Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-30
FoR THE Wing.


Mr. Ri,clEt is GIite satisfied with the explanation
which his Washington correspondent makes of the
of Mr.. IivngstoI.'s accounts with the IT, States
the time he left New y orl for New Orleans and
says that the charge Of defalcatjon has been fa.Jy met
ether words he Is satisfied that such charge has
1aandqtrn in truth. This is really a pretty SEN
unent for caNdjd editor to utter. Had EIr Living
ston been Clay man aud had been appointed bv Mr.
tlay, Secretary of State, so far from Mr. Richie bc,
satisfied wttle Washington explanation in reply to
~ lie would hayG published in the Enquirer an extract
from the records OF the New Yor, Circuit Court shcJ
ing the judgment for hundred md nineteen, thousand
HoAGrS against Mr.. j.. after attempt by learned
COUNSEL to deieit the claim altogether. lie would have
stated The tact that no attempt whatever then made
~ charge the missing money agents and others as is
falsely pretended after twenty five wears have
@! away, and death has taken off those who may nov,
he implicated. lie would have cnqurcd at what pgr
ficH'Tr twc, Mr. LIS. were closed and h0ic
they closed, and would have concluded by insist
Ing that the Washington tale all false, that inc
Payment OF the md nent WIS an ack1n' ldgnent OF
is business, and that EXCUSE 6ught to bn IStcncd to
IN ms defence neSc and many other things wond
have been sad by this rly and artfuI partiz3n but
circumstances alter cases as the savinr is Mr. *
jackson man, and whatever may have been his foiblcs
or faults, Jackson.sm washes him clean. is perfect
panacca IN politics, and every defect in morals,
principle, and integrity Federalism, however traitor
"us niEOritysm, however malignant, attachment to
English principles, during the war, Sc &c, all, all
excused, WilItc-w ashcd and made clean under the heal
ing qualities of JIcksonjsm-all - justified in the
columns of the Enquirer. Il occasional instances
shall occur Of jackson federal officer committing
arccrr, the columns Of the Enquirer profoundly
llGmt. aud would gladly conceal the fact from She pub
Ic. Ii Jackson appoints; dcfaultcrs 10 his Cabinet
and them to BE- introduced i.lto the several dc
Partnan'%, comptroliers and clerks the Enquirer
either defends the appointments, maintains stub.
born silence. An ya-, tis p},br Is slid rive tone
10 Virginia politics, 20 regulate public opinion and
often takes the liberty OF pedging the State, It's CO.
IITnDS, upon measures OF the highest magnitude, II
few extracts from the columns of this paper, Published
abo1ttbc me Chat Mr.. Jefferson was prosecuting Mr.
H. Or the Bntturc, could be given to the public,
would be quite amusing TO compare them with the Ian
tuage of the Enquirer ut this day. As editor, Mr.
iEtchc hes learnt 20 be cunning and artul in high
,!cgTec. lie can throw together, III his columns,
the opinions of others upon important facts and mea
surcg and thereby avoid direct responsibility until he
'Taius how the majority lies, with EXTRAORDINARY
ajro!tness. In all this, nc IS quite adept, but IN
ines of difficulty and danger, when the Republic stands
~ need of J2A efficient friends; friends who can trace
effects causes. aud prescribe the remedy, who, by
,yiac couuses, cau d~Fc the gloom of Responding
uilfg. who can afrinaic the people TO action, and
lrcuaa tic whole enc vgcs Of tic nation; friends who
with bold front at the m ttrc, and Judge of prospects
the pIsi; friends who can shield he country against
very Storm and snatch tho r. Vublc from every danger
y en such times shall arrive aud they may not be far
In place Of being both the hicld and tho spear
L the Republic" Ec will be- found groPiDg his way
trough The mpzcs tiIat lie before ln.u search OIL
Is flrl, goyiY and before he fin It, all around
q, may be widespread mass OF ruins. iIt DIR
tchic IL how brought 10 point from which, he viii
~ hu.cii, hryc 10 70 solemn pause towu Is each
her. aud, Homer says; in his ininiitablc Iiliad would
cn 60 be invoking The gods TO intcrPosc ia tho teTh
5a'c which lies ia prospect. That Tazcre!l and tcT
.'' 'ia Constitution in their hands march, boldly on, I
ds"nui aspirations should be offered P INCREASINGLY.
ar'.s..! j'". uisn aIi Etcla,s"' oe"e iygcthtr TO