Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-15
P0a1TsEI2I.

From tie Utitei States Te,sgrapi.
We invite The attention OF our readers TO the
'"u"W nG extract of II letter To the editor. la
o'den times, the father ate sour grapes which
put the childrcms teeth ON edge; hut we it sccus,
I'VE M an age when the sins OF brother arc To be
Nsited upon brother. Unless much Gel
we'd Dr. Fmdlcy viii find that he has talked too
tIst
FR,>KroRr, Nv, 2Sth MAY, 1892
friend upon whom every reliance NAV be pla.
ccG, furnishes tho following additional testimony
OF Nlairs Inconsistencies and regeneration:
preston Blair when the editor of the Argus.
and when the Jackson party who were monppoii.
eng the exclusive honor OF being tho special and
only iruc friends of Internal improvements and
before the necessity OF the and tho force OF
circumstances and POLICY had compelled them to
swallow the roio. aud themselves with il. and To
declare that the sun OF Executive wisdom had dis.
peeled all tle gloom and mist, Which they found had
heretofore shroudcd their minds. and caused them
Ehudntty to commit cnUrmjtics and transgrcSsions
AGAINST the constitution O." their country, for which,
IN deep ropcn' aucc aud humi ity, they now bow
1t the .vct-'f the "2rtdcSt ait bsSt," whi-t thrir
voices break forth IN pTlns of thanksgiving for
thcir deiivcrancc from the dominion Of darkness
and deluSion. and the bCScttug sin of ignorance
to winch poor Cyring murtIls an IcTSUu Of patron
age and oticc, liable. l say about those
times, and when tho ne%s had just eachcd here
81 the passage OF the Mlysvic road bill, hut be-
tore the President had acted upon IT, tho aforesaid
editor spent social evening ut the house of a
commenced conversation with several gentlemen
trends of Mr.. Clay, on the subject OF the bill, ana
tauntingiy and aNutingly claimed it as un cxclu-
SlFe and muniiiccnt measure of the present adm
nistrstion, in hcstowing Mt once what Mr. CLAW
had been spou;ing about for years without effect
my any thing--,nd happily and fully furnishing
The most positive and ample testimony to rcfuto
The charge made by Clay and his friends, that
Jackson and his party were unfr;cndly to internal
improvements.
lie, then, in very decided terms consured and
cend"nrne" the vote of Judge Bibb in the Senate.
as unpardonahlc, and which could not bu iusil. ii
upon democratic principles That he Mr. Bibh
had been positively instructed by the Legislature
TO vote otherwise than he had; and that he mus.
nave known, from the repeated expressions Of pub.
TIC sentiment, that a. least two thirds of his co,,s,i
HentS were IN favor of the system, not only
nighly p"hIc, but strictly constitutional: that i'm
iact the latter ground of objection could not nov,
be considered dobatcabc, il ha wing so often rccci
Ell tho sanction of a large minority of the Unicd
States, and that if Judge Bibb could OF vote Tor il
because OF constitutional scrgD!cs he cupbt IL, hnvo
resigned; especially as lie had bocn elected to Tho
senate, upon an express belief and UNDERSTANDING
on the part of the Legislature that he was friend.
~ TO internal Improvements, and would support
them i'll his official character as Senator: and mi
withStandirg his friendship and high esteem for
Judge Bibb-hc thought he had sacrificed hmseIrbv
the vote he had gwen, and that an Editor, he
would come out against him and condemn his
course But III few days behold the rcto comes
purposes and patriotic indignation. Van Burcn's
Pdn"oca was speedily administered, which bcin;. So
UatIVe and anttspasmodic i'll lis effect, harmonzed
INC veto with his conscience aud his stomach and
mad1 nm what he now is, the dwelling hypocri,c
Snd vie calumnlntor, of men and principles, that
were once the subject Of his culogy and prutesscd
devotion.
Dr. Findlcy of Stanford in this State, son Of
=, very worthy clergyman of that place staid in
,his place last night on his way TO Missouri, where
he is going "poSt hdSie," in order TO establish a
residence there on the 9th of next month in order
TO evade the objections which tho Senate have to
confirming appointments where tho nominee is
sent from one State to another Immediately
upon Inc arrival at Palmyra, Missouri he will adj
dress letter t" the President, ho thcrcupon has
PROMISED TO diSploce your brother from tho office
OF Recelvor of Public Moneys, and nominate him
10 inc senate Such pititul corruption and in.
trlgne IN a President is beneath criticism and
n ."n no comment. findicy seems to he a very
talkativc Jacksonian, and communicated tho f,o,,
here stated 10 gentleman of undoubtod ysracitv
and known To yourself.