Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-09-19
TDe Constitutional agsDts.
Friday Eceassssg, Sept. 1G.

In our columns of to-day, will be found another
communication from Resident of Culpeper, res
pectng Presidential Interference in the election of
that District. The Culpeper Gazette we presume
Will no longer affect believe this resident to b
man of straw. The same mail, or rather tho Same
day, we received letter from highly rcspect,blo
source IN Western Virginia, from which we take
the liberty of publishing the following extract.
:" had intended to give you a detailed accom-,
the interference OF Gen. Jackson in the election
OF member of Congress for the Upper Distrct of
hehtucky, but find my paper would not hold ont
nave seen general notice of the same thing in
your paper. L shall content myself with state
ment OF facts. met with gentleman of hiab
character and standing who resides i'm that dis
trct Mt the last Cabe court, who gave me particu
iar account OF the means which had been used to
secure the election of Daniel. He said a meeting
or convention of delegates from the counties of
Floyd and Pike, and one two other counties Had
'. d. soic one OF the counties for the purpose of
projecting great turnpike road from the town of
Abingdon i'll this State, to FLOYD Cont House =
The convention entered into various resolut;nns
among winch IS to be found resolution to applv
TO Gen. jackson, for an engineer to survey The
route. These resolutions were inmed;ntaIy for
wardea TO w Washington City, and u messenger was
forthwith despatched TO Col Long at PhiIadelphia
with directions to make his personal appearance nj
F!oyd.Court House in given period. The time
allowed him was six days to make his iourno,,
which accomplished. 1t was on n conrt j,
and three or four days before the election when he
arrived, and the friends of Daniel were active in
circulating the PromPtitude with which Cen Jack
son had answered their call 1t was snnposed ~,
the friends of Davis that Daniels majority wonI3
be 100 in Floyd county. The friends of Daniel
Claimed majority of $50. This engineer howe
yer, defeated all calculation, for the minority of
Daniel was $50 My informant was on the rronna
and states that the engineers presence operoted
like magic.n
The laughable part of the business VIC must state
from other sources. No sooner was the ,lection
over, than the Engineer made his opinion public
that the road was imprdcticdble-that the country
was too mountainous, &c. This finale Of course
relieves the President from the dilemma of ono-
Their veto.
we ailremembcr the clamor against Mr. Adams
Administration on this subject of interfering in the
elections of the country, and the promises of pur
ty on the part of Gen. jackson. How then does
1t happen that the cry is raised from Mississippi to
Maine, that certain candidates arc denounced bv
letters from the Palace at Washington. emannting
if not from Gen. Jackson himself from his bosom
friends and domestic associates? These complaints
mark reader, are not confined To the CLAW party,
but in most instances emanate from certain sus
pected persons of the jackson ranks The evi
dence upon this subject has so accumulated on orr
hands, that verify believe there is not an elec
ton of any Importance in the U. States. that tbo
finger ofWashington agency is to be found in it.
Corruption stalks abroad and with an unveiled
front. Truth is kicked of doors as a trouble
some guest, and ---, Amos Kendall and VIM
ID. Lewis rule the roast. The Globe and Enquir.
or, the tools merely with which thcy work.
To THE EDToRs OF THE WING
The Editor of the Culpcpcr Gazette has taken
upon himself to pronounce some OF the statements
IN my communication published in the Wing of
LIST inst.) false; and To challenge my proof He
republished that communication, and invites his
subscribers to read it Gin order that they NV see
the desperate efforts of the enemies of Cen Jackson
TO produce the Impression that this district is oppos
ed to his reelection" He also labors s.to counter
act the Impression sought to be produced by "a
Resident of Cupeper'" The gentleman miDht well
have spared himsc f all this trouble. am uncon
scious OF any effort on my part, to produce false
impression on the public mind and defy him TO
convict me oft. The<Globe, in speaking of the
election OF Mr.. Barbour guilty of downright
plain, unvarnisl!cd ialsehood. The object OF NV
communication was to expose that taschood TO
the public and TO state tire facts connected with
that election FaSehood is proued upon the
Globe; and no statement have made has been dis
.proved;-and until the Editor of the Gazette cgu
di$prOUe my statements he may labor in vain to
counteract the impression they are calculated to
make The truth in this matter is simply this:
Col. Wallace avowed himself Jackson man;
Mr.. Barbour refused to be considered as such and
and the people the District elected the latter bv
majority of 76S votes, and this too in spite
of the influence ofthe Jackson press the Jackson
party, and Jackson himself.
The Editor of the Gazette pronounces the insin
.uaton (reatve to the interference the Presidcnt
contained in my interrogatories to the Globe ssto
be Il base and infamous slandcr." / am apprehcn
sive, that the gentleman has been rather Easty in
PronOuncing this sentence. EUeR the Globe al
though challenged to do so, has not the hardihood
to deny this alledged interference of the President
The natural inference is, that the charge is true
l do not, however, rely upon tho silence of the
Globe to prove the truth of ''the iusinuation con
tanned in my i.teTrogatorics" When if becomes ne
cessary, evidence will be produced-evideBce which
the 'Great Globe" the Roaring Lion, 4 and the
whole host of Jackson editors eau neither vitiate
nor destroy. At present, have some reason to
expect that an ADLER pen than mine viii take up this
subject, and furnish for publication statement
supported by satisfactory evidence Should be
disappointed in this expectation, shall not shrink
from the responsibility incurred by the charges
nave make, but will then lay before the public the
grounds upon which made them.
The Editor of the Gazette thinks he has reason
to believe that my communication was prepared
beyond the limits of this District and perhaps sub
United to the supervision of a resident lie
tinucs--''Bo this it muy, we express with con
hdence lac opinion that resident ofCuipcpcr
VINO aided in the election ofCcncTal Jackson wrote
that communication" Notwithstanding the conf
dence with which he here speaks, insist upon it
that he is wrong;-that unless nm grealIy misia-.
Zen, live in CulPcpor:-tlat III Cupeper aided
" my vote to elect Gen. Jackson; aud that I wrote
tbc communication rctcrrcd to, In Culpcper,-uI.-
i'ss It DC the case that change Of party, produ-
ccs change of residence. s'Bc this as II may
express with confidence the opinion" that the
place where live considered to be IN Cnlpcr-
or, when | voted for Jackson i'm 1S2S-gut ,yiv