Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-20
EatTaet ej a letter from a friend to che Editor Of
the PnrkLnnH drnus

EatTact eJ letter from a friend to che Editor Of
the Portland Argas.
me present situation OF our country is
| snch as cannot fail to be highly gratifying to
| all our citizens. The administration has been
peculiarly fortunate in having lately settled
so many foreign difficulties, and il may be
truly said that we never At any time have had
| an administration possessing more talent, or
which appeared 10 have been more sincerely
devoted to the general interest of the country.
10 the harmony which has prevailed among
the members of the administration, may be
attributed much eff the success which has
attended their measures.
With these impressions il is with sincere
regret i have noticed the publication of a
letter in the Boston Patriot oithe 10th ult. the
object otwhch is to place Mr.. Adams before
the public, as the only prominent man in the
administration. There can be no objection to
TINS geniieman's saying that the gigantic po,rers
erfensire knoCtedge, nnuedried 0ssidiify. and
unyiefdfng integrity Of Mr.. Adass, ,riV command
the homage and gratitude of the Nation. All
this there can be no doubt MIR. Adams de-
serves; but as the other gentlemen i'm the
cabinet are equally deserving, il would have
been much better TO have applied the remark
10 the cabinet generally. Should the clerks
IN the public Offices at Washington generally
ne disposed to represent their patrons as the
emily persons deserving the public confidence,
we should very soon have the seeds suwn of
as many parties, as there are public Offices at
Washin ton
This letter writer alss observes that the
'naJo'uy OF those who took ground against
general Jackson were federalists, in order to
make an Impression, that il shoud be consider
ed IN the nature of political persecution but
II is well known that some of the most able
Republican members of Congress have been,
and stlli are opposed TO Jackson's arrange.
mcnts in Florida.
" III will not, conclude, be said of me that
have many federal propensities. am, not
withdrawing, very willing to confess, whether
ii is fashionable at Washington or not, that
more deliberate and decided violation of the
Laws aud Constitution of this country, has
never either heen attempted or executed by
any individual burr not excepted) than by
Jackson. For the military character of Gene.
raj Jackson | have great respect, but for
the Laws and Constitution Of our country
much greater"
new daily paper has made its appearance
in Baltimore, called the Morning Chronicle
Paul Alien is the editor, and Schafier and
Mannd, the publishers.
Speaking of the publication of Gen. Scott,
the able editor observes: nv. Y. Gag.
We hope that the present publication will
be the last that will ever issue from the pens
OF either fthese two celebrated characters.
lkey should both remember that no man is so
capable of degrading his own character as
himself that their enemies. 1t enemies they
have any, will rejoice in an opportunity of
beholding them degraded from that high and
dazzling pedestal, 90 which they have been
raised by the admiration Of their country.
Those who Az made to walk in the lnstre of
their own fame should be cautions how they
impair the brilliancy by which they are str-
rounded. We venture with confidence the
remark. HAT both jackson and Scott will
hereafter blush ar the perusal of the pages
vhichwe now submit to The disgust of the
public. No man says the proverb is an hero.
in the presence of his valet de chambre the
maxim is false, aud Washington IL proof of
its falsehood; but il may be said with the
utmost confidence that no man is hero in the
presence of his own resentments."
Boston PrOducc.-One of the last things
which we ever expected this metropolis would
be famous for, is The raising OF Fat Hogs =
But ON Tuesday last there were killed in This
town Ten Hogs, Tor rather Pigs, for they were
but one year old last Wednesday week which
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