Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-23

~ II IS Hvcrrcd IN nL,lai, lnhia napcr ;h,, Cal
R'chd NJ, Johnson of Ky Crccumsch) is native Of
Pennsylvania. and served an apprenticeship 70 Tho
printing business.
Some time ago (whcn it suited their puruo,e 70
represent HIM as weaker than they thought, h,m) tho
Jackson prints affected to think that Mr. Webster b,d
separated Tram Mr.. Clay and proposed himself az
he head OF the Parry. Now (whon il suits ,b.;r
F"Poscs 10 magnify the strength of MIR. Clay, in
order to produce harmony amcna:' hcm eyea no md
VIZ webster arc represented as linked in the closes.
ana most loving alliance, and Mr. Clay exceedingly
'or'''"aoe' hho enquirer OF yesterday even traces
d" o'''c'c IN the Massachusetts, Journal. enforcing
INC claims OF Mr. Clay, to the pen of Mr. Webst.,
tune WISE man of the East'0 himself Such ia tho
consistency of mon seeking to sustain ca ose which
has 10 conservaIv principle Of its own Thew blow
not to-day and cold tomorrow, with equal zeal ans
equal sincerity Clay Is fallen and degraded whom
1t Is their policy so 10 have HIM considered-be bo.
Comes suddenly torm dablc, when thoy want a raw
mead and bloody bones, 10 Tighten the refractory Of
their party into submission.
INC New York Amer demonstrates the ma--
iJorty against The Tammany for Van Buren) ,o-,,.
al the ate ward election in that CITY, to have bec,,
&C.
ton IN 1926 the majority of this same party in tho
CITY was 5.828' Meme, nene. tskcl upharsjn. To,
Beshazzar's knees smite one another.
Jackson meeting has been held in Philadeipb,
TO serve as set oil to that in favor of Hr Clay The
numbers are variously estimatcd-by the jackson
press as exceeding those at the Clay meeting-by the
l. States Gazette the Editor Of which was nre..r,
ana VINO IS man at all times moderate, about $500
OF whom one fourth were probably MIR Claws friends
1t is true of all such eetngs that men are nro,. hv
the natural constitution of the human mind to es,i
mate them at more less, rs they are intended IN
promote or oppose, their own wishes
ihe resolutions of course, such as the President
would have them -one alledges that "his acts hay.
met their wishes" and CONFIRMED their confidence, -,
AS loyal subjects they could say no le.sl Tn. 90.
cond highly applauds the declaration that the "Union
must and shall be preserved" The third reprehen5s
the attempt of the last session repeal the 25t sec.
ton OF the judiciary Act. The fourth approves the
Neto-and thinks the Presdcn, right in the distinction
between local and national Improvements. The 9th
approves the present Tariff. The 9th approves the
payment of the National Debt.
These resolutions are important as indicating III,
policy which the administration to pusue and
which VIC may look TO more fully DEVELOPED m
December next,
The Georgia Journal of the 18th, announces thu,
receipt of Review Of the Correspond ence" suppo.
scd to be from the pen of Mr Crawford.
ALLEGATION OF THE MINISTRY
Upon tae singular condition of the government at
Washington the National Intelllgencer of Thursday.
makes the following observations:
The resignation, IN mass, OF the highest Cabinet
| OEUCpra. however Great Brltian who
public sentiment there. W the loss Of maior Gin
Parliament, forces ministry to retire is a novel
occurrence IN our country and constituents epoch
IN the history of the United States. 1t is an event,
however, which, though unexpected, perhaps to ma
ny, will surprise but fc". The dissenons which
were known 20 have long existed among the NOM
bcrs of the administration had prepared the public
mind for change vt some sort; and either tho
dismissal of one Of the antagonist parties or its re
, tcniIon Threatened serious discomfort IN the ranks
of tho rival divisions OF the jackson party, we pre-
sumo, as a measure OF compremlsc, and to avert
further alienation between them, resignation of ne
| whole Cabinet agreed on; for it 10 understood
that the Attorney General has also rendered his &c.
s'nnatian The salvation Of the party, IL plain,
demanded this course and It has been prudently a
doytod. Thus has our Cabinet, as Junus said Of
tho Rockingham Administrations, dissolved in IFS
own weakness and, 1t may be added, by the dis
cordnncc Of its materials
l We have haZardcd conjecture concerning the
operative of tho dissolution without restoring
10 the correspondence between the President and
the Secretary Of Sac, which it might be sup
posed "Ould furnish full explanation Mr. Van
Buren's letter iihc only accompanying the
resiEnations which has been gwen TO the public)
/ IL studjously occult this interesting subject,
thought IT is usbercd in with apology for being
proliX in explaining the causes, in relation least
10 his own case. It would SEEM from the Presi-
dents reply that the SecrctHry's statement quito
nieilgibin him; bot, he possibly possesses facil-
tics for interpreting IL, derived from collateral
cos. The general reader. being destitute of this advau
tage, my be excused if he be somewhat at fault in
reading tic expose ofthe honorable Secretary. AZ
one moment he would seem to have resigned because
the office ~ Secretary Of State a position un-.
favorable 10 utcrior" operations for tho Presidency,
and rha h, had no idea Of being deferred from them
By n observation-disclosures" But this injurious corr
lee urc a forthwith chased away by his intlmation
that recent occurrences had rendered his situation
painful 10 his delicacy; and then the audpbe ambition
Of dolrg nm ac' Of dsnorcslcd patriotism, which