Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-23
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| writer who signs himself Virginian"
has IN the last National Integencer. I'M
dertaken the defence of General Jackson
against certain structures of the " Richmond
Enquirer."-Ths General IS worthy of bet-
ter defender. God help him If he cannot meet
with more capable good-natured friends"
than the Editor of the Franklin Gazette or
this " honorable Vrginan We cannot re
turn the compliment of saying that his " stric-
lures appear to be done by master handn
We shall not dwell upon the decorum whic,,
would induce g Virgnan" to separate the
two Editors ola uewspaper-and to harp npon
the name OF one of them, some 90 or so times
IL seems to suit neither the cause " hich ne
espousss, nor the station which he fi!ls.-I,
would be as well for him to be as decent as
he could and even To assume virtue if he
| has it not"
| But the most remarkable thing about his
whole article is, that il PROCESSES to reply to
the structures OF the 26th ult. while those of
| the 2nd inst. cut up by anticipation almost
every argument which he advances. All the
facts which he now processes to state, relative
to Gen. Us cirl qualifications are there de-
tahed from the Bographer of Gen Jackson
| why seek TO point out our ignorance of +" the
political course" of the General WHY muster
up all the oflces he has filed, when we have
| want OF
righteousness become him True, as we have
already stated, Gen. j. has been member Of
the Tennessee Conventional member Of
Congress-a Judge. But why does not this
very candid defender, who professes to supply
our defects supply his own? Why does he
not add, that Gen. j. was urged to resign his
sea. IN the Senate, by the wish to make wav
Tor another man. who, he coniectured, would
IN that capacity, be able to render more i'm
portant services to the country than hmself?''
that he held the Office Of Judge for " a short
time )" to leaveit "open for those, who, he be-
neVed' were better qualified than himself, to
discharge ITS intricate and important duties ?''
And yet Gen. j. who so modestly placed him
self below others, in the intricate and impor
tant duties of a Senator or Judge, is now
held up for the less intricate and important
duties, we suppose, of Chief Magistrate.-
Mark, what an able advocate he has: Did
not Gen. j. resign in $50, rather than mount
the black cockade" during the reign OF
terror :" Wonderful energy of character in
deed Suppose the other republicans had
been contented with this same negative yir-
tue; suppose Giles, and John Nicholas and
Gallatlo and others, had sought the shade dur
ing this "reign of terror" what would have
become OF The Republic ?-After all, how does
this " Virginlan" make out the GeneralIto hs
a statesman Of % years. experience p" Hi,
own biographer says, that he soon grew tir.
Ell ot political life"-that he "voted" :
: months IN the ii. of r.. from 5 to 8 months ir
the Senale-resigned his judgeship in fit o.
modesty, and went to spend his life in tran.
quillity and retirement"
Are these the 90 years that he was states
man is this the scanty school in which he
studied this the great experience which he ba.
mad sSurely he mist have been a statesman
by instinct. Not SO (says the Virginian) " the
J secret Is THIS Jackson was statesman by
experience and by intuition, he was Gen
. pral surpassed by no one Of his day ~ Wher,
then is this experience The secret seems +,
be- tn fluid IT out. Can an experience in polit
zeal life of perhaps less than 2 months, DUAL.
NY Gen. for the posi- to which he aspres |?
bui washington was also soldier, withou
the political experience Of Jackson We an
uc'PA'eh ms argument on the Cd. The repI,
} is, do zen. Jaekson's friends pretend to saw
ne IS equal 10 Washington When they mo
desily lay claim to such pretension, il vii
he time enough TO answer them.
Gen, y. II is said, has given some Essou
$ at ~ Orleans &c. True, they were fine Is
says Put they were military ones. Yo
2 might MS well pretend that the Baron S,eu
o OF nations. '"'
The Virginian quotes the Generate Re
= m"nsrance to the Senate in 1919 for IN
< proofs oi his qualifications. We differ csse,
TALLY upon its merits. We think it distinct
}. proves, that Gen. J. did not understand n
IS laws or constitution of his own conntrv-,
: even lhe orders that were addressed IN him
g lpr VirSnian is pleased to suspect that q,
y gratitude Is not sincere, and our rpsppet M
b. aiieeted 4" to delsde our readers" no ,h
II we can only deign to make but one replv. Ia
n - the best answer to faIsehcnd. We aopp