Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-06

not airai,i Of Mr. Ninnroe thai he v,. I,,Lr,n,
before ne came ;no Office that col Lane (,is own
4 bnber 4, law y. n,e,h.r of m. nros;,,.", r..
nly aud had The me nj of large aims Of mo-
ney and that Mr. Monroe knew there we,c no Sc
ere,s among relations -(alludng to the loans said
| 10 have bee N made 10 Mr. Monroe by Cal Lane
who died in the presidents house largely Indebted TO
/ the governnen,S
| appeal TO any honorable man, thus situated, whe-
iber he could have Joined in the ceiebra,,nps Of that
,iay ut the sea of government. a, public dinner 10
which the mr. ,deni had he en- invited viii, one WIN
while baskinR in his fayoor. had thus charged hin,
| Edwards IN ,h. d;nn.r ,.o,d S,v. S,a IN ha.a n
aic,ed on Mr. Monroe. the ,eatcs, wound in the
power Of the citizens of Washington. and the pre-
sence of Me- Adams would have n,.Je h;n, ,ccrss,v
to the crime II is nconoeiyabe tina, nlr. Adams ca
himself The friend of the nre.den, enjoy bis
favor share his Condolences and ves ne willing pub-
licly associate with such man; Can he be una
ware Of the inevitable consequences Would no, the
world say, that b, his ate ndance bs adu;,,ed the
truth Of Edwards aIIee st;ons - So IA, ,hen from
the Presidents Secretaries having tleoi;neJ NJ The
dinner, because Edwards was excluded thew should
with the FEELINGS thew orofess have rad. he xr,
sion an nd;snensable term. There !. ho,xe,.r hn,
one way of accounting for their comIuet Pocv in
their opinion required the N To- sunno,, Edwards
His unpr; chilled attacks ON Mr. Crawford had. !,
their exposure by the committee given an ;mns,ns IN
public opinion that threatened GIus,ra,;on nj ali
their hopes-the tide was running hieh-,he honest
Of all parties began to see that their union was
ecessary-every day brot with il The a,arm,ng It'd
ings of men, previously attached to o,her candia,ss
coming over To Crawford's standard Hence the ne
cess,ty OF doing something al once Herce the ash
| step taken Hence the weak Ie,,er written-con
| tanning nothing shori Of a manifesto against public
opinion its progress and paradise its force
Those who indited H. overIated their consequence
| Listening habtuaIN 10 the voice Of men uo.i or
whom were obedcnt TO their iifle interests. ,oo Of
ten the in the vicinity Of cour,s thew fsncied
that ,hey could rive a lone IN n,,i,c ser,,men, a,
Washington and make Il The instrument of d,fus;ns
like tone through tho land Fal;no even hrr,-roT
the dinner was 10 point or character rs we'll as num-
bers unusually fespeciable-,he lever, with which,
they expected to ACCOMPLISH SO much fell powerless
from their hands.
Combining those circrmssnnces tho conclusion IN
winch they inevitably lead, IS The hostility of Mr. A
dams 10 the freedom Of The pr9ss-ihat dreatiing the
exercise Of this right b. has resolved to ,u,renc
himself against il behind the patronage Of Office and
literally 10 pay for his ssppof-no, out Of his private
purse, but ont Of the public treasure This ia ID
init, a grave charge !, mus, destroy
his lofty preie il is impossible Ina, free
people, intelligent md Independent, eau repose their
condolences in such man. This conduct, NOR err,
at Nis fine, is the pore extraordinary, MS IL violates
every principle of leicacy y directly nte rferiup IN
the presidential election HIS Edi,or II IL ,ru. s.iI
us, and Mr. Adams himself in his nubiic .,ons a,o,ys
tina, The object is 70 defend the adm;,;s,r,,;o ~
who is there who does not SEQ thar The ob;sc, Il On
defend him. and BY defending him. TO raise hin, n
the presidency3 Thus, In that object in which he
should have concern in which man of IoIiv feel
,ngs, could have no CONCERN we 6nd hin en,..I
| by employing the most gross and sor,Iid mean.
Fortunately, for the correct under tanding of this
1 Mai. al
Ger is well known Not onv tl,onsaods b,,, Is :,
may be, hundreds Of thousands under,iand !, RI,
few words necessary TO pourtrav i, II d.,ss ne
birth from the era Of 1900 which brongh, Iefs,snn
into Office. II took the same ground with Ina, lns
trious man, m ned the .,Ine ,r,c;ni.s ,,
ed, in general, the same measures Dis,inau;shed nv
irmness, was equally by tie moderation of rs
tone, and its fetal exemption from personai reaec
lions. IL espoused these princ,nirs and n,.;o,,sa
these measures, because il believed ,hem n Inc nd;s
soubiy connected with the welfare of the couorv =,
| L.
nent. While il discbare ed This du,v N ne c,,p
and vindicated with zeal in Man md n,c.
sures, it asserted and maintained xin,rne o1Ien,
| character il UNDERMINE fea,Is.s ~ ,.,,,I -
promp ed to dssen nj froo, ,hese ;msn 90 -, ,; uy
the policy of their measures Stunning a STATE oT
slavery TO any man, II adopted The true republican
prnc'pie that free investigation is the only test Of
truth and il practised what IL pro(ess.d r, v,.s
this trait that secured the large share of
confidence il enjoyed and made It a correet organ
for the diffusion ofrepublcan principles Had j, be.
come court gazette, sersile vehicle of aduaiion,
cia MEASURE, might have basked in the su1sbins
court favor, but would have enjoyed IN con-
fIdence OF the people
The character which this print thus earjv srcpred
seems TO have been the effort OF IT'S presen editor,
10 maintain. How far they have succeeded its e,ea,
e're nta'on, iranscerding that Of any other prnt in
tue country, may show. BY great labor and unre-
mitted exerions u has steadily n,eJ In a ,,I,
lic mass OF documents aud political d,scuss,on
mnch exceeding that contained IN any other print,
. % ep"e" '"o people TO decide with
ness on the measures Of their rulers
Thus conducted, il appears to have en;oved
| the general confidence, least of the re1ubI;
can party, until the canvas Tor The presidency was o.
pened Al this time, several republican prints a,
once 'ooK 'he,r sues W respect to particular candi
oates. Inc National intelligencer, considering the
canvas pIems'9re,'o r considerable tine stood a.
'oo' H"v.ns oeee, from me era OF 1900, the orgi-
ns' organ 'niouen wmich the Executive communica,-
eu 10 me peoc s omc'ai acts, II continued enjoy
this merued ,es,'nony Of ITS confidence. But The
per,oo arrived, IN witch us editors, in The exercise
OF their unquestioeed rights, saw f 10 ayow tbe,,