Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-28


responsible, friends and foes Recent develop
ments have shewG that General jackson had
means of defence he dsdained to use; but ifthere
Is one Georgian, one radical, who regrets the
part he took on that transaction thank God to
me he is unknown. | trust, sir, that to etone
for his own error in defending what he now in
siuuatcs was wrong, he does not under the now.
or of some master feeling, intend 20 censure
every thing that Is night.
MIR Cobb aud Mr.. Crawford have been nam
ed by the Senator. MIR. Cobb is no longer mono
us to answer. He did his duty, ACCORDING to his
conception ofthat duty, in this and every other
act ofhs public life His friends know that his
conduct open, and his motives pure. The
ground he stood upon here, he never abandoned
while he lived. MIR. Crawford, I am surprised
the Senator should think, (Mr. Miller said he
alluded to Mr. Crawford [Joel) member of the
house of representatives when he Seminole uues-
ton was agltatcd.( | am glad TO be corrected
MIR. Joel Crawford acted with ms friends and *
guilty of the charge of having voted for enquiry
into the Seminole War. He lives TO remember,
not tn regret that act.
This Union party, which seems To haunt his
Imagination, II am not strangely mistaken, had
the honor, Il short time since, to number HIM as
a member off (Mr. Miller denied tina, he had
ever been) Wen, sir, the Senator ought to
Know: but III this fact, | cannot be Mistaken
the Senator was candidate brought forward by
that party, for the State governmcnt-and the
cause OF poStpunlng for two years the elevation
OF the accomplished gentleman who now stands
at the helm of her affairs. The recollection of
that TACT should have prevented the charge
against them of being from selfish motives love of
ONCE, devoted to the dominant power: following
like the sun-flower, the motions of the RISING
sun. TO this last charge | do not plead for them
not guilty-they do follow, like the sun flow or
the sun owcr does not change its attitude Tor
the rising, or the mcidian, or the setting sun.
Eievatlng its broad face to the ligh, of heaven,
IL stands Unchanged and is found when he sets
i" the western, as 1t stood when he rose in the
eastern sky. POLITICALLY understood, rs Ovid
describes the hchotrope, the Senator is right
("hat is good IN poetry is not always good in
prose) and the charge is, that for interest sake,
the South Carollnans, inf icadly ta the Scna-
tor, know no will but the Presidents and are
obcdlent to his whistle.
We are taught to expect shoals of them here,
seeking as the rewards of devotion, honors and
trusts, foreign missions, &c. &c, one Of them
nelng already before us, the avant courier of
thousand more! No alluson could have been
more unfortunate. Who and what is the gentle
man at Whom this arrow has been cast, the first
OF the shoal Of otlce-scekers? Whv sir, the
Senator himself speaks highly of his character
described by his colleague, he is highminded
man, OF extensive nformaiion and unsu,hed in
tcgrlty, IN whose hands the best and dearest in
terests OF the people may be safely confided.
And are such men Off seekers, and interested
ueVotees TO existing power in South Caroline?
1T so, what are the putriots7-Thcy must be an
gels. They cannot he men. The Senator NAV
euloglze his treGds to the utmost of his power,
eXaIt them IN the scale of talent and intepri-
ty to the highest pItch | venture to plac e his
opponents by their side, and challenge compa-
| rlson without fearing or intending to depreciate
IN the slightest degree, the honor of any of
South Cardinals distinguished sons
| The arrangement of the first cabinet did not
! ho
elected. Governor Hamilton was told he might
nave been Secretary of War, but for his vio-
| lence against the tariff; and what seemed to
nave added venom to the sting, South Carolina
was not only passed over, hut an Attorney Ge-
neral was looked for in Georgia: and all this
was the work of the Dom Daniel of New York
The Senator is difficult to please. He liked not
the first, and likes less the second cnblnet.-
But how was the fact in regard to Governor
tlamilton?-lf my memory deceives lie not he
has publicly declared he might have had office,
had he desired; he did not desire it. in this,
and In all other things, he is incapable of de-
cert Passing over the objectionable offence
| of going to Georgia for a member of the first
| cabinet, does the Senator really suppose the
choice of the late Attorney General was the
work OF Mr.. Van Buren,? (Mr. Miller nodded
an assent) The Senator never committed a
more gorgeous mistake. OF all the men IF the
day, his equals In professional attainments and
last man who would have been selected bv Mr.
Van Buren,; and | am, Mr.. Van Buren, is
the last man on earth to whose influence the
late Attorney General would have been willing
10 his place
Considered as the originator and the fosterer
OF me disagreement between the first and sec
ond officers of the government, Nh. Van Buren,
Is to bear the extremity of the Senator's wrath.
On this subject, MIR. President, | can only refer
tne Senate to the explicit and prompt denial of
the justice the charge by the patty accused,
long since publicly made, and never yet impeach
ed by any one having claim TO character. The
Facts before the pubic prove that the charge Is
the coinage OF dIstempered brain, baseless a..
me fabric OF vision. If the Senator has any
desire to enter into further inquiry, | repeat
here this explicit and positive denial in the
name OF an absent friend; and if h. ventures up
on the investigation. pledge myself to satisfy
even his pre-occupied mind, that not a shadow
OF suspicion can rest upon Mr. Van Buren's fame
speak on the highest authority, when state
TO the Senate, that his department in relation
10 that controversy, deserves the respect and
admiration of every honorable and delicate
mind.
The Globe! the Globe! the official paper, has
abused the Senator and his friends. The editor
was brought here by Mr.. Van Bnren, and he is
accountable for all 1t contains; all that is bad,
mean-he gets credit for no good, appear where
1t may.
The charge is made because the Globe is
called the government paper, Mr.. Van Buren,
and the government being previously identified
must not be misunderstood as defending the
editorial management Of the Globe. I see with
regret many attacks on persons for matters that
ought not to be brought before the public |
detest all investigation Of the private transact
IONS, all malignant scrutiny into the everyday
business of political asplrants. Their private
characters are known to the peoples and so far as
characier should operate to their prejudice it
will be vypirbn1 Lr,,,, Tho IoCo,...,. go. -.