Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-04-24
RI0KM1oMD, APRIL "a
SIGN;S OF TIE TI.uES-


eonjures up combin atoms which never existed; s.
10 support these idle hypotheses, il grav.ly utters
fImoprS az facts, and relies up n rnisTeireseted
newspaper paragraphs a. many Otarular de-
veiopeuents.- Ii il cne OF the worst Signs of the
Tines, when The press THIS stoops TO inIsrepresen
'a'inns. for the qualification OF the private erieis
OF it, editors, from sycoph.ntic seryiliiy 10
men in power.
The lntelligeucer had >luubered over the dan
gers OF the nation, until its own interests were
attacked by the voe in the Senate. From tina,
moment, IT has been pouring GU ito phia OF wrath
npon the heads OF the Z" unprincired Opposition
= What Signs Of The Yiiae, are these!
Its fist inventiou TO abuse The cred lat, OF the
cation, is that OF Caucus go' rr Lao; winter a,
Washington hy the leaders of. The . Coinbina-
ton " Where are the prnofs? t'usi,, ~ rested up
"a mere .rumour, TO hcf they wish IL pe dis
tinetiy understood assiving au;hosiy'' of their
own Butnow 'hey have trnfe,l up ietier foni
some member OF Congress, winch Processes TO
give them all he deals Of the proc eeding Fhey
pretend nav INA, they aoIs 10 dzclose the
times, circumstances, aSd the names OF n,ost o.
he members who attended ne CAUCUS We de-
ny ;Hs siis=aiions. aud we coil upon them iof
theii vouchers. we .haiIei re the production oil
their letter We wish 20 know the uame of tI.i,
au hor. thst we mas judge BIS credlbiity and
honor. We you'd have all his aIeinenis Ina, we
may Judge oil the proceedings of this mysterious Jun.
H
relies upon his own direct iniornaton r ,yiicthe,
n. has heard the -ane empty reasons which have
oswit'hed MS correspondents OF line inieisencer
what N'as the chaTarier OF Tie association, Nvhe
ther u vas meeting OF Trends. who mingled
grave dscdssions tie state III nation VIII! the
sa'etie- OF ie-'ive enefaiameni, whether !, j.
secTe cabrsl OF sr,ii ponfc,ans, who AS enb,.
10 pio sganst ihe Interests OF heir country W.
wish 10 know how tar 1t resembird grand " eekIy
meeting, which L. also r,tmOuied 10 have been
hehi In 8 room In the tapuoi, over which Mr.
Speaker Taylor presided and n hich OF tines so wa.
The FIRST n The order Ot tue, snd whether one al
these had contributed 10 rroluce the oih.,
as ccun'eTvaihnS 'asasure.- Let us, in a ,sard
nave no more mystery about tiie-s ransac
tons. But let the whole be unms-ke,l for
The Information OF the people Until this l.,
Larry done, we shall cease 10 demand che
proofs OF these Tumnufs OF an improper Caucus
meeting on the psrI of the Opposition Members =
we shall denanl The evidence of The ruruour
int regular weekly C,ucus was held, during
toe last session, aud particularly during the latter
part OF u, com posed OF Menbes of ne OPP ~
Ion. at which OF the number presided
and another acted as Sc re,ary,'' Sc. &s We
dtHy that MI. Va" Buren was present at any such
meeting and surely, II the ~ Great Mse,.ian"
hi'iseli were nos present, IT this i'm orani por ion
oil The machinery Of the fiot were wiflnTswn tom
u, he whole plot is MI.e..b!e one As ey er
J e.
would cease 10 be what be has been 20 pompous-
iy described, The representative OF this party
- s.d Necessarily the lie and soul and bone ana
sinew OF n - U"t'i this eYider ce has been fur
nshed; anj his positive denial csnjroverted by
iacis - h'ch leave not lnop-hoe o hang ,.uubi
upon, we nave right 10 ueai the Editors ol IL.
n, ln;eliigencer lhe authors oi sIiiy anil ,h,I
low invention Is II possible ih,, their ridiculous
v'nity hd betra, them into the belief that their
mere tpse dtl H conid impose such a ti-tue OF mis-
rep eSeniatIon- upon an intelligent people? That
iiey should have Inc egregioIs eff onieIy 10 de
clare IN the face IF he nation, that ibe effect
of the success of these operations would be 20
place the Government OF the Umi'ed States in the
nands o. organized and disciplined party, n
stead OF Tue hands u he legitimate sovereign the
People: That he Hon. Martin Van Buren,.
Senator from New York, represents tLIs party ana
Is necessarily the lie aad soul, and bone and sinsy
OF II: That the success OF this Organization " uld
b., therefore, necessarily, TO flsce the whole Of
'he routine of the high pibc Offices, and all lhe
important Legislation o. the country, nader the ab
solite coatroi OF tua Dis. ingul,h.i citizen: Ths
such success would he usufpa;IoB OF the rights o.
he Peops,a tyranny OF ,dous conplexion?'
- And are these unauthentcaled rumours and thi.
unpr0duced ,ef er he OIL! prpois, which he au-
ihoTs 81 the story ere able % palm upon the pub
lie! oh! no they have other artillery al hand
iney bring forward scrap or two from the ". T.
National Advocate, which speaks OF a concenua-
t'on of sentiment Warrington, End of mus
ter SPHH Mr. Van ,reD, Oi courseI - Blu the
National Advocate denies that this gentleman had
gay hand in III. pa asrsphs which 1t publishes;
aud really we should like 10 understand how long
II has been since the Advocate became he organ
Of Nj. Van Buren, in New York. / has never
been considered; aud the asrfpiou il still more
singular as the ln!elii2encer and It's friend in N
York Che Ansrican) held up the A!b,ny Argus
as his syofie srgan. The Argus, however, ex-
pressly di-clsims all the ambitious views which
have been 50 lavIshly ascribed 10 him by his Ed
torisl Ihquis ors The Argus promptly denied
bat be had The slightest views TO the Vice Presi-
dency, or, when further inter- gated by The Intel.
Igencer to the Office of President And yet tine n.
still persists in ascrbing Tie nest ambitious pre-
tensions "a Martin Van Buren,; and sill relies up.
on certain vague paragraphs IN the Adyoca'c.
These, ihe Editor of that paper deniss to have
emanaied in any re pect from MIR. Van Buren,
himself
But how long has It been, since he ~ foielli
gencer has thought fit to attach much import
ance TO passing paragraph IN newsrsper?.
What then sh1Uid say Of the following article in
The New Yok American!
Z" But above and outweighng all these motives,
is that consideration of Diachless POI ency in cers
tain portions Of this Union. that ecu Jackson is
from slave state and Mr. Adams from Tree STATE.
Il is not Mr. Adams an individual, but the
northern man thai IL TO be put down. This, and
this alone, the objection Of Virginia, the leader
Of the slave confedefacy She may talk OF The
nnconsii,uiionaIity OF tariff, roads and canals,
and national university all which, IN one form
another, have at former periods, been sanctions
ed by some of her statesmen but the real grIsV
ance IT,, that 90 the sceptre has departed from Ju
dab" that white freemen, and not black slaves,
have made the President = Virgi"ia neoer has