Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-28


acted as his representative at Nashville New Orleans with,
out his advice counenance, kuowiedge! It may be-
So, the age of miracles has passed"
MIR. TAzEwELI..
This gentleman has appeared to the country as
having somewhat lost his energy, since the atchieve
ment of the political victory of 1898. He has par
tcipaed less frequently in debate, and taken less
active part in the deliberations of the Senate The
truth was, that Mr. Tazewell became early Disguised
with the administration which he so powerfully con
tributed to bring into power. He saw cubnst con-
stituted Of men whom he could neither approve for
their morals, trust for their principles or respect for
their abilities and experience. He the President
surrounded by Gordon of dependents and parasites
distributing in his name, the Offices of the Republic
among the Swiss who had sold their pens and their
voices lie saw these men, in the name of Reform,
rewardlng partizans without personal public merit
and In the name of the Reform, wreaking ven
geance upon independence wheresoever it could be
found in Office, and wheresoever it could be reached.
1t was impossible that Nh Tazewe could, it is inn
possible that he did approve, much most of that
which has been transacted since the 9TH March, 1929;
and hence he chose to become an Observer occupy
ing the ground the Constitution and principle vot-
ing according to their dictates, without reference to
party ties, than to be jealous without convictions and
to applaud where he was not satisfied.
AT length, however, the Lion has been reused. The
appointment of Ministers to Turkey, without the
knowledge and consent of the Senate in violation OF
the Constitution, and in most fragrant contempt oil
the Congressional adjudication of its provisions OF
the occasion Of the mission to Panama, has again
nerved his eloquence. In moving to strike out the
appropriation for the payment of the purkish Ambas-
sndors, Mr. Tazewell is represented as having made
powerful speech A member of Congress saws
&c Tazewel surpassed his ancient glory"-a citizen
who there, writes that the effort was Herculean
and that Mr. Tazewell has more than made up the
ground he was supposed to have lost.
We congratulate Virginia on Mr. Tazewes again
taking prominent part in the Senate-we congrat-
ulate her that this stand is the Constitution, and
against power and its abuses. We congratulate her
that she is represented in the Senate least by men
whom Power cannot influence, or maori'ies corrupt.
From source entitled to perfect confidence, we
present the following extract from Mr.. Tazewell's
Speech. The speech has not yet been published but
reliance may be placed upon the fidelity of this ex-
tract. We invite the country to weigh its purport.
We invite Virginia to reflect whe it is that makes
these declarations. We respectfully invite intel-
gent Jackson men,to consider ft is time to count
the of their farther devotion to that individual
and adopt measures to rescue the Government from
the ignorant and imbecile hands which nomjnaly
sway its powers, while truth, and all know, they
are wIeldea by hidden and irresponsible power
behind the Throne, intent upon self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
scdulous only to use the predecessor to fix and es-
tabllsK the successor! Are we exaggerated? Are we
UNJUST Who is the man that does not secretly or
| avowedly concur with US? ave believe there is no
such
Extract from Mr. TazeUeirS Speech The Turkish
.MiSSion
"Mr. Tazewell, when speaking the Turkish Mis-
SION, declared that II was Hagran violation of the
Constitution, unauthorized usurpation of power
and an Infringement of the constitutional rights of
the Senate He further declared, that General
Jackson had no more power to institute that mission
without the consent of the Senate, than the Senate
would have had to institute it, without the consent
Of the President He alluded to the principle of the
British Constitution, that "thc King can do no
wrOng"-he affirmed that it was fast becoming the
practical rule Of this government, that the President
can do no torong-that he feared should soon see
1t In full eXercisehat if it must be So he would
greet it the less, If another principle Of the British Con
stution were Incorporated with IT, that the ministers
should be an werabe. He aDolopiZcd for the PTesi-
dent, on the ground of a want of information, and
ccnsured the cabinet for not aiordng lthe adverted
TO the fact that four Of the cabinet Mr. Van Buren,
Mr.. Branch, Mr.. Eaton, and Mr.. Bcrrien, had bee
taken from the Senate. He affirm ed that they were
present at the Panama discussion and then supported
| him in maintaining the same principles he "a5 now
contending for, and which principles they had papa
bly, violated in getting up the Mission TO Turkey"
u letter from Washington says: 81 have heard
several times in this city report, and have under.
stood that it had been stated in a letter from Wash
ington, published at place north Of ~. that
recent correspondence had taken place between Gen.
Jackson end Mr.. Adams. J inform you uPoa unques-
tonabo authority, that this report IS without !5unda-
ton No correspondence or intercourse Of any kind
has taken place between them since Gen Jackson
cane 20 Washington II Fess9a-y 1890"