Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-18
From the Political Arena.

From the Political Arena.
The Enquirer will not award any credit to Sc
majors, will it suffer opposition Editors praise
them. "Thc very men," quo,h it. ''who vindicated
Mr.. Adams course in the Panama Mission are now the
most vocerous, 1t not the sncerest, paIegyrists OF
these gentlemen. We not in the Political Are
ma when the merits of the Panama Mission were
discussed, and are guilty of no inconsistency in
taken by the Virginia Senators We well recollect,
however, the cogent arguments with which the En-
quirer ahounded, to prove that Mr. Adams wrong
IN the assertion Of constitutional right to originate
missons-and that four of the five cabinet minis.
tiers OF Gen. Jackson, then i'll the Senate jealousy
supported Mr. Branch's resolution But what Mr.
Adams, perhaps unnecessarily. asserted his right
do, Gen. Jackson has Actually done. The erred
in an abstract opinion, the other has committed the
overt act If Mr. Adams was guilty of fragrant viola
ton oi the constitution, by expressing opinion what
measure of guilt shall assign the present Ad
minstration for carrying the opinion into
tou' Of verify 'men are mutsble."
But admitting that Editors, who 'phepane-
gyrists of these gentlemen" did support Mr.. Adams
in his views. Admitting that they consdered.Mr
Tazewelrs oppugnaton to the then Administration to
be fsctous, the result Of party feeling and that his
arguments were unsound and his positions nable
Why should they not admire that Roman dignity and
ndepe ndence which prompted him to array himself
against the very Administration, which he had assisted
to bring into power, when he saw it following
which he had denounced in it's predecessor Must
they be inscnsbe the beauty present. Of
perfectly consistent political course? For ourselves
queston-we free to confess, that the ground
cupicd by distinguished Senators is green spot
in the desert, upon which our eyes love To rest.
We will, therefore, occasion o.fers--and we
hope others will do the samelaud the consistency.
the adherence principle, the independcnce-worthy
of the better days of the Rcpubc-whch farewell
| and Tyler have displayed. And we cntrcat the I'm
qurer not To take It much to heart Praise of these
virtues IS not always covert satire IRIS
rRorHFCY We undertake. make prNnhccv aud leave
dcrrnme Will he verified. 1t those who
| note passing eve.ts mark the issue.
I We predict that
Major Barry will Kentucky IN nlun:' Of june
trptuH certain 'uuOccT mistakes, and thereby eudeavoI
TO do the uniavorable impressions which
August He wal! 81 arrange matters he there ia time
10 uavere the whole Slar maze stump speeches aud shc
the urces>v of reslrr Gen Jackson order preserve
wc country q e. W .'r"lirrr ;at'v") tEum pcdtOu Al
tins will have uohu, do Cf those
abuses thai have brought the patronage o! the Federal Govern
mrnt into co with the feednm al elections II ne
cecs the may his Office Il kentucky
is lost he may inHk he reformed.
| We predict that
Major Lewis the ~ Auditor vii, vs, Tennessee i'll June
July prevent, il possible, the election Crockett
We shall hear nothing from the Administration about
"ITallm, Cabinet" The term has gown olioi> them
alt was your bull sprch my Farmer on that
alters the case" said the LAWYER.
We have other predictions offer, but prefer administer
I Ing broken doses : Col OK.
Commodore Lewis Warrington has been appointed the
command "f the Navy Yard and Station Philadelphia,
the place ct Commodore Baubridee ],
time bac that Com. had returned letter which tie ith
Auditor had addressed To HIM, with the remark that he held