Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-23
SLOWS OF THE 1L.MES

SIGJNS OF THE TINES.
The more we ref1ec, on the course which m.
National Intelllgenesr aud It's +" affiliated pr.s..s,.
pursue, the more we are as'onisbed at III. 3i,in
geouousness which they display. The pIot which
they have devised to screen the administration +,
too clumsy one TO impose on a .tbinlxinp peo
ple." As a set-of to the Coalition, which has
succeeded in mounting to The seats of now
er, they have raised the war-cry of {" Com
bination,'' most disingenuou.ly pe.vertno The
meaning Of an expression used by DR.. FLOYD
In ono OF his letters, and which he so explicitly
gave in his Address at the Eagle dinner H,xin,
thus cunnnsly get hold OF cue-word 10 sound
in the OF the people, they mex. cast about for
the means of giving efficacy to their plan. Thev
are conjuring up their materials from various ou ,r-
ters- during all this contrivance the editors of the
National lhteiligeocer are acting as file-leaders
They pourtray an organized opposition in the
Senate, who are deternlins I'd to put down the Al
minisraton .rig hi or iCrong They represent Mr.. v.
Buren,, as the Leader OF the Combination > he being
.actuatcd to take ihe lead by the ambition Of he :
coming the Vice President of the u. s.; and his
colleagues in the Senate, who have graced the
public theatre 70 long. the incom parabie Macon.
the stern Chsndler, the indrpen Dickerson. &c
sc. submitting to Mr.. Van Buren's d;c,.,,on
for the sake Of winning the support of n. York
10 the cause of the opposition According to
most Of the affiliated presses, the =. Combination,
are united together, for no object of public concern
ment, but from the most contracted, selfish inter
ests; not 10 arrest the measures of a uischievou.
Administration, but to mount into the seas of
power, and to reap the fruits OF Office. for ,hsm
selves and adherents. And as another part of the
plot Of the Combination" rumours are set Al, oat
of attempts subsdize the presse. throughout, The
country by means OF purse of $4,000, which
Cthey pretend has been contributed by the friends
OF General jackson to prosnose bis election.
--In . word, the Coalition il 10 be saved
by the counieI-cry of the 'Combinatioa', and
they are to be retained in their places, by raising
the plot of another Junto of greedy expectsut,',
who are ambitious Of their places
These are indeed new Signs of the Times
They indicate determined spirit of rnsrenre.en
tation. They are like the tab-plots, the Y, Y and
machinery, the tale OF the murder of the crew al
the Ocean, which were SO clumsily got up in
'oS and '99 to the Administrator, Of the elder
Adams. They failed then, and they will fail now
for the same reason; as they are got UP TO, eff
fect-like" Hydras, Gorgons, and Chimeras dire %
to play upon the fears of the people.
/ II is the right of the accused 10 be confronted
with his accusers and their proofs What proofs arr
exhibited OF these allegations? Wha, proofs of the
selfish designs of the opposition. What. of the
design TO run Mr. Van Buren, for the " Presideu
cy: What, Of the scheme Of Macon, Dickerson DC
TO purchase the vote of NJ By politics II douc.pr
The only facts which have been alleg ed are half
s-dCzen sentences uttered by Mr. Van Bursn ..
the Senate of The u. S. followed up by The los,
of the Printing of the Senate to Nessr,. Gales 4
Seston, AMI the vote OF 90 to MIR. Duff Green
These few remarks of Mr.. Van Buren, have been
perverted by the National Intrigencer from their
true meaning, and trumpeed forth by all the sifi-
lated Organs OF the Administration. We do not
hesitate to say, they were disingenuousIy per
verted. Without the least show of reason. the
National Intelligence would make Dir. Van
Buren stupid enough (to say nothing of the
depravity) to avow on The floor of the Senate
a desire TO subsidize the Press-And to palm Of
this peryersion upon the community, the Intelli-
gencer !" remembers 10 iorget'' part OF the re-
marks, previously published in that paper. and Mt
tered by Mr.. Van Buren,, which would la We shevn
the true sense oil his recent observations These
remarks referred 10 bill reported at the last SEES
sion by Select Committee, which was raised on
the resolution OF Mr.. Macon, and of which Col.
Benton was the chairman. Unless we are mucl,
mistaken, IL was proposed that the desiepaiion nj
she Printers of the Laws should be made bv the
Representatives OF The People from the different
states, &C. This measure had for its object TO secure
that portion oil the press. which was so employed.
from the supervision of the Secretary Of State and
to exempt all from the temptation of looking 10
that quarter fol- coun,enaIce and support Mr.
Van Buren, spoke of this plan as a part onlv Of The
Legislation, of which the'subjec was susceptible
in order guard the press from the influence of of
fetal patronage. That such was the general drift, f
his remarks, should have been known at once IN
the Editors of the ". L., and yet they feel them
selves at liberty to put construction upon his
words directly the reverse Of what was intended
We have no doubt that such was his meaning
We have information on this subject, which can
scarcely deceive us.
IL 10 also part OF the plot of the dav 10 ron
resent the friends of Jackson as going about 70
buy up or TO set up new presses in various places
a story is set on foot at the same time in the
Philadelphia Press and N. InfeIIigencer. tina, per-
IONS have been at work at HARRISBURG - with
$1,000, either to buy up the Penn. Intellisencer.
or 10 set up new paper favorable 10 jackson.
This story Is said 10 come in the shane of commu
Dicstions from Harrisburg written probably by
the came correspondent, and equally destitute
OF all foundation. The Philadelphia Pres. names
Governor Carroll of Tenn. Messrs FindIay. Kre,
mer, &c. as the Agents al Harrisburg, who
are employed in this business. Not one atom of
proof, however, is exhibited the name of no wit
ness informant is given No more than there il
for the story OF the S50,nJ0 fund, which Cores
pendent OF the u. Press, and the Trenton Amsrj.
can have put into circulation. We cannot swal-
low thsst tales without proof We call for il.
THROW Cd all reserve, gentlemen, and let US have
yosr informant upon The with ess-stand. We wish
TO see who they are, If there auy--to Judge for
ourselves OF thsii character and their means of in
formation; and TO cfoss.qaestion then; and 10
know, whether, If there be any friends Of General
Jackson thus actively employed, their agency can
be in any manner traced back 10 him.--Bnt until
some such proof is given, let US have no more
plots of your own, or rumours of plots in others.
Such rumours are among the most striking Signs of
the Times!