Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-04-22


declaration, that this Administration with The candid
had more than filed the expectations entertained
Of it? What think you must be his frontlcssness
who occupying such station, addressing himself to
a People such the American People, at such u
crisis standing on the very runs caused by the Ad-
mnisration, would coolly address such declaration
to the world' More than fulfilled expectaton!-
Yes he has--wc ask Mr.. Van Burens pardon Gen.
Jackson has more than fulfilled eXpectaliUu-nGt
however, the expectation of his friends, but Of his
opponents Doubtless, the Secretary appeascd his
conscience by he secre; reflection, that in one sense
if not its obvious sense, his declaration was true
His enemies expected ability in the Government at
least if they dstrusted intentions, and feared sin
lister ends-they have seen nothing but stupidity and
abortion They expected some attempt To Introduce
the Reform and Retrenchment So valiuntly threaten
ed-they have seen nothing, not even an attempt at
any thing but reased expenditure, and profgate
rewardng of tools and partzans. They expected,
that according to the protested principles of jackson
and his nd of Reformers, the purity of Congress
would have been left uueontaminated by Executive
patronage, and the independence of the Press unn-
fiuenced by Executive tampcring-they have seen
more Members of Congress called to Office i,co
gears, than in 16 years before and part of the
Press reaching from one end of the Continent the
other, placed under the direct influence of the Trea-
sury, and responsive to the slightest wishes of the
Secretary of State. These were some of the thinns
they erpeced and this is the way their worst expec-
tations have been more than fulfilled Where they
expected meaiocrty, they have encountered absolute
insanity and folly-where some shouy of retrench-
ment, the most avowed and unblushng increase of
penditure-where, the realization of some of the
mighty promises of restoring the Jeffersonian era
the most audacous disregard of those promises in
action. Their expectations have been more than full
ignorant of public sentiment, or a calculating con
temner OF truth, would dare say that the expecta
tons of the ''candid" of Gen. Jackson's friends
have not been overwhelmed in mortified disappoin L
ment Many hero of the road, to achieve pos
luminous purpose, has swung with lie in his mouth
Influenced by considerations posteror to his exit the
Secretary of State has made his parting speech, i'm
itatng the example.
Inc fact of the resignation of the entire Ministry,
only, is known the secret motives, mot the ostensi-
be) which governed act so novel; are subjects of
public conjecture. Let look little into those of
Mr. Van Buren,.
The reasons he assigns to the President, are one
hing-his true reasons for the STEP another. Who
that knows the man. will believe that he has assinned
the true reasons? That they were to disembarra SIS
the President, promote the success of his admin
istra:ion, by Withdrawing an individual from the
Ministry looked upon competitor for the success
son2 who will believe, who can believe this piausi-
BILE, but most incredible pretence OF disntercsted-
ness? What is there in Mr. Van Buren's history, to
fortfy belief in its reality? What is there not in
that history, to make dscredit the hypocritical
assumption Federalist Cntonian, Bucktail,
Latudinarian, Unitarian; always shifting from
the weak to the strong sde deserving friends eacr-
hclng patrons; constant alone, to principle of cod
unrelaXing, unrelenting unsleeping selfsbness-who
Is there so willing and silly dupe, believe that
actuated by feeling of lofty patriotism, he has now
rehnquIshed the third station in the Government 10
harmonize the elements of the Cabinet, or to smooth
the progress of public affairs? The most ignorant or
the most gulible, can alone believe an assertion n,
war with his whole history, and unsustaned by any
parallel instance. His motives were no doubt, impc-
ous, or he would not have taken the step; what they
'Dere, IN truth, and in reality, the sagacious have
already penetrated. Mr. Van Buren, has been called
toi his political deNtery, the "Magican;" but he has
yet to acquire the most important faculty of ALL the
arS ceiGre Grtem Adroit in his operations, he wants
the capacity to disguise their purpose. He has TOO
much reputation for manag cement. He is pulled down
by the very qualities by which he has attained his en-
inence' Some writer ingeniously and Justly remarks
of him. that his reputation for manag cement, will de-
feat the end to which that management is directed
He is suspected Of selfish cunning and deMerity,
universally susPccted-and that suspicion will palsy
his aspirations.
The explanation of his present STEP is the simplest
imaginable. He has determined to dlsentanpe him
ssftrom a falling Administration. He quits it en- the
same principle, that rats desert sinking ship His
sogacity warns him of the inevitable ia te of the
Administration, and his bubitua prudence and sell
f5hncss seek safety in dcscron. IF he remained
his future prospects became inseparaby Incorporated
with thelrs' If Gen. Jackson should be abandoned
his Premier would necessarily share his discredit and
his retirement. 1.-THE Hero, the whole company ha-
wing quit the boards, should be enabled to collect
another corps more efficient, and in the two year:
to come, rctrive some Of that credit which he ha.
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