Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-08-24
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TUE ISLANDER AGAINST MR.. WEBSTER
Mr.. Webstcr's friends at Boston have conde.
seconded to answer the atrocious Islander put forth
against him by the second Washington, in the ia
vern porches of Virginia. The severity of their
commentary upon Jackson's conduct is not less de-
served than tremendous. IL is era indeed
in Presidential history when the tenant ef that au-
gust Office takes up the trade of common SANDER
err and subjects himself to che penalties of the law,
tor traducing the reputation of citizens as illus
trious, as he himself is nna,ely and radically,
mean. We have been told that reflections on the
character of the Chief Magistrate are calculated TO
injure the country itself in the eyes of foreign ma
TONS; but we presume every nsup, nlfcr ;ne ext;
bition of conduct in the President which would
disgrace the humblest citizcn-a,cr he is coos;c,ed
OF ISLANDERS gross and dclibcrats--wM admit that
it is time for all who respect the honor of their
country, to dcnouncc his conduct as offering VIC.
lcncc TO tho moral sense of the American Pconlc
Wa say Gen. Jackson is conuicted of SANDER
for no man will now believe that Mr. Webster en-
dorsed for Gales & Scaton or borrowed The
$4,000. He might have done either or both. and
yet have violated moral injunction-but he has
done neiiher-so that the Hero has supcraddcd nm.
qualified taisehood TO malignant traductiop
Inv
three correspondents of the Alexandria Gazette
one jackson man. who praised the Heros indie
Pendence and fraakness.
From The Boston Adrertiser
ale is reported to have said amonp other tbinrs
that lie had no doubt il would be discovered if snr
hcient investigation made, that many of the
prominent advocates the Bark Bill, were br;bed
Tor their support; and particularly that the Bank
had recently loaned Mr. Webster ten thousand
dollars, and had accepted him ALSO as cndorser for
Messrs. Gales ~ Scaton, for like sum. The pur
pose, for which these statements were made. is
sufficiently apparent
ain to his SANDER, and in addition TO the
mere seorn and contempt which it exces and
which is dcepcned by the high public situation of
tn" author, we authorized to say that sirce Mr.
Webster's residence in Boston, bills, acceptanccs
and other paper bearing his name have been dis
counted at the Bank of the United States more or
less frequently, every year, in the ordinary wov nj
business, as at other Banks, and never otherwise:
ana that no special loan, or accommodation, was
ever made to HIM, at any time, by the Bank or
any of its Offices the amount of single dollar
We are authorized further TO state that Mr. Web
ster is not endorser for Messrs. Gales & Saton at
tho Bank ofthe United States or elsewhere for
any sum whatever, and that he has no pccuniarv
connexion with those gentlemen of any kind And
we are Authorized and requested 10 add that there
| exists single circumstance, calculated in
the slightest degree, TO soften the aspect of this
talsehood or to apologize for its uttcrance
elf the report of the Presidents conversation he
correct, the people of the United Stutes have now
the modification o. seeing, that their chief napis
trrt" ENTHUSIASTICALLY made himself VIGOROUSLY an
obect OF mirth ii scorn Is Ms habitrcl tone or
conversation In his own house, cannot travel so
miles from home, without degrading his office, and
disgracing his country, by his exhibitions of rude
ness and vugary su!jecting himself, at the same
time, chief magistrate ofthe mutton though he be
to the animadversion of those laws civil or crimi
nal, whicn are designed to maintain the peace of
society, and to protect the reputation ofmdividuals
against the want onness of SANDER and the malip
nifty of fasehood"