Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-04

nally that Col. Johnson was bronc man md
"ouiu defend ms own character with the ssme firm
ness tnat he had done the character of his co,ntrv
All thls proves, II any further proof was necessar
that their cause is bad decidedly bad Hence The
olhcial--the organ into which the President breath
cd the breath of lfe-a paper sustained bv his ma,
tronage and under his immediate direction and con
trout as dernior resort, calls rpon Col J,bn sor
IN effect TO unsheath his sword to 6gbt tbc b,t,Io
OF the President, and to replace him i'm the position
which he had forfeited by his preposterous ottcnt
10 regulate private intercourse and from which he
mao been driven by the irresistible force of trut, nc
ia is and of arguments General jackson who
struck the midshipmen from the rolls, because they
were engaged in duel deliberately intiu,ntes ~
an old gentleman that he expects him to risk his
lie IN order to shield the President from the iii.
graceful consequences of his own rashness and fol
iy The efforts of the N. York Evening post aro
as unfortunate as those ofthe Globe and the sa orc
Oh o .he enquirer, your neghbor, speaks, with re-
Serre and some prudence. The Baltimore Republi-
can displayed more ingenuity than all the rest nut
together, though his review imsy and his So
Phisty easily exposed.
nu. inc war is not yet over. The redoubtable
MAYOR Eaton, and his forces are again in the field
After he saw tho correspondence between himself
ana MI. Berrien in print, he began to think it did
not ookSfnite unsatisfactory it appeared to him.
SCH anu ms partisans, Ritchie Blair & Co. while
WAS yet private and they had opportunities 10 rive
garbied extracts to the public, as to
MIR. Berrien and sustain the sinking Major. Rc;ng
again exhibited to the public IN his true colors the
IeeOveu Dy announcer desperate effort fo bov
revenge rom somebody perish ON the ruins off
ms fame He accordingly challenged Mr. Berrien
on Monday last !! He, DR.. Randolph and General
Hunter, the appraiser of the Port OF Alexandria.
spent several days last week at Strother,s hotel
making arrangements for the combat; and the ru
NOR OF yesterday was that Eaton, accompanied BY
the gentlemen already named, and Mr.. Berrien with
MS friends Col. Towson and DR.. Lowell, had all
proceeded to the ground have no d ubt but the
last part of the rumor is unfounded because Mr..
Berrlen after what has passed. will certainly place
better estimate on his character, and the
DUTY he owes to his country, than To crafty the
MAJOR When the correspondence makes its an
pearance, if the Mars dare publish it will ven
ture to say, that Mr.. Berrien occupies ground
worthy of him.
, Society here is in chaos. Neither of the new
secretaries has brought on his family to the cty;
each having very plausible apology for pursuing
the lie OF grass ,oido,oer till The fall; but the truth
is, the ladies might be Obstinate and they are not
VIKING TO risk the fate of Messrs Branch Berrien
ana lngham, by mourning the wrath of her Ex
Fellowship, and the rage of the ssroaring lonn ,
Rumor says, that letter has been received from
Col Johnson, within the last few DAYS; and instead
OF contradictlng the statements made by B anch
lngham and Berrien, and drawing his sword to cor
roborate the falsehoods of the Globe and disnrove
tn ExSecretaries testimony; he in effect srstains
Mr. lnghams whole statement and banishes the
last ray OF hope that lighted the path of the Pres
dent what wll-the Globe and your neighbour
now resort to? Col. johnson is not as n .commodn
ing witness, as they were willing to hope he
would be. He is prudent as he is '.brave, y and
perhaps has pursued the most judcious and most
honest way, to maintain his town cha acter"
now, as he did that of his country, during the
late war"
II affairs should continue they have been here
Tor some months, SHOULD not be much surprized
to see Mr.. BeutOn's prediction fulfilled; and our
members of Congress legislating with pistols in
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blood and carnage. As manners and customs de-
scend, what must inevitably be the effect on soce-
ty, of the disgracefu which have for the last
two years been enacted by the President, Major
Lewis, Eaion, Van Buren,, Kendall, and SOME of
the minor satellites of the "Greatest and Best?'-
Much as desired to sec Gen Jackson President
and much L deprecated the election of Mr.
Adams must now candidy acknowledge that the
course pursuing by Gen. Jackson is, in my opinion,
infinitely more dangerous the liberties of the
country than the election of Mr.. Adams, even had
it been effected by open bargain in the streets
with Mr. Clay! In the one case, public confidence
is only betrayed and periodical elections can
easily correct the evil; but in the other, degrading
and vicious examples given by men in power;
the private morals of society corrupted, aad the
sanctuary of domestic life impiously invaded, by
the strong-arm of Executive influence; the laws of
God and man are unblushingly violated within hear
ing of the President.