Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-10-12
For THE VIVA.


Messrs. Editors-The cause of the country, of
the constitution and of liberty, would be greatly
promoted if you would write u chapter on the beau.
ties md receptions of Jacksonsm. If the people
were made sensible of the frauds and hypocrisy
practised by the party they surely would not ad-
here to the inpos!ures. Begin, if you please, the
chapter at that memorable period. when Bu.
chanan, Eaton, Kremcr Markly. and their
ciates in Intrigue, were trying, by all the arts Of
coaxng, persuasion and threats, to induce Mr..
Clay and other patriots 10 vote for General Jack
ssn. Set forth in language such as you have at
comrnand-how that foiled in attempt, they
mrnc diatcly made cats paw of honest George
falsely to charge on Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Clay the
very dirty work they had been doing. How that
from that day to this, through the whole of Mr.
Adams administration, they have falsely attributed
to HIM and Mr. Clay the very faults, the very err
rors. of which they themselves are guilty Who
has forgotten the outcry raised by Governor Branch
in the Senate, because Mr.. Adams said he thought
the President had the poloer Qhough he would not
use it) to send Ministers TO Panama without con.
sulting Cengress' General jackson made this
said Branch member of his cabinet, and sent Mi
nisters to Consta ntinople, without letting either
House of Congress know word about it, until tho
treaty was laid before the Senate for ratification
Pray what had become of Mr.. Braneh's horror at
Presidential usurpation? Who has forgotten the
alarm, the terror into which the brave General
Saunders thrown for the liberty and independ
ence of the press because Mr.. Clay changed or 8
printers of the lawsl The people were frightened
almost out Of their at this daring attempt TO
corrupt the press.--Jackson and Van Buren, sue
ceeded Adams and Clay in office: you, Messrs
Editors, can tell the consequences: For one
printer, punished rewarded, for one dollar or
Office bestowed printers by Mcssrs. Adams and
Clay, have not Jackson and Van Buren, exceeded
ten foldl Verify, if Adams and Clay bribed print.
ers with hundreds Of dollars, jackson and Van Blu.
rem have brbed them with tens & hundreds of thou
sands. The croakings Of Saunders and his party
are hushed IN eternal silence? The great Co
vernon Hamilton, whose famous report on the OK.
penditures of the GoverDment--alas. where is he?
"What monsters, hydreas and chinereas dire" did he
hot conJure up, respecting the .extravagance of
Adams and Clay7 We in the piney and back woods.
thought that if MIR. Adams was reelected the
country would become bankrupt. Hamilton and
Randolph made it plain that the public treasure
was wastcd-thai rctrenchment in the salerics and
number of officers indispensably necessary
Have you, Messrs Editors, forgotten their pntriot-
&c speeches! How clearly they proved the ruin of
the country if the great refrencher and reformer
jackson was not brought into power7 Into pow
er no came, and ] will give any man five dollars
who will make a fair, plain and true statement of
the rctrcuchment made by the present administra.
ton. You know, Mr. Printer and the people
ought to know, that for dollar expended by Mr.
Adams TO reward partizans, General jackson has
expended thousands. You cannot get the one
half into one chapter. The above spread into de-
tail, would fill several as long the CXIX psalm
The abuses and promises about the Post Office
department will require very long, and deserves
- S'UP'0i' iiS 20 VIC 1iuie lot you 10 act
with energy-but with cool determined patience
| and perseverance,.
What could the republican party promise itself
IN George Loyal lie who could take seat in
Congress in utter contempt and defiance of every
principle OF rePnblicansm, may g. no doubt is very
good Jackson Van Buren, Repubcan--but such
an one as Jefferson Madison never would have
supported 1t is kind of sorrowful consolat,on
to Deditote the ways Of Providence in its deal.
ings to maukind-Uow
--''Eyen- handed Justice,
Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips" -
Philip r. Barbour made speech and gave vote
in favour Of this same George LoyaPs taking
sect in Congress, when they both knew he had not
oeen elected rs.urncd 10 the House by the pro