Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-23

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appLcNIoa OF We precedeaf, of their election
Il ttenerson's, Msdison's, Monroe's, and Adams
DE, ond the case before him.'' What kind of Al
Expositor isthis' Mr.. Adams, by IS ,eiX De CON,
missloned, !" meant only thai they would be conti,,
genfty commissioned And MIR. Clay by prece-
faen'' meant only that it was good precedent fo
a ne past, bur not ior the future Consult eo,mmo,
usage; go to the dictionaries, and wha, do the,
seiI US! Johnson says precedent is q anv thins
.nat y rule or example TO future times" Nav
u good rule Tor the past, why not for the f,.
4 twe! Mr.. Clay does not coafine the raie To The
past he says IN generslitis ga safe precedent.
ne journal adds with astonishing pueriliiy:
as 10 any prospective reliance to be placed on
Y those elections, not, q tcord uns sucsrsf,J ~,
\ fhe Secretary. This mesning is consred IN nv
The negotiations CT his assailants.n Thus. NH
VINO put only the common meaning upon words.
must De said TO conjure il up in their in,ssnatonsl
as 10 MT. Us saying, outright mean navseIf -
"r, =. had rather too much sagacity 10 sayii.
.he expression, in truth, cannot be defended.
nS sup, winch could scarcely have been ex-
,pected from Mr. Clay: And the most thai he him.
seJ could now desire, would be 10 pas. I, off as =
new illustration Of the old saying aiiquauao Uonus
d2merus d0r0itat.
MESSRS. C.4LHOC.N IND CLAY
The friends of MIR. Calhoun have taken uuJ,,be
eudseis In his defence, against The instructions
ia'eiy thrown out against him in the Philsdelphia
= Democratic Press" Having repnblishea ia The
'stNats ln'e!igencer the article which ~, ,,hl
Issued upon the subject OF these attacks. they ac
vsHpany q win the following culstic obserya-
From tie yet;oaai h.e,,igs.e.y
f" must the SANDER, TO which the above ar,icl. ,e
'es' was confined 10 the Democratic Press and
other eongeria prints, it was treated Win -,hs
It's oaseness, and the Indifference its ahsurdity
geser'eu. But since the friends of MIR t,aihou,,
nave been invoked, by Editors having So much Of
ne puoiic confidence and esteem as those of Tho
11'quiier' TO come forward and mail this e5u,ye
10 20 ca" money 10 tie COUNTER an unooked-ior
-"poitanee Is given.to the scandal, and we now
eHeefuHy applyio 1t the only RECITATION. of which
nom The generality and skllking nature OF In, Con.
sation, il is susceptible
r. .Heh say 'hat II IS ialschood alb GRO. .Laer
."o''ea'ion without shadow OF truth. AS we
canno' prove negative, we chee,fnlIx invi,.,l,
piooie'ioa ofall 'he affirmative, proof direct. col
80 enc pfes,Inpilye, which The Washinuton
eos OF "if Buns may possess. IT. tlefe-
iofe' ne WI only show ms heosd, and avo,v h.
'esi'onsiolNy for Tins fabrication, we piel,e oar:
serves uai ms fe!utation, before The p1bic sbsIl
oe As signal as his confusion snail be cf,.,lr,e
"''' "o, 10 ior Sratuious s.anderer 10 avoid the
tespohsoiiity oi the truth of lis Charge bv uall;-
i'"S mem an = 1T IS SAID" WHEN a matter
- 'ieosed' injurious 10 the reputation of ano,her
'iou'a dc reasonably certain that that 10 " biel
we voluntarily give currency has indeed l,een =,
ieasl'' said - with justice. or, at all events we
are pound TO show the substantial authority on which
our allegations are founded. Having here ioinaa
issue WIN ms geniienian whomsoeye or he NAV be
sDaii ieave him 10 the production of his proofs
" the digestion OF our rebulle, which eyer may
Oesr serve his cunning his malice.
ne IaHors OF the Enquirer, in disbe.ieving this
SANDER have certainly done Mr.. Cahoun's sara
,ity no more than justice, putting aside all console
, aUons connected with his integrity and honor.
MT y. would indeed have become suddenly & unac |
eounaSiy sutihed if he could have sent any one ON
such iooi errand 10 Mr. Adams, a. nv
o,eSN ,ctHa NE Sec'ry Of Stalc'' necessarily
Involves. Every man OF sense in the con,up,,,
must know, that Mr.. Clay is about AZ neces.ar.,
70 Inc President as MIR. Adams is 10 the Sec,e,.r.
"a STATE and that, how little Hepbestion p,avIove
Craterus must love the RIrg. The
very circumstances (uot tc say, termsl of the
league between these gentlemen max es the inyiola
oiiiy ofiheir political union the essential destiny M
eaeh. MIR. Calhoun might as well have gone 10
the shades and conjured Orpheus 10 have given I'm
The recollection OF his Eurydice as 10 have propo
sea TO our good President an act OF such suicid Al
iatuty. Political existence, as inperious in ito !
operation as the instinct of life is tie cement afI
lhis Cn!on, joyess and uEen ieared'' as il NAV
be. '
We cannot conclude, without NOTICING Ito f,.,
mat all tile recent attacks on the Vice P,es;d.u,
pear d STRONG Jdnily hkenesS, can their OBJ |
lert be mistaken. Whenever he shall be found il !
An opposition, il will be in cause. we will yen-
lure to predict, in which the g1ea, body of the neo
pie will be with him. p'o-
1t the honor and happiness of the country shouId
ever render such opposition necessary. NJ
calhoun, In participating in common STRUGGLES
and noble efforts, with the best portion of those
VINO are the only just fountains of all power, will
n"ve .he sympathy OF honest men, although it may
be his misfortune to encoun,er rho 80
lice and hostility Of bad ones
DEFECTOR.