Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-10-26

'Ihc interests of this State are well underst God
oy tho citizens and the Constituted Authorities, and
'hey have been made known with a disinctncss and
uhanimi'y which could not be misunderstood.
ALL our members OF Congress-, but ono, and
ALL our members of the General Assembly, in ODE
hence to the well known wishes OF their constitu.
ehls' declared that tho continuance Of the Tariff
ana the rechartering OF the United States Bank,
were, above all things most desired by Pcnnsylva.
ma as vitality important to her prosperity. What
mas been the result? President Jackson--who
owes so much to Pcnnsylvania-and his Cabinet
III winch There rs no PcnnsylvaDian-havc labpured
necessarily to have changes mslo in the Tariff
greatly against the interests OF Pennsylsauia and
'hi' oojcct they have attained. With respect to
INC re-chrtering of the Bank of tho United States
large majority of both Houses of Congress agreed
wan the State of Pennsylvania and passed Bill!
Tor that purpose. This Bill was rejected by the
tfesidcnt--he declared it should not pass, and re
fused to give it his signature. These things would
seem TO evinco in the President obliquity Of
IN nd, Or settled and determined hostility
interests, aud total disrosrec,, If not studied
contempt, FOR the wishes nj citizens and con.
'tituted authorities.
"His rejection of the Bank Charter, however
injurious, M hit have been tolerated, had bc not
chosen to couch it ~ such offensive an arrogant
language, and To mix up, with the rejection, opin-
IONS the most dangerous and Unconstitutional, on
the most important subjects. refer, in more es-
pccial manner, to what he has thought proper to
say of the TARIFF and the decisions of the Su.
premc Court. When read the unsound, ard un-
trines held forth by the President in relation to
the opinions and decisions OF the Supreme Court,
my mind invoiuntarily reverted 10 his contempt
Tor their decree III the of the state of Georgia
for having nnjustly and cruelty imprisoned the
missionaries, who had gone amongst the Indians
to instruct them ia Gospel truth, and who even
now unaccuscd Of crime. They, the ministers of
the meek and owly Redeemer, are left To languiSh
III u dungeon, for no other offence, if offence it
may be called, that have ever been able to ascer
tain, than tine having labored to do the will ofthcr
Master, and because President Jackson has no,
carried into effect the decision oil the Supreme
Court.
GLOW entirely, and in how many instances. he
has set at nought the advice and consent Of the
Senate, arc matters of suci notoric prscludes
The necessity of my dong any thing than re-
call them to your memory, as well as the fulflIncnt
10 the letter, of the prediction Of Senator Benton,
that eff General Jackson should ever DC elected
Prcs;dednt of the United States, the Congressman
would have TO legisate with pistols in their belts"
l well remember. when the letter of Benton was
published and repnblishcd, years ago, that | regard
cd !; as mere effus:-H OF ignorance and nrslice
Nothing bat facts, stubborn, we'll anthcnticat cd
irresistible facts, could have convinced of the
true character OF General Jackson s II has been
exhibited since he has become Chief Magistrate of
our country, tn tho great loss of character aud
wealth. and 10 the shaking of the very foundation
Of our constitution, and whole System OF policy.
Excuse me, my good friend, for having trou
bcd you 18th diiiusive statement of Tie prom-
nent causes which have induced me to change my
opinion of General jackson, and to come with
some reluctance, to the conclusion that neither his
education, his requirements, nor his previous ha-
bits have, in any wise. fitted hi for the station
which he after experience and i'll violation Of
his pledge, dcsi es to be reelected.
''Y on and orr irier DIS have been brief and al
low nae 10 say guarded, in your letter, that
should feel somewhat a loss to determine
whether you have or have not made up your minds
20 vote against President Jackson, If j did not
know that you and all your family firmly.
tsete'i TO democratic principles, anti the Amer
icon System; and this knowledge induces me to
conclude that you will not by your votes, do any
thing which would risk the dissolution OF the Uni
on, and the alinost CERTAIN ruin OF Pcnnsyivania
TO your attachment to an individual"