Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-02

W z nave reen a formidable exhbI ton.
OF their powers already in this city -four Judges of
the Cont of Appeals srrayed against Gen. Jack
son; minister OF respectable sect, administer
ing, not the sacred Offices of religion but minglinr
in the contests of politics; and gentlemen of talents
lending their distinguished names 10 the cause in
which these meetings are enlisted. If these gen.
tlemen hevs been prompted by their yea To engage
ia ,bs contest, Why should those, who are oppos
ed to the Coalition at Washington, be backward
IN the services? If the opponents Of Jackson will
getuy meetings.; and if the proceedings of these
meetings make noise abroad. why should not the
opponents OF the Admnstr alton couuteract this eff
feet by similar movements?
FOR THE ENQUIRER
10 tae opponents Of The Naturalization IN pr
g,niG.
Our present secti0nesfng rulers, rcpnlsed from
Pennsylvania. driven our of Kentucky, nun, C.
strueE by the signs of the times" in New York,
have at length precipi'ated themselve-, with their
whole force, upon the ancient, and trust
yet :" unterrhed comm ohcv cal h" of Virginia.
The PihrocS has sounded, and their clans are now
gathering To the field, with what speed they may ,
and IN VIVA; numbers they can. Ia these circum-
stances The question presents ITSELF shall IRE shall
the great body Of che people Of Virginia, who
alike sphrn the arts, and reject the sway OF these
rulers, look on with uncoaceru, and permit them
the delusivs triumph # thei, Wanted meetings or
shall we confront them a, once, with decisive
maniiestaii lions of the real public sentimeut of our
| stats!
know full we'll the numerical feebleness of their
party and tbs utter hopeles.ness of the attempt to
carry the vote OF Virginia, agains, her feeHnss
her principles, her interest, her honor in IA, or
OF an Administration which has outraged them all
But, can we sit still aud hear, n OF only cur cause
nsrepresened,bu but The motives which animate us in
It's supper, boldly asssiled & wantonly traduced?
That subsidized pres-, which does its work a. the
bidding oil Others, should have denounc in the eros.
seSt terms OF ceniious abuse, all who have had the
hardlhood TO oppose the encroschments OF pow err
was to have been expected; but that an assembage
OF private viduas, in their proper persons and
names should have ndulged themselves in the
same language OF vitupersIIon, with regard To a
portion OF their fellow citizens differing with them
In Poh lcai opinion, was hardly 10 have been an
ucipa'ed ia tins aga of social courtesy and refine
ment Yet what has been the fact? BY one
meeting Of the friends of the Administration, the
hrSt oil the series, and the exemplar ut the resi- the
oppo'iuon are sisnatIzed hurried along by
an erdSpeTdted determination 10 expel from office
hs present incumbent, AMI losing sight of the va.
ine oil our nes,Imabie institutions, as willing 10
sacrihre the principles IF four Administrations
most dear TO the American people, al the shrine OF
dtsdppponte2 GmJstioR." BY another, us zeal
waking hot VITO ihe friction of its own counseIs
me same opposition is pronounced TO be- &" in by
ar The larger part, facttous and unprincipled,"
founded, hrs', oar g hatred of the north and Sc
c'ndIf, on PERSONAL jeal0u,y and malice ssains,
"
ing from hunger for office"
AheSe are genuine specimens of that spirit OF
ht"fe'dnce and prescription which has belonged
TO PotUeT, In all ages and countries and which
ran7a-e- ifsslf insensiby from the h0iders 10 the
dd0ocoteS of power. This is the spirit which in
former and kS'dred times originated the seItI u
law, AID which would proclaim second yeiga of
terror Ut II dare. Shall submit TO II IN silence
or shall we rouse and vindcate the rights of free
men, In fearless expression ct our honest aud I'M
shaken convictions In regard TO the character and
measures OF our present rulers? We know that ".
are no - faction We know that we are notsc.
tuated 6y % disappointed smbition;' by hatred.'
By "malicei" or by "hunger for olIice believe we
value our republican institutions, as highly as
'hose VINO are the adyocae s of The Administration
anu IL Is ior the very reason tina, do sslue them
ana would preserve them in their purity tbs; we
are opposed TO the continuance in flee of .bo.a
VINO both ny the methods by which they acquired
power, y by those they have practsed to retain IT,
as well as by the novel and exravaeani doctrines
'hey nave proclaimed, have inflicted more deadly
wound upon them, than they yet received,
even IN the worst OF times. In these alarming and
portentous indications, in regard 10 our civil and
PoIilcal Liberties. in the plumbers of o, er1eenng
u'piomicy' mot 10 say more,) by which ogr for
eisn relations have been embroilsd, by which va.
iuaoie branch OF our commerce has bren lost by |
winch we have been exposed to the danger of en- |
'ahS!ing connections With unsettled and eaou. 20 |
Vsroments m our own hemisphere, and rom which |
WIS have escaped by mere accident, at the expense |
OF some "eVenty or eighty thousand dollars 10 the |
public treasury, and The degradation Of acting a l
most ridiculous farce in the eye of the world, lin
the encouragement given TO tbs unreasonable de
mand= OF manufactures and other seciiouat inter
es;s at the expenss of the great agricultural com
muntyf Tor the purpose Of enlis ing hose Interests
as parizans In the presidential Canvass in these
and other acts OF The Administration, which need !
not now be deta lei there Is surely enough If MOI
to Justify orr opposition in the eyes of our sdyer
saries, TO exempt us, least in the estimation of
all candid men, from he chorge of the sordid end
malignant motives they have imputed to us
Conscious OF the integrity of our motives, and con.
hdent In the justice OF our cause, we cannot, we
ouGht not, 10 acquiesce IN these injurious im puts.
IONS. u the trends of tba A dmlnI-tratIo were
content with The p"mPous, however vain, ceremo-
ny oil electing delegates to the great Anti Jackson
which is TO add new lustre TO the ever /
memorable u OF january, by the prescription n
1f The Hero; whose brilliant AID patriotic aicbieys
nen,s gave that glorious anniversary 10 our caIen
lar. we might permit the idle and improbable
pageant TO pass without notice. But when tnev
convert their meetings into occasions for bitler
ViiuPeraioo OF their opponents, and for dsingepu-
ons appeals to pubic opinion, It belisves Us to
'tand up III our defence, 10 redeem our cause and
Dur motives Iom the ssperso1 cast upon them and
% deriars our continued add undiscovered adherence
% the principles and opinions we have adopt.d.
a spite OF all the terToTs If Official denunctation
lad of partizsn abuse.
What propose, therefore, and would esrnes,l,
recommend TO the consideration ofniy fellow citi-
lens, who concur with me in drpfecaling the con-
'nuance OF the present dynasty in power, is this
a an t5e countIesi and more especially In every
county in which meetings have besn, or hall be
leld bJ the friends Of the Administration fer the
purpose Of eleclng delegates to the Anu-Jscksoa
Convention, let those who are opposed 90 the