Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-21
Tuesday Ecessiasg, .EixIy 80.

W writer who signs himself Justice" in the
enquirer OF this morning, labors TO vindicate the
IL governor in the affair of the Telegraph and
Republican. He thus commences: 1.-The Whg of
monday evening, contains long, !abored, and sin
gularly abusive article against the Lit. Governor.
because of the correspondence between himself
and the Editor of the Telegraph That sucb !,
piece should appear in the editorial department of
inc wing, does not excite surprize 70 all who
are familiar with the columns of the Wbiq tho
hatred of the writing editor of that pa per to the LIT
Governor, is well known-whether it proceeds
from the 1t Governors political hostility to CLAY
or the fact that he will not speak to the Editor. we
know not but suspect the truth to be, that both
causes operate, and each by turn prevails"
Hum! Had Mr. Justice mentioned that the Edit
or OF the Wing would not speak to L. Gov Daniel,
ne would have been quite near the mark. We
ADVISE The It. to put some constrant on his rritat
Gu temper. lie has done very weak and ridicul-
GUS thihg-no man is more conscious of 1t than he
himself since the Telegraph unexpectedly publish
GU ms ieter-and to expect to get out of the scrape
by personal or vicarious abuse of u.s. will only put
nun In tue condition of the monkey climbing the
tree-the higher he goes, the more conspicuously
VIII he exhibit his s'hinder end" Let him and his
friends, persist in heaping obloquy upon Gov Floyd
they will no doubt help him by it.
In one thing beg to set .Justice" right We
do not hate his Vice Excellency. We never hated
man since we were born. We sometimes won
der we cannot hate some folks as we think they
deserve We do not mean to set up for the s'amia-
BILE" neither. We pretty much like the great
majority of mankind--a few good qualities and
host of bad ones. But we will tell Justice how we
ards he I,
self has touched the question: Pretty much then,
as towards the frog in Esop, who admired the huge
proportions of the OK. Selfconceit has pulled His
Excellency up far beyond the dimensions of his
abilities Had nature apportoned his talents to
the ratio of his pride and ambition, or the latter
to his intellect he had either assembled much high
err or not attempted to vault SO high 1t is but1he
natural consequence of his msmatched qualities
that none remarkable for pretension,
while many superior to him who assume moth
1ng that nothing exceed his hauteur to those
whom he considers his interiors, except his thinning
and dniabte bearing to those upon whom he is de
pendant. AS Sancho said he should do in his
government of Barataria, His Excelency is haugh-
ty to the humble, and humble to the naughty.
Justice must know, that we feel under no obhga-
ton at ALL to hate man for his political opposition
to Henry Clay. Heaven forefend! We should
have to hate majority of country men-to be
hating night and day. AT that rate we should have
no time to sleep, pastime to which the aforesaid
Sancho Panza himself not more partial than
the ''writing Editor" of the Wing. After all
however, we find no fault with Justice fer defen-
ding his friend. We like to see friends stick to
enc another: and certainly the Lieut. Governors
conduct since his 'brief authority" descended upon
him. needs all the defence his friends give him.