Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-06-20

VOL. Fili--No. SIS
Bank of the United States was CHARGED with bribery and
corruPlion Inc charge is grave one: if true, ruin
nous to those concerned in it On invest;paton howe
appeared that all tho bribery and cnrrunt;o ,co
was the paying for the printing of extra numbers of Mr.
report Mr.. Gailatn's article in the Amer
can Quarterly Review, the answer published tn NJ
Benton's philippic-n short paying the ordinary ,rro
or disseminating authentic inform alton in the or,n,-
way NOW that an eruption of fiery ejaculation against
nus snouid proceed from the hot of the Hills of
New hampshire To be wondered at Lecnuso
ine tdea hois out very rregulay and dcstructivelv
But we confess surprise that Richmon, ebouI CO.;
tain such very iunaynr1able matter Thern 10 -;
Gon' says the most accurate Enqu;rel do YOU not seq
For inc shareholders (tocknolders) to buv copies OF
panpne,s and newspapers for distribution would bo
right. They may do they please But in this IN
stance the Bank did So and note the dvera;,v, Fx
ceiien critic Nay more, the Bank went further they
PAID the postage. Monsrous: that c rank bribery am.
Migrant corruption General JAG son has been cbred
wth subscribing for extra number Of cor;cs or t,c
Globe. If he chooses to do So has ne ret -ob.5
W hat docs he want itt than c.e cccv7 To c;-
cuiate the rest among the people, We .ay npo.e TTc
nc not perfect right to do if he tanks proper7 ,.
ne pays the postage; nay, he aas the 2aca res seq
mem free OF postage. Has he not 4 rich, =, 10 80
'Grthernore; the money WIZ, wi.:e, he hs iore
not the evails Of his cotton crop At tie
hermitage. NO: tits his uolary The public MONEY yifb
when he pays for gay aty copies Of the Globe Asjn,
chooses? o. " Wv 'o'li 10
! We put it then to the candour Of The Ricbrpord =,
qulfer, whether it would bo snagna1ous 10 deny the
nanA the right of counteractng the attacks which arc
!
1air' or becoming such press as the Richmond En-
quirer, TO cry out bribery and corrption when srcb
means as those Fesoried to? For, be it always borne
IN ito there are two parties contract Of corrup
ton the payer and the receiver: and those Editors Who
asPerse the press with accusations Of being b1bed
when urna out that they have merely sold an arrc
number of their papers, make bribery a varv CONN.,
occurrence indeed Such Editors bring the whole
'he shanoes, and make the glorious instrument
OF truth ana safety cheap and despc abe article Of salo
Let those who convince the people of the uncon
stutionay lnexpedency of the Bank of the Jni1ed
use the press to do if they will. But on the
oer hano, let the Bank also employ the press in ita
vlndcation: not by buying print OF brbinp notbe
Out as the vehicles of disseminating information all
round. When the Congress of the United States on
the motion of respectable member of tho Po
SyiVanla delegation, Mr.. MuhenbeSg1 orders 10 0On
copies Oh Mr. M'Dutie's report be printed at the pub
Tic press and expense, for extensive distribution i ia
most Preposerous to deny the right of the Bank of the
United States to print of that same repor
same purpose and puerie to complain of lis paying the
posi- &c on such distribution. To complain of such
is owning that the assalants have the ors.
OF the encounter that they want The field to
and cry out with distress at the FIRST ho,e oF f,;;
manly rctort. - $500 Si-I
| The mention of Mr.. NIuhlenterg's name in conne..
ION win the Richmond Enquirer suggests othor yya
VIII aod' unpleasant rehections which shall not ho,y
ever be uttered But the politicians of the jo1,
Parts or Virginia may depend upon it. as we brosdlv
Wn. ia'eiy TO those of the upper parts of Now
oF That there was last winter and will be next wiz
ter, at the seats of government of both the union 80
this state feeling Of state rights lin the constittinnai
acceptation) which will endure that the great IL;
tutions of the country should be sacrificed TO camo,
TO intrigue or TO refinement. word to the wise
! THUNDER Fatal TO GosLiNGs.--A writer in the Ano
flcan Farmer says in late thunder the light.
ming descended in field, within less than half Slla
OF my dwelling ana killed laborcrs and laid pros
rate and injured three But tho effect in nv
FOWL yard was very remarkable 1 had two broods of
goslings, one nearly week old, the ground and
another, two days, in basket in n house At tho =;
slant when the thunder FELL which it did with the most
astounding force. the who had the cause of the
fowls happened to be looking upon those in the basket
an SaU Thorn all
and expire Those in the yard, half an hour aftcr
were found dead also; nest of eggs under goose
then IN progress of Matching, all killed. You
may rely on the correctness of this statement Thogb
goslmgs easily raised and live more than centn
they seem to be endued with of uncommon SEN
sioy or TO have systems peculiarly favorable to cleo
trio Impressions.
A respectable gentleman in 4 neighbourinc town in
forms US that during the cannonadng of the battle of
bunker Hi, he was feeding brood of goslings about
8 miles from Charlestown, and that all the Tos1i1
turned on their backs and died. The gentleman was
then boy, and much puzzled bv tho rn,,o+o-;.
| occurrcnce.-Salen. Gaz.
The editor of the Boston Patriot thinks it is no won
ueF th1l DUCKS roll up tner eyes in thunder storm
SINCE thunder is SO fatal to goslings gentleman Of
this town informs that few days ago he lost vol
liable brood of Bremen goslings during thunder aho
(er IN the night They were well in the eve.
ming before the shower, and in the morning thew 1por
i all found dead.-MOntreat Paper,
| The emigration from Ireland promises to be upn,s
cedented this season. It is calculated il will oiI
$4,000. From all parts of the interior hocks of e.
mers and their families who have saved any remnsn,
their industry from the absented land lords ara has
tenng to the seaport towns, which crowded l;,I
country people, awaiting the s1iling of the vesseI
British America or the United States. This alarrnino
state of things will surely impel government to set in @
Grafton without delay great national measure for bn
Paclhcation of that nsruled country What frobteI
mass of misery and crime would have been prevented
government had followed up what have unoaaain el
recommended for twenty years-the taking up the aba
bodied & idle la5ourers, g. settin gthem on
which would in few years than repay the STATE
and supervising beggnry by systematic relief TO tho
foraictod Ireland cannot longer 10 withheld but ~
expense for military and civil force, which reforsd
Parliament viii not be very apt TO vote for the sake ~
the absentee landlords Glasgow Chronicle -
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