Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-10-03

iqured, 1T all, in applying the money proposed
I" he appropriated The fact is that both of
ihcse gentlemen invariably took higher ground
un this point, than Mr.. Calhoun.
| But what shall we say Of Mr.. Crawford's
opnon as to the constitutional power OF the
government in regard to internal improve
! aiept +? Ii rs well known he stands mute The
whole power ofthe House Of Representatives
has not been able to compel him TO utter his
sentiments on this subject Is not the man
to he preferred, who has the candor, and hon
esy, distinctly to avOw his sentiments, TO him
who thus cunningiy cOnceals it from the peo-
! Pile ? OpeDpess and candor are our boast as
Virginlans-S Shall we by supporting him afford
a practical proof that it is only boast--an
| empty boast
You object also TO Mr.. Calhoun that he is
the friend of manufactures. Is not Mr.. Jef1er-
son 2 Is not Mr.. Madison? Is not Mr.. Mon
roe ? Has not the second of these been the
early and inhexible friend and did he not APP
prove of the very tariff act of 1916 which Mr..
Calhoun contributed To pass Shall we excuse
these ll',istrious citizens because they ale Vir-
ginians, and condemn Mr.. Calhoun because he
IS not /? Shall we do mOre-shall we excuse
| DIR. Crawford for the same reason, and who,
to say the least oft, has studousy concealed his
opinion both in relation to the tariff, land internal
Improvement? If he has not announced an OPT
mon IN their favor, as you cOntend it is certain
he never has against them, tho many oppor-
tunities have presented themselves but he has
on several occasions expressed himself SO as to
favor both sides of these questions.
fear, Nlessrs. Editors, that in supporting
Mr.. Crawford under all the circumstances of
the case, we shall give rise to suspicious very
Tar from being favorable to the Virginia char
acter Our state has been honored by our
sister states in selecting Virgnans to the first
Office of the country, for three successive pre-.
slaents. We ought in my opinion, not to
support ANY natiue Of our state whose SUPER
IoRITY and QUALIFICATIONS are not dcknotr-
lodged, much less ought we to support one
who IS really amenable to the very objections
which we make tn the candidate born out of
the state and who, to say the least is his equal
IN erery respect We have a proud character
Tor disinterestedness, and let not forfeit it by
pursuing course which must inevitably ex-
pose us TO suspicion.
| am, gentlemen, your obedient servant
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN,.
| Virginia
REMARKS
| we cannot Tor the life of how have
dealt unfairly by MIR. Calhoun. We thought he lad
no chance OF being eiected-and we have said So
was this uniaiiness :-As We deemed him of the
question, we reluctant 10 say any thing
hga'rs i''ni We would have put by his preiensions
aSIne'iy as possible. Aud was this unlairness {!
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these times as well as others. We a small corps
Of friends around Mr.. Calhoun warm, ardent and
perseverng-some OF them, graced witt, epauleue
some with rich contracts la their handsome de-
voted 10 the whom they Ioved-and others, fill
ed with gratitude for his services and respect for his
talents anxious 10 raise him the first olhce in the
| nation. These friends scattered through the
| country. With their blood as wai m as that which
courses III the veins OF Elr. Calhoun HIMSELF they
make op by zeal what they ia numbers. There
Us no end 10 their praise bounds TO their expec-
q these etvE trf Tho n,uay
her eager vaccinations FOR the voice Of the nation
Beshrew MS, If he he Tie first in one or two states
and the second only in Others what chance cnn he
nave OF success: what chance of being of the
Mree that are TO enter the Olympic course! As to
he'ns the hrs we cheerluily yield him South Caro-
',na-and there we ARE compelled TO stop. IL the
signs al the times do not deceive us, Gen. jackson is
before him IN PemIsy administrations in New Jersy
both Crawford and Adams in N. Caroma.-The on
" State PERHAPS in which he " plays second fiddle"
rennsylvania. His lever is planted the Patroi
Office of New York bur Col. Ga,dner is not AN
| Archimrdes 10 move the stale. Mr. Walsh's /" Uni
| versa' Yankee Nation" will vote for MIR. Adams
| hut they are made OF loo stuff he turned
over like live stock, 10 another proprietor. The Re-
pubcans will choose for ihemseIves-amd we see no
| signs 10 suppose that Mr.. Calhoun will be their
choice. As 10 the whole region Of the West, where
Is The chosen land which he is Ia repose;? Is IL
Ohio, Kentucky Or Tennessee He may have friends,
spIinHled through all these siates--it would he
| strange II his genius, his services, the weight oi
Office, had not secured him some influence beyond
| the Allegheny: bu, depend upon il Jackson Clay
| and Adams rule the IN nj
| Mr.. Calhoun.
| We have not seen more papers advocating the
| claims OF Mr. Calhoun than Mr.. Crawford. Some
have been sci np 10 advocate the former aud none
that we know of, the latter But even with this adj
| vantage, both Mir. Crawford and Mr. Niams are be-
| fore h.,m
| We grant him address, genius, enthusiasm, great
| capacities in almost any degree his friends may
claim, for him. He is quick fertile IN expedients
seizog all The weak points OF his adversary, al
glance, aud turning them ndrotly against him.-But
these not all The essential qualifications of Pre-