Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-27
REVIhJY OF CHE P.aST.

Ahe aliusiOn which lew OF ihe citizens o /
King and Queen have thought Fl, t. make TO hi
foPer, is not he first nor ''ihe unkindes, cur
which It has recently received The friends O.
the Administration in Louisa, King George, IN
Jefer-on and other places, have been pleased 10 /
rrop their ouefRg cause by the same deusive a.
gumen's. They should in charity have recoll,c,-
ed, hat Gen Jackson is not respons bic for the
acts If his supporters; that may be y,,y
excellent, though IL be ported By very mss,a--
BILE advocates; and that Gen J. may be very well
qualified TO serve his country, although we may
have proved very Inconsistent in coarse, tine
servers IN our feelings, and even "hypocries" Ia,
We have been charitsbly calledl in Our opinions.
Yet to strike at ham through -ides, our con-
DUCT has been arfaigned IRON Dan TO i5eersheba
Our errors have been rung from one end OF tho
country to the other. The Adams editors have
display ed our former opinions about Gen Jackson
wi'h all the pomp and CT, cumstances OF Capials
aaG Italics; and some of their liberal readers have
no, hesitated In the same bre cath ndemo US for
our own inconsistency, and Gen j Tor his want
of qualifications.
we would respectfully ask these gentlemen.
whether they expect TO convict of Inconsistency
IN pIeferrng Jackson 10 Adams Roto, by showing
that we formerly preferred another TO bLih of
them And yet this Is exactly the slate of the
question Whatever terms OF disqualification
were applied TO Gen Jackson or TO Mr. Adamsin
N last election, predicaled of them in com,
petition with MIR. Crawford, who was GU, first,
our last, our only choice. IF any of our fellows
citizens chose 10 speculate uron contingent
choice, which they nere never called upon 10
make, between Adams and Jackson, and were then
inclined TO prefer Mr. Adams, il was because thew
entertained hopes of Mr.. Adams which the whole
course Of his official conduct has completely dsap-
pointed. 1t he has proved a worse man and a
worse politician than he supposed TO be before
we had tried him, upon whom should rest the obi.
un upon those WIN have been CONF elled 10 ahan.
don the opinion which they were anxious 10 en-
tertain OF him, or upon him whose conduct bas
produced and justified This change of opnion2 -It
should also be recolleced, that however strongly
( we may have disapproved OF particular parts Of
Gen Jackson's life, or however much we NAV
have thought him deficient in the regular ns,ruc-
| ton and discpln OF q statesman, we never ques-
toned his integrity, hi- patriotism, his repubf-
can feeling and su' ely the events of Mir. Az
| administration have efficiently convinced Us thai
these qualities, combined with due proportion al
| that energy which Gen, ]. supposed to pos
ses- in excess (though MIR Jefferson sttrbu; ed it
to HIM in only highly "salutary' degreee) are e.
ven more important desdeTsta in the character of
the Chief Magistrate, IN these corrupt and iegene-
rate days on which we have fallen, than the most
complete acquaintance with the tones Of interna
| tIonal law, or of Hlndoo Philosophy.
| Bui passing from these general news, how stands
! the case at present! we have 10 select between
two candidates, against each OF whom we entertain
strong objeetiaAr. We have to choose the least
1 of two evils. We prefer jackson 10 Adams
f-4S'N - TAG Inconsistency lnOse who Clarpe
Us with the exprersions which we formerly used
against Jackson, seem to forget two lbines-Ist.
tue objections which also THEN urged against
MT Adams and 2ndly, the strong and Irresistible
objections wh Oh have since grown up out of the
acts II his adit nistrat,n
As TO Gen jackson, where Is the inconsis,eroy
which we have exhIbI eli? We have moi softened
one oil the sins which formerly laid TO his doc
We have not sversed the objections which W
raised on the score OF bis qualifications. We have
| nos Praised h'm f1r virtues which we had denied
! him 10 possess. we have not even syaiIed on,.
selves he excuse which MIR. Adams' frisnd.
! nave Claimed Tor the Chief Magistrate of The ma
lion Tor, we have mol plead by way of mitiea,i6n
1ae Seae ally OF "some most careless Ian gusee'
10 when ms members Of The Richmond MeeIias
have resoriei as side wind apology for Mr. AZ
ans land surely In ths eyes OF all impartial n,pn
there can be no comparison between the .xpre
siohs oil President, carefully coacocted in his Clio
sci, and conHed both 10y himself and by his of
hcial advisers, before they handed out 10 the
world, and the 'hying woTds'' of the Editor VIC
writes on the spur o! the moment, without heinz
allowed The opportunity OF weighing the force Of
nj own expressions. We plead no- such ustiica-
nom nor have we plead in own favor the ben.
eA'S OF lhe experience which three trying Years
"e SUED on the character of Jackson Bat is
there considerate man in this nation ', no doesnot
admit. that while be character of Adams il snts
ing, nat OF his competitor has risen upon his ess
tenn! While the one s suspected of INTRIGUING
Tor an oce, the other is known to have di.dsine,i
sll intrigue. The patriotism and integrity of J,ck
$ N have bsen proved beyond the possibility of
doubt. 81 Is bsTe we feared most the iupetio,itv
OF ms temper but either his temper has been sol.
tened by age, or It formerly exaggerated bv
the imaginatIon, II the GOODNESS he has sbeweI
since mss defeat, Il Inc calmness Of his reply 10 Mr.
Clay his refusal TO embfoil himself with The rrifs
i"G contests OF the day or if lbe confident opnions
OF men OF honor who are acquainted with Gen.
Jackson, can afford any light upon his real eharsc-
ter I'LL bred indeed, IN the schools OF djnlomsrv
comparatively uneducated as a statesman we kno,y
him 10 be We have always asserted the fact and
frequently against the strongest circumstances of
our warmesI friends. But it is no part of our
conscience" to Disguise the truth, to erteauafe
any ibing Tor Jackson, to "set down augbt in
malice against Mr. Adams We have NOT e,ea
pieal ~ our wn excuse, ihit although Jackson il
no uisC'pIihsd states man, yet his 8 rong natu-
81 -ense has bsroDe more .iistinc, TO every nice
oosef' sr who has hal an opportunity Of approach.
ing DIS person or sciutnzins his conduct while
The character Of Aif. a for common sense and
good judgment has cen deplorsby sinking 10 The
fadH' Witness b S Message, hi- acts his snponl.
ments' TT toss and hi speeches But tbroyyin.
~ 'hese considerations out Of view, where, We
,epsai' 10 our Inconsistency IN regard to Andrew
'aeKsoh' Have we lately attributed TO him any rood
laailHes "bich we formerly denied 10 bin? we
ave claimed To- him he need Of integrity. pstrio-
I'm 40 puoNc services Did We ever deny thein3
ia "e ever attempt 10 strip his brows OF the iau-
els which adofn thems Did we ever sssau he
iF"'o ,"'ia c'I or Dfesk IN upon the sacred asy.
an OF the donsstc hearth Nsver-aod we de-.
= sny one 10 produce an iota of chat deseriptoo
gainst as. But we faid Of him more dian three
ears and q half aeo in the ve,- -. - a. -.