Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-24
Extract Of q letter from friend, dated
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that which has just taken place at Washington? The
people here perfectly astounded. Even tho very
Jackson folks do not know what to think of it, or what
TO say. at first they said hoax: now they are
petrifed with astonishmept al agree that Old Mch-
Dry viii not do for second term, and not few saw
he ought resign instaner. The old gentleman an
to have too great burtheu upon his shoulders
and his public life has reached the very crisis which
produced the Withdrawal of hord Wellington. but
doubt whether be will follow his example.
In the present miserable state OF things what plorf
resource have In Wr. CLAY. All ewes arc
turned upon him. BE is tho naton's 1ast best hope,
and the good people of Pittsburgh now With one voce
acknowledge it. Tho great Philadelphia nomination
well-tined 1t seems to have been providental
Pennsylvania acW go for Clay. cannot doubt it;
and have enjoyed good opportunities for forming an
opinion Jacksonisrp is going down faste: that it
went np."-Ecptnckg RePWteJ.
a Reason WASTED. --The peopie Of tho United
Staestbai portion at least who ID private life,
and were dEsirods Of seeing the ''AuGeua stable
clearly swept by hickory heson-are new auSi-
ous to bear one solid reason for thP re-Domnaton
of President Jackson 2be custom house, the past
Offices, she public ageBoies abroad and at bone the
atorneyship. ths crrfsbus tho printing Offices, upd
all other ships aDd Offices arc By this time one would
imagine, pretty thrcughly purged. Fye know of no
branch of the public service that has not been ran
sacked ucd reformed inside and out Phe broom of
publication has been Wirled through them al With
a tremendous swcep--an the rats and spiders ard
cockroaches have been dislodgpd aud expelled
their snug holes and corners have been Wbitewashed
funigated, and chlQriudted- and their places are
! now occupied oy Inc puTGSJ anu sweetest patriots
to be found the flee of this muntlane sphere.
FheTe IS not left, for the few dsin gres-
ted cTYm cat cheers, who still wait at Che admins
trations el6ow, perfectly ready to avail themselves,
with all imaginable olacrity, of any accidental
chance TO enter upon the service of their G6lordd
country. If every thing in the premises has not
! been fully accomplished, according to the demands
of the people and Nc party, The rcnssness cannot be
imputed to of time. There was much to do,
we Concede; but two years is a long pfriod. II
aught remains 10 be done, let 1t be finished in the
name of Reform, within the two years to Come,
1T is therefore, quite desirable, when the people
have been thus graGed to the utmost extent OF their
demands--or ut least when If we may be allowed
tn Judge of the future from The past) abundance
of space remains, wherein all contemplated i'm
proponents in these matters may yet be brought to
pasa--it is desirable, repeat, that those who
hold Up the president for election, should render,
in favor of such proposition, some subsgntiaL argu
ment.
4 In an especial sort do the people of New York
require such a reason. By the constitution which
has been eolemuly adopted the rule Of orr poiti
cal faith we haze set bounds to human capacity for
lpuruoses Of government. We have marked the
precise moment in the age Of man, beyond which we
thold him incbmpetert TO exercise the functions Of
civil magistrate. We have declared all citizens
above the age Of sixty years to be melt
pible 10 Office. Now shall we deny to the citizens oil
New York, privilege ola faculty which shall
at the same time grant TO citizens OF other states?
Shall we declare tbst "Martin Van Buren, The favo
ofholdiug a Iudgeship from the moment he arrive
at the political clanpcteric thus defined; while we as
gcrt that Audrey Jackson shap bS relnsfate9 " tn