Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-25

Richmond, uO
his purpose of supporting Gen. Jackson This
statement was eagerly caught UP by the Globe aud
is now circulating with triumph through the Van
Buren, papers. Its tendency to Injure Mr. Calhoun
is too manifest to require remark To-support man
tor the first and most arduous office among mankind
whom he had under circumstances ofthe most solemn
import, q little while before. declared to be the cic
fm Of political intrigue, and 10 prove whom to he
the blind instrument of designing and Intriguing as
plrants of power, was, if the motive the conse-
quence of his recent publicalions-te declare his
determination again to aid the election of an indvi-
ualt to the head of this nation whom was the OBJ
lect of his late disclosures and appeals to the Public
to. show, to be either voluntarily or involuntatily
Invested of free agency, and puppet in the Hands
Of the Jugg!er-sucl course, and snei, a deSlarl-
ton, could not but subject Mr. Calhoun to the sever
est aninadversion Of honest public opjnion and
corro5orae the charges of those who accuse him of
modelling his opinions and his principles ACCORDING
TO the circumstances of tme, place and Interest,"
Unquesonaby, no other fair n anly and lpdependent
course, is left the Vice Presid ent after the loto
developments at Washington. but to oppose the
continuation of the highest power known to the Con-
s'itutIon IN the hands Of individual whom he has
attempted TO convince the world was too ignorant to
have an opinion and will of his own, or too npcb
under the influence of his favores, to permit him TO
carry that Will into execution. The Rubcon is
crossed If the inclination is felt to shrink from The
consequences, and seek inglorious safety in agan
coalescIng with those whom he has exposed beyond
recovery, and offended past forgiveness-we say if
such an inclination were felt, its indulgence is no
longer practicable, compatibly with what Mr. Cal
noun owes to his own character public and private
and to the country whose interests he has proved In
be III hands irresponsible to the Constitution He
must advance He can no longer co-operate with
those who have possession of the Governments
Gen. Jackson and his Secretary, know it we'll and
the by Authority presses from one end of the conn
try to the other, have already assaed him with
united force. If he sticks to the Administration
his adhesion can be ascribed to his fears alone He
will receive no thanks from Men,-his pusiIlanlnity
will draw on him the contempt of all parties
Such must be the conclusion OF every friend Mr.
Calhoun has, and of al those, who arrayed against
him by the course of events since 1928, have felt
their ancient admiration rekndle into something of
its pristine enn2ation, ~ s late gallant and noble
stand again power and its rninions
Feeling that this was the course, and the only
course, permitted to tie Vice President, bv honor
P'''''O'i'''i
that thus his friends thought, and that they could
not think otherwiSe--lt was with no small surprrze,
we saw the enumeration in the Enquirer, affirmnr
that Mr.. Calhoun left Richmond, protesting his pur-
pose Of supporting Gen Jackson, and that I'VE
heard the same assertion eagerly and mos: in.
dustriously bruited about the circles in the Can't
toll and III the streets 1t business of our,
and at first, we took no steps to ascertain the
taisty or verify of the statement But with
In a day or two, having taken occasion publicly
to express doubt of the correctness of the state
ment, and that doubt having contributed to excite
some curiosity, we requested to trace the ru-
NOR and probe its accuracy, as far IS we could
Rumor ailedged that Mr. Calhoun had made the
declaration at the Governors during his visit 10
Richmond, and we were referred to different zen
TENED who had hearA him We applied to those
gentlcmcn-but in every case, we found ttey had not
heard Dir Calhoun, but had spread the rumor upon
hearsay; nor have we been able trace the report
to any source, willing avouch It's truth. We are
compelled therefore to believe, less from priori
reasoning than from the want of success in tracing
the rumor to an authentic source, that IL has no
foHndation IN flct and in truth How il originated
whether from accident mistake or design and if
by design what the Interior purpose of that design
was-we leave 1T to the fancy of the reader to set
tie for himself Why it was so eagerly pounceG
upon aud industrousiy Circulated popped into the
Enquirer, and from that copied INTO every print of
the same kidncy-why all this was done, it Is need
less to examine The Vao Burenilos wish TO i'm
press the idea that the election of Gen Jackson IS a
matter SO secure, that even Mr. Calhoun, placed by
his own act in attitude OF decisive hostility. IS
required by his fears and his interests to support it.
Ihey are mighty well satisfied with the present or.
der OF things They have President ductllc as wax
In their handsall the patronage, all the power, all
the loayes and fishes. Better thdn all, If lhcy can
continue the present dynasty until 1887, they have
the strongest moral assurance Of eoDgating 1t until
1915, 10 the person Of him whom Alexander has
pitched upon as his successor--,ho PcrdIccas who
already wears the ring Of The Conquoror How vel,
satisfied then, must the aJheron.s Of Mr. Van Bmcn
be, with the present state Of things! How doubt.
less sincere, III their depreciation Of opposition from
Mr. Calhoun! How sincerely ANXIOUS to smooth
over the late rupture, and nave It be believed har