Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-02

land; they, are, therefore, of the true faith, and
receive your unboundcd commcndation
On all questions touching the American system
on which side do you find Marcy, Dudley. Dick
erson, Wilkins, and BALLAST Do they moi follow
the footsteps of their leader with a dissemination
as iEiexible as his most devoted partisans? You
cannot conrovert the fact because it is on record
in the journals of the Senate; and without their
add the majority of that body will rcpcal tho Tar
III of 1928, of which you so loudly complain Rut
for all these sins, and thousand others operotiny
on the most important interests of the nation they
are entitled, not only te your forgiveness, but to
your most cordial appreciation, because they stand
redeemed in your opinion by the vote which they
have given in favor of the man. whose support of
the "TariH of 1928" they nave not, and cannot
readily forget or leave unrcwardcd. And after all
this, can you deny, in the face OF your own native
Virginia, that your sympathics called into &C
ton by the disappointment of one man. more than
tor tine sutlerlngs OF the great agricultural interests
of the Sout hcrn States of tho Union? -Four mem.
bcrs of the Senate from high sense of duty, in
terposcd to check the of corrupt iutrigucr
who happens to be your Jduoritc; these honorable
men are denounced by YOU deserters from the
cause of tho People; "ncw coalition" by
which Mr.. Clay has gained additional strength in
his "mad schemes oftho Tariff" Five other Scna
tors, who would hazard the Union ITSELF rather
than yield one inch of ground to the friends of
moderate rate OF imposts; who sustain Mr.. Clay,
ind even leave him in the rear, in their strides
TO protect monopolists and cover the poor with
onerous burdens; these arc your friends-rcul un.
sophisticated Jackson men! No indications are
given, by them, of disposition to form .'now
coalition with Mr.. Clay, or continue alroa-
dy formed No, truly, these politicians are of the
genuine school, and you invite the Old Dominion
to rally around them, the safe guardians of her
rights and interests; and before you have taken
tune TO breathe, you hypocrtically cry out, "ro
Arms"' Now is the time to make a strong pull
and overthrow "Mr. Clay and his mad schemes
OF the tariff" Who is so blind as not to perceive
the motives which actuate you, and which YOU at.
tempt to conceal by hollow invocatons to the
friends Of Gen Jackson, not TO desert him i'm this
aw full crisis? The flag which YOU have hoisted
has inscribed on it in large capitals the name of
Martin Van Buren,, clumsily covered by the thin
gauzc which you manufactured for the occasion:
on inc exterior OF which the eye of the spectator
is dazzled with the rption-Andrew Jackson,
the Hero Of New Orleans. Allow mo to advise
you IT you have not taken leave of all selfrespcct
and plunged into the vortex of corruption
where you mingla with the hirclngs of power,
anu laoor TO mlslead conhding but patriotic
people, to restore the character of your Jour
nal TO the proud distinction which it occupied i'm
uays gone by; and when you speak of men charged
with the high duty of protecting the liberty of the
ctizen and the purity of public morals, let prnci-
PIES, dear to us all, and not the empty sound of
names, be the standard by which you approve or
condemn their actions. Who is Martin Van Buren,,
that his grlcfs should throw n nation of freemen
INTO commissions, and arouse the slumbering pa.
trlot to buckle on his armour to avenre them? The
very thought is enough to sicken the heart of eve
ry man who respects the honor and dignity of his
country. One word as to the notice you have ia
ken OF the two Senators from Alabama and Mis-
sssippi, who, it appears, have incurred YOUR dis.
pleasure, Tor refusing TO worship your idol.
Rest assured that your efforts to produce dissa.
usiaction among the constituents Of those indie
pendent Senators will be indignantly condemned
by them as an unwarrantable interference with
their duties, to bring them under your system of
party discipline. The people of those States have
no feeling IN common with political nondescript
who is for euery thing and against euery thing,
Just as 1T may happen to suit the prev ailing popu
lar impulse. You cannot pursuadc them that
their honest support of General Jackson is to be
transferred TO man, whose whole life has been
marked by political regeneration, and whose
professions have been uniformly contradict
ca by his acts, whenever the former
flIcted with his schemes of personal ambition.
Your plant policy may be acceptable to the elite
OF otfice-holders and sycophants who bow at the
tootstool of power, but it has charms for the in.
telligent and independent men who cultivate the
soil of Alabama and Mississippi. Your sensibility
seems to have suffered most cruelty by the pubica-
ton of letter addressed to Mr.. Poindexter and
which he, in the frank and candid discharge of his
duty, submitted to the Senate, without giving to
any Importance by vouching for the truth of the
statements it contains. Do you really think
II censurable in n Senator to seek information
on the merits of a nominee, placed before him
for high office?
1T such are your views of the manner in which
inns duty is to be performed, can only pity the
morbid dclicacy which has led you into dcluson
so untavorable to the exercise of sound discre-
tlOn in the to which it refers. Had YOU
known the conduct of that honorable Senator
inc hasty and ill advised remarks, in which you
have INDUCED, would surely have been spared
lie invited scrutiny into all the evidence which
could be adduccd in favor of the nominee, or A.
gainst him. This invitation declined and he
was therefore compelled 10 resort to the ordinary
mode ofobtainmg information for himself. which
he impaired to TIE Senate, for the consideration
OF that body. If, you intimate, he has been bo-
trayed on this occa sion. into descrton of the
Jackson cause, the genius which betrayed him was
the light OF truth, and the dictate of rrcproacha-
bic honor; with such guides, lie has nothing to
fear.
a LOCKER ON.