Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-08-29


truly the manner in which Mr.. Crawford has
earned his political trophies.
There is in every community, and ithas been
peculiarly the case in many of the states, some
great mind ri. ing subject by which the public
opinion has been distracted almost Ia convul
sion. These are the stormy seasons that, In
their fury, crush and carry of many hon
est stairsman, and in their noisy fermentation.
give birth tn many distinguished villain. The
state of Georgia, II is notorious, has been I'M
commonly disturbed, by two subjects at least,
since the YaZou fraud in which painful as il
m-y be to say, and certainly as the faithful
record of history will have 10 declare, there
has been triumph of dishonesty over the e.
ternal principles of justice. | aliude Ia the
gambling away of the public domain, and also
the suspension of law, by which honest cred
itors, To the utter loss of their rights. in many
| instances were denied the use of the courts
ofjustice. II was first by following and then
by leading the public feeling in these tempest
driven questions, that his Excellency, without
, Il mind TO conceive or Judgment 10 execute,
aud with habits in earlier and principles in
later life that all enlightened men have con
sented To detest has been able To reach a pin
nacle, which he now finds by woful experience
is too high for giddy brain and ton tottcrng
for nervress arm But 10 these very ques-
tions Mr.. era .gford, true 10 the cause of es-
sen'a right, endeavoured with all the pow
ers of his mind and by the exertion Of his in
huence, to defeat fhe accomplishment of oh
lects so lraught with mischief and disgrace
and although he was completely baflied, yet
such was the confidence of the people in his
integrity, their conviction of his sincerity, and
oil The honesty of his motives, and such was
their admiration of his talents, that he main
tanned throughout the struggle an unweaken-
| ed hold upon their affections, when many of
his coadJutors, of less political promise, fell by
his side. On the theatre ofhis Georgia poll
ties these were the only prominent opportu.
mites for intrigue, and here we find him on
that side of the array, that stood opposed to
the most furious assaults of popular resent
ment With the most uncommon prediec-
tons In his favor, If he had been man solici
tous Tor his personal aggrandizement, destitute
oil candour and moral honesty, he had moth
ing TO do but to fall in with the general incIi-
nation and his political fortunes were made
but he preferred TO have his reputation based
upon more solid foundation. Ii then he
has been guilty of intrigue in Georgia, it has
| been by himself, and this idea is ridiculous
Tor his associates have been Jackson, Bald
win, Early, Troup, Forsyth, Merwetbar
Wilde, Floyd, Bullock, Stevens and ,nany
others of the very first and oldest cf;Aens of
| the State, possessing the confidence of the
people in the highest possible degree. If he
has been guilty of intrigue, it i without plot
| or an object. No is sfGtrd, no occurrence
| has transpred, no question has presented it
self where II was necessary and $50 induce
ment has been shewn. From the first hour
of h:s public life he has been as popular as he
could wish; he has obtained without difficulty
every appointment he wanted, and he has re-
ceIved but two the last was of the highest
grade that could be conferred. For what should
he Intrigue Nothing surely in Georgia, for
Georgia had given him, al once, all that she
could give-Here perhaps shall be told for
the PRESIDENCY. Let us now examine this
branch of The subject. I presume it will not
he commended, even by such willing as Gov
ernor Clark, or such whipsier as "PendIeton,"
&c that he laid his intrigues for such high
Office IN his Georgia politics. although have
no doubt, the first named of this pious junto
| has ignorance and vanity enough 10 believe
that the whole ofhis cruel persecution was for
mat exclusive object. Georgia does not AFRO.
gate to herself SO much consequence as To
suppose that any question connected with her
federal rights or her municipal police, are OF
SO much importance as TO furnish the ho;-bed
IN which Presidents are To terminate. If
then lr. Crawford's intrigue has commenced
after he left the Georgia boards, one would
suppose that it could be very easily detected
IN some point of very short but illustr0us
| course oil Official services. | must here again
apply the rule have before laid down, and
ask where are his associates As well might
a man be guilty of conspiracy by himself as
an intrigue. Are they TO be found on the list
ofsuch worthless as Mr.. Macon, Lowndes, Bay
ARD, Grswold, Holmes, King, Lloyd, of Mas.
Hhlhouse, Van Buren,, Skinner Dana, Dick
erson, Lowry, Laycock, Mclean Lloyd, of
Md. Genl. Smith, Peasants, Phil. Barbour,
Randolph, Floyd, GenI. Williams, of S. G.
Judge Smith, CLAY Hardin Col Williams &,
Cooke of Ten. Genl. Taylor Williams of In
diana, Benton, Saunders & Williams of n. c.
And indeed many Others of the most distin-
| Sulshed characters of the Union, with part of
whom he has at some period or other been
| upon terms OF the most intimate private friend
SHIP Il with the whole, united in public employ
ments.-l have pun posely selected characters
worthy of credit from both sides of the great
question that divides the union, 10 testify i'm
the case, and To say whether either of them
knows any good or even suspicious ground for
ibis charge, II either Of them has ever been in
tngued with, for surely TO have undertaken
such business with less influential or trust
worthy characters, " Ould have been running
a very great risk, to produce but very little ef-
T iect-and TO have attempted it, would have
been stu more hazardous for fortunately
lot TINS government, our great and good men
are not easily enlisted in such wicked mach-
nations, and as TO bad men Mr. Walsh knows
rom experience they can do no good.
~ none OF this host OF witnesses can bring
aught against Mr.. Crawford. what does il
speak May we not be INDUCED with AN in
Terence on this OCCASION even though it NAV
he an IncOnclusye mode ofreasoping | call
upon Mr. Calhoun especially, for formerly his
private and public relations with Mr.. Craw-
lord were of the most confidential character, to
hp IF 80.