Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-05-15
May 2d. 1927.


The National EnfelAgeacer.- We bad hoped
thst '0e were done With this heterogeneous print
The miserable stituds IN wh,rh ,ls Editors had
80 unwit,ingly, placed themselves teiore the NUN
lie, was sufficiently painful to every liberal mind
In repeiling heir insidioas attacks We have al
rs7dy occupied % much of the readers attention
and excluded from columns so much matte,
thatwe withed 10 publish. that II is with rrea
re.lhc'ance we adyer again 10 lie subject But
we once more beg III indulgence of cur rea,jers
Had the controversy involved cur own conduct
opinions or principles ouly, we should long since
hove LETT their assertions The impartial indsment
OF al enl ghened public We should have sco,,.b
al least 10 bsYe initiated their example We
should not, we humbly trust, have 70 far rgo,ten
what was due, either TO pubic opinion or 10 ocr
selves, as to dive upon our Private gTiefs: AID
10 make them the foundation OF our o. inriDaJ
vitupeIatjOGs; and TO exc out or attacks bx i4ls
suspc!cns and dwelling arguments Such =
course would nave displayed an utter desutut,on
pi common discretion II would have braided "a
with arrogance as well as folly. Iii in vain tb,,
the Editors OF ;h- lnelgencer assume the veil of
mock patriotism 20 conceal their motives and cop-
duet. IL is 100 iliwsy deceive even che bores,
but nuTo!ind plrizans OF the Administration phs
honest ule' CT all rites enquire by these senti
oeis on the w'tchiower, held their peace un,iI
they had los he printing of the Senate? Did The
loss OF 80 much '' Treasury Pap quicken their
u'Si1T'ee, and enable hem, all at ance, to d
cover the InTigues and pIois which were soino m
against the public hber,y?- WHY conceal ;or
months the ailedged in,pie'y of Richard Johnson,s
daring declaration! Why, keep back the mi.
-on IN the votes OF The Senate; their 6.snerats
determination 20 pu' down the Administration.
right or wrong; their intrsues; their caucuses. rho
ambition and rlote OF Mariin Van currn? !ybv
sleep at 'her post, if they really saw an eae,nv
sssaiinS the Cltadclf Can they reconcile This DO,
HiIc silence TO their present professions IF pa
r'9iism and yet lie moment tier own i1terests
are osssriled, all their vigilance is aroused and
tile tocsia Is {" be sounded 10 the remotes, ,ecesse
o. me unity! Shame shame upon such public
seminars! hp VIII believe them, when hey
no" conc forward to scatter The seeds OF sus picon
and couture Up plots for which they assign no
adequate evidence? These are questions which
me Intelligent men, IN every department of lie.
must ask themselves The InielIjpenc,r i,sslf
furnishes the answers
Notwithstanding the quarrel between Messrs
Gales and Seston, and Mr Adams, hen Seere-
tsry o. State CHE result Of which sas N bunnlia
ing TO tie former, ulihough they Rad he adyau-
tage IN the cGntest) NOtwithsrandjny their n,s
vious chickering's with Mr. Clay and their ayoved
knowledge OF substantial objections to his Political
ebarscte'; We i4d Ties pIsnl Edrors abourinp
Tor The interests OF men who can never re.a-d
thsm In any other light than as the mere instru.
mems, " not the supple sycophants of power
Ihsse Editors, long schooIed as they have been in
diplomatic arts, and having hitherto stood high In
puni!c estimation, have had the address 40 NIX ,ip
hsh oar P5iOate grief .giib the cause Of Inc
administration. The double part hey acted has
however, lost them the confidence of the Senate
and no" thsJ FL 10 the Administration md sus
an II wiia Zeal aud hardihood " hich will At all
teVen's emile them TO is apparent confidence 49,
IS me Of iis cOHnteHdRced, II nol cherished or
Sans' rs niHfspI eseniations are circulated else
where, and may possibly mislssd the public rnnd.
unless c rected. Bat for Ibis consideration alone.
we sholid deem our tine and space mlsapplied in
any iuuhsr notice Of what comes from that 0fsrter
ihsre Dds time, when we held the National
lnieiligencer in respect; when we should have
weighed al rs assertions 0Eh gres' difference; and
Vhsn sc should have received Hs ceusurcs with
great roget There was time, when It's slightest
accusations wsuld have been noticed with the ~ ost
scrupulous attention. But that time is past.-
w hen the National Inieilige0cer sunk to he level
Of me National Jonrnal, its moral power vanished;
and 50 great revolution have our feelings under
gone, that we scarcely feel ourselves under any
obligation 70 notice its personal animadvers ons
80 much for the course we mean hereafter TO
pursue.-We may not reply to their structures At
all IN every case, very succinctly We find
mot IN several late numbers, the Eli.ofs of be
National Inlelligsncer have resumed their Signs
81 me Tunes" and with them the expression
OF those illiberal feelings bieh their removal
from the Office NJ Printers 70 the u. States Senate
bad excited We shall take rapid review Of
some Of Tie points hsss articles; and endesvor
70 detect some OF their sophisms and misfeprsssn-
tons
lhey produce as a new Sign Of the Times, the
tfip Oh Messrs. Van Buren, aud Cambreleng to
me south - They DO this OF course, az they do
every thing else by insinuaion or inuendo:
So We have neDey presented 10 our readers, as
one Of the Signs Of the Tires," Sc. &C." W.
an feaIsir fr10o-4s fer~ fhovN o., y--,g16f.