Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-05-29
May 1921.
SIGNS, &c. Sc. THE oLIo."

We have read the three cricat,pes in the Wash
inSon City Gazette of the ODD, 23d and 18th inst
occupying in all, about Is columns. The frs, is a
dedication To the President of the United States of
q the Clio which follows"-Thc two others are
Isl and Cd Nos. of tho Oo itself, supcrscIibe,!
. .irts Of the Hoty .4Himce-.h Home" The wr-
ter has given such rcns 10 his fancy, that have
found IT difficult TO his real drift He skips
from subject 10 subject with the eccentric and
amusing velocity of ici2-o -the-'oisp-but, far
rs we can understand him, Virginia IS tho Chorus
OF his strains-liER ambition. HER istrie3ies tie
arts by which she is supposed 10 rule Inc Union. her
future views as to the Presidency, are the themes
upon which has fancy delights to sport.
In The Dedication, he says Whether magnify
the arts OF Virginia, let the people Judge / ac-
knowledge her greatness and her eminent men
but would inroke deati TO her ambition. She has
convnlsed the Union she has monopolizcd the cx-
crcisc of federal executive power 10 an alarminr
degree--and would fix the succession, as believe"
Nc" Virginia would rise by comparison with
New forkp 70 the stars, if her ambition did not
appear In the scale, &C. Lctne trust that YOU
o. Nonroc) will coincide with the PROPOSAL 4! TO
protect tlrc interests of the CONFERENCE.-The and to
enable industry TO reap the just reward of its la
Dor. y a." should likewise reckon on the support
OF lirginia-if Judged merely from her lau'labe
resistance TO judicial legislation, &c and could for
get, that like ambitious persons, she will never
second what others begin" Sc
No. LIN Gard, the writer Of the Olio desires
to be peqce-mnker among men. and TO assuage
party hate, but not the sacrifice of ms. DrnciDcs
&c. In the course ofhiS Clio, he makes a variety
OF remarks upon the state of the press on the OF
hce-scckerS in Congress, amendments to the Con-
stiiution " dcbarring the recollection of any presi-
dent, the election Of two Presidents succcssyclv
from the same state, the election to that Office of
all Secretaries of departments for four wears after
the expiration of their ministerial service &c &c
lie then comes TO the prescription of % citizens of
great talents quotes sentence from the ERlUirr
about the ambition Of DE Witt Clinton following il
with scraps from other papers the same subcct)
states that " hundred instances of such abusive
interference might be quoted, from the bold unhircd
organ OF the Virginia unto. the Ilesp;cablc ecl,oos
to the northward' asks why introduce the name
of the governor of New York mt his time rs he j.
not ctqdidtts fer ay oJice ci,s0sre,. 9'':: sccs
no necessity that Jlstiies fresh torrents of dcnun-
Grafton, either from the commanding oligarchy of
Virginia, the honest creatures who re echo its
behests --asscrts with Most suspicious per ,acitv
that none Except the hired or tuDcd aa,atorsl
was dreaming Of him de Witt Clinton as Presi-
deRf)--lauds the aforesaid De W 10 the stics far
his patriotism. his Z. noble cndowments ..not conn
led III solid, useful, physical science or moral NH
losophy, by Jefferson himself" and so pure so art;
less that . the ycrcs Tony Lumpkin, &c cnn van
quIsh hin, at imribYT because he min mot r,,gof
aOop 10 arts so ioU' iaccounts " for thc msrcnre.
sensations of the Enquirer (ghon he is civil enough
not to class with the pensioners by supoosinr
that :. some of his (Mr. C's) PestifTos G.icnds must
have been confOunded with him "-auaiu oIemonJe
why at such time" (amidsa nations suTirring,)
drag men before the Union who arc not clnh-
dates even in state ''''' whence this agitation in
the sea III dead calm :-ind finally ayers that he
might have yet CROPPED for n SOLUTION in vain had
| not trusy .4rif kindly furnished us with n leaf
from TIC secret journal of the Virginia Junn ut their
last Ditan. '-(Now. ere we come to the black leaf
we beg leave TO put III word by way of cxpana-
| ton for ourselves We did not drag Mr. G. before
the Union IT was he who pushed himself forward
when he dragged before the public IN so un@itinp
| ana Unsupported WY, those men whom he would
have prescribed as tue regulators of an organized
| ana discIpncd corps in the state of New York.
! We made lrtci comment on the whole tTaasacton
Trend OF Mr.. Cs came forward in turn to defend
hun IN this paycr1nd it in reply iliat we used
! INC expression which has called forth an arrow
| from the quiver Of the " OHo.'D
| No.G-i5 really amusing from the rdcrlonsncss
! OF ITS caricatlIre. lie describes the Cure of The
JHnfo - the cave of the Virginia Junto (somc-
tunes called the Richmond Club )-TIa then laws
| open the mystic leaf from the archives
| tCorIED FROM ARIEL's REPonrD
| SNiHg of NJ 1911 .N0l 1921
: Present five of the Dccensiri, viz. Mcssrs.
! jadgc B, IL, r. &c.
Mr.. II: moved tic reading Of the customary re-.
port, which was agreed to mem. con- and tiicrcpnD
| read by judge y. in the words aud figures follow
! ing, vidclcet 1t begins thus:
Your committee have diligently attended 10 the oa,,er
iu charge and they congratulate this bouors,c ;.t On
renewed trophies by their Organization from t1nn.
ary bands Never asthe competency Of discipline SCI In
charHr Eight and We exhort you pcrscvercc In tiat
Wtwot management which casts donh{s on rrrfify and
hgiils demonstration on surnisc which le,ricf5 our
iricd', cnlotuds enemies gi,cs 10 virginia th
rtdderof the Union"
This Report is three columns lon---lt Is flr from
our intention to rc-Pubs', much less to eNDosc is
ab,urdiiy-Wc sisc its spirit in tie our following
brief extracts:
!. half the vision Of measures dpen = on tcF sea
sonahi rss, prorcr hats e,yc been zen in soer ular,s
20 sor1H refractory pirs who ao hid reas5n a. srii
,"oua arsosduf'v t-piie 10 the hrb4 horprs q Oh.
l'eF' i'r - aa' therefore Deos se.iy CAST ,:ci IN