish, for tho declaration. 1t is
my living sentiment, and, by the blessing Of God, it
shall be my dying sentiment, independence now,
and independence forever"
The author of these glorious sentiments, who,
throughout the Revolution, acted up to their Ro
man elevation, pronounced By his great rival, Mr.
Jefferson the most efficient Of the Revolution,
il il the fashion in the South TO stigmatize and
revile! Every denagogue, from John Randolph
down to the lowest county aspirant, claims merit
for a aing and a sheer, at the elder Adams. Read
sbess sentiments, We sunshine patriots, who never
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07
To TIE En,ross rr TIE WuIG.

Gentlemen: In offering my congratulations on
this proposed enlargement OF your paper, allow
to ask, if you have niche to spare from the pot-
ical strife Of the day, that you Will insert for the
benefit of the agricultural part of your readers the
following article from that valuable journal, tho
American Farmer. 1 feel assured you will render
substantial service to whoever shall be induced to
mako experiment with the Ruta Baga Nv
own experience enables inc to confirm the state
ment, except as TO the time Of sowing and mode of
culture--mine having been seeded between the 9Th
and last of July, and in drills.
The Ruta Baga is easily cultivated as the
common Turnip: is heavier, swee,cr, and far more
nutritious. 1t is eaten with ayidty BY stock of all
kinds, particularly horned cattle and hogs-s a
fine table vegotable-lnay be left on the open
| ground through the winter, and furn shes one OF
tho earliest and most delicate spring Salads The
article to which have referred, was published as
| you will perceive, nearly IL months ago-but
viii state for the information of such as may wish
70 obtain seed that it will be readily procured from
baltimore by the steamboats, which ply between
| this place and that once twice i week, at n very
moderate price ~ FRIEND And SUBSCRIBER.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07
TO THE PUBLIC.

Having filed the Office Of assistant Fosmas-
ter General during space of nearly thirty years,
having had an opportunity of becoming cxt en-
sively known to the pIsfic, and to form, as
trust, numerous ffienJsbips in various parts of
the country, tie obJec' Of TIE following remarks
VIII be apparent, and appreciated by every one.
No further apology is necessary for rruuest!np
a patient perusal of the viDdIcaiian of nv con-
duct from the gross and false imputati ms with
whch it has been assailed, whj,h / propose To
enter into.
Soon after my removal from Office, address
ed 10 the President Of the United States a c'-
ter, Continuing various grave chJrges against
Mr.. BAREF, tho present Postmaster General;
so grave liz their character, ndac1, that the
present Secretary Of State, III his place in The
Senate. dccloTcd. that, if one half the charges
were true, the Postmaster GeRerol ought to be
ipPeaChed. That letter is now before tie pub
lie, II having been published as part Of the pro-
ccedlrgs in the Senate ofthe Uuitrd State; and
every one can judge how far it did did no.
merit the careful and deliberate attention f the
EEec";lyc The President Of the u. States.
however, who had th=n recently appoin; cd MIR.
BAEHy to Office did not venture tu Investigate
the subject: nor did I've deem it Of sufficient I'M
portance to require Of me the proof of The facts
alleged oil # which had olfyrcJ to substanji-
ate by proper legal testimony.
The reports Of the Postmaster General to the
President and to Congress, presented such
sta cwCUt of the cement and conf in al
the Post Office Department, as to give strength
and c lor 10 the various rumofs in circulation ol
the waste aud ex'ravagaucc which had charac-
ter zed tho administration cf the present iucum-
bent. Mr.. Barry. that Il committee was raised in
the Senate duruo the last session cf Congress
to make ddigeDt inquiry into thc whole manage
mont cf THIS branch Of the Government.
was summoned before this Committee. and
among other things, req Iircd to produce ray lei
ter 10 the President, which, until then, had re-
mainedprivate. Immediately after ny removal
from Office. Mr.. Barry had attempted to Justify
or excnsc that act by imputatioDs upon my Off
cIoI conduct, These he had il great measure
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

