Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-12-23
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W Oar democratic brother of the Spectator al
Narrcnton (FauGucr) ''rcvoi.s against the views"
OF this paper in relation 10 the Presidents Mes
sage. What seems 10 have gravellcd him, is that
we should have called it nyPocrisy i'll the President
TO recommend an amendment to The Constitutions
limiting Presidential eligibility 20 enc tcrrn Inc
himself being a candidate for second tern-and
that no should advise smother amendment making
Members OF Congress Ineligible to receive Exccu-
tive appointments, he himself hGp;mg appointed
more Members Of Congress 10 Office fhan any three
Of his predecessor united
Indisputabe and uudspu,cd rs tho facts here
at dtcd arc, the bare statement of them ought To be
sufficient tnk, TO satisfy any mind capable of
admitting two ideas at the time, and dcducimo
n just Inference from their combination, that the
torn hypocrisy is necr Lightly nor uDdeservcdly
applied, to tho Presidents conduct. What is
hyrocrsy, but tho profession OF VINO thing, and
Tho practice of its cpposite7 The profession of
virtue, and tho practice of vico7 Does not the
President admit tho election Of the same individual
twieo to tho Presidency, TO he vicious, by his re-
&sfnnIcndatiSn of reform in the Constitution in
ahat Particular 1snot Tho Same conclusion true in
regard TO the appointment Of Mculbors of Con-
gross' Did:not his7fricnt,s Ky his eoneurrance
docriy pledge him TO the reformation OF both prac-
tiecs, md while h5 seeks amendment To control
The cases OF future Presidents, has nc not with.
held the benefit oil that example which would have
boon moro eticaeious than thousand Gourishcs
on paporf Was there any coercion upon him to
appoint eighteen Members OF Congregation TO
accept and even 10 seek, self nomination for re-
-olocticn--prolcssing all The time deep conviction
that Others future Presidents, ought 10 be deprived
of both privilcgcsl What is that but rank hyroc-
Tisy' Would another, our brother of War
ronton, undertake 10 reconcile Jackson's practice
to his Profcssionl Could another head save the
same shrewd individual who has found il possible
to harmonic Hartford Convention Federalism and
Jackson Democracy, hope to succeed in the task?
Tho Spectator utnltcs persuasion that the
Hero never said ''tl.at nc himself would not serve
n second term" We are of Il different opinion;
we arc pretty he gives that pledge in sou;o
one of his public letters. But, grant that he did
not, in Forson--his friends certainly did for him,
and it is well known to have been a most in:l,Ion-
tial ccctionccrng argument Of this, tic Hero il;
not and cannot be ignorant; and he has neither the
moral right to dishonour pledges made by his tacit
ecquicsccncc at least TO disuppont popular OK
Pectation founded upon those pledges. lie thinks
his popularity will sustain him in the violation:
he has ne mind to part with power; and these
two circumstances VIC imagine, disclose the
whole truth OF the That tic can think
it right TO appoint Members of Congress him
self, but wrong for any al of his successors
TO do so-right, that he himself should be twice
President hut dangerous that another should enjoy
tho same poivilego-ia The qincsscnce of absurd
ity-as his perseverance, in advising amendments
TO that effect, after his conduct in the premi-
sos, is tho very elixir of compound arrogance and
hypocrisy.
Our Fauquior Thc!,an asks us if ;7c disapprovc
the appointment of members OF Congress, and
hesdtcs idea that unless do, We ought not
10 find fault with the President or appointing them,
The question is not the right the wrong or tkat
practice--but the Presidents sincerity or Hypocrisy
in advising thing and doing another Our
opinion has little TO DO with the matter as las,
years