Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-01

duced 10 yield his assent TO an oppoSi :
iion IN any shape.
The hilacy of This suggestion impress
SEES III wuh belief, that opposition from
any other quarter (eNvept, indeed, from
MIR. Duane's favOIiie Gov. Cm,on) is
equally nnihosgh, OF. We cannot form
the most distant idea upon What grounds
either Mr.. Adams, MIR. Clay, or Mr..
Iomrk'ns, can hope for success, had they
ever entertained such II hope, Which is not
believed. We do not, therefore, hest.
tale la express our decided disapproba-
lion of publications which have ,enden-
cy 10 diiiu>e b. hef that any jealousy,
distrusi, or want OF confidence exists be-
| tween the President and those gentlemen.
| when in fact none is har6oJaiin he breasts
of any of them. That coniiarieiies of
| opinion may have existed, we do not
| doubt nor are we displeased al it, Such
| differences ought 10 be expected among
| enlightened, independent and hon, 81
| men. So far as they have happened, The
| people are acquainted with them, aud
| have seen nothing IN them which displays
amy great difference of principle. They
were upon matters of crpediency merely,
and surely upon them. all canuoi be ex
| pccted 10 concur.
The examples OF Washington, Jsff,r
| son and Madison, have established II as
a principle of the government, without
| It's being found in the Constitution, that
no Prcsiden, shall retain the office longer
| than two constitutional terms, or eight
years. The principle has nothing objec
tionable in ii. The present chief magistrate
has done nothing TO forfeit his preicnsioms
| Ia the enjoy nenl of Ills office, for second
term, il be wished il. Two years of his
hrst term have yet TO expire. 1t is, there
! fore, quite too soon To search tor Il sue
cessor. We presume lie will not depart
from The example sci by his predecessors.
Three OF four years hence will be sufti-
cieni,y early 10 canvass the merits Of the
presidential candidates If, at that time,
Georgia has Il son, either in the person of
The Secretary of the Treasury, or one
more worthy, whose talents, principles
and integrity, entiile him to the seat, we
can see 10 reason why she should not put
in claim for the honor of iurpisl ing "A
Chief Magistrate Tor The Union. Journal.
CHARLESTON, Nav 22.-We are in
formed that the application of Captain
BLA cKLER, Of His B. NJ. ship Lee, 10
our government, for the British seamen
who joined the crew OF the piratical ship
Louisa, as heretofore stated, has been
usucccssiul.-Their surrender was reiu-
sed probably on The ground that they are
| equally as amenable 10 the laws of The
United States AS 10 those of Great Bril-
tain. They will be tried al special ses4
sion of the Circuit Court, 10 be holden
IN this city on The first day of June
| next.
The Lee will sail for England this day
or Tomorrow.
May 2i.-We have been favored with file
L ntE Inc I,,n IDt ma IN N m
| received by the brig Fame captain HARDY, IN
addition to our regular file, to the Isl ult.
| Gel, ed on Satnrd day, via Beinuda
Admiral PoPHAM sailed from Port-Royal oil
| the Sd uit. in the iphisenid. captain PARKER,
| on n cru'ze- The papers say nothing OF the
| ce>sion OF Cuba, and the rumor OF that event
| had not reached Jamaica when captain Hardy
| sailed though il had been suggested, as a
matter of speculation, that thatisian nd might be
| placed under The protection or Great Britain,
| as a guarantee for the immense debt due from
| Spain to that country
Tubhc Sails at Jamaica, 4DrI E-Cofiee,
| 81 IL Sd per 100 lbs. Sugar, brown, sos; do
| fair, 65> 4d.
Specie was plenty.
| The Buenos ANrean schooner COtzodo, capt.
| Lnseubur.h, sailed from Port Royal OIL tho
! 18th alt. a crurzc. Our Baltimore friends Will
probably be pleased 10 find competitor in
then patriotic efforts TO preserve the . freedom
OF the seas" They have hitherto borne that
homer almost exclusively.
Cession of Cuba "A letter from planter
in h Island OF Cuba, 10 senii,naN in
this city, dated % ApriI, 1919, says,
You have no donbi already been in
formed OF the very interesting report con
C rning the entlr cessIon of this Island
TO Great Britain. IL has caused great com
motion in the minds OF all The inhabitants,
both foreign and native. have cOnversed
with many naineS OH The subject, and
they say il is Impossible for their King TO