Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-08-24

feet. Gwim, u Clerk in the Post Office Department.
Il, " ashnGton, had, for his fLithsrl devotion to
me man bceH sent ia the recess, TO the state oil Mis-
SiSsiPpi, with commission Tor land office. The
senate rejected him, at the request OF both the Sc
majors ot that State, solel because he rds sent
mere, to hold an office for which many at the cti-
| Hchs "t that State were equally competent. Bat
tue .reSidcnt persisted, aud nominated nun AGAIN.
L his nomination was laid on thc'tablc, on motion
OF freud of the President, under an express un-
outstanding that this quictus 1" the re-nomi.
| nation. But no sooner had the Senate adjourned,
than he appointed this man 10 the came Office from
which he had been t.rce feicctcd by the Senate
| n more nlsrant violation oi Il constitutions, gross
or usurpaton of executive power has not occur
| rcd in any country i'll modern times. The PrcSi
dent, without the Scnatc's advice and consent,
cannot appoint, unless tho vacancy happen an The
recess. This vacancy filled in the previous
| recess, but on the nominaion to tho Senate, Inc
WAS rejected. Thsn the cacancy hapPencd-not in
| the rcccsS-but III session he fresidcnt SO un-
derstood il when hc re-noinlnatcd-hln, otherwise
he would have nominated to vacancy, already
filled 1t is in tho plain and uncquivocal sense,
! hing a vacancy which happened IN session, and
not III the recess with person twice rejected by
the Senate-a stranger pnlmcd oil upon the people
of Mississippi, in utter contempt of their feelings.
and in gross and wanton violation of that copsti-
| tuition which he was sworn TO support L should
| have added that OH the denomination, one of the
Senators from that State Mr. Elia) rctr1ctcd and
yielded to the Presidents wishes, and for this, he
has been appointed United States judge of
that District! Yet this same President did before
his election, express extreme alarm lcst Congress
| should become corrupted by the appointment of
members to office Alas, now little have that mans
professions heen sustained by his practicc More
members Of Congress-, and especially from the Sc.
nate, which Is part u! the appointing power, have
been appointed to Office by Jackson than by any
other aud perhaps all other administrations.
He, moreover, affected much fear of exccu
tive encroachncnt, that no would introduce a con
stitutiona provision, that President should be
reelected. But his example forAooth, is to make
himself an eXccption.-"No one else. but myself,
can he trusted with second term" Sweet modes
ty. exquisite humility
lie feared very much (and he promised to pre-
vent ny that the patronage of government would
he made to bear upon tho freedom ofclection.-
who has increased that danger much as he?
Does he not bring the whole patronage 10 put down
all oppositionl Look at the Globe circulated ut the
public expense to enforce his tyrannicul edicts
SEQ Commissioner Hayward, Amos Kendall, Will
liam IL. Lewis and Isaac Hill, pcrvcrting and cor
rupting the Post Office and tho press To sustain
this rotten, totering administration, and then say
was not this sOlictude about executive patrona &C
the mercst hypocrisy?
The patronage of tho Post Office and the Press
And why was the repeal of tho newspaper postogo
rejected! The revenue not wanted, for our
treasury is overlooking. Why tax the people for
information? The true reason is that such is their
control of tho Post Offices and Press, that Jackson
papers all 20 Free and the burden is to be imposed
OH US LOT our cOntuinacy. Time VIII no. allow
me to rchearse any more of the glaring inconss-
icncics of this democratic republican" admins
tration.
But though we have witnessed so much poli-
cal lrgcrdcmain, such as promising much and per-
forming nothing, rather worse than nothing
still VIC ought 10 hope to find somcthing-some
light TO contrast with this ShGdc. Now what do
we find? What great measure has been projected,
carried on and executed by this Administrations
REFORM" reform" prcnSud, nay pledged
al W ip Si!1n tlla oh, NJ
dents and the accomplishment! No. sir, it is
singular fact that with these high prcensons, not
u single national measure has been projected and
carried on, but by the oPpoSers of this adminstra-
tlUn, and they have generally had the administra-
ton and most of is friends hanging like II mill
stone about their nccks to defeat and cmbarrass
them.
Internal improvements The Maysvillc Veto
and other bills of the same date approved, cmbra.
cling precisely the same ciples-this last SEES
sion, one harbour bill appropriutng than
Il million aPprovcd-anothcr embracing less sum,
retained, and the principles precisely adhesive
that the first one had appropriation of $50 600
for improving the Cumberland River which passes
thr ugh Nashville, the Presidents residonco-and
the last $4,000 for Kcmnebec iiver-we suppose |
to sustain DR.. Bates i'll his conscientious scruples.
1t seems TO the President has on this subject
got between the current and the eddy, and in
doubling whether to 90 up or down, will get
plunged iE--and this reminds OF an anecdote
which think quite apt TO the purpose. a man in
our quarter had taken his degree at Cambridge and
had become quito fanalical and not a little capri
cious withal. lie was lourncying immediately after
freshet had swept away nearly all the bridges
| and he came to river where the bridge was gone.
| lilo was half Crazcd. Sir, L mean compa rison
| only an illustration. lie was Il vain and inflated
mani certainly mean comparison. He was
man of fine eduCation-upon my word mean no
comparison. However, with all his zeal vanity
and learning, he could not contrive how to cross
the river without bridge boat. At length he
cspIcd woman by tho side of tho river with a
couple of tubs, washing some clothes, and he
Immediately applied for charter of her tubs to
transport him tic river. She stared at him
lis crazy man Tie reasoned with her of the re-
laivc and specific gravity of water and very philu
sophically proved that the tubs would bear him.
But this all HcbreIo to hcr-shc knew notl,inr
OF specific grayi.ics and all that lie then resort
ed to persuasion. You know woman may some
times be persuaded when you cannot reason with
her Well, sir it was IN this case, and she con-
Guided to let him try. So he got piece of board
for paddle and placed his tubs in tho water and
put one fOt III the centre Of one, and the other i'm
the other. and ho balanced so well that in still
water they sustained lm. But it was a critical
business to keep tho balance, $50 jackson finds
it, But he padded along very we'll until he
came to where the eddy was running IN
and the current down There his legs got into
a controversy-ono was for going mp the eddy with
him, the other dorm with the current The quarrel
at last grew intense that the tubs separated and
plunged the man head and into the river Jack
son Is about in this condition with his ''intorna I'M
provemcnS," and we have reason TO hope that his
fate Will be the same. In retaining ncgatving
bills, which have passed both houses he seems
capricous and almost rccbicSs. The interest bill
which would have given Massachusetts and Maine
SlOO,OOO at least, is retained for earthly rea-
son but to crafty his OWL will and show his con-
tempt for the Legislation Of Congress
The Bill for the distribution of the Public Lands
measure brbuvlIt forward bv that diufipon;rIc,