Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-04-26
THE ABDICATfoN.


of the Press are multiplied Throuubou, m. -.
Try, The event appears to have taken all bv sur,,,
ana TO have excited the most lively sen. a,ion A..
anticipated an exposion-all were appraised ,b,,
'euds imPacable and irrecohcilabie, existed - -.
oaoinet; bat none seem to have been actunlIv nx.
pared Tor the grand blow up which has occurred
All eyes are turned with impatient cxorctati,, >.
we nc" Cdofnef; every nfoyn cd man knows Tim, ,h
ies'uent IS incapable Of ineligible action without
odVice-that he must have those ,,o,,d h,
whose advice he can RELY, or tbe r,oy.,,,-. -
'unoer along. without system The f..h;n...,.
'"" PRESIDENT, is in fact the dovernm,,, N
must feel socitude to know who ,hpv nv. ,s,.
VIII now rule the American PEOPLE. Rnm.. 80.
That Ed Livingston will cer.sisIv he p,.r,.- -.
Variousiy supplies the other Department, NJ -
syth and Mr. Dray,on being enumerated s,nonv ,,s..
VINO may be called to take CHARGE Of no,,.,
meh's' Nothing is certainly Known nd in the ,n,.
rin' conjecture is busy in all directon, a.. 80
appears to be universally anticipated thu, N. p,.'
iden' will look only among the rank. If W., D..
'o' ministry; and this admitted, all foresee tbs, IT,
new ministry will have a brief e.r.e,. H.. -,
share the fate of the Guizot ,na r.a.,..., w."
France; that they will inevitably he Pm. d.,.-:
brief period. Gen. Jackson NAV ,rv ,,;,;...
nupt
ne root OF the mischief lies in himself Pb.,e !,
inc WY 70 TanquIze the country, and that is
'or him to resign, and give place to tho,. who :,
this stormy period, can hold tho ro;n.
and steady hand We are PRIVATELY .ss,,.d H.. -
who have opportunities of intelligence ~,
ehem' would be no unexpected event-,ba. tho ,s...
- '"e hfes'oen' Is even now within probabil-
'ty, and but for his enmity to Mr. Calhoun ,h.. :.
In0a pt
deserve to rank with those whose patriotism ,r,...
sed Immortality for their names.
We invite attention to the sna.,,,.;.
National Gazette (Walsh.)
The news from Washington throws into non.,
tary ehade all the European maTvels If we coIa
practise the usual fourshn9 IN our cr.n -. k ei9
nave prefaced this article with such ph,a, sen in -.
capitals. as-fseUot.tisn at Washington- Epnc,.os!
9, me Observation-Disclosures Of the PEOPLE
and SO forth. Our readers will learn from Nc SL
joined extracts from the Globe that the four Ssc..
iaries-Messers. Van Bsren, Ingham, Branch ana
IAon-have actually resigned, and that President
jackson mas accepted their resignaticns The ,ime
is convenient for him he is free from the S.pata
no are to be the successors, how long the seals
OF ONCE may remain in commission, Is not disclosed
nor, perhaps, determined. We have onIv th. 80
tensible of the real or nominal prenos,.
whcn MS colleagues may please to adduce are We,
IN petto We think that they should have been an.
UNANIMOUSLY communicated to the public as thew must
have heea formally impaired to the President Eoss
oil that appears, weinfer that there is AZ mysterv T.;
the soul of state" which however will be .nluct -
out" before the ides of March next.
,,s.,s CONES 2. !he streets, we have.Aeard the
Van Bureni''-"With what foreign missions ., o,haa
ohSces are the ex>secreares, least the to anti;
Calhoun to be provided!"-"What can be H. s.
cause OF this resignation massers;, NOT th.s az
divisions in the cabinet respecting the C.lhoun nd "
buren, feuds and interests rendered further oin
cy IN the government nearly mpractcable; or foTeea
the President TO the extremity of clearing All tn 60
departmentS in order to procure come Concord 81
mutual confidence or to get rid of or two of tbe
Secrataries who had grown intolerably obnoxions,n
rs 1t supposed that the People can be blinded s a.
real causation and state of hingsa-"What en-sh IS
.erm Tor MI Van Burrens continuance the head Of
aHars IS implied in the Presidents little uosar.
20 ms regretfu! repiy-"Who triumphs on the vbnis
IN This case; it the back stairs cabinet the Waah;
ton Teiegrsph-the Anti Calhoun psrtyto
The point upon which are constrained to d;fF.,
NANNY with the President, 10 the suficencv Of tba
reason assigned by the Secretary for his withdraw.
Every one IF his predecessors was regarded -.
candidate Tor the office of President; and ne man Of
emlnence and capacity, as politician, can occunv
tne department, who will not be viewed in fbat
hghe This may be an inconvenience or an obstacle
m the administration of affairs; but it is an inevita,
Die incident, supposing the department To no nron.
ly filled. Mr. Van Buren, uses the term sshcE
jranchsSement in reference, we presume. to the
station of Secretary and no. to the Presiaentsbin
as 10 the latter, his resignation will not put him
So''~"'1
in good season, convert his present se-immolation
ito nm additional claim upon the faver OF the peo
pie. General Jackson, in the two Messages, com.
United also ssy-dt9raschfSement in relation to bis
place; argumentatively like Mr. Van BureD-bnt we
have him candidate again, at the spscis instance
of the Secretary. The vows of politicians are an
easily retracted those Of lovers; and reasons Of
stste-moves derived from the public woal---aprino
up instantly, whenever wanted
The iasuficienOy Of the President hrDselE-ths pre-
seriousness of his position a caDdid0te-the man
fold difficulty OF "gettisg along" with Chief Ma
2 srate able, from his deficiencies to be deeeive5
and controlled may, after all be the bottom of th.
ministerial explosion. When it became necessary to
throw up commissions, 1t also unavoidable TO ar
range nudes and pretVxte; to contrye declarations.
Of mutual admiration and regret; to task ingenuity
in short for clever mystifcation This is one OF
the evil consequences of Fictitious state OF things
of inefHciency where there is all responsibility,
and where there ought to be al intellectual and moral
6tness and reputation. 1t hos been ssrely felt in
France, with Lsus Philippe: pray that cabinaS