Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-13

was already ,i,f.lrly hanished the Cnur, and =,
'"aily IN dssgsace.-The,r p.ous Efforts TO s,rs ~
"ars, io screen him fiom .he iul. .i.cI %. his a..
s'a,,io, To excite pubic sympathy IN hehaif vi l. ~
Us Pe,sec",eu man, their over-sh"o'ing a"xiri
30 accomplish The POLITICAL destruction Of MIR C,au
ord. even NJ the expense of truib, are well undc,
stood AMI arp'rria,r,iby the Amrr.can prople
Their iaboors will be rewarded ,r as ,iry desire
ny the prosra,ion oI Craw ford aud their own -eva
'ion upon his ruins but by the living hal, ell and c,,u
tempt Of an exaspcrated nation. They have
Edwards worthy Of their confidence aud supart the,
nave stopped to initiate h'm ~ his propensity TO IN.
auge IN tue marvellous, and II may borrow an i,i..
from Junius, without having his words al command
they appear TO he dangerous rivals OF Edwards IN
mat Kind Of fame, TO which his ambition has hitherto
been so successfully directed-lumor,aii,v IL In
reserve Tor them all. Their names will survive the
oei struggles OF the present day, and will he trans
m"ted TO an impartial postcr,ty 10 excite asionsh-
ment and anmadvet sion.--The unprecedented historic
an VIII have painful task discharge TO his coup.
n.y. Scarcely recovering from the aic,irc emotions
produced hy recording the Hartford Couyenop tba,
"o, upon me lar page Of our common history, he
w'i' nave 10 commence the detail OF the nireues and
oi these degenerate times Their So
VIII procure FOR their names AN uucn,j-, and
v'sbe d,stiuciion.-They must he recorded as the
imp'nc"b'e enemies of Mr.. Crawford, having no
eause oa hsted but his superior merit: lnsiiga
ted by Jealousy, Than &c ereen-cyed uronser they de
SIRE u compass lis political death, aud OF
the means -
BE !, by gins, by snares by subtI,v
SS,eeping' or waking, his no matter how,
III he DIVISION Of public odum and contempt con-
sequon' upon the exposure Of these schemes can rem
uer the burden lighter, the distinguished trio have
me consolaiAn OF knuwing that they have pariini,y
relieved The suffering Ninianf i, is an alieva,ion
10 man siBkn2 under the pt essure of uublic sco
ana der,s'on to know tina; Others have met a sini,a
e II Us desirable 10 have companions in u,isor
"ne ana distress, then the 90 d,graced minister may
sun nope TO enjoy he sympathies and society Of co
pany suited 10 has Unequaed distinction The cur
ta'" Is nearly removed; and do much mistake the
direction OF The public finger, If il is not pon,ny to
hd,cdrds only AS the miserable aud degraded Punch
oil tie fuppei-show, whilst IL MAJ k out for othsrs
The higher distinction of" Chief Jupelers"
My countrymen there is much political disease in
he land The Nation is in urgent want of medicine
10 restore u 10 healhIul action. rely upon The
aseernment, Tue h'DtnesS, and Integrity Of Yourselves
to apply suitable correctness. CELSIUS.
THE NATIONAL JOURN4L.
rms obsequiOus Journal, which pronounces
II TO be treason" in a government paper To
crltcise the measures of the "powers that be, %
has come forward To deny some of the state
ments which have appeared in the Enquirer.
hese statements, of course, were not founded
upon our own information. A man who is in
Richmond must depend upon persons at
Washington for the history of the scenes ~ hicb
are there exhibited. All that could be expect-
20 OF US, was, to have gard for the sources
on which we relied-and 10 state nothing for
when we had not the authority of intelligent
and honorable men. We have adupted this
caution III regard tn the late events 1T Wash
lngton We have stated nothing which our
lnioI mants did not beeve-and which we
ourselves did not believe
Inc N. journal now comes forward TO denv
'nese statements. And how has it denied
'"e" rake out one or two points, and its
"noie article is vague and jrsuilcal. One
might nave supposed from the new and impos-
ing Station which this Journal had assumed
(trom the partiality of its high patron. the Sc.
cretary OF Siate,)-that il would be PREPARED
70 answer all our queries in the los, positiye
manner, II IL dared to snswe r them at all but
on several OF the most important points il af-
reefs ignorance, and in others really betrays IT,
Does The journal dIsciaim a want of know-
ieose Then ii is fair 10 Infer that what il
mas not positively denied, 1t could not DEW
WIN ruin and AS to those points what i, has
peremptorlally cOntradicted, we are fortified
WIN tne most unques,ionable proof that lis
contradictions are utterly hollow and false
Ihis imposing Journal, then, isei,her unable 10
mount Up TO the best sources Of information
or equlvocates. 1.-THE last, then the Juurnai
ana lis whole train of masked writer's, is eDti-
'ea only 10 our contempt: 1.-THE first, il be
comes Immediately stript of that bold and
cDic,d Character, vi ich i, has hitherto aspired
10 possess. We advise ii, therefore, either To
menu lis morals, or To extend IFS information
10 acquire greater ability, or, cultivate greater
incarnation TO give us the truth-to solicit the
nohor OF more direct access TO the men whom
y. progresses To support, ar To impress them with
the conviction, that all equvocation even in
inatters OF state is contemplate, and that in
me highest digna!aries of the government no
policy IS so safe as honesty itself
In vain does the N. journal resort to con.
lectures instead of facts, TO subterfuges instead
ol o'rect assertions, TO what il supposes, or be-
heces, or does not bet,ere, in place of antbori-
'a'i'e ainrmations. Those points, which are
met IN ms way, cannot be met to the public
sa"s'Hr,on. All such suggestions, however
framed by artfu and well known pen. how.
ever spiced by expressions of absurd contemnt
and affected Indignation against the Editors
oil ihe Enquirer, can avail nothing with an in
t-n'geni people. All such suggestions, upsup
ported by Information more explicit and more
substantial, will not in, aIidate even the weight
OIL leather, the statements which we have
made on the best private authority, or on no
f0rIous facts, respecting the Coalition of Sc
cretsries"-respecting the public countenance.
The private counsel, The {" aid and comfortn
which they have extended TO a convicted ca
iunnlatcr-extended, in contempt of all pub
Iic opinion, in contempt Of the Chief Magis-
trate OF tbs nation, to the infamous Ninian
Edwards. They will not shake in the slight
PSI degree what we have alleged respecting
Their exertions TO prevent the acceptance Of
Edwards's commission, or in other words. 10
procure The re-tendsring Of ii 10 him respect
ing their exertions to prevail upon the Presi-
dent To supersede the Secretary of the Trea-
sury in his official duties. These facts are too
well authenticated to our satisfaction: too
strongly supported by the most respectable
information, TO be shaken by the vague diste