Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-06-23

'hs worst Passions, OF conroulintr the privilege
"hos selecting his associa es and of sadctionin ih
open violation of those tender and delicate rcaiInn
.ormea at an altar. whose halowed rites ceebra
'eo IN the lace of man and under the beugn3nt an,
suspicious smile Heaven
An administration whose charact "a / thus mark
Gu by every act that disgrace our country is
ened People
Let Us rouse fiom present lethsrgy, Lot lie
break the spell of enchantment by which our eoer
ges are bound. Let us in concer, and unanim
NY, and by the favouc of Heaven all difficulties will
vanish. Awake from yosr day dream of security and
repose, and let speak with trumpet tonuued indie
nation against the foul mlsrule of our yovernors .
AT so important crisis, silence is approbation and
inactivity sell ensiavcment. Already our National
NePuhhcan fellow citizens of other Statcs are in oc
tive motion III the field. New York-plorjous New
fo'k-has Just shed upon the bright ustre of her
example. Shall we be behind her in zeal?
Shall we be Tho last Unite in these patrio.ic eff
iortS to rescue ous couAry from inpotent and I'M
skliful hands; aud to vnlicate her character from
the contempt and degradation which the moral and
political standing of Aduinisi ration has broueht
upon MS: Insult has been added to injury. But the
other day friend of President Jackson, high in
his confidence and late incumb ent of RESPONSE
BILE station his person. declared his belief "tiat
General jackson Ids to cut or ete Of hGif
the citsens Of Washington, they tcouId support his
re efection!" Can tamely submit to such con-
tumeles and Illuminating indigni,ies? Are we serfs
mcnals, slaves, to this our Lord paramount
"Or fill up chronicles in time to Gomez"
That we, the freemen of these United States in the
infancy OF orr existence, bowed la SUBMISSION TO u
tyrannicai controul? Shall quietly see our ma
tional glories tarnished and the Eagle of our LIB
critics ingloriouslv unured? No, National Repub-
Icans,
"Iime yet serves, wherein we may redeem
sour punished honors, and restore ourselves
"Into the good thoughts of the world again"
call upon you, therefore, in the name of putri
otism--in tue maine OF injured and insulted
countryin tho lame of dea rest rights violated,
and in the name OF that freedom which ancestors
with ia. less aggravated cause, won from
Atlantic oppressor5, and TRANSMIT ted to us-and
which we hope to bequeath to chIldren--to re-
slst the lawless rule OF this Administration! Let MS
lose no time in calling primary assemblies OF the
People in the different counties, to elect Delegates
to meet in Richmond to choose Representatives to
the National Republican Convention to be held in
Baltimore next December Let discuurag cement
prevent. know that the opinion prevails that the
number OF MIR. Clay's friends constitute minority
of the ireeholders of the State. 1t may be
But let not those few, that minority, yield up their
RICH S. Their stake in the Government is great
and valuable that of the majority Nothing
Until trial is made, aud what time SO propitlous,
what occasion Lecesstous for trial the ne
sent' Suppose number but fly friends-let
those fifty be heard But feel confident that thou
sands of our fellow citizens of the Old Dominion
will rally to the standard of CtBy Ii berry, Union
and the Constitution. The weight of character--
talents, and numbers, is with us in many Of sise
ter States. The watch word of Clay is re echo.d
In delightful unison, and sounds along the plains
from State TO State in unbrOkcn euphony. And under
the hanner-lnscrbedL Liberty, Union and the Consti-
tuition, and now floating in graceful beauty to the
breeze: are gathering t(e people, led on by the
wise, the grcat and patriotic of our Land.
FRIEND TO COUNTRY.