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

rs one Oh tne Presses atS1CUCu ~
present administration. the EnYmirer scornS
the inputstion AS much as the impcstor
who made t.--Wha, constitutional f,rinci-
hies has it silently permitted to be assaulted
--or, what corruption has il failed 90 un-
mAsk upon evidence ?
II is conscious of its defects; it assumes
no merit: because it he's barely done its
duty--it is ashamed to, pvatsle in its own
behalf; but the necessity of justification
demands it.
When it appealed to the principles OF
representative government in 1906, and
called upon Thomas Jefferson to lay down
his power. at the expiration of eight years,
Was this sycophancy
When it denounced the Report of the
Yazoo Commissioners. though recommend
ed by three Cabinet Councillors, was this
servile prostitution of the press>
When it took its stand in November,
1907 upon the French DEGREES and Brit
ish Orders, for the first time announcing
truth, not then knovn to be the ground
OF administration, but which for five years
in succession directed all its diplomatic cor
rcspoadence; when from that time to June.
1912, it never ceased to march straight
on, recommending measures the most ener-
geiic, having ayar always in it's eye, be-
fha
vndication of our rights against the tiomi-
neering enemy whom we had to encounte,
lashing the imbecility of Congress when
they faultered in their course, and finally
urging the Democratic Party to copsum-
mate by an additional act, the chance Of
resort to arms, after the belligerents had
heen separated by diplomatic skill-wcre
these the acts Oh sycophantic, prost;tuted
press9
when the Enquirer finally callel for an
appeal to arms. where was the .4urora 2
w nat were the contemplate exDedisnts of
ms pretending patriot He pusllanimous.
~ shrunk from the war-he. that never
betrayed the principles of the government.
OF the rights OF the nation. appeared in
August, 1911, with A mlk-and- water pro
position tor general Unanimity :" viii.
ninS ont, that our government had ~ Iast
mt upon measure that must he exceed--
'ngly agreeable to .fcderalists. .ecause i ;s
quite pacific, and will Certainly nreve,t -.
from making qvar uhon Enetaud-this
measure is the non-imhortation act',-tha+
the TchuoHeaaS are perfectly satisfied with
THAT we should Continue to epdnre
with patience the rude aggression. of a
hozvs5ul enemy, rather than strike the mr.
6io7o"-but, that {" if G.. B. makes 1,r, nm.
on us, we shall then dcfend ourselves ~;
what wonder that the Aurora should nrov
treacherous toits party. when, in that da.
Vi triou,ation' 1t was so treacherous to its
CCuntryf ~ 40
After war was declared. what press was
hore-Venement for the means of Conduct
ing IT, than the Enqnirer> Who more
l'nPortunateiy teazed and goaded the Re-
publican Party into the a,Iontion of tt.
most vigorous measures
The Enquirer was the only ~ Oh.
Union, who denounced the ;mh.r;,;.,, 6
Congress tor refusing during the same ses-
SION to increase the fares--contendpr thst
the loans 7vould fail. from A m,s,r,,st q ,la
ability OF the government to discharve th.
interest.-While the Enquirer was nurs,~
ing .iiis sycc1ihanf,c Course, the haf,iofisu
or the aurora was displayed in tnrow;pp
GOA wafer upon the war-and its 7yiedo,,
IN the denunciation of the fa1ea n ctse, ~
to conduct it, and the sabst;tution of ~,
stupid expedient, bills of credit ;se,ed 49,,
on the land-fund. Wy
What sycophancy induced the Enou;rer
first to deBounce Eustis as Src,.,a,, of
War ? VI
What sycophancy, in dcnounc;no tho
pusllanimity of the Congress Of Decemher
and January, 1914, in shrinking from
energetic measures when letters non,ed
in from the warmest friends of the narty
and his own personal friends. denonnc;n.,
ms interposition, and warning him IN he
ware OF Apostacy-The evidences of tbe.e
facts are yet in existence.
IL any press has defended the nr;nc;nles
OF the Co7Stfuflon, according e. the creed
VI ana W. with more enthusiasm
than the Enquirer, let it be named.
L his paper was the first to denounre m.
renewal of the Charter of the U. 5. RAM
founding that denunciation upon the nrnc;'
pies OF 1871, and the Report on the Ai;en
and Sedition Laws, and placing before the
PRESIDENT his own speech in 1791-It did
not sycophant-like, wait for the cue from
washington, but appealed at once to the
principles '98.-Letters were shown RI
US ~. from washington, vehemently censuring
inc course which we had taken, upon arr
guments said to be drawn from the condi-
ton OF the Treasury and the leanings Of
the President.-The Enquirer persevered
IN fhe course it had taken denounced tbe
errors OF every republican who sinned A.
gaInst principle, exposed the ins;d GUS Iet-
ter OF Gallatin, until the venerable Clinton
woye the last chaplet for his brow bv b;s
vote in the Senate Of the u. S.-Was tbs
81 cohhaucy? ''''
W4sthere sycephancy in DECLARING the
present Bank OF the u. S. an ATTRACTION of
tne constitution, and Of the principles of
'98--n opposing an University in the Dir
tr'ct OF CoJu nbia, as recommended bv ths.
tres!oents message in December last