Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-15

was honestly made, and that he has subsee,i pn,,v
acted wisely, and 81 with exclusive rev.ra 10 ~
public interests and that the election Of Pei
dent by the House of Representatives Z" rs.uI,St,
oenehciaiiy to the country" 1t must have been
under strong ard peculiar excitement that Near.
tales and Seaton could have been induced to have
made such an open,and unequiv oc al declaration of
'ner opinions, Judging from their invarable, cam
"ous' uncoinmmiited and uncommittiog public
] S"eef-and we confess, that with great respece
! LOT Their Judgment and full knowledge of their
motives, we are surprised that with the opinions
Vi screen e,ghfhs OF the people against the puritv
~. c.Afeaiency, and safety of eiecting President
" congress, that such mode should receive the
sanction OF The Intelligencer. and WE ar. s,;II
urine, iost IN establishment that the unhappy and
unsettled state OF our nat onal sffairs-he general
oiscon'ent and sweeping opposition TO the Dre,ent
aahinis,ration, and fom the very bone and muscI.
0, 'he American people, should be considered h,
to the country As'sA
ih~, however, is but the opinion of ,,,
ciizens, able and respectable as they unaouh, III
are and TO which opinion they have an unon..,
tionabe right. 1Nss-
Inc object, however, of their article, is 10 com
plain thar their best and oldest friends in the sen.
a'e should have been Induced to give strong or
gained party vote TO the Telegraph, and TO de-
pIive The Inielisencer of its usual patron.as
The printing of congress has been executed viii,
g'ea' accuracy, neainess and despatch Public
interest has been promoted by appointing Me,sr..
wares y Seaton printers 10 congress. Their inter
course with members has been direct and nfluen.
oai' tneir talents as reporters, are not probablv
surpassed by any in the world; their editorial "a,
reer has been able and respectable With an ,b.s,
advantages and prerequisites with the undoub,ea :
possession ofthe field, and with an inf1u.nrs 60
responding with their claims and wishes vh,,
could have induced old republicans, such "a Ma.
con, Smith, Benton, Dickerson, Chandler. Van
buren,, &c. to vote against them? The question
Is easily answered. The republican par,v Tho,
upright, honorable, deluded and defeated party lono
ne patrons and staunch friends OF Mesms' GaIes
an anu seaton, could M long depend upon them.
ne edi'ors OF the Intelligence had Alright to mark
ou' ior themselves and follow heir own course:
ana The senate had a right 10 say, that if the In.
telligencer will desert the standard of ;ns, aDa
upright party, in gloomy times, we must desert
that press. The crisis has arrived, when demo-
cratic principles must be revived; public safety
requires II, and those who against us, we can
not. consistently with that safety, support.
The ln,elligencer ascribes The vote TO the actvi
" OF Mr. Van Buren,, and intimates that il was IN
confirm claim 10 the Vice Presidency. M he l.
TO secure the vote OF New York by this arrange
ment.
As 70 the Vice Presidency, we have as We, no,
beard The subject agi'a'ed. We presumed that Il
Mr.. Calhoun declines 1t, the republican party will
designate prudent competent person, whose claims
to the second Olive will not be doub ed, and an m
the vote OF NeN York, il is no. in the mower of
one person 10 con,roln, but rests With the united
force and energies of the Democratic party. We
watt however tor tie second part of the article
promised by the Intellisencer ". y. Enc,