Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-09-21

wh9n he said THIS, did you nxposa to sps the
Sustcm House Officers IN Phiiadeiphin and New
iork, establishing newspapers Gus 81 their sula.
'ss' 'he Federal oBcers in Kentucky and Ohio
particularly, the most active mcmbess of his elect
ioneer'ng Committees, and all the United States
oeiuged with his official paper, paid Jsr by tie Of.
jfce hol9ers7
OH did NOT expect IL. Ycu never souid have
expected that professions 90 patfiotie promises 20
iair could have ended 10 porpctup,iag ss,dibcrsas
ing, theycry abuses Ta5nst which theysSwsre d.
rected. VIII any no Isl man ask his SMahsr to
witness what he says md deny this TO be the case1
Was not Rctrenchmey Promised, and have wa not
increased expenditure Was not Reform pro.
mised, and docs not lie very word now provols
sneer1 Was not n able Cabinst pron;,ea
and had We not Eaton sisd Branch7 Was no, .ba
interfercncs Of fedora Officers and federal patro
mage with State cleo sx 20 ~ amended, and did
ibis country ever wi before the scandaious
spectacle OF subordi' federal Officers, openly
engaged in electioneg &, ranking newspapers by
thousands, contFihpt !. 10 q common fapd for
oiec'ionesring Purfo ?. setting zip newspapers,
and penetrating spc,ss, hnn,lets or tho East
the North and the Vest, with 'partizan ul,,,.e
ISLANDERS and lie.7
But why purs,- tl.s iilvestigatioaf Let us "a.
ther challenge a pr ,is of tl,e ISeto In e4bibi,
one promise fulhllsd,sone profession which no has
not violated one Sbuse charged upon Mr.. Adams.
which docs not now oxist, and exist in an exsgger.
ated form.
You hare been disappointed. You are disgust.
cd: Deny it not, for to deny it, is to deny your
own capacity and patriotism.
You continue TO support Jackson only from the
pride of opinion, and the vanity of consistency,-
You do not like TO acknowledges that you were
mistaken. You hate to confess that you were in
the ,crong when you voted for him. But for this
Weakness of our natures, citizon worthy of the
name, would or could vote for jackson. His sup
porters would be reduced to tro classes-the Office
holders and hunters who expect something from
HIM, and the prohigate, who in the earlier scenes
OF his private life, discover congenialty which
naturally allies them to him.
1t has ever been remarkable and unaccountabc |
to US, why you should be found pulling the plough
for Rnchie, Daniel, and that party in the East who
rule, or are supposed to rule, the movements of
this Stale Certain leaders among you-and tre
could point to the nlen--have very good reasons
for it. They wantt be Councillors, Judges, &c.
and they imagine, and perhaps imagine truly, that
ititchie q Co. can help them to their Wishes
John Randolph said New England had her dough
faces, and 80 have you. But the People
that the People wcst of the Mountains,
should blindly aid to accomplish tho political
schemes which are Matched here and at Albany in
altogether surprising Let them revert to the his
tory of the Conrention-let Thorn turn to the legis
lation of the State-and see what favors they owe
to the dominant party in the East that they should
now be helping the views of Richie, Daniel,
Dromgoole and that political party.
Again-we ask them to examna-we ask the
counties of Harrison, Monongalia and Brooke
Western Virginia to examine, who arc the men in |
the East, WHO HAVE STOOD THEIR RIGKrs-not |
from interested motives, for interest was sacrificed
but from solemn conviction that their rights were
founded in immutable justce2 Who have stood by
them through every crisis, and every cost? With
very few exceptions, they the same men who are
now opposed to jackson, and who have evor stood
opposed to that Eastern influence which has shorn
the West of its just power in the Government-
we urge not this circumstance entitled to 80
much weight, that for it, you should sacrifice n
enlightened preference for Gen Jackson. But,
when you can have such preference-whon YOU |
are supporting him without regard to your ouon inte-
rests and in opposition the very principles upon
which you before voted for him, wo claim some con.
sideTatioh for the circumstance. We claim at least,
that 1t shall prevail upon yo1 pause enquire sim
cerely of your minds, what solid grounds of
preference exist for Gen. Jackson, and induce you
to review the whole question