Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-17
no TIE EDITORS ertAe MT. iYrELLiGE NcER
GENTLEMEN :

40 THE EDiIORS OF the MY. I.TTLLLIGEyCER
1t is scarcely necessary Tor us 10 repeat, that the
present Controversy was not of our own seek
Ing. 1t gave US sincere pain TO have any
difference with you. We were panied by the
hints which you threw out about the sscri-
flee OF our consistency to local considerations.
we were panied by the repetition of your as.
sertions We were panied by the retots which
you compelled US to empi;y. We were named by
the appeals which you made to our Candid opinion.
OF the independently of your press siili more by
tie necessity which you Imposed upon of speak
ing frankly aud firmly of the course which YOU had
pursued We would cheerfully terminal, this con,ro
vesry, little agreeable TO ourselves or interesnp
10 our readers. We would postpone il, as YOU sug-
gest to the ldes OF March, tor ever but that the
article which yoa have commenced in your paper of
the lith calls upon Us for few ,e.ul,ory remarks.
IT there be any want of method'' in making
them, and especially any homeline,s in the sarb
IN which they presented" we must also throw
ourselves upon your % indulgence p We are sure
that you will excuse the manner, if you can over
| look the matter
| After writing and twisting for some weeks
1enlemen, you have, mos, reiuctantly avowed
what we believed, ard wis, the public have
| strongly suspected, TO be the fact You are strip,
Oh your DISCUSSES; and you now stand before the
| nation, the avowed champions. the - inouthing''
euiogists of he present administration You now
say that p" MIR. Adams came into office fuiyIy
honestly, (you) believe, and fo,t,aafsiv fJ,
ms country; that lie has surrounded himself wi,,
the ATTEST men Of oH parties except ,ha>
old federal party that he has exhibited grea, soli-
ci'ude to follow, rather than lead public opinion and
mat " you know OF no act OF his TO condemn.
A candid reader would scarcely expect to find in
me same article with these declaration such great
protesta'ion< of independence, and solemn dis
ciaimer OF all Political CONCERN with the President
i Ito (t,ft
or ms Csoinet. You have even vauninely
defled US TO enumerate the usurpatons OF HE
| administration, and the ultra doctrines and mea
sures In which you have acgr,iesce dl We have mt
oeen surprised, Srs, at this bold defiance Mos,
OF your readers do not see the Enquirer and from
the diplomatic manner in which you have conduct
ed tins controversy, they are left TO believe tia,
we nave dealt IN seaeraities'' entirely Still
yoh say the epsties are so unconscionabiy long,
That you barely have time to g glance az them
1t Is true that, in the course of tb, cor
respondence, and particularly in the very long let,
ter winch II took you some ten DAYS 10 perusr we
uid make partial, II not a complete enumera,ion
oil the Ultra Doctrines and acts of which we
complained. We opposed the bold doctrines which
'he PRESIDENT maintained in his opening Message
10 the last Congress. We disiiked his recommen
da'Ion to Congress not TO be " pasied,, Inv III.
,oHf OF the people; but TO exercise powers flow
ing rather IRON The great object oil the nstit,,
'ion OIL civil government ITSELF than from the
grants which are specifically contained in the
Constitution We have eferred to his substantial
~ enumeratng among the subjects within the uris
diclion OF the federal government, the impJove-
inent OF Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures
me cufsodtion and encouragement of the me-
cndnic ana oJ The elegant .7rts, the Advance
ntent 81 Literature, and the progress of the
sciences, ornamental and profound % We're,
member, gentlemen, full well, if YOU have ore
'pemhered 10 forget the strong terms in which
The Republicans OF Virginia, in their celeb,a,sI
report oil 1893, denounced MI. HamiI,on,.
treasury Report of l79i-in which h.
taxes The extraordinary ground, that what
ever concerns The general interests OF Leatnine of
Agriculture, oil Manufactures. and of Commerce
are within the sphere of the National Councils
as Jd as regards an application of money -
ouch doctrines were considered as Jjl,ya and
Puo.!'ly denounced as extraordinary by the Re-
publicans oil The Old Schools and surely a f,rtjo,;
'he more extravasant suggestions of Mr. Adam. are
entitled rn 10 The appellation OF Ultra Doctrines =
g. n.Ve objected 10 his " Lighthouses of the
oxie-, TO his National Unve sity. and IN h,s
grand system OF Internal Impro eipents We OH.
Jeci 10 The general latitude of phrases which he
employs, which seem to DEFY all limitations and
10 change tie fundamental features of ,I, f.
derai government We add TO these msa
'ufes, the last Treasury Report, with it's .y
"ao'uihary suggestions about augmentlpg she
manner anu rar'efy OF occupations for It's nha
o"ants; about holding out Ito every deorec of
tabor. and to every modification of sk;v -,
appropriate object and inducement;'' and in Mr..
nus" own language, organizing . the whole la
oour OF county" We object 10 tfs Presidsn,,s
Claiming 1t TO be 90 within his constitutional com
Pe'ehcy 10 originate foreign missions without the
assent OF the Senate. We object to other act.
20 Inc Panama Mission itself 10 the way in which
was GOT up, adopted and communicated 10 Con-
cepahce oil the t1luitdtion,' when the Colombian
Minister says the Honorable Secretary ba vinn
in'nated, In the name of his government. thai the
Ch'ied States, 1t formally United by Mexico and
Noionoia' and appfised of the objects 10 be dis
''s'eo, would on their part appoint person 10 re-
present them, u these subjects should be a,prorsd
oy the u States" We except TO the dete,rnina,ioo
20 SEND Ministers, without the required Specification
OF all The objects OF the Congress and onIy dams
o. 'ie meeting oil our own Congress. No 10 we
approve oi.sny OF the documents being y.itbbsId q
then wiung out by repeated calls We oh;sc, 80
formal mission OF two Ministers Extraordinary
"hen one intelligent Commissioner would have AZ.
for the present ''o'e"
'nese are some OF ihe ultra doctrines, and i'm
proper acts, In which we lament TO saw vo, bso.
acquiesced. - ""'S
Du ~, u seems best suited TO your present plans. IN
"oishee Us 10 " come forth from our cover :"
ana show our forces in the open field >, Sho,'t,
we do so, what assurance have we ,Ls, the :. os',
OF The Compositor for copy" will not conii,us 81
sop your pen:' Should you escape Ibis dreadful
i ~" us,on' single fortnight brings the meet
rug oI congress, aud gives you the tetter o.,
Suse OF not being able even - TO read" our eo.te
WY men, should we be again guilty of the os,en.
'@ion OF mastering, and " showing our forces In Tho
elu our lines have been already insrshaed