Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-08
The Richmond VVEafgo
COMNIUNICATFONS
FoR THE CONSTITUTIONAL WKIo.
No. II.
no THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA

yfOaSfTous things OcliCrCd.
gross the fraud the glj5iy ,ril it go do cn,
and the more grccdily trN be srrGllo;rcd, since
folly ,cu al,cays find fatih, tcheIcrer npostcrs c
fad ;mpuden ."-IAcoS.
The assertion has been ado, fcllow-citizons, over
and ovor again. that the supporters of General |
Jackson constituted tho true Republican PariY: |
whilst all who have consciontiously opposed him. |
have been denounced Aristocrats Federalists
and friends of consolidation. 1t is Il melancholy
truth that this false and illibcral cant, has been
encouraged by those who profess to be gentle
and mon of honor. 1t requires the most boun-
dlees charity TO suppose, that any individual of
common intelligence, can make the charge without
fsotciag tt to be false. Yet hundreds and thou
sands Of honest mon have been deceived into the
support of tho present administration, by such
founded appeals these TO their favorito prepos-
sessions in politics. The most nattcntvc observer
sfhuman nature knows full well, how rcsistoss is
tho Influence Of names upon the conduct and opin-
IONS Of mankind. Nine7t enths of the quarres
which ugitato and inflmc society--cr ofthc wars
which desolatc the human race, probably arise
from causes which have their origin in tho perucr
ssoH II language. Most of remember how the
great Napoleon, fascinated and deludcd the French
people, by the phantom oil National Glory. They
cav not the towering and unqucnchable ambition
of their loadcr-thcy heard not The groans of tho
victims crushed by the conqucror's carr they felt
neither the burhcns Of taxation, the horrors of
eonseription-they were told they were fighting
bt National Glory;-and they bctcrei it,
In like manner, fellow citizens, We are told that
by supporting General Jackson's administration
we support the Republican cause; and this kind of
argument is not only employed with great effect in
5ur own, but likewise in other States, where the
term Republican possesses meaning entirely diff
ferent from that which the People of Virginia at.
tdeh to the name. We are told that in hina the
emblem of mourning is ,rhite: the color which
with us is selected us-thc bridal robe, and is usual
" associated with images of gaety, is there, ex
pressve ofsorrow. The colors of white and black
arc notnore distinctly opposite, than the principles
of Pennsylvania Democracy, and Virginia Repub-
licanism. 1t is true that the Jackson Democrat of
atn l., IL.
the latter, agree in most of their theories. They
both profess the warmcst attachment to the Rirhts
OF the States they both admit that the General
Government is restricted and wisely restricted to
the exercise OF such powers either cvpressly
delegated or necessary and proper for CARVING
Into effect the delegated powers. But, alas fellow
citizens when they como TO reduce their harmon
COS theories INTO practicc,-What n lamentahlc
ohasm divides them! The Pennsylvania contends
that the power TO protect domestic manufactures ia
not only conferred by the Federal Constitution
but was one of the principal objects in its primary
formation; that the exercise of the power has been
moreover attended by results unqucstionably benc
fetal to the nation The orthodox Virginian on
the contrary stoutly denies both the constitution.
nHty ana cxpculcHcy or = TrOtcCtlu, Yu4ias-l,e
contends, that the compact does not cprc:sly dele
gate the power to foster manufacturers and that
saereforo it does not exist. Let it be remembered
however, that do not nclude within tho orthodox
pale many of the illustrious fathers of the polt
cal church. Washington, Jefferson, Madison and
bonroc1 oil recommended the right and the G,,t,,
9rp
ne longer Of the orthodox faith their names must
DO stricken forever from tho c,Iendar and a new,
sof Of saints admitted 20 the honors of eanouiz,
ton.
The pennsylvania Democrat, or Republican, (for
usc tho terms synonimous,) also maintains
That the right in the Federal Government to carry
on national Improvements by roads and canals, is
also clear and inquest enable; but his brother on
this side the Potomac, rcpels the idea with great
Indignation. With equal confidence and ardor tho |
disciple OF the Richmond School insists that there
IS no warrant in the constitution for the establish
Inent of the u. >. Bank. On the other hand the
Pennsylvania Democrat clings to that Institution |
ao the standard and touchstonc of Democracv-l
With him hostility TO the Bank is enmity TO Penn.
sylvania principles nnd interests. His optics are
rot Keen eHough 10 discern even constitutional |
s0ofe, where genuine Virginia brother can discover
b formidable beam.
What then must we think, fellow ctizcns-what
are we bound to beiieve,-when two such powerful
States, are found fghng side by side in defence of
jackson and Observation-Disclosures so harmoni-
Susly with respect 10 the sdrdo,r, but differing go
widely concerning the substance? Ought there not
TO bc,--in compassion TO those, who honestly
eonfounded by such pcrpcxing inconsistc ncics-
some infallible standard established, by which, the
True political, faith be ascertnned2 In Che An.
oiont Dominion, we hear it asserted by oracu!ar nu
ehority,-by those who have modestly assumed the
keeping OF our consclences, and the wholesome re-
gulstion Of our erccds,-that he who defends the
U, g. Bank, the Tariff,or Internal improvements,
5B political heretic;that he is in favor Of mill
faitod construction, consultations and monarchy;
s-ehat he has pTotonsons to the the prin
eipleS Of Repubcan-that he is out Of the pale of
the church-ond totally unworthy of public conf
dence On the contrary, opposition TO any of these
prominent measures in Democratic Pcnnsyl?ania
u founded upon constitutional seruplcs is regarded
hs absolutely absurd;-and If on the ground of cz no.
dieney-is denounced as hostility TO the interests
OF that powerful commonwealth. The whole ta
TlH system indeed has grown with tho growth of
renDsylvania, and strengthened with her strength.
In the Wow of her statesmen, il devclopcs her
boundiess resour cs,--gives employment to labor,
her agriculture and difFjlses happiness
and plenty throughout her borders. The man who
you'd disturb this scene Of prosperity; who would
COS and looms,-force into other employment her
millions of manufacturing capital,-take the bread
iTOn the mouths Of her luborng poor, and oycrbur-
then agriculture by increasing its products and less
'ning the number Of Consumcrs,-would be natur-
'ly regarded by the sturdy democracy of that great
state as an 0risfocrat Of tho highest and ruukcH
quality.
And yet follow citizens, notwithstanding this ev
dent want Of agreement in their views Of nation ,
y policy, the ruling najoritics Of Virginia and
pennsylvania, have each Of them claimed, and
Tith equal confidence, the countenance and sup u
'oTt Of the present administration. is there not
emeBhere fatal mistake? and from whence can d
srise these strange misconceptions but from n svs
EN- OF deliberate inposturc and duplicifv on The L
'srt OF the government If the various passa res n
ssPecting ths tariff, be extracted from the MESA ii
res TO Congress, and candid.y comuared can any 4,
nan interpret correctly the Presidents opinions? In
oDe, he asserts both The consifutiunav and ,r-ca u
atity Of protcction;-in another, nc bewais the "
oppressiveness Of taxation and recommends TO the .
neInics of the system attack 81, J.s.I u