Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-09-06

"tcnor" of our remarks We pity the humiliatin
serviliy ofsuch press. Would that oater unde
any circumstances. find the boldness to express
doubt OF the propriety oil any act Of the Admins
'raion! Does II not stand like open instrument,
ready to be played upon by any hand that vii
touchibe proper keysi When it sounds note un,
grateful to the ears ofmcn in power, we shall with
draw the appeliation OF pcnsioned writers, - bu
not until Then. The history oil this print; its re-
cep'ion OF the dying. breath of the Washington Re
pubiican aud the doctrine Gin reference 20 another
press) OF unconstitutional serviliiy, upon which i,
was established, have not been quite forgotten.--
~ Is almost 100 soon alter these events, for the
Journal TO put in any claim to irnpar,iality indie
pendence freedom. TIE sarle breath that ex-
paDded ITS dmnuiive leaves still has power to bias,
and destroy them. Hence the writers dare no,
hint al freedom rom Shackles which they so sen.i-
NY ieeI Ihey say II does not correspond with
our sense o justice prcpriety that the Nation al
Executive, by suppression or perverslon of facts
should be mischievously wantonly misre present.
CD. This is all very well gentlemen; il is your
acSnowiedsed duty as citizens and Editors: and as
is The sole business OF your national appoint
meni, II becomes you 10 show some zeal in YOUR
vocation. 1t at loss for direct attacks upon
those 1t Is your business to shield, you can easily
conJure them up, on occasion; but if you have
dsubs, resort may lie safely had to the tenor' of
'hings III you go by such guide as tliis you
cannot refuse it 10 others--and according 10 the
tenor oil your paper, TIE whole world will pro-
nounce serriie, and the writers for il penscned
We expect your continued attacks upon US but
as 'iieS can DO us no harm shall not lose sight
oil lie man suhleet 10y being called of 10 repe!
them w hes you display candour or lberality
OF remark, we may find time 20 devote word
or two 20 you. Ii woild be gratifying to find you
practising any nc,c virtues. The exercise offranlS-
ness and some share Of independence viii enable
you more eifecinaly to serve those on whose favor
you live, than the total want of them
! Com. Ste,rart's Trial. On the 30th ult. Mr.
HopSinson delivered the preliminary defence oil
this officer before ,he Court Martial II occupies
ten columns OF small type in the Nat Journal.
| The Two succeeding days occupied by the
witnesses Produced by Com. S. and in reading a
mass oil documentary evidence. On the 2d Gen.
Taylor closed the defence. The part delivered b,
him occupies 9 columns OF the same paper and /,
The same type-nlaking in all, OF this defence 10
columns. Our readers will at once sec the impos-
slbiiity OF spreading all this matter and the doc-
mens that VIII be printed before item. We mus,
content ourselves with summary. The eloquence
oil Geo. rs address is spoken of in all the Wash
ingion papers III The strongest terms OF connenda-
! ton.
| The Washington City Gazette of Saturday say.
that the Court Martial have acquitted CON- Stew
art OF all the charges against hrn--Eut it is not
publicly or certainly known The editor confdes
| In his information.
! We are at some loss % understand the illusions
OF our correspondent, in the following article. We
hope they &c will in due time be Developed We
should rejoice in The most rigid investigations
INTO the acts and doings OF all public men. Ii l.,
me ehiy way to perpetuate the blessings of free
government
Washington, September, 1925
MEsssRs. EDIroRs: IL must CRAFTY all who
value the purity of our institutions, TO see thai I.
proper inquiry has been Instituted into the case oil
Northern Collector. accused of illegal pcacrice-,
during the late war. Ii indicates disposition in
the new administration to search into abuses, which
ii lis hoped will be carried through.
we may now indulge expectation, that the
mysteries of late Embassy, equally unaccountable
In regard 10 lis necessity and the individual select
ed to hllit, will i'll due time be developed that the
people may be informed hether that Embassy was
made on public on prioate accom- and if The
latter, what was the price of it ($l2,000)
| We may also expect TO learn why the late Pre-
sident re-apponted important officer in one o.
the Ne" England Custom Houses, who had been
| suspended Tor fraudulent conduct against the 90
vernment, involving large amount of public mo-
ney; and why the opportunities OF a certain privi-
legged family, including the soft persuasions of the
lair sex, ere successful in securing him reap
poinimeni, in spite of the earnest renonstrance OF
the honest and high-minded Guardian of the Trea-
sury. II Friend of Equal Justice.
! We understand hat there are III students at the
University. Two have lately arrived from New
! Orleans.
The Yellow fever RACES with great violence at
Mobile. The inhabitants that were able have fed
| not than leo remain