Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-09-25
urssRS= DADE & LOYAL.

To ruE EDTrORS CONSTITUTIONAL w hlS.
(on,lcmcn-I perceive that you decline minglng
!, tho CONTROVERSIES of The Republican party, and
withhold your construction OF the letters OF those
nation, Democrats MesSrs. Dude and Loyal. hope
YOU will ut least permit correspondent to say
sometb;n on the subject,-lt least SO far prnci-
pie is concerned. The opinions OF these orthodox
electors are valuable they illustrate tho doctrines
and discipline of party. In other respects they
are worth precisely Just much they worth,
and shall not take the trouble to ascertain their
specific gravity. Mr.. Loyal's letter particularly
exceeds any thing of the kind that have ever yet
seen coined in the mint of democracy. The Gene
raj (who by the way is very good fellow, good
to be the tool of party does admit that If the voters
who preferred Mr.. Barbour should instruct tho
Electors vote for him in all erents-that in that
case he should conform TO their wishes;-but the
General would not be satisfied if majority of the
people should endorse the name of Z. p Barbour
their tickets. That would not be a sufficient in
dcatiOn OF public sentiment. oh no!-Some might
happen To put Barbours name on the paper by mis-
take, and all the time prefer Martin Van Buren,
Vice President. Really the General has bound his
constituents in very tight cords. lie at least
to be determined not TO be 'palsied by their WILL"
lie requires only that they should vote for Mr..
Barbour, butt that they should add those three por-
tentous and cabaste worGs--''in all euents" Now
does not the General know that some persons
might be conscientious this subject; that the
words in all euentS, would embrace a great many
circumstances and contingencies which the voter
might wish not to be embraced! For example
Judge Barbour might die before the election,-or,
what is very improbable, might commit some dis
qualifying crirnc,-or; what is still moro mproba-
bic, might expatriatc and abandon the country;-in
neither of which cases ought tho Electoral College
to vote tor him. always thought the General
real spic-and-span, Thorough going Republican,
but II he goes on to hamper the majority and die
tate to the People Uho sovereign People, al this
way, L shall begin to suspect him.
MIR. Loyal, more bold than his compccr marches
to the point at once, and takes the bull by the
horns Still he spreads veil of cautious, mystic
rious phraseology, over his lettcr-which is, how
fnFt IN frt,n t,,tt a.
MIR. Loyal distinctly avows, notwithstanding all lis
wrapping and twisting, that if clear majority of
the voters were to Instruct him 10 vote for 7. p.
Barbour,-aye,-evcn Sin oil epenfs"-that he
would not feel himself bound by the Instruction.
And tchy gentle reader, think you? What reason
does this Smon Pure of Dcmocracy-ths Republi-
can OF the genuine uncounterteited stamp,--gve
Tor this most unOrthOdOr sentiment 1t is this
that the Legislative Caucus which nominated the
Electors were influenced by certain principlcS,-in
! other words that the Nominating body-a body not
known to the Constitution and Laws,-a body alto
geher scliconsttutcd, thought and so, is sup
| poscd,-and that what they supposed to have
thought or wished is TO be paramount to the So
!omnly declared will of III jority of the people.
Really this is altogether view of Democracy
This cannot be Rcpubcanism OF the Old School,
should suspect it to be of the real JackSon, alias
Van Buren, stamp. Ii is : much like tine tactics
ofthe Kindcihook statesman as possible 1t is no.
thing but pure Notwithstanding in itself and de-
grading TO any politician who would stoop TO en-
pOy it.
by the way, 1T would 10 very pleasant sight to
all the letters of these cenlcncns electors II
would be agreeable to perceive the fratornal sym.
Pathy and concord which reigns among them. The
Hero, who was "born to command, )" has proclaim
ed that Martin Van Buren, shall be Vice President
ana then succeSsor-and the nominated Electors of
Virginia have been already initiated into the doc
trIne OF ''passive obedience and non-reSistance."
Let us all purify our minds, and prepare ourselves
TO be good and Loyat sub ccts Let us kiss the rod
which smites us, and be grateful in our hearts
that the lash is not made of scorpions. Let us be
thankful 10 King Andrew and his Host, Amos &
Co, chat, by their tender mercics, yet eat, and
drink, and ilye!-that our yet on our backs
and that-for the present at least--our bodies and
souls are our own. VIRGINIUS.