Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-04-24

serted. without he -shIes, qualifications. thai
" The hopes of the Party rest on the ability oil
% Mr. V.n Buren, to transfer to the Caucus of next
winter, the thirty sir shares Of stock. w5-h
7" be has coNrRAcrEp 10 Them" The proni
of this declaration The editors of the intelligence
were challenged by Us to exhibit. at the same time
that it also declared our par, TO be equally
without proof and withou, foundation. And what
il the result? What evidence, or shadow OF EVIL
dence, il offered to sustain charge thus boldly
proclaimed, and literally harped upon, through {
public Journal of wide circulation, and, az least In
the past tense, OF much influence? Verse even
than sub erfuge and evasion. AS much worse. as
miserable aud shutting admission ths the alega-
ton was made without the lras, possible know
ledge or proof, can be. Nay. the admission l.
still more pi;iiul namely, that they did :, intend
10 allege Mat is alleged in !heir own language.
We may remark, en- PEASANT, tina, although hey
have exhibited some examples OF facility in per-
vcrtng the lsnguage and meaning OF Others, i, wa
not suspected that they would have urged, in the
character OF se!f-apoiogists, their rerversioh
of their language and intent. We ask the
attention of the reader TO the following extract,
tpartcular!y much OF il we have put In
iislics,l from that part of their article which pro
fesses to the challenge for proof this
subject
.' Ia respect 10 the demand for proof tina, thirty
six share OF stock have been g Contracted" 10y
that we cannot be expected 10 produce, in evidence
written obligation, sigiIGt,tm ct stgiNafnm, pre-
pared with all the forms aud sanctions o.! legal
contract, for the very obvious reason that snch Il
contract would be illegal, and il is not usus! TO
ccnni such eng ,gerierte TO paper We have no
doubt whatever, however, tina: Mr. Van Buren, :
reelection The signal for open action, The
belief that he would be able 20 control the move
meats oil the Legislature at Albany, SO az 10 Sc
cure, b. means OF Caucus proceedings there, the
votes of New York 10 the Caucus here We LA e
as little doubt that his belief has beea countenamcei
by the honorable member himself. We have, oil
course, personal knoN ledge OF this fact; and II
we had, i, nj aave beeu confdent!ally comuiuhi-
Gated 10 US, could not. with propriesY, make
use OF II. But have il stated Ia AZ least one
print at distance, certain news i:om Washing
ton, that w. AS%' had assured the writer, that "
York would undoubtedly go for Opposition i
didate Tor the Presidency, naming Gen, Jackson,
Cor words o that effect. for have not presers Ell
the paper) and we have doubt OF meeting with
other testimony OF rte same sort before this !is
cussion Is ended. Wenoce This demand tor proof,
however, only out OF clv!!ity the E.I'os Of the
Argus, not fesliHs That sncha figure as zoe matte
arse Cf ieqtires n literal GejGnce IL certainty
expresses, fact, nothing more thar, that Mr..
Pon Buren, tciH do ms besttO array the uOte OF
has State or The side Of has party"
When his bold declaration first given out ,
amonst the por,euious signs of The times,' Nth
Its array OF column Hpnn column ia he Ia ELI
Ger, who could have believed thai would have
been followed by az lea-, tn FEASIBILITY oi proof -
by some show of evidence some ressured fact
that In ingenious HAMS, might be tortured nto it.
support! But il d .viniles into nothing. Ii is lite
rally 6ruttssn ''slnen- very harmless thuudeT-
Dol After vlrcuitous effort to give to it some
colour OF aid, by extract from m anonynou
leter-"riier in a southern newspaper, who asserIs
that somebody else head that 5lr. V. b had said
TO someb idy- not any thing, gende reader, rela
ton to the pretended contract, but that Eew York
would probably favour the election of (,en. Jack
son: alter this feeble eilor to Establish the fact IF
the alleged " contract" by operations from an
anonymous publication made after the original al p
legation: the whole matter, by the admission oil
the editors of the sencer, resolves Itself
mere :" figure of speech! Verify the tgur--''
OF The In'eiee,cer much al hand h1n
its facts