Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-22

houn with his nulliication, Mclean. T,z,,ou
WEBSTER, Van Buren,, Writ, any body-for i, sim.
POSSIBLE, to do tcorse. Not only, can fewer ou,I;
hcations DO found united in no man. wbosc n,,n.
can ever DO coupled with the Office of President
out the same ignorance and unbridled passion. III.
same imbecility and fcrocious resentments. can NJ.
yer again combine, to mark q dangerous. but at
the same time, weak and contemplate public cha
racter. lis election at all, will 90 down To f,,urc
generations, a satire on tho boastod intelligence
OF tins; his reelection after the display of an in.
competency which has astounded even those who
had formed the lowest estimate of his abilities, will
ihlict Inc stigma that tho American people are no
more mt to be free than others; that accident, no,
virtue ana intelligence, continued the benefits at.
chieved at the Revolution.
Aitnough opposed to the Caucus system, we hope
the Members of Congress opposed 10 Jackson.
VIII, in consideration Of the most dangerous and
imminent crisis in public affairs, assemble and Sc.
iec' a candidate to oppose the reelection of the
incumbent; ~pledging themselves to abide by the
choice OF tho majority; sacrificing all personal
considerations, whether their own, or Mr.. Clay's,
Mr.. Calnoun's, Mr.. Van Buren's, or Mr.. McLcan,s:
lay down'as the basis of reconciliation, union and
action among those who oppose jackson, a modif.
cation of tho Tariff 20 tho standard of fitness,
created by the payment of the dobt, and the appro-
Priorion of the Western lands, under e judicious
system, to the improvement of tho rivers and roads
OF the West. That tho opposition to Jackson, if
concentrated, would be irresistible, is certain. By
this process, union and concert, SO Indispensable in
political movements, and by this only, can be Sc
cured. The result would be infallible, the expul.
sion of the Tyrant from power; the pacification of
the dangerous questions ofthe tariff, improvements,
and public lands; the restoration of harmony, peace
and %iraternal feelings between tho respective por-
tions OF tho Union; the overthrow of that man wor-
ship, which has clothed ignorance, imbeciGty, and
prescription with supreme power, and stocked the
~aTcos of Government with brawling partisans, and
trucking sycophants; in fine, the rostorrt,o.. ~ tho
Government u the respect it has forfeited, the dig
nifty 1t has debased, and the love and confidence
which are essential to its permanence.
We humbly omm this proposition TO the
consideration of our editorial brethren, who, and
who only, have it in their power, to bring it to boar.
Without it, how are the present scenes to termi-
nae2 In what, will the impending crisis end7
Most assurediy in dissolution and disunion If
each party relentlessly pursue its own favorite pro-
lect, will yield nothing to the general good, will
abae no jot or title of its demands, the Union may
wei be considered rs already lost. A crisis has
cone, which, that it may be successfully surmoun-
ted. requires the conciliatory spirit which conquered
the innumerabie difficulties that stood in the way
OF The trainers of the constitution. Means there
are 10 replace the country on the bases of harmony
and good understanding which it once occupied.
A remedy there is, for the diseases of the times.
1t is only necessary to surrender mutually, some
thing of what zach desires; to sickle less for men
and distractions, and approach the disorders
of the government with u moderate, concliating
and compromising temper.
From the New York, Evening Journal.
The letter which follows, is from a distinguished
gentleman of Philadelphia to his friend in Wash
ington. The writer possesses every opportunity of
making himself thoroughly acquainted with the
state of parties in Pennsylvania, and his conclu-
sions are the result of the closest observation. 1t
VIII be perceived that he was originally u friend of
the present national administration, and he still
Processes his attachment to the only member Of the
government who has shown himself free from ths
p%o)lutions which have so effectually gangrened and
disg:aced the character of our chief magistrate and
his privy council viz, John G. Calhoun. AS il
comes from a gentleman whose means place him
above the suspicion of sclhshness, we think his
remarks entitled to more than ordinary credit: and
we publish them, not because they exhibit Partially
towards any particular candidate for the presidency,
but for the reason that they show the utter hostility
of Pennsylvania to the reigning dynasty. For, as
we have often and often declared, we view the me-
cessity of upturning that wickedncss which now
occupies the high places, to be exclusively para
mount to all considerations in regard to whatever
may succeed We do most seriously and solemnly
believe, that upon the overthrow of the existing ad
ministration, come what may thcrcafter-for it is
impossible, in our view, to do porSe-depends the
very salvation of all that is worth preserving in the
institutions of this republic. Let the iniquitics of
the times be uprooted, and the consequences involve |
no possible hazard of deterioration. Our country
has reached the acme of political turpitude. We
have arrived at actual despotism. To such Il course
of misrule, anarchy itself is preferable. There is
more safety even in 4 lawless mob, than under the
dominion of a tyrant, falsely goUenring in tho name
of the people, and exercising every species of cru
city and imposition, that could grow out of the pos
session of absolute and unlimited power.
PHILADELPHIA, July 90, 1881.
DEAR SrR;
The Berrien Appeal and Correspondence has filed
all classes of society here, with grief, shame, g. NOR
~tifcation. We bush for our country-we blush for
our Chief Magistrate-and hardly know whether to
consider him the dupo of the designing favorites
around him, or laboring under some fatal and ruin
Gus hallucinstion of intellect. Opinions differ:
some insisting that old age, adUlation, and power,
have turned judgment from its scat; and others
believing that Lewis and Eaton have bewiidered,
duped, and deceived him, into an unconscious
sacrifice of his honor, his glory, and his virtuo!
the conviction is unaIaBimous, that whatever eau
ses have produced this disgraceful conduct, DO is
no longer qualified and capable Of ruling a free
people;-or of preserving a pure Republic. At
least one half Of our liberty depends on our morals
& our manners. faint these with depravity, and the
little freedom that remains must soon melt away,
or mix with the common stock of vice. Already
have we outrun under Gen. Jackson's rule tho
measure, the full and fetid measure, Of European