Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-16
MS of his country above the claims Of

ting the claims of his country above the claims Of
his party,
hc%oircd, That the resolutions bc signed by
VIC ircslGcE, and Secretaries, and published.
PETER SHARPE, President
ORvIILr L. Uoiiy, D.
M SAMUEL JouNsoN, '0''''i'o''
The Resolutions having been see ended, Peter r.
Livingston, Esq. and addressed the meeting.
+N''r lew remarks upon the rights of the people
TO assemble and express their opinions upon the
conduct oil public agents, he proceeded TO observe
'iat from the moment that this right destroy
CO. we might date the decline an d downfall Of the
republic The present OCCASION, ho said, all
important to those who valued liberty, loved their
country, and would perish in its defence. The
trainers OF the Constitution had deemed il wise to
check the ambition Of the President, by giving
me senate certain controui. What had the Sc
nate doncl They rejected minister and thcy
nad gwen their reasons. Read the speeches of his
ir'ehds, ana you cannot find who has given
reasons why Inc should not be rejected. Did Mr..
van Buren, go into the State Department as the
representative of party? If he did So he did.
his duty: Did he go there to destroy the "unbro-
ken 'front.' he spoke ofin 1927? If so, he accom-
piisheu ms OBJECT, most completely Look back
to that debate of 1897, and YOU will find that he
has been rejected upon the very PRINCIPLES
that he then advocated, but has since abandoned
mr Livingston went on to say that when
nation sunk her charac er, she ought 10 he bIo,tod
out ot the world: and that, in his Judgment, the
act OF the Senate in redceming the character of
the country, would be viewed by posteri.y as the
highest act of public fame. That act had been nc
conphshcd by the casting vote ofthe Wee Presi-
dent, whom, but for circumstance, he should
han as one of the first of patriots al knew" 81 id
Mr. IL. MIR. Clinton's opinion o this politician
MIR. V. hi He not only dciestcd him, but he alb.
herTed him,If he had left his political mantle be-
nina him, not one thread of il would wind itscl 4
around Martin Van Buren,"
Mr. IL. advertcd to the conduct of Mr.. Van Blu
rem IN 1924 during the Pr residential contest be-
tween Mcssrs. Crawford, Adams, Jackson, and
4 wi hn Il 4
then refused to give the choice of Electors to the
people, because he wanted to give the vote of
the State to Crawford, who had promised to make
him Secretary of State. No characte that ever
crawlcd the earth was abused, as General
Jackson then by him. Not even military
virtue was allowed him, although he has since
been approached with every degree of sycophancv
ana aduation. Mr.. L. remarked that it had bean
arranged between Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Van Bu-
rem before the latter nominated to be Govern
or, that he should receive the appoint ncnt Of Sc.
cretary of State IN the event Of Cen Us success -.
tlcr putting this State to all the expense and trou
bic OF an election, he deserted his post and left the
,reigns of government in the hands of Enos II.
lhroop. Before that time, lie. (AIr. I.) might
venture to that rcclv twenty persons in this
room knew who Enos T. Throop was--but wheh-
or he has not been found to be the nose Of wax,
which his manufacturers had expected, does not
remain to be seen. Mr.. L. solcmny warned the
meeting to beware Of intriguors, and concluded by
assuring the assembly that Mr.. Van Buren, was
Leld i'll cheap estimation South of the Potomac
as he was by the present meeting.
Tic question was here taken the resolutions
reported by the committee and they were adopted
with only one dissenting voice out of the whole
number present.
The meeting then adjourned.
nus has New Iork-thc first commercial CITY
IN the western world-pronouuced its voice, upon
tins subject, with degree of unanimity never be-
lore Witnessed here, and with Il tone and emphasis,
which may well make the mnions of power who
would barter their country's honor for personal
gam trcmhlc and turn pale at the contemplation
the storm which their folly had raised