Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-12-23

woaii urge in the 4th place. that we have never
concealed difference of opinion on this matter
with MIR. Crawford We plead guilty to the
charge OF supporting him President of the United
States, and Tor our defence throw ourselve s
upon our God and Country. We did admire
ms honesty, his purity, that strong common
judgment, that inflexible frmness of generous pur
po'es' that splendid elevation above all the dirty
TICKS oil intrigue, bargain and mans g ement'
which distinguished the uniform life of VIM. II.
crawford. We can now praise him for his vir-
tues without the risk of adua,ioD; for, he has no
ounce TO besiow, no favors to shower upon his
| friends. But. with all our preference for Mr..
crawford, we never did conceal our disapprobaton
OF some OF his opinions on the Constitution. We
supported him, because he man " more after
! our own heart'' than any Of his competi,ors-bu,
we freely confessed the errors which he had COM
I mH'ed-and throughout the whole of the Presiden-
uai contest, we never failed to acknowledge them
win the candouT hich was requi ed by our cause:
we would have talxenhim "for better for worse;'
trusting that Republican, like him, would have
the honesty to review his opinions the magnaniui-
ty TO reract his errors and the patriotism 10 avail
himself OF every light, which and experience
might strike out Tor the benefit of his county. If
this constitutes regeneration" or &" su5serpi-
ency to retSning opinioas;" let the Editors of
the inteiiisencer make the most il. He too can
appeal with con fidence 10 the People Of Virgil
s foolish.
We would here drop the pen; but for other
insidious insinuations In The National Inieg encer
which II Is due to others, well as TO ourses es
70 notice. We almost owe apology our
readers for placing such insinuation as the fol-
loving upon the columns O. paper. The In
teil2encer has so poor opinion of the PeOpie
OF Virsinia, 10 permit n.elf 10 say OF them,
Indirectly, that Mr.. Crawford .'received the most
jealous support of the Enquirer, and (of course,
we had like to have said OF the People of Virgil
ma. And not contenied with this slur upon the
People, the Intellisencer permits itself to indulge
IN The following extraordinary remark upon their
Representatives: :" The Legislators of Virginia
now assembled: all read the Enquirer, which print
Is in tact supported TO have influence ever them
even greater than due 10 he Iespec liability of Its
character, and the distinguished ability with which
II has been conducted.' We scorn 10 yindicate
our People, their Repi esematiyes asains, these
lnsinuations. They are disi especial 10 them,
a. they are prepos,erous in themselves. The Yr-
gnians are not made OF such stuff these rem ark
would indicate. They would scorn the man, who
IN any way would attempt 10 lead them, or 10
dictate 10 ,hein-and they - ould rightly scorn him
hut where Is the respect which these consistent Eii.
tors profess for the respectable body OF citizens
who compose the Legislature OF Vmginia:'' In
one breath u express Ills respect; and in another
to represent them tame to permit hems elves
per!-And what is all this cant for? Can any
man mistake the motive? We regret 10 sneak
With such aspe'ity of The Editors OF the Inteili-
sencei; out we never hesitate 10 express ourselves
freely, when stratagem is employed Tor the
purposes OF mischief. Il is trick unw orthv of the
Editors o! the In eIsenccr The iusinusion is con-
veyed with the insIdious motive of touching the
pride and rouslng the jealousy OF the People and
| Legislature OF Virginia against us, personally
This Is not the first Tine tina, has been emp!oyed;
1 and that the poisoned arrow has sped in vain Three
| years ago, when these Editors ere engaged with
ourselves on the side OF the viriuous Crawford, we
were held up as the associates of an idle phan ON
which Jolly and knavery combi:ed to cbrs,en the
Rlchmund Party "a Phantom which was e.
aboraely described in certain letters, whose Au-
thor TO this day skIks in the obscurity which suits
! the darkness of his plot. The Editors of the
lntelllgencer then joined in reprobating such un-
founded nsinnation-- nd DIV do we not find them
ac'uated by strange desire to rouse up the pride
and jealousy of our fellow citizens, against the
Editors OF this paper! The s,rat.gem failed in
| iS25-and a similar r,lse DE guerre will fail in
1926. The people of Virginia have TOO much
sense to be quilted by uhounded suspicions-a and
| they know too well how TO Distinguish The finn
ness, with which we respectfully support cur OPT
Mons rom the preposterous attempt TO dictate TO
| the opinions OF others Virginia will never wan
| only sacrifice the conductors of free press, be
and because they happen excite the di-pea-
sure OF the politicians of Wasbingto e.
nough of this Let the Editors OF the In,elJiqeu-
Ger be assured, that they are badly advised in
taking this course. II is not The course either of
truth, justice, or generosity.
! We shall De the last to find fault with the expe-
dent which these Editors disclose IN the following
| passage:
No, TO depreeia'e the Enquirer, yet DESTROYS 10
possess the good opinion Of the respectable body Of citizens
who compose the Legislature OF Virginia Wewish TO be un
dersood language, and he uudcstooJ .c-
cOiips 10 thesense which pease the Enquirer to give it,
With that solely, have prepared, shall send TO
friend in Richmond. number copies our expo.itop Of
the cath uitino sufficient furnish each member OF
me Legislature We trust they will oe accepted, spirit
kindness as proof oil our anxiety TO aud well in their sight"
If this expeden, help their cause, we shall
| congratulate them upon their success. But, they
scarcely could nave expected that zoe void have
complied with (tbeir) request to copy (their)
| article OF more than seven columns into the En-
! quirer. The request was certainly a very modest
| one--p1ricularly after the example which thew
bad set US themselves We were Continually COM
planning OF the manner in which they Inangled our
| own argument--and now they draw upon US a
| draft TO the amount of seven columns If they
| have paper and ink to spare, what sav they to
publishing in pamphlet form the whole of our Cor
respondence on bob sdes2] This is at least as
modest proposition as their own; and Just as fair
Ger by US; but informed hi, Mr. Clay noticed and
answered TIN. very Speech pretty much Large, and threw
out tue idea that Mr. Crawford had very modified his
opinions, and leaned towards the opposite CLAY was
at hnf lime ~ favor Of Strict construction Contu-
ans-e was afterwards in favor Of establishing the pesent
Dsnk-and Is moss perhaps ltiuduarian tue ". Inel.
geneer could wish han 10 he.
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