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

the nation of which he was the Representative
that circumstances would admit.
" Is u iact, which may be worth mentioning
tina there Were mad. up at the Post 0ilic,.
in this CITY fnr 'h- Eastern Mail uf Yesterday
morning. three thousand fire hundred Letters.
being ncsri, all free L,iters, d.spaiche.;,,
Members OF Congress To their constituents. IA
/ There IS s",sr reason 10 hrrve. from what
we have seen and heard. that the story 1t tn.
embarkatiou e an Army. by Spain, destined
against the Republic, of Colombia. Is the ,orre
coinage Of IN, London Stock Exrhangs, su
fertile ot puricntuus ruinors. The Armies oi
Spain. il will be- recollec,ed, wer. all Consii;u-
tional Armies, aud, siucc the faI! ut the Con
stituiionai Government, have been dissolved BY
the Royal DEGREES SCI that, in fact SPAN has
now no Army Ut any d. scripion, foreign
troops being the occupants Of her garrisous
and strong places. She could not, Of course,
send force against the Republic of & oiombi,,
ar any other of her fuimer Provinces. il her
| Ministry were to- drtermns on So desperate an
enterprise. ID
December 8.-Neitl,-r House of Congress
sits to-day. The Members have not vet had
time TO exchange views on the topics pre-
scented To them. Indeed it is probable no
business will he prepared TO be- finally acted
upon for several days Ia come.
Representatives, il will he seen. have been ap-
pointed by the Speaker, on whom, in that
House, the task ofseection drvOl,.s. In per
forming thisd duty, il must b. allswe ed, h., has
shewn all things considered, u laudable ~, mar
TALLY. no
MARYLAND.-The Legislature met ON
Monday last, as already published. In the
Senate VIM. II. Stewart was unanimously
chosen President and, the next day, Tobias
House of Representatives.
Letters from correspondents inform us, that.
on "Wednesday leave was granted, in the
| fouse ut Delegates, 10 Introduce n hill tn in.
corporate the Chesapeake. and OHIO Canal
Company. The Committee consists of Mr..
Stmmes, MIR. FenwIck, Mr. Hopper. Mr..
VIM. Stewart MIR. McaInhon, Mr. EdcIu,
Mr.. A-rrck, Mr. chesley, and MIR. Lnpck-
ermann. Little doubt is entertained of the
passage OF such bill. The pecnniary part
OF the project will form separate and distinct
question for the consideration of the L-gis-
lature. JD.
PROGRESS OF PUBLIC OPINION
| The opinion that Mr. Ad.ms has no chance Of sur
ceedng to the Presidency seems he fas, gaining
ground among his former supporters in New England
and the eyes of the Pphlic aIe naiur,U, rurneJ ~
NiH. CALHOUN, as the man who will pursue the same
p"liicai cours. as Mr.. Adams, and who To our,l
qnnIh cations Tor The Presidency has much greater
change Of success. W. give the Cnljow;u. ex,r,c,s
rom various papers III Massachusetts, show ,ha
the tide oi popular sentiment" is seting strongly la
The course which we indicaIrd in uur first unmher
| The WORCESTER !EGIs, q a staunch supporter o,
| Mr. Adams claims 10 the Presidency, - and leading
Republican paper, in this Commonwealth, remnrks
From the sua'ioa which we aie placed and
the opportunity we have 10 know the tide of porulrr
sentiment, we believe that Mr.. Adams and MIR. Cal
NOM are the most popular candidates The, hav ~
| strong and substantial friends. Although our nreler-
| ence is Tor John Q. Adams yet, should Mr. Calhoun
br the successful candidate, shall o,rrn,ur nor
epne-he IS gentleman of integrity and talents n,o
nonM perform has duties President oih eresipkara
fidelity"
| The SPY concludes able article on the subiec
OF the Presidential candidates follows,
| u Adams were Withdrawn, the chances with the
people, would be altogether in favour of Calhoun-
We think we h 'xa,d nothng, in saying he wonhi re-
ceye the of South Carolina and of every STAT.
north OF Pennsylvania aud il is most prohnbie tia,
thai .Snc, Maryland, OHIO, Indans, Illinois Alal,a-
ma, and North Carolina would also lie in his favour
On the other hand, candidate, beside him and
Adams, could calculate, with any ceriainiy on re-
| ceiyng the votes OF mo,e than three States
lHE fEoMAN,a neutral paper published in the
county of orcrsIrr, and which is eminently ds,;p-
guished by tire talent with winch it is conducted
says =
| What is 20 he tho result of this contest for the
highest Office OF the Republic, seems more than ever
ubceriain> While nothing appears Ia diminish Mr.
Adams claims upon the confidence Of the people
every day seems to increase the obstacles in Tie wa,
ui has II is TO be concealr thai So far
seriously impede his progress On one hand ne i.
! disirused account Of his former poIical as.
| sociaies-on the other, he is dislikrd because he
| abandoned them. His competitors too, are power
| tui. Mo. Crawford Is Supported 10y all who useae
The quiet OF Mr.. houroe's acminisiraiio and long
Tor The turmoil of party hosfuies Against him
alone, however, there is little doubt Mr. Adams
would succeed. But the South aud West h,v g their
iavourte candidates, Mr. Calhoun aud MIR Cav, the
| friends Of hDm wonld probably coaesce rather than
support either Mr.. Adams or MIR. Crawford MIR
Chlhoun who has hitherto been regarded rather as
nj person for the Presidency than as one vino would
he seriously supported, now, oi,vnnsiy, amid III
the wrdngiing concersing the other candidates, fa.
gaining TRENDS 10 every quarter OF he Union. We
are nor the pdTtizahs OF either Of the candidates AL
though opposed To sume of them. We hone, hnwtvr.
to see either Mr. Adams Mr.. Calhoun succred
| Mr. Monroe. IL il by means improbable thar ,he
latter may he chosen by te united strength Of those
who deem important 10 prevent the election Of Mr.
CraWfnTd Circumstances may Compel thnse who
would otherwise support Ms. Adams, 10 take thai
course Falmouth Nautical Intel.
| =" SIGNS OF The TIMES"
DIX months ago, nearly every feder al paprr in New
| England advocated the election Of John QUINCY
| Adams To the Presidency, and denounced every re-.
publican who would declare for, and pledge him
sell TO support that gentleman Wmhih the spare oi
few weeks past, there seems have been "a won
derlul change IN The advocates for the doc rine oi
pledges. Some have grown cool, and scarcely men.
hon Mr. Adams at all give him feeble doubt.
iui yea while others declare off entirely, aud insist
that all his iriends 10 prevent the election of thu,
" arch 'nlrigner, Crawford must unite for ME- Cal.
houn, Southern from slave holding State -
What new has occurred to produce this
change, we know II is quite suficien, for our
purpose that " shows Of what materials the ,,a,tv