Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-20

equal rishs with The President and in some
Cases, ttiieery one iu question. for example,)
authority PARAMOUNT tn his. We have neither
time nor rom here tn give To- this subject the
free examination which its Importance de-
mands. We will only add, that, so far from
the "ppostun Ia the Treaty being a party
question: the Secretary appears To consider
II to have hen, there were, Among those who
Opp"sed tt,t Treaty until il was qualified by
amrRdmets, and Who were with difficulty
brought vote for il at all, some 1T the most
devoted md ardent supporters Of the mea-
sures OF De administration, and among the
votes by which it was ratified, and without
whose vote It could not have been ratified,
WAS one gentleman who had Just come most
unfortunately in direct conflict with the Presi-
dent, and another who is we'll known to be,
what appr,rs to be- regarded as the climax ut
" opposition" decidedly in favor ofthe election
Of Mr.. Crawford as the successor to the Presi-
depcy.
The gra~st passage ofthe Journal article
yet remain. To be noticed. The honorable
Secretary las now informed us, SO distinctly,
that, howep reluctant, we cannot bur under
stand him, hat, in this controversy with us. he
iact- by autb,ri,y higher than his own. What
ihe did" hesays, &" WAS with the authority Of
1.-THE President" The lnss Of the favor Of the
r President is we admit, deeply to be regretted,
g'pd the moe, that the first intimation Of it
dslouId be through the columns Of newspa-
1ipS, established under the patronage Of one of
81 th Presidents Secretaries. But, there is
81 soiething, ne loss of which we should stilI
b meg deplors, and that is, the consciousness
4 ofStire good faith and honesty of conduct Oh
ouPart towards the President and towards all
81 iherorld oI poliiics.
L., hat o. 4
q derhe iiihrib, which the Secretary suppos-
ii IS linseIf tohave received from us, hath not
hi shedput the bowels of our brother, as Amasa
. faretby Joabs hand, at the great stone which
N Is INF ibeon. This mortal purpose, the reader
pfl has seady discovered, was altogether in the
Il imagation of the honorable Secretary. His
ID vaude life, may Heaven be praised, is yet
ID pres!ved to biscouniry, and long may il he
ID Theteapun which he Thought he felt was but
u a" digger Of the mind" the point, it seems,
$ insteal of the handle, presented towards him
OF HopeA hes'ts and open hands are the worst
to dancers tn Secretary has to encounter from
re us. We mTy his blows without returning
q, them, w. scarcely resist him. We retreat
5 betorthim. He follows us up, and drives us
,rl sgs'nstths gall. We ask truce, and it is re-
J. fused, Sill 1--WE ward off blows. without at
d tempfpstoeturn them. ID.
J. A reigtlas been put in circulation by some
h Of the pk,Sn prints, that the Attorney Gene
e raj was abb to be char ged temporarily, by the
y Executivetith the duties Of Secretary of the
i Treasury. We are authorized to state that
:. this report untrue, and that the President
5, conteinplai no such step; indeed, the i'm
10 proved andmost restored health Of the Sc
o cretary Off Treasury would now render
U such meare entirely unnecessary, even had
d his former disposition made its propriety at
J. all probable (Id.
?, We tearnhat doubts exist, whether The
IS President hsccepted the resignation, by Mr..
& Edwards, Ohe Embassy. to Mexico. The
9 resignation, have authority for saying, Is
accep ed. ID.
= The IndiarRepubiican states that on the
II s1st inst. Dol Shnn from Illinois encamped
e upon the banjo the dry fork of Indian Run,
y about ten o'clk II commenced raining, and
o when DR.. Shii awaked, he found the water
: two feet deep Iund his wagon, and before he
t, could get his fhiIy into the wagon they were
$ washed awaynd drowned. 1t was wish
! much dficutDr. Shinn SWAN to an adjoin-
ing mill, and IS saved with the loss of all his
is clothing and nney. His wife and child were
5 found short stsnce below where they en-
! Camp-d. 1t supposed the river rose eight
h feet in ten mirtes.
;. OHIO.
A meeting dhe citizens of Chilicothe and
Ross county, bio, was held on the 18th inst.
. I6r the purpospf nominating candidate for
!, the Presidency The number that attended
was much largl than usual on the like occa-
n sion, and the uinimity in favor Of Mr. Clay
y fully Justices b most confident belief of his
% complete succe in that State. The resolu
. tons in his favd were proposed by Mr. Wake
and adopted blythe meeting with the warm
!. est expression approbalion-528 voting If
: favour of them while the friends of all TIT
: other candidatepnted, amounted to only Is
= Mr.. Creighton sted as Chairman and VILLAS
i Steele, Esq. a Secretary; and the meet
!. !. ing was adresse, in explanation of the OBJ
= Jet 10 view, andin support of MIR. Clay, b,
' Mr.. Brush, Gen. lance, Mr.. Wake, and others
J, Lexington Reporter.