Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-07

ignorant, not only Of the causes Of that oven,
""i'h ne 'aiSs about, but Of tho men, and their
Po"uoai productions, whose agency in it, no is
f'''Seo 10 denounce SO harshly. Ho is in u fair
way oi putting the finishing thanksgiving the
coup dc grace"--to what remains of Mr.. Cal.
nouns popularity in this State. He thinks no
uouo'' mat II he can enlist Eastern Virginia for
Mr. Calhoun, it littlo matters for the rest, and
hrm IN this doughty purpose. he nhc,s mortal
Stabs on friends. and tenders the hug ratornal to
irrcconcilabe enemies, in the same spirit of un
ieeiing calculation. Let him go
unfortunately agitatcd in the Legislature"
who told hum that it was unfortunately ag,tated.
ny what evidence docs 10 judge7 BY tho plants
OF Appomatox2 They have fallen without tho
smallest impression upon the general His
alarms have frightened nobody, for Appomatox
himself, demonstrated the absurdity of fear. Why
or how, has the agitation been unfortunatc7 We
deny and repel the assertion. We aflim that the
great mass of Virginia herself triumphs that the
question has boon agtated, and reckens it glorious
that tho spirit of her sons did not shrink from
graphing with the monster. We aifim that in the
heaviest slave districts of the State, thousands
have hailed the discussion with delight, and con-
template the distant, but ardontly desired result us
Tho supreme good which benevolent Provdence
could vouGhsafe to their country. How shall we
characterize that presumption, which cmboldens
one, not citizen of the State to dcplore what In.
Representatives of her People have dona and de.
clare that it was "unfortunatcly" done? Presume
ton il is, and intermoddling wholly unauthorized.
"a few individuals operated upon by sordid and
political objects" Pray who were thsscf Will this
sapiont editor be good as to namo themi Were
they Randolph and Roanc, tho grand son and son.
OF Jefferson and Spencer Roano, the head and
front of the Democracy of Virginia in their time.
and these their descendants, large slave.holders7
Woro they Rives, Marshall, Boiling, Chandler,
Leigh King, Rutherford, Mayo, whose disnter-
es'edness is proved by their location? Were thew
the whole Western and Loudoun Delegation, they
and all that we have enumerated, differing among
themselves, and belonging some of them to all
the political parties of the Union? Is it likely that
Clay men, Calhoun men, Van Buren, men, would
all have been found engaged in the same political
plot! The charge is groundless. 1t ia q SANDER,
gratuitous and un mitgated. For whatever purpose
proPagated, or by whomsover invented, the voice
OF this united community will nail it TO the cour
err.
we have not room to multiply comments upon
this most unfair, most unjust, most ignorant, and
most lmpolitic article. From A to to H. there
Is not one proposition in it asserted speculativcly,
which is not untrue. The Editor of the Telegraph
dlPiays, throughout it, want of tact which sur
priscs, an ignorance of men and feeling which
amazof, and an illiberaty which disgusts us. One
word. How came he to publish Appomatox? Did
he insert 1t as partizan, and consequently, will
he exclude reply? or was he governed by the de-
sire to inform his readers, and conseousniI,, will
he republish some of those replies which preceded
and followed that paper7 We pause for reply,
and with some curiosity.