IL The Sketch of the Politics of the now Unit,
by the intelligent and liberal Correspondent of the
Journal of Commerce, will be read with interest.
IF correct i'll his statements, majority of the Cab
met is decidedly for the Tariff, for improvements,
and for the Bank of the U. States-all dreadful he
resies, in tho eyes of Mr.. Richie. Yet that re
doubted parsonage, with his usual consistency,
highly uPpirads the Constitution of the new Cab
met, and is their most unqualified champion. 1t
is only in Henry Clay that hcresy is offensive:
When found i'll Jackson man, the Editor is all
forgiveness. Mr.. Clay, security to n delinquent
Post Master, is pronounced defaulter to the Gov
ernment Livingston, who abscondcd with $4,000
Of lis money in his pocket, is angel of political
purity. Clay friend of tho Tariff, is held up
object Of terror and exccration, raw head
and bloody bones--McLane and fancy, acknowl.
edged Fedcralists and Tarf1ites are received with
grace and courtesy, their accession to the admins
tration hailed enthusiastically, the nation promised
the highest benefits from their councils! Who
besides Mr.. Richie could reconcile contradictions
like these {? Gen. Jackson too, is for National
Bank, Tariffs and improvements. But there is no
terror in his being of that persuasion, He belongs
to Mr.. Ritchies party.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

tency: However difficult 1t may appear III the
midst of the various situations to which every as
pirant for public honors is exposed, it ought never
to be forgotten that the confidence of mankind
can never be bestowed for any length of time upon
those who provo themselves unworthy to be trust
cd. The maxim therefore should be early and deep
ly impressed upon their minds, and indeed it should
be TO them sign upon the door posts of their
hearts and as frontlet between the eyes of their
political understandings that ''honesty is the best
policy."-Air, Gan old woman clothed in grey"
BY Christopher Clod, Esq. The crop of wheat
in 1881;
We hope the toct 'ceather produced sag By
tie late eqwiRor
wa not make il sprOat in the shocks.
Air, "Drops of Brandy
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

iaced danger, ye traducers OF a character anu
excellence, which ye not capable of concciv
ing, much less of init atng and learn to blush at
injustice which dishonors, indeed, tho country
where it exists but which is impotcnt to pluck SO
much as leaf from the laurellcd wreath of John
Adams When yol are forgotten his name will
flourish as i man peculiarly fitted for the storms OF
Revolution, aud who was the most active and tear
less to do and 20 suffer, ut time when every Pat
riot acted with halter about his neck.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07
Jury 18th. 1880.

July .'Ltl, iBDU.
Messfs. Edtots:-You vii ebgc me, by in
scttng the follow iug:-The recent Anniversary
of our Independence, was, you Will see, not
permitted 10 pass unheeded by The Select Com
pany, whose TOasts, &c, now Eand you, Il
would have given w great pleasure TO have uu,-
ted with our FLOW citizens, IN general lnllif-
cation, bot this was unprecedented we had no
pubic procession, no pubic orator. no public
dinner, 10 ''nothlng'-and we're therefore, fam
to rely on our own resources, and d;sport our
selves as beet we might. As ! kno.y the col
umns Of y"ur reper viii be absorbed for some
time TO come, VIII be BRIT, and at once yield
10 the inpa ieHce which know yea feel, to get
at the Pth anu marrov Of my discourse.
a dinner gwen by several gentlemen at the
Hummiag~ Top Club Room on the 10 instant.
Mr. Peculiar PIN. who had tcen requested 10
read the Declaration Of independence, prcfaccd
It wa the following eloquent and highly inter
estiDg remarks
Friends ard Fellow Citizens The wheel of
time, while it reyoIyes with unceasiDg CELEBRITY,
has again found us very well in health, and some
what improved in spiriis, though upon tbe whole
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

~ We understand from an authentic source
that Drs. Dunglison and Patterson, have been DIS
appointed in getting the, Proicssorships which Ii
was expected they would receive at Baltimore
They consequently remain at the University o.
Virginia We sorry for their disappointment
as far as their feelings arc concerned; hut ART
pleased that tho University will continue TO receive
the benefit of their abilities and services.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07
WAsnrNGrnH Cry. July 6,

