Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-08-31
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~ "Stcphon mpson-(cxclaims our venerable
Contemporary this morning,) Morris of Philadcl-
phia--U. M. Brackcnridgc--Ja Watson Webb
Duff Green What groupc! They are bur-
den sufficient to sink any cause ~.
What cause does the Editor mean? J.ckson,s
were VIC to Judge from probabilities the known abb
lties of the gentlemen enumerated and their great
agency in producing the result of the election of
1923. II would be difficult to select five more for
midablc names to array against political cause
in the compass of the u. States--thc freshness
and vigor of Simpson, the taste and elegance of
Morris, the learning and acumcn of Breckenridge
fhc wit and sagacity of Webb, and the nervous
energy and bodness of Green present i'm very
truth, an array of powerful and various talent,
which concentrated and directed upon Jacksonism,
will NOW down its squadrons. Where shall we
look to match the "groupc" amidst the Treasury
ranks' To the vapid insipidity of the Globe, the
somnambulism of the Richmond Enquirer, the stu
died dulness of the Albany Argus
But it is Mr.. Clay's cause.-the of the peo-
pie and the Constitution-thc of liberty, the
freedom of opinion, and the integrity of our insti
tutions, against the corruptions and abuses of
power, which is to be sunk by the accession of the
"Groupe" And why should this opinion be advan
ced ? Because those gentlemen once the advocates
of Jackson, have deserted him-bocause the fame
of their apostacy will act prejudcially upon the
cause they have cspouscd? Can this be the rea-
son, why their accession is to sink the cause of
MIR. Clay? Will the venerable Changeling of the
enquirer then, allow no TO cnango but himself
Can possibly be honest in a change of OPT
Mon, but he =?
Now mark the difference between Mcssrs.
Webb, Morris, &c, and him, who cites their
change of sides reproach which is to sink the
to which they would fain bring assistance.
They by the change, lose Government patronage
Post Office, Treasury, Navy Advertisements, to
the amount of hundrcds--Mr. Richie by his
change, gained all these. His columns exhibit
perpetual evidence of the advantage to his pocket,
which his apostacy from Anti-Jacksonism inferred.
They retire from majority, from those who have
all to give-Mr. Richie by his changc--and all his
changes have been quite prudentia-gained
every thing which they have voluntarily rclinqush-
cd And shall their honesty be questioned, and
inveghed against, and by him of all the world
and shall his be held indisputable? The man who
abandons minority to join majority-who de-
:scrts those having comparatively littlc for those
having comparatively every thing, to bestow, may
be honest; but those who observe the converse of
the rule, and abandon power and its loavcs and fish
es to follow their principles and to depend for sup
port upon their own exertons mast be honest in
the change. To the honor of the Editorial Corps
such examples of disntcrcstcdness have not been
/ infrequent recently.
\ The attempt to impeach the integrity of the Phi
,adephia Inquirer and New York Courier & En-
qairer, on account of their having obtained loans
of the u. S. Bank, is absurd Both papers were
friendly to the Bank, before those loans both offer
Il
and unless it can be shown that they have received
gratnitcs under the cover of oans-a supposition
which the high standing of President Biddle and
the Directory at Philadelphia renders wholly ridi-
culous, malicious and mprobable-it is idle and il
logical to infer corruption from such circum.
stance. Party vindictiveness would alone attempt,
party profigacy such conclusion. Those
papers, like almost every rejecting citizen, consi-
der the National Bank indispensable for the coun-
try-thcy believe ruin and dcsolation will be spread
through the country by its destructon--and having
to choose between Jackson and the interests of the
country, they have determined for the latter. What
is there surprising, or suspicious in ths7 What is
thcre in it, to excite any impartial mans doubts of
tie integrity of the partics7 What other in
facl has Jackson left those of his friends who be-
licve and have been declaring that belief for years,
that UNI versal distress would attend the winding up
of the Ban k of the United States? Has he the in
atuatcd pre- sumption to think that he and his elect
;G. arc to be preferred over every other consider
alton? Docs he imagine all independence extinct,
and expect to find Horn and Dallas in every
friend-basc sycophants who surrender their Prin-
ciplo TO has interc-:.@ auG tncir own1
We had supposed that Mister Richie had been
taught little charity, and that contemplating his
own tortuous course, he would have been silent
when change was tho subject. But apostatcs are
the most intoleraDt and vindictive. He talks
flucntly of the apostacy of GieeD, Morris, and
Webb. He that their "apostacy" will con
fer more "disgrace" than advantage, and one
would think that the Editor of the Enquirer was
the last in the world to have entertained d
thought of changing sides. This being the case
the following Ode from the Telegraph and ex-
. planaory notes. will not be esteemed map
hat of the individuals assailcd. Let him say
whether they carried adulaon to Jackson, To
the extent which lie did abuse and dctraciion
Let his conscience answer, whether a change from
the grosscst obloquy against the when not in
power, 20 the most slavish and nauscatiug nattery
to the man when in porer, is surprising, more
suspicious, more discreditablc, than Green's and
Webb's change from supporting Jackson in power
to opposing Jackson in power. Lot him point to
an instance among his iunumerabe apostacios
where nc has Inst, or ran the hazard Of losing, OF
las not gained, by his change Of positions and whcr
has done this he may have claim TO i'm
az ach the honesty Of their motives.
An 1NTEFEoGAToRY ODE
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