Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-10-27
SELECTIONS.
THE LETTER OF MIR. BAYIIEs

4 he HON. Francis Bayies has addressed . T..
e' 10 MS constituents, declining nomination fnr
reelection 10 Congress. This gentleman yo,ea
at the las, Presidential Election for Cen I.o,,sns
Ia his vote tor the Hero of New Orleans he r,.,;
Tested truly Republican respect for the will IS
THE PEOPLE OF the United States, our 9. wboIa
country and this letter is an exposition of b;s
motives and conduct. 1t is powerful yindica,ion
VI NOSE pauiolc and enlightened Statesmen, who
endeaVoured to restore to the peoDfe their r;ob;
by taking from the House of Represent,,;vos IL
cnoice OF uie Fresdent, land who resisted that mos,
alarming project, the Panama Mission Tbs.s
statesmen who are maintaining the cau.e of H.
people, and adhering 10 The advice of Wasbiry,on
" quo 'tnerson against Infringing .fiiances,'
although they carried with them a nsgjoritv of n.
House of Representatives, haye.be.n brsrdoa ="
JacitouS opposition by all the prostitute
poilticisns and hireling presses in the country
Inns ietter Is luminous political exposition. and
splendid, eloquent composition. Ii demons,r,tes
'hai so Tar from the United States being iarifed 10
The Panama Congress- the orerture was 6on, ,Ie
administration. 1t was 10 be the balkan bv
which the "prGcticed Statesmen of the co,,[
TON were TO be borne aloft on the gales of nonu
lar favor Bat II has exploded and the poli,ic.l
eEonauis, viii light, not upon their feet but tbei
heads. 10 lay aside figure and speak plainly.
SINCE HE Panama Congress has assembled. it -
evident, That we Were not expected, that we have
no more business IN their Congress than the Son,l,
Americans In our Congress, and the danger and
Iony OF the project has become so apparent tina,
although the ' practicsd statesmen of the COZ
LiTIoN will become laugh stock, for the rest
OF iher HHes, they will be compelled TO back ont
shu give up the mission. The Coalition have
found out public sentiment at last, and then do nor
d1fe TO send out the Embassy. Mr. Sergeant /.
up IN Philadelphia for seat in Congress and Nj
dorchester for the Office of Governor of Nsn,
YORK. Aontes parturiunt ct nascitur ridicuIns
mus 'S''N''ts
MIR Basles concludes his letter with the fol.
owing remarks upon iHtolerant politicians and
JUST encomiims upon the Washington of The So.
ond war Tor the American Independence:
Boston Statesman
stop Tor moment to say = word IN Tho
friends OF Mr. Adams in New England: ,bey
nay lean something even from me. His cause
u'aS 1s sustained D. argument, ii cannot be sus-
tanned 10y violence: If they expect 10 succeed i,
Tue neHi election, they must discard spjr ,b;h
! 'olefates nothing short of implicit and bIn1
ueNo'ion 10 their iavorite: they must learn ,b,t
mere are many wise, and vrtuous, and illus,rioro
clzens OF this Republic who do not favor HIS nrs.
'enSohs and That his opponents are not the loves,
'ie f'TDe, or the dregs OF the people, or the
West oil Jacobins If such men as Gen. Carrirg.
'on' and Cen Bridghsm, Two of the most resnec-
.aoie ci'izens IN neighboring State are driven
I'"m me Legislature OF that Stale for no otbe,
son 'Aan suspicion that they favored the p,etpn-
Sons OF gentleman, who was suspected Of hainc
ussAo ls OF seat Ia The Senate of the IJnited
STATES, and who also SUSPECTED of bai,0 -
posed 10 Mr. Adams, but who has NOV, orauT
announced MS adhesion, we have reached ibat
stage oil political intolerance, which Will nro1nca
reaction in public feeling even here. Ami r
VIII say to Mr. Adams, that small will be the con
s"'"tIoh which he will receive from his friends in
the day Of his downfall. -
These friends hut purpose 10 embark with ,b.
On the smooth surface of summer. ,es
iint VIII iorsake the ship, and make he shore
when the winds whistle, and ihe ton snts rosrp
neither his successor be Gen. Jackson. or CIV
Clinton, or any else, we shall soon Lsar IS
'he!F devotion to the new administration. and of
neir dlsdAin OF the old and should il be his fate
10 De considered the chief of an opposition, their
iipS are already accustomed TO the words facti.
Gus opposition. He may then remember, per-
haps wish regret period Of his own life ,vbsn he
too abandoned friends, who had eivsn b;r, ,hti.
AL, at whose table he had fed sntil no crumbs re-
NAMED :--ihends whom he too denounced as a
lacuous opposition" after he had done hi. ut
most 10 iniiict deadly wound on their prosperity
WIhoIt allowing moment for 90 consultation ),
or moment for % deIiberatioB''
Gres pains have been taken 10 impress The nso-
PIE with the belief that Gen. Jackson is a soldier
anu valiant one all will admit, but il is in vain IN
says mat aman, who in his youth was the Attor
neg General Of his Stste ard afterwards q member
Oh us highest judiciary tribunal, and who held
seat IN either House OF Congress almost as soon as
. "N NdS eIlSOjei mas no merit a civilian.
Hhen forests shall again cover the fair and cnl
uVated helds of America, when the savage sbaII
again wander over the places now consecTated IN
scleHce and The arts, when The monument 81 stone
"hicb now perpetuales tue remembrance of illus.
irous deeds shall csunble into dust then the o.
wee OF Andrew Jackson may be forgotten, but not
uh,' men. Ia The direct moment Of impending
ana terrible danger lie tronted the foe and sustain
e. with bis single arm The sinking glory Of the ma
/ 'ioh' win an energy that never lainfed. a saga
city that never erred, prudence that never faiied
/ perseverance that never tired, patriotism that
Z never iallered, anil a courage that never uusied
hs great Captain won for his country the proudest
trophy OF her lame, and for himself the farest rao
/ in her history f'5S
/ One OF the noblest subjects that was ever r,e-
sented Tor the contemplation Of man il the struggIs
OF genius TO emerge from obsea rity. the eaor, IS
nature TO assert the rights of her own nobili,v
JACKSON went forth into The world alone he went
FORM contendIng against the unkndness of fortune
When he entered on the rugged path Of life no
friendly voice was heard to cheer him on his lonei,
way, ne FELT the aid Of no sustaining arm = hs
went iorlh alone. With the strength OF eiant
ne BTappled the ob-toclss which resisted his pro-
/ gfess and put them aside lie proyeI his title To
distinction as be advanced. He mounted stem b1
step to-the highest elevations and seized uno, ,bs
admiration Of TIE world by night of conopss,
wealth, birth, and al the artificial distinctions oe
So ~ gave way before bin The poys-fpI ne
ifonage oi iaihef at the head Of the gove,rmsr,
was not extended bin. lie had not the ,rivi-
le8e OF visiting the courts Of Eutope At the nm
nc expense ana OF ninghng with the Kings and
great men OF the earth, and OF gtering IN the
- 'ti'o ''yS spieador lie grew up in the wilds