Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-09-12

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have sanctioned such nm Address, and appeal
with confidence To the recollection of the Vir-
ginia republicans Of that day rs well az tn the
Journals of '98 to establish this position. gave
one striking illustration from Fredericksburg
It would DO easy to multiply them TO hundreds.
| The fact is that the Augusta Address instead
of evinciDg any thing like mutual conce.-
sion of parties for the sake of unanimity, is
among the most unmxed, violent and inhamma-
tory federal addresses of the day, yielding in
nothing to the Bath Address which with its
answer, gave So much offence TO the republi-
cans at that time. And yet writer and
it would seem favorite writer too in the
Enquirer, Judging of his favourtism by the
| frequency of his communications and the
comparative respect with which he is treatedl
under the signature of Oldboroush can be per-
mitted contemptuously To style this frequent
proof of federalism " a thing of an Address"
without a single minatory flourish Of the En-
quirer's whip. Nay SD far from it, the En-
qulrer himself sighting this evidence of the
Address, calls for what he is pleased To style
The more unequsrocai eridence of his having sup
ported the federal catse by Conversations speeches
and tcritten essays, which he. the Enquirer,
must have, before he can yield his assent to this
charge of federalism. Conversation, speeches,
and scritten anonymous essays, more unequi
roedi proc than this solemn address duthenticd-
ted by his oiCn name as chairman, and addressed
TO The President ofthe u. s. IN The face Of The na
lion! This is AN idea of evidence which if
II has .:Tt nothing else to recommend ii, has at
lealt the merit of novelty. But how stands the,
balance of evidence on which side, does the
burthen rest? The Address is ,criien Evidence
and standing by itselfconcusive of Mr.. Craw-
ford's federalism in 1913. What does the Enquirer
set off against il ? Mr. Crawford's conversations
in '99. But this | have shewn will not do
| Let the advocates of Mr.. Crawford then, shew
us the speeches and ,crttten essays which con-
tradict the evidence of the Address. We are
authorized by every principle of human
testimony, tn rest upon the solemn record
evidence of the Address, until it shall be
overthrow by evidence equally solemn. If
the Enquirer say that Mr. Crawford's whole
life furnishes the proof of his Jeffersonian re-
publicanlsm and throws the burthen of proof
on those who impeach it'll answer that this
is what iogicians call the petitio principii it
begs the question affirm that his whole
public life, so far as it is matter Of record,
proves the reverse, and this undertake to
make good. undertake 10 shew that during
the hole term of his service in the Senate
of the U. 5. he was not to be distinguished
by his votes, from the federalists and the repub-
lican minority under Mr.. John Randolph. Let
me he understood. do not speak CT the casual
political system. And speak advisedly; for
on subject of so much importance as that
OF President of the u. S. | have felt it nv
duty to trace the candidates upon the record,
so Tar as the record is within my reach, for
the purpose of seeing what we have to expect
| from the elevation of the one or the other of
them. 1t is upon this evidence have deter
mined that Mr.. Crawford is not the man to
| promote the great destinies of this nation
And this opinion | shall take the liberty TO
maintain, with very little concern for the
opinions which il may please his advocates TO
form or express OF my motives. One word
more as TO the Augusta Address and | have
done with the subject. a writer in the Wash
! Ington Gazette of 29h ult. has made the dis
covery that there is the most perfect identity
of sentiment between Gen. Washngton's let
ter of the Is July to Mr.. Adams accepting
the office of commander in chiefof the armies
against France, and Mr.. Crawford's famous
address of the Cd July: And TO prove it he
quotes first the following passage from Gen.
Washlngion's letter; 6" Believe me- sir no one
can more cordially approve of the wise and
prudent measures of your administrations
Ihey ought TO inspire universal confidence -
and then the following sentence from Mr..
Crawford's address," With unlimited conf
dence IN the frmness, Justice, and wisdom of
your administration, we pledge ourselves TO
you and our fellow citizens, &C." The proof
] IS admitted To be conclusive. Mr.. Crawford
did think with Gen. Washington as to the
measures of Mr.. Adams administration but
this s'lrrenders the question of his thinking
with Mr. Jefferson for while those two great
men agreed in love of country and in anxiety
for its happiness they were Numerically OPP
posed in their politics. Gen. Washington was
with the federalists Nj Jefferson with the
republicans. General Washington approved
/ oil MIR. Adams administration Mr. Jefferson
dsapProved oft and for so doing was treated
| ny the lederallsts disOrganiZer and anar-
chst. 1T was against Mr.. Jefferson and his
party that the sedition law was IeveIed. In
Bache's paper of 10 June, 1913, there is the fol-
lowing paragraph: Federalism exemplifed
In conversation few days ago fedcrast
made use of this declaration: wait said he.
TIL the sedition bill is passed and then we will
snow you what we will do we will begin first
with Jefferson and Gallatin Danish them and
then we will take the Others one by one. "This
4ecIaratIon ought to be proclaimed from the
Mousse top that the people may be made ac-
| quainted with the true dongs of federalism"
Gen. Washington did approve of the meas
ures OF Mr.. Adams administration so did
Mr.. Crawford so did Messrs. Pickering,
! Harper, Hillhouse, LivermOre, LIoyd and all
the federal party Mr.. Jefferson, on the other
hand, dlsapproved of those measures and thu
great majority Of the people concurred with
l Nun. The consequence was that federalism
was Frustrated, MIR. Adams administration
was cut short at the end the first four years /;
and MIR. Jefferson was put in his place. He
was put in his place because he disapproved
and opposed those very measures, which Mr..
Crawford, IN common with all the fedpralsts
IN the Union, approved. Yet Mr.. Crawford
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