W AsFiINIItN 2 ITR, july o.
Mr. ABRAHAM BRADLEY, the reader wall per-
ce!vc, has taken the course which we an'icipa-
ted, when we read the dchbcrati attempt of the
Official paper to fix stigma OF his honest fame
Has Letter, whi;h appears in the preceding CO.
lnmn, is merely lntroduc TO his main pu pose.
We are sorry To hear that he is in d-licate
health, not at allsmproved by the distress of
mind which the atrociouS attempts upon his re-
putalion are calculated t. make on any mind en-
dued with ordinary senslbilty. But, feeling, US
it were. The kAif, at his throat, he cannot do
otherwise, lift were he last struggle of nature,
than defend what is dearcr TO him than his life.
We think it probable that wo shall have anor her
lie ter from him by Saturday next ; and certain
if tie state of lis health permit 1t -G.Nat Intel
The Stand7rd, paper published at Lancas
ter, Pa. the residence of Mr. DecHANAS, states
That Mr.. b. has been appointed by the President
Minister to Russa-GU.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

IL Ne repubsh the article ON Ruta 3aga with
great deal OF pleasure. v shall now have the
means OF dcyoting some attention TO Agricultural
subjects and shall te happy TO hear fEcin Cores
pondents, TO have our attention directed to val
liable articles from tho Agricultural productions
Of l,d day
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

~ Wheat is worth one dollar in this market
A few contracts, TO the amount Of about 70 GOO
bu hrls have been made at that price. We learn
that ccntt0c's to any extent may be made, Il e
wheat deliverable lay the 20th August, at tine
sane l.c. 1t IS literal price all things con-
SHE >.
ind!an Com, wholesale, O. Gems; 20. retail,
- Gems
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07
From the Albany Niscroscopc.
sGREAD NEWS FROM UNADLLAn
"Souud the trumpet, beat the drum,
For Nla'ty's run from Va shingipn."


We owe our readers one thousand apoionies
for 70 noticing the tx raordInary arrival OF thi.
extraordinary individual Some weeks aro we
learned, by orr never filling telegraph that the
KiaGc: hook Phiiosophcy, tired with .swar's
alarms" would Gree more throw himself into
the ford embraces Eff his firhds in cur
ancient city. Accordingly d~puta:ion Of our
most esteemed friends, members # "khe great
republican party" held themselves in readiness
10 hail he arrival OF this great and rood man.
The PROCESSION mov~d in The following order
;Fon tho boat to the Eagl,;-
James Boadmon, Esq., as undc,tatry TO this la -
Vv occasion.
G. w. Y. We, Hi'h two fine fit thickeui h.
.'la,Ird for the occathinn.
Scddy and lii lie Fiagp, arm III ars,,
Big Hank.
Big Charlie.
Tommy and "Od Ben "
Jim Wilson and the Hon. Sir, II, Dc, poH
leaders for the republican party of Tire I 81 ward
Tag, Rag ard Bobtal
P S.-Fceling dis position t. furnish our
readers with the earliest IutellrGomc'. We h ".
at an enormous expense. anticipated orr WORTHY
contemporaries, Big Jim, Ncddy and St7afnonium;
and lay before our readers the following intcret-
ing correspondence.
Hon. Matty Van Barter:
DIAM MATrY-As humble followers Of che
great rcpub lean party" of which wa are happy
10 acknowledge Won the founder, VIC you'd re-
gnes the honor Of your Attendance to public
char st tho capitol, as as mag suit your
convenience.
n. B. Liquor furnished to The mob, gratis.
NKDDY.
SARANAC,
CAT.
Friends, Covatrymen, and Lorersl
Hear me for my cause and be silent that YOU
may hear; believe me for mine honor, and have
respect for mine honor, that you may the better
judy. Yon have invited me-, friends, to a pub
lie chaw. Grief. gentlemen, prevents my &C
ccptIng your pol.tH invitation. presented by oar
mutual friend, Carrot. have Just lcTt the
counsfIs Of the ''grcn'cst ard best. lie ac-
companied me On uy journey. Just 5riurc the J2o.
man gave me the last ssd embrace. "hIaity," said
hi; General" says /; "Many," he again said
tell Crozz'e how ! icgc hin-tcl Cat to siicb
To- bis Jn'sg1iy-{ will provide for hls son. -
General" says I, when vii YOU come to
Kinderhook'' "Never2 says be, ''your leaving
me has broke my heart, and bored hole through
my liver With that the General got out Of
his carriage in crack and I have boop-hoop'd
all the way back. My advice is 10 public cbaws at
present. MATTY VAN BARTER
Notes by The Annetator-Neddy, rCrozzls
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

