Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-22
,per County, March I7th, 1881.
FoR TIE WING.
TO TlIE pEDpIE Oh, A,In nIn.

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Among ia" many strange and STARTLING cveptv
winch we the people have been called to witness
st''' We" Jackson mas been placed at the head OF
,'c ueheral Eovernmeat, and 10 which we have
oecn requested 10 place the seal of approtation-
thcr" Is not ono TO my mind. better calculated IN mr.
rest TIE attention or excite the Indignation of sensible
and rejecting people, than the appointment and thu
circumstances attendant upon the appontnen, ~
John Randolph, as Minister to Russia
One OF the prncIap grounds of objection IN tbo
administration of Mr. Adams (if there was any prin
epic involved IN the opposition.) was tina, money
public money, was ayishly expended for tho nu,noS,
OF rewardlng unworthy and incompetcnt ,ndiv1JroI
That regard was had more the complexion of tho
PohucaI OPINIONS OF the party appointed, than his
competency TO discharge the duties of the station to
"iuch nc was called Ii was commended thar A.
Adams should have known, from the arc and ,nfn,,
nc OF Mr. hng his inability to discharge the duties
OF Minister to England; that his appointment WINS n
Useless and prodIgal expenditure OF public monoy
And we were told and promised if Gen Jnckso,
should De- elected, 1t would prove poIiticoI N,Il
hium--that old things would be made new-bis a1
m'ns'ration would be conducted upon prnciplcs m.
very antIPodcs of that Of Mr. Adpms-co1rr,nD,; 80
should be banIshcd from Wasbinoton,bo po'
mcht administered upon principles as brjob1 ne Tho
h""h-day sun, and as pure the snow whom fire, -
touches the mountain TOP '' l.
he time has al last arrived whom Tho ro, T.,
ri%ht To- EXPECT al least glimpse Of this m;soJ
iahd. Yes, The time has come when Gen J,cLsou
an" MS FRIENDS must redeem their PROMISES the nor
PIE par icuafiy OF Vrgnia.) WILL no longer be caio
allow ba,,o
right to know, why tho present pilot pursrnS o,.,r
lhe same course, so loudly complained of upon for.
mer voyage P''' 'o'-
But we will drop the metaphor, and approach dj-
rcctIy the subject Lot any candid and re1ec,;n,
man of the Jackson party, ask himself WI, h.s
t'cn. Jackson done to redeem the promises mndo ~
"'Pe"P'c ov himself and friends, Has he not eycrci
sea powers which he condemned in Mr. Adams, Haze
nc not exercised those very powers in rlorc o1;,c
tonable manner aud brought into practical onor,;i
Pr!ncIP!c which was denounced MS gross attemnt
on the part of Mr.. Adams TO violate the cons,tn,ps
III thc pace OF Ministers shall be sent :" as bcny
W,hih the Executive competency, as asserted Nv M
Adams-we have Minister sent n Treat, ccyrai
dcd ana the Senate and Country as little oonr,e.J ~
the tact until the treaty Is presented for ratification
d. We arc OF INC place ID which the clouds of the last
summer may be found. Wv '''
Again, Gen Jackson appoints Mr. P,,do,ot,
n'i9tcT 10 Russia, with advice and consent or ,bc
''Ha'e blt carefully keeps ont Of view. from TIM,
opny me iact that he the President has Stimulated
WIN MI Randolph, that if he should consider n NO.
c'sSnfy Tor the benefit Of his health he NAV fy H.
tC,'dchce IN Italy England, or the South of France
WIN TINS understanding Mr. Randolph accents tho
appointment proceeds TO st. PcicrsbuIrh, and nc
c"rdIng To one version, stays ten DAYS and IN nnotbc
twenty udd' ut that cnpfo-nnd then Wi h an Ill
CEN haste bordering uP1u unuliipn returns tn Ion.
n"r' thc place ~ al! others. most conoeninI 10 H.
.""S3 S"u principles J think It will scarcely bo
.o.t iIu Us elhcr by NJ Z. his friends that his
residence at ~. Petersburg was of suaicicnt io,h
W uu' ior%c I'M or them TO say that his indsnosIon
|os attributable 10 the climate Even Mr. William
INC Ministers fac totum, will not venture upCn
sucn an apology. 'PO"
tut u TO- every candid Jackson man to saw WIN,
WonIu have been the opinion of Mr. RandoInb bas
l' nopms awarded to Minister the privilege which
nc mas Occn bold enough to ask, and Gen. eIoctsor
10 grant. bc II remembered that Thu, rn,ssion 49,,
goI up ana inc resident Minister displaced, TO NAL
way nor MI H. The fact announced to the eo""iTy
bns,, ~ wIS 10 or sent on special and important
g, .nr Court OF the Autocrat of all tho Rpssas
',u,cIy zen Jackson and Mr. r have nc,cJ -" T..
T, , Ipon belief that there Is nothing TOO rross
suppose that even the memory of his Oil cI u1,'
,h Cn"u nc'p thc'n) Is like scrawl written uno,
to sea o9 shore to be oberaed by The first comm"
men, sneemL ne must have supposed h,s relrcncI.
tI, II'Ln ma !tr principles were safely loJocJ 80
m a t9lno o The Capuots That his Chorl1,,c T. VI
T1n forgotten the whole doctrine of the Wc Do,,cS
r' wncn nc boldly ventures to put his land , "o
'''''y u VIC ~ States and take ,hcrcffor,