Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-17

t''O inSIlSifnIS CrSTuOsei OF IOuluel -
when accordng TO the provisions of the
Cons;i.nticn. and the .ffrsf principles of the
R.pub'ican far.y. most. If not all. these
powers were prohibited 10 the nat. nal go
rernmeut
We have never accepted nor asked
snyleoiii e, or favor from the adnnis,ra-
ton. from its Comm cncement TO the pre-
n; momen,-thc Enquirer does not even
psint the Acts of Congress-it expects 40
,hiug-it desires nothing Mo paper in
the unio,, can oe more perfectly independ-
ent of che patronage or the Influence of the
governmental has not crumb, nor
candles end. nor cheese parisg. and
scorns the idea of all patronage and favor.
as much as the dark hearted hero of Tire
Aurora.--Is this sycophancy or, where IS
the motive for ,ts
But the aurora says that the Enquirer
Accommodated itself to every change, and
alternately cried out hosaunl,i and crucify
and hosanna . To the Same niers in power
to Mr.. Madison. us well as Mr.. Monroe,
MIR. Galiatin and Mr.. Dallas. John Fay
lor. of Caroline. Wm. B. Giles. Robert
Smith and John Randolph these in
situations are either false or absurd.-Mr.
Madison was reUer ptoscribed-The En-
quirer was opposed 10 Mr.. Monroe's cleo
ton in 1903, but in the most respectful
terms-Mr. Gallatn his b en- uniformly
in the conf 'ence Of the administration, but
the Enquirer has on various occasions, SCI
verely reproached him and his NEE sures-
MIR. Dallas has never been denounced
Mr.. Giles WIS censored for acts, which
he performed when in power--his votes on
the bank and war questons-Mr. Robert
Smith has to thank che " id good
natured friendship of the Aurora" for ev-
cry thing that was said against him in this
paper-lt was the otiiclous interposition
ct the Aurora, that brought both of them
into disgrace.-As to John Rasdolph, who
has more canonized or crucified him than
the Aurora AS to Mr.. John Tavlor, il
was but in one irritable moment. when
flushed with the heat of an election. the
Enquirer uttered but one line, which gave
offence and evcntuated in paper war, the
memory of which is almost lost, and no
thing now remains but respect for a citizen,
who, like another Idomencus, is scat
tering abundance" over our fields by his
own example, as we'll as the lessons of
" TRAITOR"
Yet no one has been greater change
ling than this same .4itrora-W his
hollow heart and heated head have coniur.
&c up an opposition to his opinions or pur-
poses, the shaft Of persecution has sped
) vdrr was aternat ~ eytolled or execra..
ted--Dallas and Gallatin have been his f,-
vorites or his foes-Wilklnson is condemn
ed as traitor, or canonized as saint
And, what caps the very climax of rid
cuie, in 1905 he proscribes the Smiths Sc the
Nicholas's as coDspirators with Burr, pties
them in 1915 for being presented by 9th
ers, and finally in 1916, sneers at General
Smith, on charges which he f bricates him.
self. And after hersecutne so many o.
Tiers, he whines at last about being herse-
cuted himself
In word, the Enquirer is a friend Of the
administration, but is not blind to It's de-
fects. The Aurora is an enemy, and ex
aggerates those defects. The Enquirer
states its objections without reserve-The
Aurora magnifies old ones, and fabricatcs
| new ones. The Enquirer strives to pre-
serve the rights of the people, and the pu-
rity of its agents. The Aurora, to undo
every thing under the hypocritical pre-
tence that every thing is wrong. The En-
quirer believes that the administration
may err, but that their motives are not
Corrupt. The Aurora pre,eads "that the
government is conducted in such way as
to Justify every charge against the admin
istrators, either of disreglrding its princi-
~" VI oStihS uiiuCt tilcU il SuCn WaF as
to oring them into disrepute.' The En-
quiger calls upon the Government to
"pToi e its abus esq i'll all its depart.
ments. The Aurora, upon an ex
parte statement, assumes theexstence of
multsarious abuses in the Post Office, and
condemns the administration without dis
tlnction. The Enquirer condemns the
compensation Bill, but trusts to that re-
deemiDg spirit of the party which requires
only to be fairly addressed, TO obliterate
the abuse. The .furora would plunge the
administration. the press, the leading men
OF that party, into the gulph of annihila.
ton. Ihe Enquirer is friend, but no
fiatterer-The Aurora is an enemy, whose
malignity is unbounded. The Enquirer
scorns to be sycophant /; while the Auro-
ra IS an unblushing Apostate. The En-
quirer does not confound demscracy with
party but does not see how the party in
power has forfeited the name or BETRAYED
the great principles of democracy. In fact,
though the administration have erred in
some particulars and some abuses have
existed, Qfor they are incident to the best
administrations)- it has seen with
deep regret, the signature of James Madi.
son to the Bank Bill-yet it is willing to
retain an administration, which in 20 MANY
ways has promoted the interests and the
rights otis country, established a new era
IN her history. and given fresh lustre to
her name. The Enquirer cannot consent
to break up this administration, from any
chan'e OF obtaining federal or other adj
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