Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-24
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short letters to the People of Penn.
sy'ania' TO which ho attaches his signature; one
informing them that he has been ut Harrisburg, and
is of opinion that George Wolfe make, quite rood
governor; the other, that he has been ut Washing
,o"' ana thinks that jackson makes a sharp Prcsi.
aent. There is prevailing these letters spirit OF
bland selEcomplacency, which gives one pleasing
idea ofthe happiness their author derives from that
source 10 make his opinions known, and to est..
dish their genuneness by his real signature, as
SWAIN nuthenticates his Panncea, evidently mp.
pears TO Mr. 1ngorsoll to DO final and conclusive of
the point in hand.
To couple of paragraphs il, his short President.
lal letter, We wish to invite Mr.. Ritchie's attep
ton:
Inc long and intimate connection (says Mr. In
gersolD have had with the cause of domestic i'm.
dustry and my settled conviction that it's proto ction
- essential to tho Independence and prosperity of
TINS country, induce me at the present nome nj,
al, endangering the Union ITSELF to submit TO NV
fellow citizens, especially of my native city and
State, the reasons which convince me that to sup-
port the present Administration is the surest means
oil maintaining what is called tho American Sys
tenn, and the union of these United States, on
which the only practicable American Systcm alto
gether depends.
''Residcnce ut the Seat of Government dnr;no
considerable part of the late session of Congress.
afforded me continual opportunities of beng salts
ficd by personal intercourse with the President
otherwise, that Gene, al Jackson has we'll consider
ed the subject, is well informed in its principles g.
details, and nhexibly determined to sustain by his
official and personal influence, every branch Of e,
sential manufactures"
We wish, we say, to command Mr.. Ritchie,s at.
tention to this paragraph Is it true7 Is Jackson
nfexibly determined to sustain by his official and
personal influence. every branch of essential manu-.
faetures!" Aye or moi If it be true, why has the
fact been concealed from the people of Virginia,
Why has his hostility to protection, been over and
often proclaimed and rs-echoed through the Enaui.
rer' Why have his concessions to manufactures
been represented extorted by the necessity of the
times, while his personal opinions and secret SYM
pathies were represented as eoincident with those
of Virginia and tho SOUTH
We ask, however, very simple questions. All
men know Why these things have been done. Fiom
the date of his "judicious" letter to Dr. Coleman.
system of electionee ring in favor of Gen. Jack.
son has boen carried on moro dar inglv and fraudn
lently corrupt, than a"y known in party history
The basis of this system is the profound and ..iu.
dicious" obscurty in which he has yelled his senti.
ments on the great questions of the day Take the
Maysville Veto, and defy the most skilful critic
friendly or inimica to the power and constitution
aiity OF improvements. Take the Bank Veto. and
he will find precisely the difficulty; and str
king proof OF the fact is that his partzans in the
south are at this very moment, sustaining him for
taking the old Republican ground of the unconst,.
tutionality of National Bank while in Pennsylya.
MA and other places he is brought off as having re-
cognizcd the constitutionalty and expediency Of
some Bank, although he has vetoed this and his
approval of such an institution at future time con.
hden.ly asserted His measures are in the manifest
sympathy and assimilation with his messages; for
as In the last he approves in one paragraph and
condemns in the next, SO in his measures. he does
at one session Of Congress and undces at the sue.
ceeding!
We have long raised our voice to protest against
this fraudulent concealment of his sentiments bv
the Chief Magistrates; an officer whose every OPT
mon ought to be known to his constituents. But
IN vain! The system of slectioneering for him I'D
on opposite grounds in States of opposing opinions
IS too advantageous to bs renquised, and too well
countenanced by his own equivocations, to be en-.
tircly overthrown. Mr.. Ingersoll, it is seen. is
signing his own name to declaration of Jack
sons nalienable devotion to Protection; we shall
not be surprised, if tomorrow, Mr. Richie swears
he is up to the hub with Virginia, against it. Par
tzan profigacy is but toe well encouraged and sc.
eonded by Presidential duplisity. AS has always
been the case. is now, and will be- 1--WE fear,)
the People are the dupes.