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

no should rasily and wantonly have proclaimed his
ill-adviscd opnons;-opmiors, uncallcd for, and
gratuitous--urgcd long before they could lead 10
any practical end, and positively injurious in their
effect upon the pccuniory interests of the country.
DO you believe, people of Virginia. that conviction
in tho Presidents mind, that the Bank was unwisc,
and unconstitutional, dictated the hostile blow |
which he ai,nod in message and deliberately
repeated IN the ncxti Was nothing due TO the sell
tments Inexperienced statesmcn-ot an upright lu
diciary-of tho solemn acquicsccncc of the whole
nation in the great practical utility of that institu
ton? Was there any necessity for prelidging
question which could not righttully occur until the
next Presidential tcrml And what substitute does
he propose when the designs of political intrigue
shall, have been accomplished, when the wide vast
ing ruin OF spurious and deprecated currency
shall have deluged the land by tho overthrow of the
only barrier against it'll shuddcr at the very
thought should tremblc indeed for the liberties OF
my country If that substitute could be accepted;
If the Federal Executive, already armed with mo-
narchc0l powers, should be further invested with
tho unlimited and corrupting prcrogativo of en-
ploying the Revenues of the nation-therc would
not DO long left much of frccdom-not even the
name.
Fellow citizens, do you really believe, that this
is Republican Administration Let look at
some of the signs. Is it not favorito maxim Of
the republican school, that the freedom of opinion
the liberty of speech and of the press, shall be
held sacred? Upon what other pivot but this, turn
cd the boasted political Revelation ut the COM
mencoment of the present ccnturyl Has President
jackson violated this maxim, or has he notI Let
the hundreds nay thousands excluded from Office,
for other cause but the want of devotion to him,
answer tho question In vain has 1T been said, that
these officers were expelled for official misconduct.
The falschood of tho prctcx, is sufficiently proved
by the fact, that supporter Of President Jdchs0
has crcr been rcniorcd.-Doos any honestly
doubt, that that powerful engine of liberty, the
press, has been subsidized and corrupted by the
present administration Look at the rewards anC
emolumcnts lavishcd upon base and prof gate scrib
blcrs i'll exclusion of Tneritorious Look Al
thp pf bD
ing hozannas to the ruling powers, prosttutine
their pens and their principles to gloss every
vice and folly which marks and disgraces the gov
eminent. Has the press alone been assaied by the
powerful allurcmcnts of Officer Look at the temp
tations presented almost without number TO the
vanity, ambition, and cupdity of members of Con
gross! Almost all the high places of government
are bestowed vn the Representatives of the people
in express violation of General Jackson's solemn,
| uvowed principle before his election; principle
!, which he voluntarily proclaimed to the Tennessee
Legislature, and departure from which, he declare,
''tcouid make corruption the order Of the day"
Fellow itizens.-can this administration with
so many sins on its hcad,-so totally regardless o
all its promises, desperately progatc in all its
prnciplcs,-so weak and tyrannical in all its acts
can this 10 Republican administration Ar,
they alone who support it Republicans? Ifso, Their
let mo czclaim with the venerable !atrarch of old
son my soul, come not thou into their secret; untc
I their assembly mine honor,-bc not thou united"
How does it happen that Virgnans who have
ever been watchul of federal cncroachmcnt
should see nothing alarming in the strides O
Executive power2 They have generally been
the first to cry against congressional usurpation
:. and yet they dumb when all the usurpation.
!. of Congress since the federal constitution wa.
adopted, would not weigh as feather against the
lawless and high handed measures of President
Jackson in the last two years Have VIC eyes fellow
citizens, ana can not see?-havc we cars, and
can we not hear these things7-By what fatal pa
raiysis has the public spirit become cold and life
less? Is there spell charm in the name OF
JACKSON by which senses are overpowcrcd
and petriied? or what "drowsy syrup" have we
tasted that all faculties are benumcd, and all
our sensibil t es deadcned? Have we no pride, no
honor, no love of country left that we should prefer
the ''Glory of Cesar, to tho welfare of Rome?o
The Glory of Caesar did say?-rather shall wc
persist in exposing to public rdculc and the worlds
has covered himself and his country with disgrace
BAYARD.