Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-11
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IISOfbG VI L he UNITED STATES.
Recent occurrences, manifcsting not mere
~ the future prospects but the present Ger
talnty, OF wide division among the party
which has hitherto supported General JACK
SONS Administration, arc too important not
10 awaken great degree of attention.
They are entitled to deep reflection by the
opposers of the Administration, and by the
lubllc. The FICE-PREsIDENr's late publ
cation was but the ebulition of political
torment, we'll known to have been secretly
Tong at work. 1t was not the origin of u
schlsm: 1t was only It's avowal. From the
moment of the original ''Con.b tnation" $50 il
was admitted to beg against Mr.. AbAMs's
Administration, 1T was torcScen that the parts
composing it, held together for the time by
common object, (thc hope Of powcr) would
necessarily fly asunder when that power
should have been obtained, and when it
should como to be decided who should enjoy
IT'S posts Tor the present, and who expect
them tor the future. Nothing but the pow
crlul CHEMISTRY OF this common object, it
was easy to perceive, could keep in union
such opposite materials Us the friends Of
Gcn. JACKSON III Pennsylvania and those in
South Carolina, and the followers of Mr.
CALHOUN, Syho had been called Prodionts,
and the followers Of Mr.. CRAWFORD, who
had been called Radicals Such q tumble
OF politicians could have no natural cohc-
sion. If MIR CALHOUN 81 Mr. RANDOLPH could
act long i'll harmony; if the highest notes of
CONSOLIDATION and the lowest grumbling of
State Rights could be made to chime in uni
son; 1t the Tariff and Notification could
walk hand III hand-thcn, indeed, the time
might be expected to have arrived when the
Lion and the Lamb would lie down together
As to the Secretary Of Stute, his afiinitics
we'll to no Ill, 4 l.
any political elements, and again easily to
be repelled. He nlingles with every thing
by the slightest attraction, and again is dis
engaged from every thing by the gentlest
solvent: For Mr.. KING, and against Mr.
KING; Il friend of Mr.. CLINTON and an enc
my of Mr.. CLINTON: an Anti-Tarif man.
out OF courtesy, (or out of subservience) to
some; to others Il Tariff man, by virtue of
instructions; friend of the Union, vet CROP
ing after lost rights of the States; and on the
great question between the constitutional
powers OF the Government OH one hand, and
the absurdltIcS of Notification, on the other.
hanging precisely midway upon an exact
polSc. The foresight which anticipated this
rupture OF the Party, was not deceived.
The tufment has troddcn, indeed. very close
upon the heels Of the prediction. Before
the second year Of Gen. Jackson's Admins
tratlon has closed, wide, deep, and impas-
sable gulph already separates the leaders of
his legions OF followers and fevdatories. His
own influence over these leaders not found
cd IN their respect for his talents or charac
ter, but mainly i'll the conviction phat there
is Il great, though vague and indefinite
popularity attached to his name, is nov mo
longer sufficient to rcpress their contentious.
They quarrel in his own face, for his own
scat, while he yet fills it, and means to fill il
longer if he can.
We have beard much, heretofore, Of the
PRESIDENTS independence; of his lofty eeva-
ion above all influence near his person. and
OF his fixed resolution to be himself eycrv
inch President. Wenow see the vcrification.
and manifestation Of these qualities: we
behold him evidently busy in the first STAGES
OF controversy, the origin Of which lies in
motives and objects, connected, first with
MS own reelection, and secondly, with the
succession Of another to his office, when he
shall have konc with it. We are assured
100, by his supporters, that no aspirant for
tnrthcr promotion would ever be in his Cab
lnet, or participate in his counscls. We
perceive how this assurance has been pcr
formed. But this is not all; the President
has repeatedly expressed his own opinions
and his own purposes, in words borrowed
from one IN whose mouth they meant what
they seemed to mean He has declared over
and over again, that he neither sought office
nor stunned IT. If the public are not now
mlslntormcd, recent occurrence has fully
eXpounded his meaning, and explained his
sincerity in this declaration.
1t is not the object Of these paragraphs to
enter into the merits Of the question raised
by the Vice Presidents publication, and its
numerous answers and replies. We are lii.
tie disposed to NEEDLE in this family quar-
rel. Our purpose on the contrary, is to sup-
gest that those who have opposed the adj
mlnlstratlon, and still oppose it, have no
concern in this dispute, except so far as its
results may affect the public interest. These
results, it is probable, will be various in their
character, q in their tendency. SO far as in.
tcrnal disscntion may be likely to weaken
the momentum with which the dominant
party has hitherto proceeded in a course so
threatening TO all the great interests of the .
ssountry, the effect viii unqucstionably be .
good. Still better Will it be, if this disclo- /