Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-11

" 'o the true reason; not less honorable to
"e"'' thah reflective of rcbuke upon him who persc.
III ihaiScrl'nlnate support of IL Chief Ma
VINO ne cannot but know, has man.
'he most unequivocal ircompetency;
oF'n nun who' first pronouncing that Mag
eicction course" upon his coun-
try contributed notwithstanding, the minority
having changed, though NOT THE MAN, to fastca
that curse upon that country; and when he s.es
that prediction fulfilled in the reduction of the
government to the vorgo of ruin and contempt in
the enactment of scenes only to>be paralleled in
turkish harcm, continues to dictate its support
In the fond and vain Illusion that he is tho Samp.
son. not to pull down, but to sustain the anq and
crumbling ruins of political idoatry. Let him per-
severe In his deluson and his dictation. we care
not.
/ we 90 not know, who were the gentlemen that
'urhiShed our Contemporary with his summary
<Aii we KNOW is, that none of those who could have
FURNISHED 1t, were capable of disingenuousncss
and If that quality is detected we shall ascribe
to our Contemporaries vexation that tho toasts
wore not such as he approved. Hereafter we hone
the good People of Richmond will consult him,
before they presume to utter political sentiment
The statement that the toasts were delivered to
| Inc Editor OF the Constitutional Wing, is true
ms paper was the first to be issued after they
were collected, and for that reason only, they were
demanded by its Editor, and delivered to him.
| las some OF our friends appear to thnk-it is
intended by tins notification, to convey an insinu
alton, that being handed to HIM, they were by him.
altered added to- or subtracted from, without the
consent and request of the toast-giver himself or
some one acting for him and in his name then in
plain English, that Editor pronounces such insn
/ m finn hy,
culated and in all its parts, phases, and complex
| ions, an unqualified, unalloyed, and unmtigated
lie. If no such insinuation was intended this
| annunciation is revoked and cancelled. Let tho
man come forward, whose toast is either not pub
lished, or improperly published There may be
those whose toasts not published, but if there
| be, know but two such-Judge Scott-wbose
| toast, ''The Periodical Press-there is no do;no
with thee, or without thee"-bcing written on the
back of the set toasts, overlooked by the
COMPASSIONATE Col W. C. Mosby, whose toast.
violent one against Mr.. Clay was omitted at his
own personal request. There may vet be others;
Ii SO, they neither can will, even though at
The almost direct invitation of the testy and sple
netic old gentleman Of the Enquirer and although
1T would maniiestly give him great pleasure throw
the most distant Imputaton of any kind upon our
agency--for we had other, than to make the
liiegI6le, egible and to revise the proof sheets
1t i also probable, that some of the toas,s pub
ilshed, were not announced, that they were not
sent to those whose duty it WIS TO announce them
What of that The individuals were there :-tbev
had right to offer toasts and if disappointed from
the crowd, the hilarity of the company the ateness
OF the hour, or any other cause, what possible i'm
proprety or indelIcacy, was there in pubishiny
| them ? On ! but says contemporary had they
been given at the place, they would have been an
swered by good Jackson toasts Good Lord what
| pity What Il subject for complaint from the
aspiring dictator of public opinion Can any man. |
who is not dead drunk with party feelings, witness
the misery sei-inticted upon the prophet of the |
Enquirer, at the fewness of the Jackson toasts |
his grimaces, his indignation" his grave treat
ment OF such theme, his miserable excuses and |
apologies to the hero, for his getting few toast.
at Richmond, without contempt and amusement! |
This, however is the only argument by which the |
improperly OF publishing toast not given at the
place, is sustained. But if all the Clay toasts |
were not given, at the piaco, many, and most OF
them, couiessedly were. Why were not they an |
swered3 The argument is worthy of the paltry
use to which it Ia put,
the toast by "a man reluctantly absent" was not
given at the place. 1t was enclosed to usthrouph |
the Post Office, and shown by us, to the President
of the day, Defore published it, The authors
nete TO us, requesting it to be proposed, still in
possession.
We understand from good authority, that il is
not t,ue, tnat Any regulation understanding, |
entered into that party sentiments were not 10
&c given. We present only as a guest, anu
Anow nothing of previous arrangements, but we
learn this from good Jackson authority. So falls
| another of the excuses made to the Hero and the
Republican Party, for the paucity of jackson
That the officers of the day and the committee
should not remember all the toasts, may appear
strange to our Contemporary Had he been at
Clarke's Spring, he would have thought it much
more strange if they had They too closely
engaged, too hilarious too absorbed in The glorious
recollections proper the dsy, TO dream of regis
tering the number of toosts, to imprint their
memory the particular import of each.
The Editor of the Enquirer to know six
of the Clay Toasters, but insnuates that the 9TH
arc too obscure for him oknow, not to "know
whom, is to argue ones self unknown" Their
misfortune is much to be pitied
We dismiss this subject, not TO he again, volun-
tarily approached. 1t is unworthy Ct bearded
men, Phe Enquirer may -scod the people of
Richmond, for drinking improper toasts, not
drinking proper ones, but imagine it's fumes
will be very little regarded. It's Editors may run
about the streets, institute inqusition int what
passed at public cclebration, with which they had
no concern, and assuming that something was