Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-20
POLITICAL.
From the United States Telrgroph.
BY REQUEST


forth by your inimitallo brother, of New York
that the letter of Samuel r.. Clement was sought
tor by Mr. PoindcXtcr, as ground on which to
Justify his vote the nomination of your Kinder
hook Magician whom you wish TO smugglo into
the Presidential Chair. You cndcavor, by a SUP
preston of the facts. which well known 10
you, to mislcad the readers Of your Journals; and
to give Importance to this letter with the sole view
of assailing the Senator tn whom il was address
ed, aad creating impression, which you do no,
credi; yourself that it was relied the only evil
dcnce To prove the participation of the nominee in
the scenes 1T Washington, which resulted i'm the
rupture of the late Cabinct.--You have judici0usiy
excluded from you. columns the able and lucid
speech delivered by Mr.. Poindcxtcr in secret
sion, on that occasion, while you grossly misrcprc.
sent both his reasoning and the Of inlor-
nation on which he rested the vndication of the
con illusions, at which he arrived, touching the
claims OF MIR. Van Buren, To the confidence of the
Senate, and Government of the United States
That speech would defeat the fraud which you at.
tempt TO practice on public crcdulity; aud, there
lore, ,ou refuse To give it circulation, fearing, as
you may well do, its influence the minds of the
people, whom you seek to deceive by distorted
statements of your o,on, coined in the mint, from
which you emit, tr-wcckly, the base currency,
with which the Ancient Dominion is inundated.--
You nave the correspondence between Sena.
to- Poindex,or and Judge Mclean, of New York
showing the precise manner in which Clements
letter was put into his possession, and the only
use which made of il. but your cdndor would
not allow you to lay it before your readers. Can
you thus promulgate falsehoods in the face of
truths, which you dare not publish, and modestIy
ask an honorable man to blush at the vituperatve
calumny, of which you the author?
Is there sufusion on your pallid choek to
atone for the prostitution of your press 10 these
vile purposes7 Perhaps not, but, believe me, such
proof of rcmorsc would go far to redeem your
heart from the quo amino. which is the legal infer
once attached to the preparation of offences
gainst the moral feeling of virtuous and cnlipht
cned people To blush at the repetition of false
hood is an indication of compunctien seldom dis
closed by veteran calumniator; with you, L am
sure it would be out of character. Ccnccaling, rs
far as it depends on you, every material fact con-
nected with this transaction, you inperlincntlv
style Clement "Mr. Poindexter's Witness" Base
insinuaton !! What, Sir, you so lost TO all
sense of decency and so destitute of the princi.
pies of gentleman, as to charge Senator, in
the discharge of constitutional duts, with having
ransackcd the hotels and boarding houses of this
city to find corrupt witness to shield him from
the high responsibilities of his station? You labor
IN your vocation, without regard to the courte sizes
OF social intercourse and Christian charity and no
doubt can exist that your coarse and vulgar e'u-
sions nre highly acceptable to what is called here
the "kitchcn Cabinet" This Gordon of hirelings
as ignorant as they arc infamous, corcoct the poi
sonous medicine with which they supply their vcn-
ders in every city and village throughout the Union
and they must he highly gratfed at the rapid dis
semlnation their pernicious drugs from your
lcbratud depot in Richmond Only DO your duty
stewardship, and my life it, after tho next
election, you will be rewarded.
At one period Of your life, common fame accord
cd TO you, talents, integrity, and sound political
principles. You have yet much to lose or to pre-
serve on that score, both for yourself and ami
able family. Are you far infatuated to sacri-
fee all your former dignity, and surrender the en-
viable distinction which virtue secures to those
who practice its prccepts, the unhoy altar of
party discipline? Invoke, | besecch you, the spi-
rits OF Jefferson and Roane to rise up and arrest
you in your mad career. Rest assured, that your
Journal once elevated for the purity of its mat
ter, the chastity of it's style, and the ccorous
spect which it observed towards the personal feel
ings of those whose conduct it reviewed. is fast
declining and amagamating with the "kenne
presses" whose conductors scatter the noxious
elements of calumny and dctraction through al
ranks OF society, with unsparing hands and un
bushing countenances. You may, by this reck
less course gain favor with the powers that be- but
the boon is too dearly purchased by the ipnoble sa
| crifice required to obtain il.
You are irresponsible, and can be reached oply
through the medium of public opinion. OF this yoy
seem to be well aware, when you take M your per
TO illuminate abusive epthets men who enio,
the confidence of their fellow citizens, and fill the
h'ghest stations IN their gift. Your mpunity is a
once license to satiate your utmost malice, anc
! shield TO protect you from the approaches of no
norable men, Ill any other form than that which j:
adopted IN this address. The situation in which
you now stand TO the head of this administra ion
so widely different from the attitude which you as
tsumed when he was powerless and prosecuted
gives t" your denunciations of public men, claim
to consideration, which, disrobed of this borrowed
ornament, would fail to attract the notice of those
at whom they are !evclled Thus affiliated and
supported, you execute the wishes of the mt ster
spirit, with confidence which mpars to your IN
founded imputatisns the senlhlance of unsophisti-
Gated truth. In this respect, both the prncipa
and the agent, may be well designated a spar no.
bile tratrum," for each performs bis part in the
drama with uncommon proficiency. The majority
of the Senate is covered with obloquy and unmea
sured abuse, with as little ceremony regard to
official dccerum in the palace, as in the printing
Office of purchased editor Particular Senators
from the South selected victims to propit
ute the wrath of offended majesty in the vain hope
that popular impulse may be excited against
! them, among their immediate constituents. TIC
the Senator who is named in this article, has beer
awarded an overlooking cup of nauseous beverage
the effcrvcscence from which will prove more
decterius 10 the health Of the quacks who
patient, on whom it is designed to ope
rate. His long and faithful public servi
! ses have been and felt by the peo
pie, whose best interests he has guarded and cher
ished, with eye that never winks, and vigi-
! lance which never faulters; and the groans Of
disappointed demagoguc, with his whole pack o
partisan editors to echo them, will! vanish like
fleeing cloud, before the efulgent sunshine of rca
| son and of patriotism, which alone can animate
| the bosoms of frecmen. With them principles
stand first, and men estimated by the standard
of merit, and not by the machinery which they en-
poy to raise themselves into the high places of tho
Republic. The crisis is, indeed, portcntous, when
Senators dare not act on the honest convictions oil
their minds i'll The discharge Of the trust conidcd
to them, without mourning the hazard Of berg
driven from their seats by tumultuous mob, sti
muatcd by a licentious press organized and disc
pinned, as the subscrvient instrument, welded by
the hand of ambitious President. To this end
your labOrs, Of late, have been directed and the
great questions of State Rights, the Tariff, Inter