Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-05
[From The albany Daily Advertiser.


MIR. MoNRoEs CABINET.-Many people
seem disposed TO believe, that a favorable
change is about taking place in the policy OF
me cabinet, IN relation to The Northern States
and tilat this disposition is in some degree e.
vinced, III the appointment of Mr.. JOAN GUM
CT ADAMS as Secretary of State. Nothing i'm
cur opinion, can be more erroneous than this
II is true, that the Office at Secretary OF State
has heretofore been considered kind bladder
by which the intended heir to the crown was
to ascend the throne. Eut we have i'm MANY
Instances seen with what facility the execu-
tive can rid himself of any minister whom
he supposes dangerous to the views of Virgil
mia.
IL the ordinary course of things. the Vice
President is little more than an automaton in
the cabinet. tie has been raised 10 thai staff
on, barely to satisfy the plisSivings of some
few % the frit nds OF The cabinet vino perod
Venture might take into thcrheahs TO suppose.
that the state in which they resided. had not
its proper weight in the great national scale.
Bnt the I5ce IresideRt is HeUer n 90 any higher.
This would be contrary TO t..e settled order
OF things. Besides, Il man is generally selected
for that office, from whom the ''RlCHMONU
CLUB have little to fear Our late Governor
may therefore content himself where he is
For, he may rest assured. that he has on!y
been raised TO tile station he now occuDies tn
save appearances-and that when the pro-
per period arrives, he will be set down at
the foot OF the ladder, without excuse or ce-
remonv.
Just SO with Mr.. Adams. Though he and
has friends may at present suppose him the
heir apparent, vet they will find themselves
greatly deceived. Mr.. Adams can atany time
be ascasily disposed Of as MIR. Robert Smith
and gcpend upon Il, when the RICHMOND
CLUE have made their selection for the snc-
cessor to James the Second, Mr. Adams will
share the fate of Mr.. Smith. The VIRGINIA
LINE must not be broken.
COMMENTS.
This miserable slang of Virginia AnJi-
tion, prgiaia Influence, and the Virginia
Line, is still kept up; but, il is equally as
false as its sister tale of French Influence.
Thelast Is sunk forever; but few months
will pass away. before the other will be
buried in the tomb with ii.
Surely, surely, one would think that no
time was so unpr0pitious to this tale as
the present. The v President from n.
Iork-tlle Secretaries of State and of the
Navy, from Massachusetts that of War
from Kentucky-of the Treasury, from
Georgia--the Attorney-GeneYal, from
Pennsy lvania-Not man from Virginia
in tile " Cabinet" of the President. and VET
Virginia is ambitious!
But, says This ingenious politician of
Albany, the times will change before the
election comes round MIR. Adams will
be got rid of as MIR. Smith was. i" Con
tinually harping" upon the case of MIR.
Smith Forever attributlng his " faIi'
las this writer chooses TO term il, )to false
pretcnces Is there man of sense in
the nation, who thinks that he was got rid
of 10 make room for a Virginian The
Aurora once started this idle tale: the
same paper which had previously ascri
bed it to another aud different cause
the influence Of MIR. GaIlatin. Neither of
them Is irue-bHi the true reasouis known
too well 10 state it,
But, the President, too, has no
chance of success-Wby ? Because, he is
" little more than an altiOmaton in the Ca
biuet." Now, IN this the writer has not
done Justice to bimstif--for, the V. Presi-
dent is not even an autOmatOn ~ the Ca
bnet he has no lot or part ia the matter:
not seat or a voice in the Cabinet. But
are Hour Presidents TO come out of this
Cabinet? May notthe V. President look
to the People! Oh, no (says the AL
bany politician,) the V. President is nev-
to go any higher. This would be con-
trary 10 The settled order If things" But
the fact is not so--AIr. Adams WAS Vice
President, before lie was elected Pfesi-
dent Of the United Statcs-The same as
to Mr.. JcRcrson-Thus, two Oul OF the
five Presidents had been previously Vice
Is this, then, contrary TO
the settled order Of things e.
Bat, we are again amused by the ridi-
culOus fabrication Of a RICHMOND
CLUB :" thcY have selected Mr.. TOnlD-