Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-08-12
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GR. CRAWFoRD.-No |.
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Ia ,hc sHii,"rt That Mr. Crawford receives
there il as apparent mystery that well de-
serves Tie m"-t serious attention of all candid
rcn. II * knnMn, iha, many Of the STATES
ace directly upp"srd Ia many other states, III
the views nfpn!:cy which will influence them
IN tn, chnicc "ii president ; Yet, it serms ia
NJ No. Crrn ilrd's singular gani fortune, Ia
he urged ia eaca particular state un precisely
the grounds the mast popular therein. Th.s
in the pirc'y agricultural portions of the Uni
on, the people are told, aside aud apart, as it
were. that he Is for leaving labor, skill and ca
pital Ia find i''rir uwu employ ments-wiihuut
Legislative Interference while, in the manu-
featuring districts, his partsans affirm in lik.
manner, that they know him to be in favor of
INCREASING the tariff, wmha view at fostering
manufacturers Whrnc. these contradictory
impressions? | will rot assert that both Tor
eitherl have been derived directly from Mr..
Crawford but, as his last annual report Is the
only public evidence we have Of his Views ON
the subject; and as that strongly favors the
manufacturers, il brhuuves the agricu!in lists
III not their opponents alsn) To discard all pri.
vate assurances, and Ia demand "a public de
claratou on this great question Without such
declaration one party nr the other must be
deceived, if Mr.. q. be elected for, in such a
cause, if not with us, he is against us.
On the question of internal improvements,
equal uncertainty, nor tn say, contradiction
prevails respecting Mr. Crawfurd's views. In
n. York, \. Jersey, Ohio and Delaware, un-
dersiand, he is represented, By his confidential
friends, as willing la sanction asystem of roads
end canals, To be executed under the direction
of the general government and we all know
that among us, the opposite opinion is orally
propagated, with great industry, by his parti-
I'm O. hn1 A
poi tunty of dsprlling all doubt aud contra.
diction under this head. Tie house of Re
presrntatives-
90 Resoired That the f,he treasury he instruct
ed To prepare aud report This house, their next
session, plan for The application of such means ~
are within the power OF Congress, the purpose oi
opening and Improving roads aud making canals
together with a statement of the undertakings of thai
nature, which objects of puic muro, ement, may
require and deSerre ME aid Of The government and
also, statement of the works OF the nsiure above
mentioned, which have been commenced the pro-
grcss winch has been made la them the means aud
prospect oil Their heiug completed The public i'm.
provenenls carried nv the states by companies
or corporations which have been assocaed for such
purposes, 10 ,ciich Il may he deenled erpsdieHt to
subscribe or afford assistance the terms and cond-
o"s OF such associations, and The state of their
innds, and such Information, in the opinion Of the
Secretary shall he material in relation To the objects
OF this resolution
A similar instruction was, at the same time,
addressed Ia the secretary of war, and compLi-
ed Nth. Mr.. Crawford, however, chose to
maintain, before the public, the mystery habi-
tual tn him, since he fixed his attention on the
presidency and accordingly, took no notice,
whatever, of the positive command of the
House of Representatives. In the mean time,
strange as il may appear, this contempt of the
house has been used as AN argument in his
favor both by friends and enemies of internal
mproyements-each side maintaining, that
he merely concealed his opinions, the better
To aid or defeat the scheme, should he be
elected president
Shall this Janus policy be allowed To sue
coed IN country, that, yet justly boasts of
its political morality? Oris it safe for free
men in the choice OF chief magistrate, to
rely ON any thing short of public acts, or a
public avowai of principles. on questions Of
this magnitude,
In the commercial districts, and other ex-
posed parts of our extensive frontiers, mari
Time and inland, Mr. Crawford is said Ia be
the staunch friend uf Notifications, the army
and the navy; whereas, in the few radical dis
iricts lin the lntciior) he is represented as the
enemy of these establishments aud the votes
in congress of his confidential friends, Messrs
Cobb, Glnier, Cooke Cannon, Williams, Sc
are trilnnphanily cited, in proof of his radi
caiism. In tins case, however, we have bet
ter evidence of hs Jews, Than the contradict /
ory declarations Of instructed friends i 81
lude to his sarcastic speech, in the senate
against MIR. Madison, on the bill for 60 fitting
out all the frigates of the u. S." In opposing
the bill, Mr.. Crawford said;
" Tile presidents message of the third instant, has
heen introduced bv the chairman of Ii,a committee IL,
support of thus bill. Feeble mnsi be the All whrch
this measure derive from that source. Thus mes.
sage in point of Obscuriy comes nearer my ideas oi
Dephic rrncIe than aoy slate paper that has
uudet my inspection IL rs so cautiously expressed
that every man puts what construction upon IL he
pledses. Is hn for war The message hreathes
nothing hn destruction and boodshed. Is lie for
peace: The message is merely milk and water aud
wholly pacific. Is he Tor The bill before you The
message calls for us passage. Is he friend =
large Standing ARMY WAY them the message mel ms
1000 regular troops j. he friend TO the militia
The message does not call for regular troops-Ii
means militia Thus, sir, this message means any
Thing or nothing, ut the win of the commentator II
hs message IS oracuar III It's meaning, il less
miraculous ~ IFS PRONUNCIATION. The newspapers Ia
the east oi this stated that such message would he
delivered aud stated its contents neatly one week
before II reached the two houses Of Congress 10
account for tl''s phenomenon is neither wIhiu my
power nor province"
8 The gentleman from Virginia has reiterated the
old mnxin--,hat, tn he prepared for war, is the
best method OF preserving peace, and has declared
ta, he should vote for this hill upOn that principle
his maxim has the authority of great names. II
may be true, tO particular extent. IL these prepa-
raiions are of such y nature 10 make the naiio,
invulneiahe, II Is true" Mr. Crawford, then, Is OPP
posed To ali preparation, that may fall short of dbso
f'ae security Did he read Of u ration, tina
h"d attained -? And must not all preparations
have q beginning? Il " But, Sir when the prrpara
tons amount 10 The equipment OF five Grigaes, and
the naIion against whom these preparations are
made, can launch a thousand vessels of war agains
rs, who can seriously urge this maxim US iusIifica
Ton "i Tie measure ~ Aud IN another place he
says
Eni admitting fiero Is danger of war witb Eng
land OF What scrvice wili these few additional fri-
gates he, ag1ins The thousand Ships Of war wlnci
mat nation can pot in commission The bonnura