Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-16

notlegi,imaiey deducible from his language never
was made By knave, idiot, or apostate.
We crave you mercy, Mr.. Don Bombasto Furio-
80! =" Stold productoni' where is our dictonary ?
But thai is only ",opaz" expressions; LEI il
lass. krave!'' (poiftcaI we prssume) 81
diot'- (wsn'ing common sease?) .9yosiate!r'
How ini,Rttab'y dtcriptire! There j. no {" T.
hony' here; all is as clear "a - Topaz Ru,
the writer tastes wormword in our innocent i'm
Iciss, and fancics that Governor Clinton mich,
have intended a meaning directly "the reverse 4
what the plain, uniilustrated text implied" Un-
der this ridiculous concei', be pronounced The fol-
loving bsll-hypoihc,icsl, bal.-uncondcnal ,lenup-
ci9tion.
"IfGovernur Clinton could have stopped TO
such patefag with the ordinary . : OF speech.
he degraded himself more scholar and gem
nemsn than be has ever bend degraded as politi-
clan by the association of him with Burr, Van
Bnren, and Jackson; and in becoming the active
agent thus to degrade him, the editors OK the Rich
mona Enquirer have furn he'd the most conciu
siye evidence OF Their own debassment in ts,te,
sentiment, and an honorable. chsrness OF thsi,
own reputation and that of Others
Mercy on us! Into what scrape have we un
Willingly brought AIR Clin,oni While we beg hi.
pardon for it. re pray that he will consider wbe-
iher no, the ballot boxes of ~ York are Who'll
~ innocent? /" Chsriness"-- what ga learned
i heban" this writer must be! He il much 80,
that he does not know even how TO use The plain
words of his mother tongue.
Tie idea tina, Governor Clinton ester !. suscep-
tlble of double meaning, has taken such hold on
lie imagiua ion of the writer for the Journal, that
il haunts him like Bancc's Ghost. We are really
sorry we have pat his sensibities into such hi IN
excitement. lie says s. II IS for him (tiov. e.
TO remove the disgrace which the inuenio Of the
Enquirer must, unless promptly met, and rsfate !,
attach to his name. If he has played the bypo.
Critic ,infoniy must attach to him. g. From him
selt or hi- immediate friends. we expect the
ln-inua,ions thus lev slled his honor proudly and
completely rereel" We suspect that Goyerno.
{. and his "mpelise friends" will laugh heartily
at this tempes, in a tea pot,'' instead of consi
ceFing u 30 grave matter to require their no
tice Weheg that the Journal viii not turn So
Inerset when they shall be I'M Irmed in wha, man-
ner certain distinguished and ptomi"en man near
t!em, has ''-siocped to palier with the ordinary
uses OF speech" Ii he shall be convicted of plas
ing the hypocri,e'' in letter of sarcastic com.
piiment we shall see whether they will hold him
up to "infsmy." IN his the thing is palpa-
be In reference to Governor Clinton il is far
from being so; for h's letter was sppropriate
and doubtless sincere. But it did not express that
unqualified confidence in Mr.. a. that was a,temp-
ed to be drawn from it, terms.
a. If it thould ever hereafter be denied that the
Tetros radiation of the human elect is in the ex
act ratio OF the degradation" and fallen hopes of
desperate men, " and that the raridty of the one
keeps pace with the acceeration of ,ha oih.rIyye
will hold up examples from the &C ors now on
the great Political stage, 10 meet aud put down
such denal.''
Bat TO be serious, if il be possible to BE- SO on
such theme
Speaking of the construction which the wri, er
makes us put upon Governor Cln,on's letter he
says We &no- not by what lights The Rich
mond Enquirer has arrived at it.'' We are not
stoid'' as not to know what is here meant.
end we the writer that his suspicion is
sroundTss. We have explained above why we
used the offending italics. Let that satisfy him
Let him employ his pr-tty writing in pointing out
the "patri0fic efforts" of MIR. Adams and the
" auspiciou< influence" OF hi- administration; and
ii he can succeed, ne viii convince Governor Gin.
ton and thousands besides, that Mr.. Ad.ms has not
forfeited the good wishes and disappointed the ar
1ient hopes ihey entertained towards him at the
period of his election II he fails, tce are not to
blame for The sad dissppoin tmen we have expert
enced. This task will better become him than
idle abuse and denunriaions OF the editors of this
pager We beg him TO believe that we are com
plimented rather than offended by his abuse coarse
rs i, is. When men to whom we are opposed
cease 10 abuse us, shall feel that " have sunk
inio contempt; snd that maintain our lrin cipies
aud our with no Zeal or sbiity The as
siranees daily receive 10 the contrary, cheer
and animate exertion-. Go on then, gantIeu,eo,
with your rbaldry and blingsgaie. Such wea-
pons well behttel the cause you espouse, else
you would not descend TO them. Tie issue is in
the hands OF IN intelligent people who are sble to
appreciate every hing you -ay or IN.