Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-13

this day that it has been acquiesced in. I
WAS IN all probability designed that the publ.
mind should be permitted TO cool, and tn,
pcrfidy Oi Edwards be in some degree forgot
ten. Such Of the facts as Edwards had prov
ed, and which had been for years of publ,
notoriety, and admitted, and satisfactorily ex
piained,by Dir. Crawford in his report To ths
Senate, were harped upon as evidence of Ed
wards having" sustained his charges" and by
perverting and mystifying the facts and testi.
mony It was hoped the baseness of the accu-
ser might be concealed or extenuated. The
Adams and Calhoun papers in Washington
under the patronage aud management oil
these gentlemen, cbaIked out the plan of op
iation, and many Journals devoted TO that
party immediately co-Operated. Concurrent
with This IS the notice taken of Edwards by
Messrs. Adams, Calhoun, SC. the cOunsellors
Of The President and the competitors Of Mr..
Crawford. Towards the accomplishment OF
the Scheme AN imposing effect was designed to
&c produced by the friends of Edwards on
The senirersary just past. The day before
1.-THE 4th,} Mr. Edwards sat with MIR. Adams
IN his pew in, the Unitarian Church, and re-
ceived the most pointed attentions. This he
has frequently done since the close of the i'm
vestigation. 1t was inteoded to bring Edwards
to the public dinner and isere distinguish him
would have been false impression abroad
that at the seat of government where MIR.
Crawford should have friends 10 protect his
feelings and character, il deserving of protec-
ton, Mr.. Edwards was publicly noticed with
respect and appreciation. The committee
could not have been justified in permitting an
anniversary celebration TO be prostituted To
such an unhaIlowed purpose, or fraud to be
practsed upon public opinion with its counie-
nance. But this consideration aside-it WAS
well known that there were many gentlemen
who would not have sat at the table with Ed
wards. They considered his presence would
be degrading tn the day and to the country.
There were many ardent teinpers at the Ia
ble-men of high honour and resoiute spirit,
VINO would, 1t he appeared, thrust him from
u. 1t was the duty OF the Committee TO use
precautionary measures against uproar and
vloience-to secure to the company social
order and undisburbed harmony Nothing,
therefore, seemed more proper 10 this end
than private intmation to MIR. f.. In the e.
vent OF his proposing 10 subscribe 10 the din
ner, That his subscription could not be recriv-
ed. HE holders of the subscription papers
were alone informed Of this, and il was never
Intended TO be known publicly, as no wish
was enteftainedto wound Mr. Edwards IN
necessarily.
But paper was left at the bookstore of
lessrs. DAVIS u Force. and Mr.. Force is j.
@ Adams Editor. The direction in regard
10 Edwards must, therefore, have been com
niunlcated to Mr.. Adams, or some partisan of
his, and as The intended exclusion would de-
feat the project for.giving Edwards ecia,t some
eXpedieDt IN this unexpected emergency be-
came indispensable. The case was desperate
and desperate remedy seems indeed tn have
been applied. The Adams paper makes the
private intimation of the COMMITTEE public, by
which Mr. Edwards is wantonIy exposed
and the Calhoun paper, the notorious Wash
!nston Republican,, receives for publication the
joint letter OF the Trio, who at once rashly
'denniy themselves with convicted caium-
niator, and leave the public no longer t. doubt
the truth of Mr.. Randulph's declaration. that
an infamous conspiracy was formed at Wash
lpSton for the ruin of the Secretary of the
Treasury. Like the A. 3. business, however.
the scheme has failed. Mr.. Adams is. partic
uiarly, reprobated, and the change of senti-
ment as regards him is in this part of the
country very great. There is scarcely an in
div'dnal, now, although recently he had many
friends here, who has not abandoned him.
Mr.. Crawford is well known in the District
OF Columbia. He is respected and beloved.
and it is remarkable evidence of the fnrce of
virtue, that even in the presence of the GO
vernment, popular sentiment as regards him
is too strong 10 be repressed, and the people
too independent 10 be overawed by ministe-
rial interposition.
The partizaDs Of a. and G.. as well as these
gentlemen are greatly chagrined. The great
number of our eastern brethren settled in this
part st the country insured Mr. Adams many
friends here, but they now almost uni, ersalIy
reprobate and desert him. lf their opinion be
any earnest Of the effect Of the letter at dis
lance, MIR. Adams will sink with Mr. Calhoun
and Mr.. Edwards.
Some feeling has been excited by Mr.. A
dams's giving the preference to the National
Government journal over the NATIONAL In
teligencer, in the publication of a certain doc
ument. This has called forth an explanation
IN the journal, and reply by the Editors of
the lntelligencer. We give both of them
place 10 this days paper. We shall follow it
up with the Reloind-r of two columns. which
came ont in the last N. JournaI-and with the
surrejoInder, which the lnteIligencer may be
expected to make. These articles in the
journal bear the stamp and superscriptiop of j
Z. AS pen-though they appear, as any other
pieces would, uHder the Editorial head-oor
does the journal deny that he is their author
although the lntelligencer so distinctly attri-
buted them TO him. The controversy. there.
fore, assumes a new interest from Mr.. Az
tahing The fctd upon this occasion: as well ~
from the character Of the act which he at