Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-09-22


Greenbrer. We have nothing to do with thepri-
vate feelings of these gentlemen will not stop
to enquire who are the" disappointed editors and
interested politicians that villify their poor guest
with such merciless abuse--we shall not pry into
the orthodoxy those ultra federal sentiments by
which they have blazoned forth their zeal in the
| cause of Mr.. Clay-no will we attempt TO dimin-
ish the Fictitious lustre with which they have set
of the palIy affair. All hat we shall attempt, is a
mere act of duty on our part, while it is one of JUS
tice to Virginia. Neither MIR. Clay, nor his friends
can delude themselves or the public for a moment,
with belief that he has any hold the affections
and common regard Of the great mass of the people
ofVirginia. This is not the design. The Lewis
burg dinner affords apt specimen of what is call
ed i" the puff obque," or the lie indirect. 1t is
| 10 be eaten in Virsinia-to be digested abroad -
50 What magnificent triumph 70 will the Yam
kee exclam, az he rubs his spectaces and reads
Dinner 'n Virginia to Mr.. Clay" g 1t beats
| the Jackson meeting in Boston all hollow the
administration, Hartford convention, roads and ca
mails. tariff and all sulped down by the Virgni-
ans with unparalleled avidity. Adieu to the poticks
OF their Jefferson, their Madison their Henry, and
| huzza for Mr.. Clay % Either Virginia or Mr.
Clay, 1t will be concluded, has wonderfully chang
ed--and we fear some persons may suspect the lat
ter, from the known ductility of his truly Cartha-
genan faith. Ii should be remembered that nothing
Is more fallacious than these culinary signs of pop
| uiar favor. They do not prove that Mr.. Clay,
or Mr.. Goblet, or Mr. any body else is very popu-
! lar they are cause designed 10 produce popu-
\ larity, not an effect produced by It. Where one
manages to public dinner out of pure love of alb
sract political principle, there are ten who go for
mere appetite sake, to indulge idle curiosity.
the sense of the Lewisburg dnner-party had been
taken. and actual scrutiny instituted it is odds
but the mutton and goose would have gained the
ascendancy and left the Secretary in as woful mi
m Orifv 81, cat f,.I. 4. 49,. =
election Nor is this surprising. 1t is as reason
able for common man to be seduced from his faith
to Mr.. Clay, by the smell of roasted pig, as il
was Tor MIR. Z. TO be won over by the dazzling pa
geant which forms his principles, fame.
After all, we verify suspect this matter to have
been preconcerted thing from beginning to end
medlialed and arrayed as masterpiece OF strata
gem, and executed with dexterity and holiness
deserving better cause. But in the midst of the
iestivity, the ghost of murdered Banquo rises
and the president himself drinks " Mr.. Madson's
construction OF the federal constitution" What
spot was here on the disk of Mr.. Claws effuI
gence There was voice too which dared even
IN this Pandemonium, to utter truth. &c Roads and
Canals Let us have them, but not at the sacrifice
OF principle, in violation of the constitution.
Did not Mr.. Clay start, when this toast was pro.
claimed?- II he had conscience, it mus, have been
wrunS with iemorse, as these specres came sue
cessively TO obtrude on The merriment of that hour
we lay no stress upon the repeated compliments
paid 10 General Jackson, since we do not yalue a
rush all that men say or do in these revels. We
ascribe ii TO the exhiliratng gas of the mountain
ew''-and if any people on earth are excusable
Tor slipping Its essence with the smack of true con
noseurs, it is the people who inhabit the bleak re-
gions OF our Alleghanies
Charlottesville c. Gag
Ihe faculty OF the University of Virginia have ar
ranged the plan of public examination, TO take
place at the close of the present session. There
will be thorough examination of each particular
Class, IN the respective branches of education and
honorary distinctions will be awarded to such stu
dents as shall deserve them, by the superior merit
other attanments. The examination will be con-
Quoted SO as 10 afford fair and full opportunity of
testing the proficiency OF each student in his class
We have not learned the details of the plan; but
they will be made known in due season. The stem
VIII tend at once TO develope the talents of the IA
Guilty and students OF this institution and 10 furnish
evidence OF the advantages of the plan upon which
education IS here conducted. We entertain a con-
hdeat hope that its result will be highly satisfactory
to all who feel an interest in the progress of letters
and IN the success of the University particularly
Amid the numerous institutions of learning which
are springing up In country and extending II cir
happy influence far and wide over our community.
the University of Virginia occupies most desery-
ediy an elevated rank 1t is the meridian light of
most brilliant promise OF our state We venture TO
affirm that the expectations 10 which il has given
rise will be fully ansvv cred
We take this occasion to remark that The library
and apparatus OF the University have recently re-
ceiyed many valuable accessions. The books pro-
cured in Europe by the agent of the institution
have been received and placed in the room of
the Reiunda destined for their reception The
hotunda Is almost entirely complete, and is finish
ed IN that taste and elegance in which it was de-
signed by the mastery mind of its immortal patron
The utmost order, and the steadiest application
have OF late distinguished the students OF the Uni
versity, and every thing seems to contribute in
advancing the great plan of intellectual cultivation.
May God speed the good work IB
Mr.. Clay arrived in Charlottesville on Thursday
the i4th, and departed for Washington yesterday
He proposes to visit the Secretary Of Wa, who is
now at his residencel in Orange. He visited Mon
ticello and the University, while here. 10.
1t is stated in the Boston papers that the Pre-
sdent OF the United States will spend a few days
In that city before he returns to the Seat OF Gov
eminent; and that he was expected in town during
the week just past
The Indiana Journal oil Aug. 90, saws: O. Tho
mas H. Blake has been elected TO Congress. from
the LIST Congressional District, by majority of so
votes over Ratliff Boon, the present incumbent
The following is the state of the polls: Thomas IL
Blake, 5,222; Raniff Boon, 5,l33
Our congressional election turned upon one single
point disobedience, and the result; settles in this
stare at least the right OF instruction, and implicit
obedience to the popular will But by those Of
the minority, the administration gentry who are
not well informed Of the true state oil affairs In
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