Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-31

ned body OF mon in the world, majority OF whom
were ms political associatcs-the man whose rePu-
tatlon is 50 odious that his nomination as wee
President has already created schism IN the party
oil which ho aspires to be the head ana iea'cr-
inns man, by practicng the serve arts Oh the cour-
TER, has obtained an asccndancy over reh jack
son, the dclctcrious effects of which nave long
been visible and will be felt, if not speedily arrest
ed by the defeat of both, for years TO come. lie
must, indeed, be blind who docs not see mat the
whole policy of General Jackson ana oil those
who supposed TO be most conversant win nus
views and TO speak his sentiments is directed
steadily to the advancement OF ono opJec',--ahu
that object is the election ot Maruh van ooren us
his successor. Strange indeed, that one VINO Is so
scnsitivcy alive 10 tho "hocdom oil elections
should not only exert the patronage OF the govern
mcnt, but even bend the interests OF the country,
to promote the elevation OF the court Jdro1ic TO
the Presidency, after the purple SHAH nave lost all
charms for himself shall have been placed be
You'd his reach,
Tho course pursuedby General Jackson, in rcla-
ton to the Tariff laws, is likewise strong evil
dencc OF his disposition to Pal'er with the people
IN double sense. Without pretending 10 express
any opinion with regard to the consttutionaliy or
eXpcdicncv of the Protective System, we do con-
tend, that a question OF such vital importance,
the sentiments of candidate tor the high oihce oil
President should not be matter oil speculation and
doubt. Ii they he 50, after he has had opportuni-
ties of making :hcm known, it is combination
strong as proof of Holy WRIT" that his designs
purely selfish and anti patriotic-that the end
he aims ut is his own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and moi the
good of his country. Gen. Jackson has had OPP
portunics afforded him of revealing his opinions
to the people, both before and since his election
to the Presidency. But he has taken care to deal
in generacs slonc--dcclaring that he is in favor
Of "ludcious," lariii-a term very judiciOuSiy
selected, it will be admitted when we reflect that
it accords well with the views OF the Pcnnsylva
MIA prohibionst as the free trader of South Carroll
ma. Yet, this is not the worst feature of his con
duct; since, although the word was wisely chosen,
1T may have been done so, without any design on
the part OF tho President deceive the people,
has been frequently and plausibly imputed to him.
But how shall we account for the strange incon.
slStency between his r0teS United States
Senator, and his doctrines as laid down in late
celebrated Message? For examples In his Mes
sage after abiding TO the dangers which impcnd
over our Union, and lmputing them to
an abandonment i'll our legislation of the lcgiti-
mate objects of government, he declares with
coideRt reference to the Protective System,) that
many of our rich men have not been content with
equal protection and equal benefits, but have be-
sought to make them richer Ivy acts of Congress-"
VIII 1t be believed, that as member of the u >.
Senate he gave all the aid in his power to tustcn on
the country the very policy which in his Message
he thus severely condemns and tine conception of
which he attributes to motive Sc basely criminal?
If tbs Tariff System he the miscellaneous offspring
of course ofegislation uuwse and corrupt, then
the President must not hope to escape his just
share of the eboquy which belongs to its origina-
tors and supporters. IN any event, however, his
contradictory views and opinions in relation to it,
are sufficient to convince all rejecting men that
he is either deficient i'll Judgment, that he is des-
titute of those fixed opinions of policy and settled
constitutional principles, without which, the ad-
minIstration of the government must be variable
and uncertain and the people constantly "perplex-
ed with the fear of change"
The veto on the bill re-chartcrng the Bank of
the United States opens wide field for commenta-
ry. But, justice could not be done TO the subject
in the brief space of an Address of this character,
in which such variety of topics necessarily
embraced. Suffice it to say, that in that Message,
as IN almost every other important official act of
the Presidents brief career is to be traced the in
sidlous operations of that 'malign influence" which
has followed him since his elevation to the
Presidency 1t may not be unimportant however,
to remark, that, while the President denies the
constitutionality of the Bank charter presented
to him for signature, he afirms his willingness TO
prepare project of institution, if not similar in
ITS details, at least Identical in principle with that
which is pronounced to be unconstitutional. With
out pausing to admire the modesty of this assump-
ton of superior political experience of greater fl
nancial skill, and of a more profound and compre-
hcnSlve intellect than is to be found in the two
Houses of Congress, let enquire in what part Of
the Constitution does the President find authority
for his unborn scheme, which will not alike
tain the bill which he has vetoed? If the President
can find any such provision, then we will admit
that his ingenuity is equal to his modesty We will
not mputc to him i'll his evident anxiety rather to
change the character of the Bank Charter, than to
put down the institution itself, wish to bring that
vast moncycd institution with the hundred ewes of
Argus and more than the hundred arms Of Briare-
u.s. extending from the central scat OF it's influence
TO the extremties of the Union, under the control
of the President, and thus increasing, to unima-
ginabie extent power Il patronage already fearful
ly formidable although, in TRUTH it seems difficult
to find any other motive for views which are rcpu-
dated by the good sense, and rcutcd by the prac-
teal experience of ninety hundredths of the
rejecting portion of the community.
}sutIy cbp,ilH fI,ic
alike inconvenent and uprotitable were we to emu
moratc all the well founded objections to the re-e-
lection of Gen. Andrew Jackson which crowd
upon our minds, together with the reflections
which suggest themselves they mentioned.
1t must suffice, therefore, say in addition to the
foregoing observations, that
He has corrupted the sources of all political in
tclligencc, by bostowing lucrative Offices on hume
rous Editors OF newspapers, a reward for the
services rendered by them in that capacity-lnea-
surfing the value of the reward by the extcnt of
the prostitution.
He has corrupted the sources of legislation,
by comforting on various members of Congress, of
hces OF greater emOumcnt and of higher dignity
than that of Representative, thereby buying their
votes Oh the floor Of Congress, and their influence
always too great, with their constituents. And
this too, Notwithstanding he had asserted previous.
ly to his own election, that such a course of 20.
Icy must necessarily engender, if it did not spring
FROM corruption!
lie has denounced the doctrine of Notification
in South Carolina, while with a consistency pc
cuar to HIMSELF he sustains those who carry the
doctrine into practice in Georgia.
He has recommended distribution oftho surplus
Revenue dmoug the Statcs,-a measure than which
none be more seriously detrimental to their
prosperity fatal to their sovereignty as contend.
cd for by the State Rights party, of which Mr. Madi-
sons celebrated report is the creed and himself the
foundcr-whiIc, at the same time, Inc Processes
to 90 beyond Mr.. Madison himself in his devotion
to the doctrines Of that party.
lie has removed hundreds Of competent officers