Constitutional Whig

We beg leave to call the reader's attention to the Communication of O. D. It will merit a perusal.

NOMINATIONS
FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL WHIG.

Messrs. Pleasants & Abbott.

Gentlemen:—Have you seen in the Enquirer, of the 10th August, the remarks of a friend of the present administration?—Before the late British Minister left the United States. he avowed not only the highest admiration for the President's character, but the warmest regard for him as a man.—

"General Jackson had made it a point to investigate the charges against Major Eaton and his wife:"

"General Jackson solemnly believed them to be innocent, and persecuted as he and his own wife had been, he did not choose to deliver them to a class of mourners raised for party purposes."

If you Messrs. Editors, have read these and the accompanying "remarks," how has it happened that you have not called the attention of your readers to their all absorbing importance—to the new and glorious spectacle of a President of the United States—the hero of two wars—in his old age—the greatest of men—"investigating charges against the chastity of the wife of one of his secretaries? It would seem Messrs. Editors that you shut your eyes, and would keep your readers ignorant of the superlative and admirable consistency. the enviable renown, of that and greatest of men—our unparalleled President.

For, we the People of the United States have decreed the invaluable privilege of electing their own Magistrate. Six individuals, by turns, have been elected for the honorable and responsible office—each distinguished by some one or more qualifications for the Presidency. Be it reserved for the seventh, that fortunate number, to combine in himself all the acquirements, and to attain all the directions of his predecessors.

Who, of the six, had the necessary, serene temperament to "investigate charges" of the chastity?

Not one. From Washington to Quincy Adams, inclusive, they would have shrunk from such an investigation. They, inexperienced simples. toads and rustics as they were, would have left such questions to be investigated and determined by their mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, and surrounding matrons. Not so with the chivalrous, the heroic, the gallant. Jackson—he boldly and triumphantly achieves an "investigation."

which they, every mother's son of them, would have thought far. very far, beneath or above the duties and office of President!

After this "investigation." Gen. Jackson solemnly believed them to be innocent." Who then can blame him for insisting that the wives of his Secretaries should invite Mrs. Eaton to their parties?

Who can censure him for dismissing a Navy Agent. because his sister refused to visit Mrs. Eaton? How dares the sisters, wives and daughters, of men holding office during the President's pleasure. to doubt the innocence of Mrs. Eaton. when their first and greatest of men" had himself, investigated the charges against her, and solemnly believed her innocent? Could they doubt his consummate skill. and impartiality in investigating and deciding the great national. the momentous question, whether the wife of his biographer the wife of the brave, the highly gifted John H. Eaton, was chaste or not? Had not Gen. Jackson fought the British and scalped the Indian? How then could his "solemn belief" of Mrs. Eaton's innocence. fail to convince the Ladies of Washington, that she was so? After this hero of two wars—statesman—learned—causist so profoundly experienced in questions touching female character, had "solemnly believed her innocent"—what folly—what weakness, did the ladies of Washington maintain, by refusing to invite Mrs. Eaton to their large parties?

Can any high-minded whole-souled Van Buren Jacksonite blame the old Lion, for turning out of office the hemp-headed hypocrites, do hang his dear brothers, o such fanatics used so O nominated:

Well ought the late British Minister to have avowed his admiration for the President's devotion to the ladies.

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Well, it is said, "better late than never." We now have a glimpse of the two old gentlemen's pattern. His untiring industry in serving the ladies. does worthy the hero of two wars—the best and greatest of men, to endanger his health—devote his whole body, mind, spirit, soul and all time to investigating charges against a female's character, to white-washing the character of a proscribed female. mate. On why did he jeopardize his precious health, life and peace of mind in such vexatious investigations? Would it not have been infinitely better to submit the case to his own Nashville White Washing Committee?

Now let us pray, that many a day,
The Hero yet may live,
And may all they, whose wives go 'stray.
To him their homage give,
The virtuous fair, distrust his care,
Alike, or love or hate,
The guilty are, more needy far,
Of his certificate.

O. D.