Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-15
MIR. NINIAN EDWARDS.

Ie"cheu me CONCLUSIONS la The ,ncan time
he Header has before HIM the " hole Of Mr.
e-d"aids's questions Us well as The whole q
zen. Mobiles Testimony both that winch wa
| 'scuiLcd, and that which wa, suppressed. An,
nat do you now thlnk Of n. Edwards ? Wha
'pini"n can every disinier.st-d individual
iorm oi h'n,--but mat he is (,n use the lat.
exinesslon Of Il Philadelphia ELitur) one vi
The most unprnciped politicians that have
been bred by the cOrruptun Of the present
times z"
Sucn man might be dismissed 10 obi, ion
Il II wert not for the expcr3b!e designs which
ne MAS destined To accom- lish- Ssfu were not
ior the :" aiders aud abetturs," who set attempt
IN uphold his Cause, and to screen INN fion
| he just Indignation Ut aD insuitcd curHtry. +.
Inis A. H. plot was not go up III day.
For months, before IL burst upon the people,
II "as secrs iy malured, though cti,eiy che
iished by some ot the wire " orkers and scene
shutters behind the curtain. la The autumn Of
1929, letter was received in this city, stat
Ing IN strong but mysterious terms, that pa
peers were abuut IL come out against w. H.
Crawford, which would PROSTATE him in dust
aud ashes. The same dark aud ambiguous
gi,lDgs-Out We're insinuaied about the same
time by another citizen of this slate. Some
weeks after the, A. b. papers did appear-the
plot was brought out, TO blow up the preten
si0ns, and 10 blast the fair fame uf an honest
man
One Committee of Congress Investigated
The accusation, and acquitted Mr.. Crawford
Cd Committee extended their researches
10 another accusation, and again rendered a
verdict of acquitta.
But his untlring accusers, though baflled, did
not desist-fOr, alter NInian Edwards had
become clothed with the dignity of his couu-
Try, The plot Was organized anew, and formal
ana elaborate impeachment against him was
Lard before the Ii. fR.-W hat was the result
what shame covers the acting cons orator, IL
Is unnecessary for us To express. The indig-
nation Of an lrrtaied country Covers the wretch,
who wuuld plot the ruin uf AN honest man
Like Haman. he is hung upon his own gallows
Like the prosecutors of Daniel, lie is himself
cast INTO The hons den, IN " hich the virtue Of
his intended victim hath shut the iiuns'
mouths, that they have not hurt him."
But whilst thus convicted and thus con-
demned,-what shall we say Of those generous
spuus who seem disguised TO make common
cause with N. Edwards Who wish To STAY
The waves Unpopular Indignation who would
persuade this sovereign people that they must
not lhink Tor thcmsel,e s, with the evidemc. too
before them-but must passvrIy wait for the
. final decision" Of their "public SCI wants"
What OF those, who do not scern his presence
but appear with him in the same pew, aud
mock The moral sense of an enlightened
community?
1t is in vain, that the columns of the Ma
tiOnal Journal are disgraced by soph,s,lcal
sindicatioa Of this degraded and wretched
iran--in vain, that letters are written TO sus
pend the public lndiSnatIUn-in vain, a marked
association Is exhibited with the high digni-
fares OF the g0vernmcnt-the cause of ~
Edwards battles every defender, and dis
graces every friend. Is he not stamped uoon
the very face ofthe record with prevaricaiion
and fasehood Put aside, however, the testi
mony of Noble, Of Elkn, oil Watson. and of
Seaton.-Put aside his own clubbing, and his
oi0n eras,ons, under circumstances too " hich
onGhf to breathe a soul under the very ribs of
deaih. Messrs. Adams and. Calhoun ought
TO have known, and assurrdy did know, that
N. T.. had denied 10 another person the au-
thorship Of A. B.-had deni.d it under cir
cun,sances, which would have made gener.
Gus, and an honest man disclose the most un-
pleasant truth. Did not The President of the
U. ). send his Private Secretary 10 N. Ed
wards, previous to his nomination to Mexico
telling him OF the embarrassments under which
he, tihe President,) laboured, of his wish ro
nominate him, but of his unwillingness to in. |
terfere with the canvass for the Presidency
Of the effect, however, which it might have
on MIR. Crawford, If he should nominate to |
SO high an Office, Mr. Edwards, should he |
be the author of A. b.? Did not Nin,an
Edwards then hush up the suspicious of
The President? And after T.. was nomina-
ted, confirmed, and then puiicly had ac
knowledged the papers of A b, did not Air.
Monroe Indignantly declare, that T.. had treat
ed him most ungratefuIly, by betrayiny him
through his professions and denial into an an
pointment, and then by his acknowledgements
Of A. Il. exposing him TO the suspicious
" hich he wished to avoid? Were NOT tb..
Presidents "Cabnet Ministers, 1--WE use the
words of the National Journall acquainted
with this fact-and yet did they not for two
days resist the Presidents wish TO accent of
N. E's resignation did they not indirectly
appeal in his behalf by letter to the public
and one Of them openly appear in his compa-
ny ?-Can the people shut their eyes to the
conclusion which this state Of things forces
upon u.s. Will they fOrgiv. it?
AS TO ". K. we have yesterday understood
that the President had accepted bis resrna-
that in fact his resignation was
a mere preteuce to avoid the odium of reno.
val-for the President had previously made
up his mind TO strike him from the roll, oil
honour"
Miserable man he is now hanging on at
Washington For what as an actor. he has
been Missed oirthe stage-damued by every dis
interested spectai6r-the hue and cry of The
whole country against him-What can il avail
the Managers any longer to keep him before
The public, and thrust him, upon the stage (?
They will only expose their I. n Cause tn ruin.
and themselves TO disgrace.
A QUESTION FOR THE CURIOUS.
bu such matters.
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