Constitutional Whig

Broken Doses.--In the Enquirer of 1818, we find the following:

"I will say before my God, that for the acts he has done, on account of the precedents he has set, he (Gen Jackson) ought to be called to answer. With all my respect for the Administration, I must think them wrong for the forbearance they at present appear to have manifested towards him."

These were "mistakes of the Printer." The Editor meant "to say before his God, that for the acts he has done, for the precedents he has set, Gen. Jackson ought to be made President of the United States."

Gen Jackson never was called to account--the acts for which the Editor of the Enquirer "before his God," said he ought to be called to account, yet remain unatoned for. Does the Editor think "before his God," that with this weight still suspended to his public character, Gen. Jackson ought to be made President of the United States? Was he serious in 1818, or is he serious now in supporting Gen. Jackson as President?--for truly, and truly, the opinion of 1818, and that of 1827, appear to us utterly incompatible.

It is a curious fact, that we made up all our opinions of Gen. Jackson, disadvantageous to his public character, from the Enquirer, the only paper we read until the year 1821. For sticking to those opinions, some judicious people now call us federalists--while the Enquirer for eating its own offspring, is thought by the same judicious persons, the very cream and quint essence of democracy. Such are the Revolutions of time! Let every politician profit by our hard fate! Let him learn to despise consistency, as an unprofitable commodity and watch alone for changes of public opinions, in "the signs of the times!" The people are never wrong, and a real politician will keep with the majority, at every sacrifice of opinion and consistency!