Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-11
Va. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST =, Isa.

not to admit eff very ready detection vigant
wa'chiuness, and preservation of your files arc
necessary TO successful exposure of your auosta.
cy.
Or, you have the audacity TO remind YOUR readers
OCCASIONALLY OF the old federalism which once pre-
val Gu III our land; and you charge these principles
upon the party opposed to Gen. Jackson have
.feu long enough to know, that were this even
rue' your opponents would still be the advocates
vi principles, purcr and better than Jacksonisui
U'ci mao claim to. Every Jackson man is a good
republican, whether he once belonged to the Fed
Gral party, Burr party, or minority party, and in
Geeu IL is prctfxmuch made up of all. / mean no
disrespect to tile Federal party now extinct; on
the contrary, L mover doubted that many of them
were honest IN their opinions, and there lives ar
TINS tmo, distinguished member of the old Foder-
d, party who, as L believe, is one of the purcst
hePuocans that ever lived in this or any other
J,un,ry, ana who possesses n mind and n heart,
which VIII adorn any party to which he can ever be
attached But sir, YOU have tlR efJronterv to tell
your opponents, or rather the Peopie ITO whom
you falsely speak for effect that the old Federalist
I,e III Tue ranks OF the opposition and that Jackson
mas no iorbearing spirit towards that class of pol
,i..is' are you acquainted, sir, with tho
history OF MIR. Woodbury.? Can YOU tell how
long since he embraced tho Catholic faitb7 Do
you remember Mr.. McLanc's defence of Boston
federalism In the House of Representatives. some
hve or SIX years agol Can you tell your readers
VINO MI Iany Is! And yet with known majority
OF the Cabinet of the old federal stamp, your bra.
zen pen continues to tell the people that General
jackson IS opposed by all tho old federalists will
say nothing of the dead, peace be to their ashes:
put VIII use the living freely, for the purpose of
convictng you of enough to destroy your credibil
,.y before the people Pray, sir, will you turn to
your files, from 1906 to 1915 and Give tho noonIo
lew extracts of what you then said of vour f,-
vorite the Russian Minister? Mailman. traitor
Ihgiishman, were too mild terms for YOU then to
uPPiy TO Mr. Randolph. Have YOU made any apol
ogy TO Mr.. Randolph for this languape which ar
Gol;o, 1
ialse at the time it was uttered? But Won have
iaeiy rebuked the opposition for using little things
Ssuch as lately presented themselves in the cabinet
Tor great purposes; and magnfying trRes into
questions Matchless impudcnce, You sir VII |
nave over and ov.r again, told the people that Mr.
LAY mad invoked 'cdr, pestHcnte, and famine upon
.he country, to take such ground! You, who
nave dared to stigmatise Mr.. Clay, because Heaven.
~ er pountlful favors to that great man, has made
nm an orator! AS well might YOU stipmatize him |
ior ms virtue: and dare say YOU will not hesitate
10 DO either the one the other as occasion NAV
require. SIR, do you really believe the people are
"a oois' he tiIne has been when the truth of n |
tiiig IN PLnt, was not doubted; but these DAYS are
soie ny. me opposition turning euery f,TRe TO
me" adoantage! Are you made of brass. sir?
nave you surrendered all respect for truth virtue
anu integrity! You, immaculate Sir, never look to
'iiheS' you seize upon vital points for argument: |
you take for your text at one time the renn,rs of
Gays Jehces, and at another, the remoral of
ms c0T@Stdl6S; these the great topics which uou
i'|uSS' you are lar above little things. When |
'hese won't answer any longer, should it be neces
sary You Will re-take up Mrs. Moulton's case with
flr' ADAMS, involving hundred and fftv dol |
lars which that good man was cheated out of these
are your great matters upon which Won relv. and
should Still more of these ghty and pitaL questions
De necessary, you resort to a billiard table of Chr
son memory, which certainly jeopardized the con- |
sttution for while, and nothing but YOU and vour
learned friend, from North Carolina, saved the
Union from dissolution at the time. Still failing
TO save State Rights from federal INVASION Won
next graVely seize upon table-orat0r, Il phrase of
the utmost constitutional Importance. All these
great questions have been ably debated through the
columns of the Enquirer; and which has given to
tnat paper a dignity unknown to Others Wbilsft
the opposition are seen bandyng about the triRing
question OF Violated reatieS corruption in the cab
met; Prostrdtion of the nations honor at Landau.
total 'ncompctency If General j. for President; a
surrender ot the government TO federal influence. |
&c. &c; whilst, L say, the opposition is engap
ed IN those little unimportdnt matters, you, sir
are engaged in the grave examination of theI
questions Just enumerated, together with MANY
others, such Ebony and Topaz, Lght-hous
es IN the sky, &c. &c; and when YOU have
properly digested them, you como out with learned
Gd captandem UuIgus: deceive vour
readers and cheat tho people, by making them be-
lleVe that you are COLOSSUS, standing over them
with enc foot the st. Lawrence, and the other
on the Gulph of Mexico, crying out State Rights,
SfateN Rights, | am your champion, you shant be
hurt. Sir for the present, I am done with vo.;
cast my pen from me in disgust NUIIA.
Judge Marshall