Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-25
From the Lynchburg Nrginian, Aprn 20
THE RICH MOND ENQUIRER.

THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER. /,
It is. we doubt not, known 10 all our readers
tina, mi. prin, sets up for itself claim TO supe.
rior purity. and for its opinions character OF
entire infallibility All who differ with 1t, are :
either directly or implicitly charged with BASE
ness and corruption. II adopts towards lis CO. :
,en,oraries Napoeon's rule, 10 allow no neu- ,
trails and, like that military despot, riots in the
f.ncied eminence on which accident and chance
have nlaced il Such print, assuming 10 IL
self such prerogatiyes, should at least, nave Inc
virtue Of consistency TO sustain II: "hen ~
dares 10 charge gentlemen oi sucn hish' sa"u
ING as Mess,s. Gales * Seaton win having an
exclusive eve to their pecuniary ih'ere''s, u
Cause they have fearlessly and ABLY exposed '"s
existence aud the purposes OF an ofsanlIeu
Combination against an Admlhis''a''o" ""o
onv fault is that its head was born north OF
s. hlusoa's and Dirons Gne," it should at least
he nr.nareo TO furnish evidence that nSey Aad
no, been. in its own State, and in its own town.
nroyerbial for its subserviency to those from
whom il expected patronage, ane 10 "hom
lo,,ked for substantial REGARDS But, 1t is moi
our purpose, al present, TO enumera'e 'he e'f
d4nces Of its sycophancy and servility; to snow,
with wha, cunning it has chimed in with the
tide OF popular feeling on all great questions OF
| poiicv and with what Jesuitry II mas aVoiaea '"e
direc, expression Of opinions when circums'an'
ces seemed to render II doubtful on winch siae
was the majority
Our readers may recollect that we nave Ire
ouentIy alluded /" The Inconsistency ana contra
d,ctjnns IN which some Of our leading politicians
have involved themselves, and that we nave as
often remarked, that We expected, IN the course
Of the existing Presidential contest, TO take
surdry" Cassio's on the hip."-We shall COM
. mence with the q" Hichmond Enquirer whose
course has been inc onsistent and tortuous 10 the
, last degree Whatever respect the E.dltors'o i
that print may be entitled 10 in their private ca
, n.ci,y. (and no one more cheeliully adml's
their high claims than we) they certainly de-
serve none in their Editorial character. we
, shall enhravour TO substantiale this position oy
. extracts from their own writings, which, II we
mistake not the force If language, VIII convict
th.m of gross Inconsistency and OF grosser IN
y iusticc-Ne shall be brief to day, as wen 1or
= want of room as ,ime.-lf we bear hard upon
- them, they must remember that they have them-
selves furnished US with the club, and must Jay
- the blame or themselves alone
-, The ENQUIRER as opposed to Gen. Jackson
during the las, Presidential canvas. and left no
y. stone un,urned to show his utter unworthiness
=, and incapacity to fill the high station 10 which
" ,he follv Of his friends rather than his own am
!. hilton. sought to elevate him. During that
" contest. as now, the seals Of private and conn
> Denial correspondence were basely vloiateo,oy
in the partIzar, or ia ~"rdiha'es. and o.
80 pin,ons and sentiments were exposed 20 tne
!. world, which, when expressed, were designed
~ only for the perusal Of friends. No one car
At have forgotten the letters OF Gen. jackson
10 which this system Of espionage brought 10 Ugh
- and which furnished the Richmond Enquirer
i aud others such fruitful :exts for comment ant
10 abuse 1t is our design, to-day, 10 publish al
~ extract from one Of those letters, with the com
-, - ments which the Enquirer then made upor
~ them
- Gen Jackson, in his letter to Mr. Monroe
b. dated January 6, 1917, thus expresses himsei'
he 81 am free 10 declare, had commanded tn
adj "miIitary department where the Hartford Con
ar "vention met, if it had been the last act OF m
a, diff. should have punished the three prlnci
ID, "pal leaders of The party. am certain an In
ed "dcpsnden, Court Martial would have condemn
id u.d hem unde, the Cd section of the act estab
he .lishing rules and regulations for the govern
- "ment of the army of the United States"
p- When we read this paragraph, and recollec
on the nature of the Hartford Convention,, and IN
nd results which we believe it designed to produce
as our feelings furnish full justification OF Thu
gs EXPRESSED determination Of Gen Jackson. b.
Ia, when. on cooler reflection, we remember thu
-. he would have been exercising power whie
rat has never been conferred, in this Republic, o
on any individual, We are naturally led 10 enlulr
he ,ciat is this ID section, from which he propose
of TO trive his authority to "pnnish" men whor
INT his caprice or wnim may tell him are obno'
Ear ious? Here il is:
II "sEc Q find be it further enacted, That
ia, "time of war, all persons, no, citizens OF,
nai lowing allegiance to, the United States OF
the "merica, who shall be found lurking as spies
ne cor about the Notifications or encampments
on ",he armies of the United States, or any
lon "them, shall! suffer death accordngt 10 the la
ou' "and usage of nations, by sentence OF gener
~" "court-martal.'
~, So, Gen. Jackson, would have punished, WI
49, death, men who had assembled tn Convention,
! al matter with what object in view, and cltlze
,,sd toe, under law which decreed death to "alten
ha, who should be found "lurking as spies in or
, hv bout the fortifcation encampmen,s" oil o.
ion armies! What law giver! what statesma
u.s Our object however, is not to expose the Ign
n.;. rance Of Gen ia kson, but the Inconsistency