Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-10-16
JOHN COALTER. !
JOHN w. GREEN.
PHI. N. NICHOLAS.
JOHN ROBERTSON.
PETER V. DANIEL.
JERMAN BAKER.
ANDREW STEVENSON.
THOMAS RICHIE.
WILLIAM MUNFORD.
JACQUELiNE b. HARVIE. !
To the Editors of,be E,o,,;rey

TO Me Editors ofihe Enquirer.
You are publishing The Westmoreland Address favor
oil John q Adams 1t is fair that you should so; for
the Press ought TO he free and the People should Her
eSfh S'd-e"t this Addres has been elaboratey puff.
aud therefore moderated. has even had the hsnr
OF being asered the pen late Col John TAYLOR
Snsel, never was there greater mistake
ireSard the Address in fact piece whip yIlahub
l, appears big enough but there very lille it, has
more it"gsi tA0n depth much preension than per-
fprmance
The ,nnders which IL heedlesy launches against Redf
Gals aud oil iha are mere 5Tuum men. 1t the slang
of Mr. NcDuie, and is worthy of its nu,hor-t is mere
slang, because is intended take with The peope and Is
calculated to deceive them, when it is mol trae for ni
ther VIM IL Crawford nor his friends are anxious IN !,
bridge atom of the necessary defence
Lei Us prepare in time of peace for war; is their
maxim but what they look TO- is abridge defence
bnt lay out the money economicallyto sun all
splendid expenditures all exiravagant projects whose e
feet would be, TO make the GOrsraent the Na,on
stroDger to swell the powers of the General
at the eIpence of The states the people.
What says OF Mr. Crawfords health is as unfouuded
unaWbat of Virginia Presidents is no, ONLY in
rectin ITSELF but when addressed the Vrgnans rdcu-
lous No Virginan could have pepned this address how
the author could have prevailed upon any 20 yireini
agree 10 il, is OF onuerae astonismept
Let the prize be giUen to hemOst worthy is my maxmfor
acuif
riotsm.
What says of Mr.. Adams, proceed more from, the
charity, ibau the justice of It's author Mr. Adams v,ni,
soiid,y fTmnes temper and sense TO constitute
him Stas'maa-Tbatheis no Republican the political prn-
cpies with which he set out, aud hes displayed
the essays Pubicoa his breathing so long e air Of the
Courts Of Europe unmxed with the wholesome
of his country his in and before eO7 will unite
to attest What the Address says against Caucus has
hoe Scr
lie sentien when the candidates are will bo
adopted long the Constitution remains as is and
in truth, there was no time disposition choose any
other mode o nomination, than the old Of Congress
sionai oaucn'-bu' should answer the argument
the Address, hen is much better done 10 nv hand IN
the Essays of One che People" in 1908! These were
written by Mr. Wirin reply famous Protest against
Caucus and against AIR Madison: and fr be fair for you
lei the people the Wesmoreiapd Address IL is O.
qualify them the rcfuation contained in nj
Wits publication. 1t is argume 20 that Mr. Writ
may baye since changed sides, and may now be as warm
against be once for il, what he said in
1903 IS true IN 1924 You w therefore do an act OF sheer
justice by laying before the following extracts
from +" Que efths Peopis.v
ANOTHER OF THE PEOPLE.
EXTRACTS.
But acquiring you Of This 7Y;oo-.reas o-uiIf.
how are vets overlook the indisrrefion. fhe
folly, the petulance, the inconsistency Of vopr
conduct As one ofthe people, take leave
TO ask you, why you have thought il neces-
sary thus TO sound the focsin Of alarm in our
ears? Is II that there has been some great and
flsgiuous crime committed some act t" in d-
rect hostility to the principles of the constitu-
ton !" some "grOss assumption of mower
not delegated by the people . some s. attemut
to produce an undue bias in the ensuing elee-
ton of president and presidency f. il.
that fred with virtuous indignation at this
conduct, you deem it your duty to denounce
! il al onr tribunal? This yen would have US
20 believe bot how can we believe II. uhen
we know that you yourselves have done and
are non dung tie very things which YOU do.
nnuncc You swaga the late caucus at Wash.
ingion bar have DOT you Yourselves. or ot
Iess, the most distinguished among YOU. been
members OF cauc0sses on the very same ocea-
sion Were yJu GOT members Of 2 caucus IN,
this very purpose % ihe presidential election
Of 1909 Yon cannot deny il you dare not
deny It. When t vas found thot there was
an equal division 10 lie electoral votes be