Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-10-12

Is no longer the eloquent advocate OF unbiased
suffrage, Tree elections, and general instrucions
out sees beauties in what once were defects, is
enaTofed with the cabinet succession Ends the ha-
ted Adams boon companion, aud requires his old
friends and admirers TO unsay all they have said,
unthnk all they have thought, disbelieve all they
believe, and sbandon the cherished principles oil
their whole lives TO promote his elevation.
The measures of the cabinet, that strange COM
binaiion of opposi.es and contradictions, partake
vi the character of their origin.
That OLD man Rufus King, on the yerce of the
grave and unfit for public duty, was cent minister
TO England and left TO gIope without instructions,
while important interests were IN jeopardy. The
Colonial trade, worth three millions 10 the people,
was wholly lost, while King and his son, IN about
one year, received complement, of about $50, 600
from the public treasury.
A mission to Panama was cot m Anderson
and Sergeant appointed ministers, and Rochester
Secretary OF legation. Anderson, in pursuit OF
the Congress. lost his life the fatal Islhmus Ser
geant became a Candidate for Congress in PhiIa
dephia, and K chester for Governor in n. York.
Both were beat; but under false preteuces, sala
~ was paid 10 Roche-te during the whole time
he was electioneering. Sergeant and Rochester
! were then ordered to Mexico, but not being able
to had the Congress returned the United States
Ihe scheme has cost the nation one ysiuabl.
mans lille and sixty or seventy Thousand dollars oil
The public money, without yielding cents beneii,
TO the country.
These are the trumphs Of our diplomacy under
the management OF Adams and Clay.
Oihce holders, connected with the administers
lion, have united with Others, TO eIec,ioneer la
concert receive the party countersgu, aud pass it
through the Union.
Presses have been pro .cribed for opposing men
in power. and others, psironzed for supporting
/; them.
The President and his Secretaries oii, their pub
lie dulles to travel through the Union, ca; public
dinners aad MAKE rlsctioneering harangues, vindI-
eating their own doubtful purity, aud assaiiing the
dreaded cheflain OF the Hermitage
The most important interests of the country are
se%ei on az eleciioneeTing hobbies; a mock repre-
sentatIon from numerous states, has gone through
the farce OF meeting, deiiberating, resolving and
adIouTning, with the view of promoting combine
ions OF certain interests and certain States TO Sc
cure power 10 its present pcssessors.
Nothing has been witnessed as the fruit of this
strange union OF Adams and Clay, but abuses of
power, neglect of public business, waste of rrblic
money, sacrifices OF public interests, favoIitism,
prescription, faction and violence.
The in-inceIe AMI diplomatic character of our
eoaiuon administration, runs TIN ough the leaders
OF the whole party which supports il, and infects
all It's NOV ements. The National Journal The Of
neal organ OF the President, openly announces
'h9t MT. Adams, IN his intercourse with foreign
governments, is wholly destitute OF sincerity, and
'ha' his Official Language is no Indication of his
private opinions, which may be the very reverse
OF what he expresses. The leaders of his narty
carry this diplomatic character into the eIectioneer
ING contest. Mr.. Clay boldly denies what smosr
The whole nation believes to be true, makes Gem
efsi Jackson charge hun with prvity TO a corrupt
proposal which he never dill, and then exul,s bs.
charge!
Had the general lie misfortune many wears aoo
10 XIII an antagonist in far combat Cncumstan.
ces are invented 20 give the transaction The charac
ter of arocous cruelty.
DID ne win immortal honor by his brave, 2rn
dent and maSnanimous conduct in the defence of
New OIlesns' II was said all the merit beloprsd
TO Adair
Dil he suspend the civil laws to save the cit, ,
lie Is charged with utter disregard of all law.
although he voluntarily submitted TO pay an uniu.,
me OF SiCOo, the moment his country was Ire
from danger.
Did he say on the authority Of Others, that
detachment ri kentucLians ibgloIiousIy H.JS The
expression was extended TO the whole Kentucky
troops, and, contrary to all his language and con
duct, he was declared 10 be JEALOUS OF their honor
and their fame.
Did he direct the sentence of regular court
martial, held 800 mile. from bis cam n, TO be car
iied into execution upon gang of criminals and
deserIers, while war still laundering round our
southern coast! lie is charged with CAUSING six
innocent militia men TO be cruaily shot, contrary
10 law, IN time of peacei To make The CHARGE
strike deeper, rgery is here called in to the aid of
falsebood, and an infamous printer patroniza,I bv
the government at the expence Of tie widow and
orphan, has filed the country with forged letter
p"PoruoSto De from Harris TO his geuefal begging
for mercy
Has the General lived almost forty years with
an amable wife, distinguished for the active ex-
efcise OF every domestic virtue? Old SANDER. are
called from oblivion, vsrnped up .vith the new in
Venuons, and the base attempt is made 10 destroy
The Old soldier by dishonouring his wife.
Nothing is too false or foul 10 lie said of him
One says he Is negro trader; another that he was
frai'or with Burr; another that be is hypocrite
and liar ingenuity is asked TO invent cliarces. and
language tortured 10 give them uterance.
inns man, so traduceJ, fought and blcd for H.
osriy Ia the revolutionary war. lie has served
with honor and ability, in high civil stations, for
twelve or fifteen years. He has CONQUERED a.,
wage nation and given a new state TO the union =
lie has chasiised 'hs.insolent Spaniard in Florida
and secured there, the rights of his couotryme,.
lie has driven powerful invader from the soil Of
Louisiana. He has never sought office, civil or
military, and has resigned the one and the obs,
when he thought he could be no longer useful IN
his country lie refused TO appear at the court o;
iurDide lest his presence should give coun'enance
TO the tyrant and usurper. His very errors have
been for hts country. During the trying sceos,
OF the last Presidential election, he repealed the
rsi advances Of intrigue, proved his incorruptible
integrity and in deteal maintained a serenity and
exhibited msgnanimiiy known only to conscious
recli ude.
Has Jackson or his friends provoked the attack.
on bis private character and ronduct, by assault
the private transactions and character Of NJ,
Adams or Mir. Clay Have their duels been 40
grayaled and misrcpreseBed TO make them odious
Have letters been forged TO prove them monster,
OF inhumanlij Who has threaded the m,zes of