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


griefs. We candi1ly confess, that they arc
not so well known To us as to hrs own DO
som; but we know. in the general. that
cnce he was something IN the republican
rauks, an now he is nothing once lie
stood among the high, but now he Ina, ial-
len, never to rise again Amhtinn IS his
Cos, and to his ambition he has sacrificed
his p1r,v
We know. that for many years, the Ed
itor of the Aurora has hated q allatin -
WHY this strong antipathy. we do not posi-
lively know, but have heard something OF
fat contract ut Washington, which he ex-
pec,ed, but Gallatin refused. When" Ers-
kine's negotiations with Gsllatin was car
ried on in secret" the Aurora asks what
secret grief could induce him to vindicstc
man who was not his friend against the
depravity of his professed friend ?" The
answer is ready-it was not so much to
vindlcate him" who was not friend" as
to graf fy his own ranking rescntne't a.
gainst' G. .llatn. An event, which occurred
soon after, demonstrated it. Robert Smith
the Secretary of State, was desired to so to
Russia thus stripping him. as delica,eiy as
possible, of the seals of state. But the Au
rora took up the cudgels, and attacked
Gallatin as the author of his rsmova-he
declared thae Galiatin was the dictator of
the President, and declared war against
the Presi lent, nzicsS Gailatn was dismis
sed. The Enquirer knew that all this
was the coinage Of his own brain /; that
Smith was not dismissed from the asren
daocy of Gallatin, but his own want ofdiplo-
matte abilities. With the utmost reluc
lance we stated III circum taTce, with this
proof of it. that Mr.. Smith had not been
BILE to write the most interesting dispatch
es which wer" committed to his charge.
The aurora flew into 4 violent rage. call
ed the Enquirer as many opprob olsnaslos
as he has done on the present occasion
and demandel his evideHce of the fact
And what was the upshot! Colvn came
forward, and claimed as his own letter one
of the most elegant dispatches which Mr..
5. had adopted the Aurora was slenced,
and retired in confusion and dismay. But the
barbed arrow still ranked in his breast
the threat OF deserving the resident for
retaining Gailatin still quivered ON his lip.
At home, he was not more successful the
state government was equally obnoxious to
him. Snyder had refused to yieli to his die
| tates he was denounced. but the denun-
ciatioA expired on the air.
| In the meantime the tempest began to
| blacken abroad-and we have seea with
how little spirit the Aurora seconded the
spirit of his country. Fl was, like Leib,
averse to war he was opposed to an in
crease of the taxes--but, the Demo, ratio
Party, seconding the administration, de-
| clared the war. and the thanks of CRATE
| full people are now upon them. The E.
di,or of the Aurora received two Offices
from the administration, but reaped not
sprig of laurel. While Scott aud Brown
were covered with glory, he remained
snug at home. Perhaps he had no chance
| Of going 20 het5'ontier but preferred the
| chance Of honour at home. The hide of
the Lion is not accommodated to the car
| cass of the Ass.
Meanwh lie, Dallas, whom he hates, IS
called into the Cabinet.
Leib, the companion of his principles &
his griefs, is turned out Of the Post Of
| fee.
| Wilkinson, another ofhis fav rites, makes
a fau.r fas, and is str cken from the rolls
of Tie army The Editor himself, after
| all his stupcndous services, is stript of the
| epaulettes cf an Adiutant General. The
| gallant Scott is retained Scott, whom the
Aurora had SO many friuafe reasons fer
LoUinc and whom he SO valiantly attacked
the moment he turned his back. And now
the confidence of the republican party
| weakened and wavering, alt his influence
in the State and National governments ex
tinct, his ruling passion. ambition, thus woun
ded in its tenderest point, no confidence re
posed IN him by those who stood on the pin.
nacle. Of fame, with two mortified Office
hunters at his ear, still deeper poisoning
his own fostering feelings, here lies Duane,
the Apostate. the growing oracle of the fed
eral party, and the scorn of his own.
| III, as he contends, bis paper was never
90 SO flr0sherons, more sought after, or fro
Ffa6le as at this moment :" the fact is far
| from being conclusive that he has not " for
feited the confidence of the republican
party'-Apostacy is sometimes trofta5le
job-John Thompsen Calender was cher
lshed by the Federal party, long after he
had become an object of contempt. As far
| as it falls within our knowledge, the Auro-
ra has forfeited all confidence, and nearly
all its circulation.
We have dwelt too long upon this
theme.it suits not the temper of our souls
but we promise our readers that we have
done with it, perhaps for ever. No sour
RIFLES that the Aurora can employ shall
draw us from the silence to which we doom
ourselves.
To THE EDITon-From a Gentleman IN \. C.
August IS, 1916
I" Dear Sir--i congratulate yon upon the nat.
terng prospect of the election OF the venerable.
the patriotic Monroe--and yet, let me tell YOU |
utterly disaPprove Of the manner of his nomination
by Congressional Caucus, and hope, that hcreaf-
ter, no genuine republican eiiI DC found IN such
nVnrta