Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-11-26

as one Of he people, TO see that the liberties OF the
peopie teproiected from Judicial we'll a. Legisa-
I'VE usurpa'iou and 70, this purpose to use every
safeguard which the constitution furnishes This il
where wonid stop, and inch short Of this lf
mere oe any us,ipsiion, be assured the good sense
=" rue people viii 90 due time apply the proper cor
icc''e, at the right time aud the right plsce-and in
order TO reduce these specuaiions 10 practice, with
the blessing Of Irvine Providence" on my feeble
exestoms, mean 10 present 10 the General Asseni-
pouts I,i 20 scuo,, .a 80
ist To insrue, orr senator's. and reqsesi the rep
reseniaton iron the STATE Of Virginia 10 iake CAFE
ihsf The Constitution receive no injsry. lruot :,
~. That the General Assembly, then exercise
their constitutional right IN the same manuer that O.
ther Legislatures do and relieve our state electors
ICON the diIenms in which they ate placed
III. That the General Assembly adopt an -amc nd
msm' 10 The constitoon placing the election Of the
Ch'et Magistrate Of these IN the hands Of those
vino will honcstly exercise this invaluable prvilege
WITHOUT any intervention Of electors. Let the people
vote themselves We shall then be safe indeed.
Inc Editors must forgive me IL desire 10 throw
rom myself tire impulaiion Of Speculative discus
s,on. now CLAIM an answer 10 one question from,
tue candour and intelligence Of the Enquirer. The
words OF Wisdom, aud Of Bacon may sui zen, better
then my own he too in his day, broached many
pecuidtions,"
Gun per Sc yes muien,ur in de,erius, 81 consio in
mehss non mnieniur, quiz hDs crit mali .(a)
Aud kbeg leave respectfully to suggest in the
WORD, Of The same specuIatis, that, norosa morum
reienuo res ,nrbulenta est eque NoviTAs (b)
ana that" Omnium gravissin,a error in devia,ione
al u'tinio doctrnarum Gne consis;it't (c)
MY thanks to the Enquirer for the detectiou unin-
,et'onal'y committed ~ the quotation Of the tex, Of
"e constitution ~ the first number OF R0ANE.
sd) Bacon, Vol pa. Al. LIST. edition. ~ pa le9
(c) aphor. 46. ,iA 30 fit ~ -, 'T''71'f
MR.. ADAMS--AND THE TARIFF. 80
i, he, Cansiyg Liat Isaac,'i who conducts the
dencs, has Il issi given the pntic his ,-res.,
,na' mr.. adams " was on their side" 4" no,16ie 10
sae many acfaring interest" I'VE sha lay them be-
m mr. harf. hal, ~
mistake nor misrepresentation on this subject They
cons,s, of letter from COL Crol,us of ~ Y wri,sen
%.,na., E covering an address on the suhrctof
e'ci rom Mr. Adams, expressing his APPRECIATION
Of INC : general principles Of The Address, aud the
snrii With which il is animaied''-and very con;ons
Extracts from tho Address itself Tina, mn ,,,h, nv
resi- upon The opinion OF Mr. A., The Editor add
Tue iac;s, that 10 our Certain knowledge Mr. Adams
IVA, . wnin me last year. referred 10 these letters aud
."e p""ine'In question, as containing his real sc n
mems On Tue SUBJECT OF National Industry, and that
ne mas on more than occasion, expressed Lis
DE III APPROPRIATIONS OF THE New TARrfr.".
iue reader will be pleased nce thar tins cun-
nng little Editor has kept up these proofs until the
very eve oil The Presidential election ia Rhode Isiaud:
IN. IT, eannsg assigns ne reasons Of his withhold
because we know that the advocates. of Mi Craw
ioru here, aware OF the nature Of the evidence in
Hnr pos'ess'on--w'shs and pressed for It's pubca-
uon IN season 10 make Of Mr.. Adams prci,
dice IL the Southern saies-an advantage which ~.
'hotgh' ourselves fully justified in Withholding from
rmen' and e,eiore This ye'y scrupuIous gentle
uaf determines TO hold up, les, il might ninr. him
IN ne oouth and only 10 put j, forth, when might
serve him M the North that is, in short MIR A. Is
20 ri1w hoi and cold with The same breath IN The
oorin, ne vs. 10 be held up enemy 10 the Tariff
-7nd when the mask has answered in tina, ousr.
ter IL is to he TAX en- off, and the cmizens of Island
are to see him as he is.-Dipiomatici enough!
PROSPECTS OF THE ELECTION.
We have nj length the iinal return from the !
state OF Ohio-and il is as follows:
Exlract OF "a letter TO gentleman ia this !
city, from
I" Cailiicothc Nor. Ii, 1929.
ham happy in having it in my power to |
Inior,n YOU that Mr.. Clay's electoral licle, has |
prevailed in Ohio. Last evening we received
the oiiicias Information by express from Co
iun,bus.
The votes stood thus; for Clay, 1886
sat t Jackson, 10 .439
-.-.,, .-->.--.,.z... Adams, 1890
We have received no informatisn from apy
OF the states West Of US. received letter
from Kentucky by the mail of this day, that in
that state as far as the Counties had been heard
from. Mr.. Clay had S to 1. We have no doub; |
about Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Louisiana.
we are all in great spirits and hope for the
bes'."
The candidates at present stand thus
Jackson SO, Adams so, Crawford 40, CLAY 30. |
The contest is between Crawford and CLAW.
The Albany Argus, the National Advocate,
several letter writer's on the spot, positively
claim The whole IL votes Of N. York for Mr..
Crawford. In our statement above we have
gwen him The 4 Electors only who we're eject
ed on the last baot.-AlIow him The whole
III, and Mr.. Crawford goes into the II. Of Il.
with ~ votes, Allow Mr. Clay all the votes
whichthe letter from CIlilicoihe assigns him.
and he will reach The House with &c only. III
is barely possible that the ballots may be SO
distributed as to allow Messrs. Crawford and
Clay an equal vote-in which event cIsis will
occur, never contemplated by the constitution.
viz. there not being the three highest, f,co
candidates only will so before the H.. of II.
or as many as Jour-But it is unnecessary 10
moot questions of this sort " sufficient fur the
day will he the evil thereof"
Making our estimate with the utmost i'm
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the exertions which
have been made by the friends OF jackson in
indiana and Missouri, and by the friends of
Adams in Illinois (: making allowance for the
strong hold which jackson possesses on tbel
citizens OF Louisiana, we consider it as very
improbable that the votes of these four wes
tern states will so Ell mosse to Mr.. Clay-and
mat the probability is in favor of MIR. Craw-
ford's reaching the III. orr.
How Ili'Judged has been the conduct OF the
Legislature OF N. York II no,0 appears that
the q last Crawford Electors had majority off
or votes over those Of Mr.. Adams Yet the
-blankswhich were so indiscreetly put in, en-
ablsd the friends Of Adams TO get 60 Electors.
and TO defeat the choice of the Legislature.
with such strong recommendations to the |
iavor of bis counirymeD; with qualifications
so powerfully calculated TO command their
confidence with such ew eight Of character.
such virtues, soch talents, as W. II Crawford