Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-09
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From The .Naiioaal Int,iiigenee,,, .uereh ).
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

recent occurrences, nanllcStlnn not mere
" the future prospects but the present Ger
tainty, of i wide division among the party
which has hitherto supported General JACK
SONS Administration, are too important not
TO awaken n great degree of attention.
They are entitled to deep reflection by the
opposcrs of the Administration, and by the
Public. The PRESIDENTS late publ
cation was but the cbultion of n political
icrmcnt, well known to have been secretly
long at work. II was not the origin of n
schsm it was only its avowal. From the
moment Of the original "Combtaotion" ESQ it
was admitted to beg against Mr.. hDANs's
Administration, IT was iorcsccn that the parts
composing it, held together for the time by
common object, (the hope Of powcr) would
necessarily fly asunder when that power
should have been obtained, and when it
should come to be decided who should enjoy
lis posts for the present, and who expect
them for the future. Nothing but the pow
criul CHEMISTRY of this common object, il
was easy TO perceive, could keep IN union
such opposite materials us the fricuds Of
Gen. JACKSON in PENNSYLVANIA and those in
South Carolina, and the followers of Mr.
CALHOUN, who had been called ProdigGis,
and the followers of Mr.. CRAWFORD, who
had been called Radicals. Such Il tumble
of politicians could have 10 natural cohe-
sion. If Mr. CALHOUN l. Mr. RANDOLPH could
act long IN harmony; if the highest notes of
Consolidation and the lowest grumbling of
State Rights could be made TO chime in uni
son; if the Tariff and Modification could
walk hand in hand-then, indeed, the time
might be expected to have arrived when the
Lion and the Lamb would lie down together
As TO the Secretary of State, his atfinitics
were well known to be easily drawn towards
any political clements, and again easily to
be rcpclcd. He mlngles with every thing
by the slightest attraction, and again is dis
engaged from every thing by the gcntlcst
solvent: For Mr.. MIG, and against Mr..
KING; Il friend of Mr.. CLINTON and an enc
my of Mr.. CLINTON: all Anti-Tarih' man,
out of courtesy, (or out of subserviencc) to
some; TO others Il Tariff man, by virtue of
Instructions; u friend of the Union, vet CROP
ing after lost rights of the States; and on the
great question between the constitutional
powers of The Government on one hand, and
the absurditics of Notification, on the other.
hanging precisely midway upon m exact
posc. The foresight which anticipated this
rupture of the Party, was not deceived.
The tulhmcnt has troddcn, indeed very close
upon the heels OF the prediction Before
the second year Of Gen. Jackson'a Admins
tration has closed, wide, deep, and impas-
sable gu!ph already separates the leaders Of
his lcgions Of followers and fcvdatories. His
own influence over these leaders not found
cd in their respect for his talents or cIiarac-
ter, but mainly III the conviction chat there
IS great, though IL vague and indefinite
popularity attached to his name is now no
longer sufficient to rcprCss their cOntentious
They quarrel in his own face, for his own
scat, while he yet fills it, and means TO fill il
longer # he can.
We have heard much, heretofore, Of the
Presidents Independence; Of his loft elcya-
ton above all influence near his person, and
OF his fixed resolution to be himself every
inch President. We now see the veriGcation,
and manifestation OF these qualities: we
behold him evidently busy i'll the first stages
of controversy, the origin of which lies in
motives and objects, connected, first with
his own reelection, and secondly, with the
succession Of another to his office, when nc
shall have k0nc with il. We arc assured.
too, By his supporters, that no aspirant for
further promotion would ever be in his Cab
met, or participate in his cOunses. We
perceive how this assurance has been per
formed. But this is not all; the President
has repeatedly expressed his own opinions
and his own purposes, III words borrowed
from one in whose mouth they meant what
they seemed To mean. He has declared over
and over again, that he neither sought office,
nor Stunned IT. If the public are not now
nsinfOrmcd, recent occurrence has fully
cypoundcd his meaning, and explained his
sincerity in this declaration.
II is not the object of these paragraphs 10
enter into the merits of the question raised
by tic Vice Presidents publication, and its
numerous answers and replies. 4Vc arc lit
lie disposed to NEEDLE in this family quar-
rel. Ourpurpcsc Oh the contrary, is tosue-
gost that tIosc who have opposed the adj
loinistration, and still oppose it, have no
concern IN this dispute, except so far as its
results may affect the public interest. These
results, it is probable, will bc various in their
character, d. III their tendency. SO far as in. /
tcrnal disscntion may be likely to weaken
the momentum with which tic dominant
party has hltlcrto proceeded in "a course 80
threatening TO all the great interests of tho