W Brunswick, from which publish the toasts
given on the 18th July, Jackson County of
the highest tone Our Contemporary Processes to
believed that change has occurred in public opn.
ion, and insists that Virginia must and will vote
for tho late Course" now richest, Iarcst, and
choicest blessing, i second time. Let him read
and ruminatc.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

aS6eme;soagW EI XsSga
ga;s;-stEtsy Egeist,ss, .y;sfy 2.

~ A Prcss,nan having knocked our outer form
into pie the Daily paper necessarily appears this
evening as tho reader sees it.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

u Some of the kentucky papers, in noticing
Mr. EIarshalrs acqlttAl, speak Of Mr.. Gait, as hsv
ing been killed. Mr.. Gait is well as he ever was
in his life
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

NJ a letter from the South Of Va, to the Edi-
tors, says-''In the jackson ranks there is great
qualling among the dry bones II too was once a
Jacksoaite"
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07
col. MONROE.

The following endorsement came on the wash
ington way bill this day
"Lotters from Now ork, state that Mr.. Monroe
could not possibly oatlivo the Fourth"
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07
ABRAHAM BRADLEY.
TAI NEW OLIVE BRANCH.
10 the Citizens Of South Carolina.

Sedition sis monster of such mien,
As, to be hated, needs butte be seem
Yet, seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure-then pity-then embrace
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

master Edwin Croswcll, the perfumed editor All
bany us--Saranac-Azariah &. Flagg, Sccrcta-
ry of State Hero of the bloody Saranac. Hiatus
marine deRendus.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

we are dc., III he s-iAc cO&Lllun, that we were
in when it left us last year-about this tune
The altar OF Liberty, which it was the brave
men that fell at Lexington, vino dug its founda-
ton in the solid granite of marble. head, and may
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-05-04

ly be wasting my own time and money,
but tempting others to waste theirs. II l
do not set so good all example az ] could
wish, will try not to set bad one
"Choose you whom YOU will serve; but as
for me and my house, We will serve the
Lord" Joshua NNiv. 10.
7M, Because God .lLniGhiy has IorJ'd-
den a.-rurn to your Bible, my friend,
land nobody need be without one IN these
days,) and you will see that what say Is
true. lou will read there, "Blcsscd -
the man that walkcih not IN the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standcth IN the way
of sinners, nor sittcth IN the seat OF the
scornlul." " "Iet no corrupt comnunlca-
ton proceed out Of your mouth, neither
flthincss, nor foolish talking, nor est
ing.n evil communications corrupt
good manners" "Abstain from all APP
pcnrance ofcvilo 'Bc not coniormed to
this world "For every lille rord that
men speak, they shall give an account
thereof in the day of Judgment" "lt
sinners enticc thee consent thou not. -
Prov. i. %.
9Th, BeccuSs Unjust soon d,e.--The late
Rev Mr. lIcrvey once met with lady
in stage coach, who was speaking much
in praise Of the Theatre: among other
things, she said, there was the ? loasure
of thinking on the Play before size lreni,
the pleasure she enjoyed when there,
and the pleasure oir,Rcct!nS upon il when
IN her bed atnight. When she had done,
Mr. lIervey, III very mild way, said,
there was one pleasure more which she
had forgotten to mention; she replied,
"What can that be; sure | have inclu-
ded every thing, in considering the en-
joymcnt beforehand, at the time, and at-
tcrwards." To which Mr.. Hcrvcy, in
a manner peculiar to himself, answered,
Madam the pleasuIsit will give YOU on
Your Death -bed.n - She was struck with
gre at surprise, the stroke went to her very
heart, and she seemed, during the rest OF
the Journey, quite occupied IN thinking on
II; and the consequence Of tins well tuned
remark was, she never went any more to
the play-hou but followed those pleas
urcs which would afford her true satlsiac-
ton on her Death bed.
"A word spoken in due season, how
good is tY'-Prov XIV. %. $50 teach
US to number our DAYS, that we may ap-
ply our hearts unto wisdom. "--Psalm &C.
-.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-05-04

