Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-02

SisofS OF tc influence wnieh IL once possesse', thc
Aurora had begun to swerye from the administration
cf the government, when the war came on-thst At
the war, additional morthcaiio:s and dissppoint-
r'euls, sauie OF which We have oticcd, ens,ed--
S,iTce ~,ich moment, the Aurora has ceased to be
the 'r'esd Of the great republican party, and has
sunk into the slave Ola faction.
We Intended u have shown, that its charges a.
gains, the administration for shrinking the score
Of taxes for carrying the war, were really
true Of himseif-thst when Mr.. Gallsiips budget
a ., $ came out in 1919, the Aurora denounced
Al IS m iis,tous effort 20 defeat the AZ, BY ma ing
y nnpop'ias-'' IS dcmber upon the army of25,-
UJo 'n'n -as cons s.eniy revivins the internal
and lrce, tsx-s to Ia. repeal ot~sisl," A. e.. wss
oppQard" N 1sJS-that u rijicnel the taxes by
saying tst proposals about Ia b. published Tor
edilin, at the speeches of MIR. Gaatin- on the
subject / the direct taxes''--tl,at it declared that
the " sentiment az cxccraion against the s,amp-act
AMI the excise TO be heari from every quarter Of
the "a oi-- that ece,y articlc of this budget was
condemned upon the authority ut his speeches
few years beioe"--that the Aurora, no, content
ED with It's ndenuncian,s, 'ok pleasure in tort
fyiu. its opposition, Nv re-puhsl;ny every attack
upon the taxcs which it could Collect from ether
papers, too nsry If which, il must h. Confessed,
wer, their dis race, to be- found in the prints OF
the day--;h,s, dong all that lac conld to intin-
date the members OF congress, AID PERSIA iiag item
To course to which they were already Sufficiently
disposed to shrink from tie l.yi,s OF taxes to carry
Oh war. which, they themselves kaI d. ciared-;L>t
IN leu OF ths syst, tot, raising revenue, the Auro
ia wished To- r,so,t to- the lands os the u. S,acs
going on tits general principle, that the lands OF
this nation a'lots! combeteDt lund Tor the supply
At al The exseHcirs OF war"--and Recommending
this measure in various shapes, in of which
could i have availed in any considerable degree for
obtaining loans. cash, the &c sinesss of war-that
il was not till the Aurora, seeing by experience
the folly which il had committed, in its financial
schemes, became, at the very end fthe war, an
advocate OF tho very taxes which il h; resisted at
its cornmcnceneut-We could show how the Au-
rors, by way ofe&ing out its charges against the e.
Dancisi schemes of the Secretary # the Treasury,
has actually resorted tn the objectionable expedient
of nis-quoting the official documents.
Shall W. cSpati:te or these, anil a variety of 9TH
err allegations, whc. have marked FIR
ment? Move have sNid enough satisfy the
impartial. to the character of the facts witch the
Aurora preten's to state--One word only TO the
qu .sion of bdIrty-and we have done.
Ike Aurora has misre presented the po'itica! cha
racter OF this paper--and h knows it. This paper
has never been. & is not, aud never shall be, the
slave, or tool, of any man, Of any faction, oil any
party. Ii has spoken freely of those measures of
the Republican Parry which it did not approve
1t has censared the man, belo ging tliat party,
whose particular transactions appeared 10 d, part
from the principles of that party-To that party,
which IN IFS grand princi;!cs the right, oi
the nation and the liberties of the people To that
party, which is in fact tie party eihe bcot il las
spoken freely and bollly--bat in the spirit of n
friend, and not OF 4 fiatterer.
This is the party, which the Aurora derdes
This is the party to which the Aurora had been for
SO mars years attached /; this is the party, which
he boosted IL Feb 1914, that Leib had never chan
9ed-ths is the party, which he now denounces in
violent terms--orgetting, in his description, what he
had so etten before remembered, the wide d.stinc-
on between party and faction.
God forbid thatwe should wish tn strange the IL
berty ct the press-wthout the right OF freely cen
suf1ng the dangerous of hut
us " sounding brass, tinkiing cymbll'--Ali
parties are liable To rail parties contain bad
men in their bosom-man when he becomes the
member OF a party, does not therefore throw oil
thos- vtous passions which he carries mhis own bo
som--There are men in all ruling Parties, who are
disposed on some occasions to make principle bend to
expediency-And what is the re nedy 4 recur-
renee to Fundamental principles, freely and pub
leiy expressed.-We must therefore cierish a
free press.
Even now, there are flashes of truth fitting thro'
the columns OF the Aurora, which delight TO see
but, tor all consistent ant valuablepurpOses, We
think that that psper is lost for cver-We dis
susted with The evidence Of this fact which have
fnrnishcd-wit, how much pleasure do we drop the
pen
Colonies No--The United States need
none They are unsuitable to the Genius
OF a Rehu6Hc-The report that Mr.. Pink
ney is negotiating for the Lipari Isles, or
aay other, as an indemnity for cur claims
upon Naples. cannot be true if true, the
proposition ought to be scouted.-We have
territory enough, when we obtain Florida,
to be rich, and happy, and ee.-Florida
ought to be ours, because some OF our wa
ter-courses pass through her lands-and
she is only calculated to be tool and an
| annoyance in the hands of an enterprizing
| enemy.-But, if 7ve wanted territory, must
| we seek it on an island-isles too, more
than 5000 miles apart from us? How can
| we guard them at what expence defegd
them are we to resist every aggression
upon them, at the expence ofinvolvi9g this
whole nation In a bloody and expensive
war! But if there were no fears of this
description, how are we 10 govern them
Must we make them state i? or keep
them alwaySIn the condition of territory /?
Always slaves. without the chance of ever
being fresmen! Shall we then TAG those
VINO are not rciireSented I?
This idea of aggrand cement, for the
sake of commercial advantage, appears to
us 50 dangerous, SO new, so utterly contra,
dictory to the genus of our republic, that
we meet it at the first suggestion --let eve
ry one who loves the country, beware of
aggrdndiZemcnt.
THE MUSEUM We are delighted to
see Mr.. Warreli's Museum advancing with
SO much success.-BefoTe Christmas comes,
1t will be covered ia. and, ii no impeachment
occurs, it will open next summer.-T hus,
new school is founded for the preservation
OF curiositles, the exhibition OF casts, sculp