Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-09-05


lance could have preserved the great national
state from bankruptcy Instead ofthat, what
has been lost F? When was the credit of the
nation ever better ? When was the public debt
more faithfully discharged ? When were the
burthens Of the people lighter Then in re-
iation tn his department, of what have we To
compiain Under all these multiplied and
perplexinS difficult s his estimated have an
preached nearer the actual receipts into the
Treasury, than in any calculation of his pre-
decessors for the last twenty years. OF this
fact, have before me, the recorded proof
which may he found in Mr.. Niles able and
, iuabr Register OF May the lth. 1899, at page
l66. There they will find that his actual " ere
within ten per cent of his estimated recei9ts.
while that Of his distinguished predecessors
was from seventeen To twenty-nne These
are facts that speak louder than assertions. and
Though he may have no talents" and has
: done nothing" which is saying bu, little for
ihe public dlscerumrnt, vet this and another
and perhaps many generations may pass away,
before such an individual, precisely under ali
hts peculiar circumstances, will, by chance, rise
from nothing to the most respendpnt emil
n"nce. upon two distinct stages Of political
probation.
have now gone through the subject as
proposed TO be considered, but before
close. there are one or Two matters, | deem
worthy of notice. 1t has been on a for
mer occasion enquired whether Georgia was
heartily in favor of Mr.. Crawford, and whe-
Their the presses Of that State were disposed TO
support HIM. 1 answer without hcsita-
ton, as Ia both particulars, in the affirmative.
with respect to the people they have never
entirely forgotten Mr.. Crawford's ser, ices, al
though they have promoted the views of his
adversary 81,
serve both, and while they support Mr. Craw-
ford for his talents and virtues, they serve his
enemy from capricous pity growing out of
ms disgraces. There is however political
reaction IN Georgia, the pride Of the state is
now concerned, the people are not as some
nave supposed, lost tO q sense OF national repu-
iaiion To say that Georgia is not anxious
to afford President OF the Union, is direct
insult to her understanding and character. and
tn say that Mr.. Craw ford has lost her conf
deace is rrproach to her Judgment and an
attack upon her gratitude. Whatever NAV
be her family disputes, of which, no doubt
she is now ashamed. il has not resulted i'm her
enlargement from MIR Crawford. He has :, ~
ed her too long, too faithfully, and has raised
her character too high To he now, in the time
of his greatest need, overlooked. Depend
upon IT the Georgians are not such an unEene-
IN moment of cool ELECTION, when they see
the gross ignorance with which their public
affairs are managed, and the vicious passion
In which they have been administered, they
are entirely disposed 10 return to the good old
track and To the exercise of more moderate
feelings. They have discovered from hstn-
ry OF The times, that their Jacksun's creek
Hero, did no more, than was done by all OF
our first settlers and half of our frontier wo-
men, and as to their pity, he has had it long
enough, seeing how poor return he is able to
make for it.
With regard to the presses, they are deci
dedly and warmly for Mr.. Crawford, with the
exception of two, one of these conducted bv
a consistent and honorable Frdrralist, VIM
ii. Hobby Esqr. is in favor of Mr. Adams
lhis editor Is the brohcr-in-aw of governor
Clark, hut added To- this, he is no doubt attach
ed to Mr.. Adams from the very great polit
zeal veneraiiOn he has for his father, and per-
haps some hopeful expectations in the versa
lilliy of the son.
The other is travelling federal Press, very
properly called the pseudo Pa riot, without
means and less principle, it works any where
Tor a living, and will say any thing, but the
truth, tor money IT knows Just enough Of hon
esty always TO avoid it, and is ashamed of
nothing but decency.-N was there an IS
Enlistment of the kind, shielded by such an
impenetrabIe IMMUNITY its press is too inla-
NOUS for notice and IFS editor too contempti
bic for correction, neither ofwhich can be pro-
voked by any thing he can say, although of
Ten sought, and as a mark ofdHenfioR has no
doubt been anXiOusly coveted. His SANDERS
are above the Establishments of Justice for none
oil her salutary restraints, except imprisnn
meni, Gao reach him, and this would be an ac
al Inf Iu... L.,
at home. The paper like the Wdsbinrton
Republican, has no support. is read but Inv
lew and believed by none, and got up for a
particular purpose, has no circulation. except a
few numbers that are sent by the direction OF
The secret gentlemen behind the curtain to their
particular friends, upon whose unwilling chart
~ alone the poor huuger-smitten editors are
compelled to rely with mendicant humility.
rms press Is immediately and exclusively
under the personal influence of Governor
Clark IN MIIedgevle. | have lately heard.
however, mat very great meagreness, " hich
mas fallen suddenly upon the finances Of the
editor and his patron, has unIuckly stopped
or IS likely to Stop It's wheels; | say unluckly.
because any cause mast flourish, against which.
such a press should be opposed
Inc friendly presses, although they have
not as yet said much, they have in nv opi-
mon very sufficient reason for it. There is
peculiar indelicacy in perpetually obtrudng
upon the notice Of the other states, the pre-
tensions OF a fayorite state candidate. The
state of Georgia has acted with very bccnm-
ing dignity and modesty, in not debating TO
her sister states what they must do in he APP
preaching election, as some others have done,
by caucus, and the public prints have eyinced
a, respect for the Judgment and opinions OF
the rest of the Union, well worthy of their
good sense and propriety. What liihe they
nave SAID has been entirely IN defence, and
that has been urged with moderation and de-
corpm emitting them to very high regard.
J have now arrived af the last ft,i,o ~