Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-30

dams Oi the peoples interests, AID ia. IA.
TONS glory, and AS none have guardians, save
those only who are incapable Of discreet d.,
pertinent, you are very presun ptuU,is in cri,i-
c'sng our sct>-yOu must be regulated into
happiness, and prosperity, and ailurnse, and
power, despite Of the prrjudicrs of your con.
'emp''hieretiy corpo'a,,uns, the States"
Accordingly has eucrOachm-nt followed
close upon encroacEmeot, ill scarcely a de-
part,n-nt Ut internal poliiy remaius untouch.
.d. Not only has the obvious theory and com
mon iniendment at the federal constitution
been lost sight OF, but we have Witnessed land
IN department, toe, supposed by that theory
To oe place above the shnrks and exeifenlenis
OF paiiy roilisons,)a distorted meaning of
words, a>:Ola,ed cullor alton in phrases, adopt
rd Tor the purpose oil bending all things ~ ,th
IN the meaning Ut an instrument designed In
he charter of strictly dcfned md enumerated
powers.-Seduced by the exercise Of authori.
y, or 10y The contag'on of an example, which
their superiurs have furnished, subOi Jiua.e a.
gents OF ti.e government have at length taken
up the habit of conlemning and dis. esardng
Tie just bounds OF their stations. We have
seen man hoiding a military appointment in
TINS country lanu that man is now held up
by some ms a ut head for this government of
LAWS oiier gross insult Ia the governor of {,
The same man assuming the highest preroga-
tive vi Il sovereignty, levy aud com IN ssion
troops upon has own authority we have
seen him grown wan,oD in IMMUNITY, bid open
defiance To his superior, and threaten With
punishment, obedience Ia the orders Of tina,
superior; aud at length finish his exuavagan-
c'es ny carrying menace I'D the portals of the
very temple of liberty Itself; the theatre Of
d:Iib"ratlon Of the peoples representatives.
Would To Gvd that the excuses of this man
or rather the effects of those excuses. had
terminated here but greater humiliation still
was {" be reflected rom his conduct upon Tia.
character oi his country and her instructions.
The representative ut The people resolved IN
'n' es'loate the condnct of this man; they I'm.
tered upon the enquiry, they called upon Oh.
Executive head "f the government, and upon
the head of The war department for informa.
ton yet, wcre these Representatives permit.
leu To close Their enquiry, and To pronounce
Their decision IN ignorance and in error. Ii il
now Well known that the tncIs Uf Gen. Jack.
sons having appointed aud commissioned Of
hcers under his Uwu hand, were never official |
y communicated to the House of Represrn-
tat'es either by the President or BY the Secr..
tary OF War. These very important facts
came l" Eight atier the inv estgaiO before that
house was endtd-and it is believed, were for
In" i'st time officially given To the public IN
the,-ry able report of Gen Lacock nade TO
the Senate of the United States. Ii this 20.
'einment shall go down to distant ages HE
tm.iliy of Andrew Jackson in his conduct 10
tht UoNernof OF Georgia, IN his uuwarrantable
assumptions oi power during the war, with
the lndiaDs IN the Florida border; in his out.
IaScous defiance of the President himself, in
his notorious, general order land in his depor,.
ineni To the Legislature vi the Un,ed States
VIII always be held up by the lovers of Tree.
dom as warning tn avoid every recurrence
To military establishments or military ope.
rations. l.. The government shall miscairy
the same transactions aud their chief author |
wh'' ny every irend Of human happiness, be
eAectatea AS th' first glaring examples in mo-
dern times, destructive OF confidence in rrpub-
iican institutions, and suspicious TO the hop,s
oi aspiring usurpation. The darkest shade
upon the political life Of President Monroe.
Is cast from this sombre monument of Jack.
sons Disgrace, which al the same time cover,
WIN me hue Of shame the character of Mr. Il
SECRETARY Calhoun The yrtuous and The
enlightened OF after-limes with doubt or
amazement will listen to the narrative, if il Il
shaiibe told ihsm; that in a government OF
laws; government, whose aSknoM edged
foundation is the supremacy Of the peoples
VIII, men whose acts have thus implied an III
Ter contempt of laws held in greatest re,rr-
ence, have ever been seriously proposed al
fitted to be placed in the highest .ta,ion in tina.
government. They will he enabled to com.
prehend such an anomaly only by referring il
TO The preposterons ambition If such UNIV orihy
preiendrrs, or to the corrupt and selfish mo.
yves Oi designing par,izans. With regard to F
the more youthful Of these two aspiran,s TO
power, his high daring is the most remai kabls
attribute by which he is Observation-Disclosures
he Is known to the readers Of Gazettes, By
some spruce aud ardent barangues delivered
during the late war, but he deserves more
lasting place IN the memory of his fellow CHI
zens i"r the deadly stab aimed by bin, al
ready mentioned, at the very viiais of the con-
stiiu'ion. lnrclaton IL his worthy compeer,
he has reached period in life at which relor
maiiOn Is hopeless, and when the plea ri
yauthiul ndiscretOn is no longer allowable
We are told by his Apologies, that his county
Is his debtor for signal military services. Admit
those services in their fullest extent. Can the
obligation they may have created be never
cancelled! According TO my estimate Of good
and evil, far better had been the capture OF
n. Orleans far bsiter the temporary snbluga'
ton Of my country. than that the stern spirit
OF freedom and Independence, hitherto inspir
ing the bosoms of her children should from his
example lose anght of its DETERMINATION
au6ni oi lis un'aDeable hatred Of arbitrary
power. have ever most admired that man
VINO could so far overcome the weaknesses o.
his kind, as to devote to death even his own
Offspring that had conspired to surrender Their
country TO the sway Of a lyrsnt and when
look round upon the simplicity Of manners
and habits, the integrity, the manly iudepen-
deuce and happiness which liberty imparts 10
all classes Of my fellow citizens and when
my hopes are lifted up for The transmission Of