The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-20
ri. RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

his orIlt sets up for itself claim TO supe.
=, ourit, aud for It's opinions a chai ac,er OF
-. i,tallibiIity. All VINO differ with il. are
.,6., directly OF implicitly charged VITA base
Ind corruption. II adopts towards It's CO.
.,r,,iss Napoleons rue, To allow no HfU-
and ike that military despoi riots n The
Id eninence on which nccident aad chance
,sced IL Such print, assuming 10 it.
a sth preroga'iyes, should at least, have the
% of consistency 10 sustain IT. When 1t
Are, to chasge gentlemen of such mgn stand
-. ties,fs. Gales ~ Seaton with having an
.,rb,,iye eye to their pecnniary interests, be-
..,,., ,hey have carIessly and ably exposed the
.,,.tence aud the purposes OF an organized
Domination against an Administration whose
ii, ,,,,lt is that ITS head was born north of
- ,f,s,fs and DlE1aS Inc, IT should AT East
:. ,,euared to furnish evidence that Itself had
nal oern, in It's own STAR, apl in It's own town,
o,o,erbial for its subs ',Iency II those IRON
.bon it expected paffonag', AMI 10 whom It
a.l,cd for substantial repdrds. Dut, 1t is not
,ur pupose At present to euumerdte the esiden-
,.sof its sycophancy and serviiity; to SHOW
18th what cunning it has chnnel in with the
.de Of popular feeling ON all great questions Of
,oir, and with what iesultry II has avoided the
d,rert expression of opinions wen cucumstan-
,,ss seemed to render II doubtful on wn4cn side
vas the majority.
our readers may recollect that We have fire.
ouentiy alluded to the Inconsistency aud contra
d,efions in winch some of our leading politicians
have involved themselves 4; and mat we have rs
often remarked, that we expected, in the course
Of the existing Presidential contest, TO take
siuiry Cassos on the hip. We shall COM
mence with the RiebmoHd Enguircr.' whose
course has been inconsistent and iortuous To the
last degree. Whatever respect the Editors Of
that print may be entitled to in their private ca
oacity. land no one more eheerfuy admits
tsr high claims than wt) they certainly de-
serve none in ,her Editorial character. We
shall eudeayor To substdntia'e tbs position by
extracts nom their own wrltl -, which, # we
mistake not the force Of language, will convict
them of gross Inconsistency and OF grosser in
fnsIce. ~ e shall he bret to-day, as well tor
asnt OF room as time five bear hard up.
OIL them, they must remember tnat they na'e
themselves furnished us with the club, aud must
ay the bame on themselves alone
The Enquirer was opposed TO Gen. Jack
al. D.. 1 l.I
no stone unturned 10 show has utter unworth-
ness and ioeapacity to fill the high station to
which the folly of his friends rather than his
own ambition, sought 10 elevate linn. During
oaat contest (asnow,) the seals of private aud
confidential CORES ponlcncc were bascly VIOLA
led by the partizans Of the different candidates.
world, which, when eNpres,ed, we're designed on
" for the perusal of friends No one can have
forgotten the letters OF Gen. Jackson, which this
system Of espionage brought to liglt,, aud which
.raHhed the Richmond Enquirer and others
sac1 fruitful texts for comment and ABUSE 1t
Is our design, to-day, TO publish an extract from
meotthose letters, with the comments which
ilr Enquirer then made upon them
Gen. jackson. in ms letter u NJ Monron, da-
ted January q, 1917, thus expresses himself:
81 am free to declare, had commanded the
military department where the Hartford Con
''enl'On met. # 1t had been the Inst act Of my
ME- should have punish Il the three prin.
opal leaders Of the party. lam certain an
independent CoT Martial would have cont
=" hl'ii TIN IN iar the ID >ar.lpn of the
act ''tahll,blo, lies and regllltion. tnrtbr
E''tf"lleni Of the army of the United States y
Hbenwe reid TINS para !raph and rec1,l~ct
Inc aanre Of the Hartford Convention, aud the
7.'16' "hirh We believe it DESIGNED to produce
Our feelings furnish fail justification of this cx-
pt"Fd determination of Gen Jackson. Bat
'aen, on cooler reflection, we remember that
he would have been exercising a power which
mas never been conferred, in this Republic on
'YmawdnaI, we arr naturally led to enquire
-R Hm" - section. from which he propose,
"ael've his authority to punish" men Whon
~, c''rlce Or wtim aay tell him are obnoAiousl
Here its.
,re6o :. 13 ne II h'rthnr eqqc'ed, That in
NY e. yo all persoa>, not rifarus Of. or o,y-
- NJ aaee to- the Uuitcd states Of A,nel1-
-. "'n snail he found lurking as Spics in pr
.'',' me iort'f lions or "ncampmcnts of the
"n,e'pi n !nltat Stlto.. or any 81 thnu.
s''' SuIinr death according to tho law and
o,"-1 Of nations, by sentence of general
c'urt-naftitl"
- D'a. Jackson, wou'1 have pun she'd. with
''' n'awho had nseobIci IN Coar,.ttou.
matter with What obec' in view. aud RITZ
's 'oo' Hndera law which decrecd death to
g""' who should be found lurking as
@ u or a5ont the ior.ifca,ion, or encamp-
OF ON a'mies Whit lav-g'yrrl what
Shan Our object, however. ie not to "x-
we ignorance of Cen Jackson. ha, tie in
, ','''oey Of the Enquirer, Rema >lng on
"'rpfetahon which Gen Jack .o, tad civ
'"S ID section, thu Ea0uirer sad
c" nov can any man bring the Hartford
"h1n withu this section 'yerc they
eb,l. No they we're citizens Where thev
anlo,..s as p'es' Cali thnm f-oi,oyr. il YOU