"and there, too, in subsequent stage Of
the pageant, were
"'The archer-men in green, with belt and bow,
Feasting on pheasant, rlver-fowl, and swan,
With Robin AT their head, and Marian.
"l value every custom that tends to in
fuse poctical feeling into the common
people, and to swcotcn and soften the
rudcncss of rustic manners, without de-
stroying their simplicity. Indeed it is to
the decline ofthis happy simplicity that
the decline of this custom may be traced !;
and the rural dance on the green, and the
homcly May-day pageant, have gradual
ly disappeared, IN proportion as the peas
nntry have become expensive and ari-
fetal in their pleasures, and too knowing
for simple enjoyment. Some attempts,
indeed, have been made of late years,
by men ofboth taste and learning, to raj
ly back the popular feeling to these STAN
dards of primitive simplicity; but the time
has gone by, the feeling has become chill
led by habits of gain and traffic; the coun-
try apes the manners and amuscments of
the town, and little is heard of May-day
at present, except from the lamentation
of authors, who $ Oh after it from among
the brick walls of the city"
Erery- Day Book.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-05-04

Mr.. ATKINSON will crafty a number
Of his subscribers by giving the following
an insertion in his paper.
WHY DO YOU NOT 90 TO TIE PLAY?
ANSWERS.
Isi, Because / shoUld gel no good there.
Il never could find that any body grew
wiser or better By going to Play, but
am sure and certain, many have become
worse-WorSc Husbands, worse Wives,
worse Children, and worse Servants
What hurts others uould hat me. If
willully run into danger, how can ! en-
pect to be heard, when pray, "Iead us
not into temptation, but deliver US from e.
vii" a wise man icareth and depart
eth from evil. ."-Pror. xiv. 6.
Cd, Brcause can employ my Time bet
fer.-Ille is unccitaln-1imcl. /. short
] value my time too much to squander 1t
away. Some people talk OF killing time,
but for my part, what with attending to
my work, nstructng my children, visit
ing a sick neI4 4hbor and little useful
reading, | find enough to do, without run
ming to the Play-house Besides, IA day
will come, when every moment must be
accounted for at the Tribunal Of Almlgh-
ty God. "Sec then that ye walk clrcum-
specify, not as fools, but as wise, redeem
ing the time Eph. V. l5. lG.
Sd, Because 1t is Hroring o,rny my
money-ltis no easy matter IN these tunes
to maintain family in credit, and should
! have little money to spare, had rath-
er by ten times help my poor ncighbors
with it than spend it on the Players. Be
sides, if hoard up my money, | am told
in the Bible, it will be witness against
me at the last day how terrible, then, will
be its testimony, if prostitute it IN the
service OF sin! "For God will bring eve
ry work into Judgment, with every secret
thing, whether it be good or whether II
be evil" Ecclcs. xii IA.
4th, Because Iu,sh not TO be seen m bad
companu.-lt is notorious, that the | hea-
ire is favorie rendezvous of the ProtI-
gate and abandoned of both sexes. That
very different and better people 90, can
not be denled-I am sorry for it. The
worst, however, are sure to go, and Will
not keep such company, If can hel 1t.
"Enter not into the path of the wicked,
and 60 not in the way Of evil men. A
void it, pass not by it, turn from it and
pass away" Prov. iv. ID. 10.
5ih, Because IuiH not encourage Hie-
ness and Tice.-l want to see every one
uscfuHy employed. But what good on
earth is it for a COMPANY ofIhy crs TO be
running up and down the country, cut
ting capcrs, mimiching various Charac-
ters, exhibiting builooncy, retailing low
Jokes, making impure aIlu,ions, using OBJ
scene language, and proianing the sacred
name OF God. III couutcnancc these
practices, ! share their guilt. "lle that
bidde,h him Gcd spced, is pahakcr OF his
evil deeds" Q John ~.
Ch, B,cousc I sLovId sd a bad 'rom-
Yl,.-lfI went to the Play, my ch.Idlcr
and servants would want to ." too: my
conduct would probably influence my
neighbor- In this way should not on-