Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-02

abandon all State Rghts-to surrender the written
Cohsutuuon-to sport with the iiherties-and triiic
wilh the interests of the people? so far as the
Chairman. in behalf Of The Convention has isnr,-
Ell The province of the people TO Judge of the cer
lion, 10y Withholding the necessary information from
mem 10 enable them TO judge correcty-insultinr
10 their understandings? ESQ., wouldit be M ehari
table TO award his own sentence upon b;mscjr
that he ''cannot be too strongly condemned"
VIM. B. GILES
ITO be Continued
~ COMMUNICATED
-. ne mountain ar iG6our once brought forfb
u mouse! And after the throes of a week tb,.
same has been done by an assembly, from the dis
i members OF which, something better
might have been expected than the ineficient
manifesto which they have directed TO the qoo5
People of Virginia. o s''o
In after times will it be credited by any man
mo whose hands this manifesto .!iall fall-if in
deed any one of the $4,000 should suryive tho
struggle OF the present moment: that IL snr,,nr
from ule Drain OF the Virginia whose viy
orous intellect gave existence 10 the celebrated
t ,pSoiutiInS oil vs. and excited the admiration of
ule world by the Declai alton of Independence
VIII 1t be credited that TWO uuNpRrn of the
Liist men In Virginia had assembled themselves
10 ehiighten the public mind and pour the food of
seir lnteihgence upon their less fortunate because
eSS sn'eu ieiiow -citizens,-and that after an in
Suoauoh oil many days, this non -descript produce
uon was all that was brought forth "a monde.
SCRIPT indeed For 1t is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nv,
IeS0'uttoh' and REFRIGERATION by address: AZ
slSe 70 tne manor to consider fit for the i'm
portant station of Chief Magistrate, one whom ,b,.
advisers consider UNFIT and an earnest anneI
20 the people In favor OF a man, whose constr,,c
uons OF the Constitution are regarded as violations
oil that sacred Instrument
ana why is 1t non-descript-why is il ineffi-
Gent: Is it. that the DISTINGUISHED NON 6.o, ,,b;L
II moved mas lost its magic, or the gigantic mind
Whch conceived II, been bereft of its Wonted noyv
VI, Is H. that the head and the heart have
eoleu at Ine uncongenial task,-that the srug-
gle mas chilled the noble warmth of the one or
paraized the unrivalled vigor of the other. ana
mat the suDJect-the patry theme-bas brougb+
uowh the stature OF the giant 70 the standard of fs
o"H P'Sihy insiSnihcance From my soul do
regret, Tor the sake of that talented and excalan4
individual, that his sad eminence dreIu dow, -,
nun 'le Instruction OF being the craftsman of that
ADDRESS An Address in which he was e;,bcr 20
surrender his own independence, recant his de-
clared opinions, and exalt and dignity man Who.
" attraction of gravitation'' it was not ever ~;
power 70 over come:-Or, if these degrading tern,s
were not required, or were steadfastly reneled
eiieh mere devolved upon him the arduous task of
Feconcllng the Earring opinions of so p,otIey an
90 Diy-an assembly in which the protester Of
20 found himself in the same truckle he'd win
-'o quohuaih opponents; and the sturdy republican,
was seen embarking with the consistent federalst
- ue cause OF " me aPostate so Of n detested
sne' %nIe the advocate Of Adams and the mar
uIanS oil Clay met in their expected friends those.
VINO denied their confidence 10 the Administrator
and others who had scarcely ceased TO la,,d H.,
prosecuted jackson as patriot without reproach
before We the People of VIRGINIA accent tho
Pseoiiereu adVlce, or bow to the disguised dctaon
u Ife great men, who have met together for onr
government and direction it behoves us to look
more narrowly into the structure and the chorar.
a. % ''iis anonymous and anomalous Convention
anonymous, IL at least, should be-for bv what
name can II properly be baptiZed-with what nro
Pliety can they be distinguished by the cog,aonen
Wiich they have assumed: Shall ne cali thai m,
tADAMs convention, in which the master spirit
mas disavowed a confidence in MIR Adams and hi
councillors! Shall then call il ANrI-JArYsoe-
Wnen there are to be found among them. those
whose recent praises of General jackson vet rim,
III cur ears, and WHO, in 1918, defended the mosf
questionable acts of that great man-,nen Iybo
still defend them in Justice IN tbc;r CO. o
s!Stehcy' though the fefvour of their annroha
uon may be chilled, and ITS sincerity insfIv
PuSsuoned, from the company which they keen
'i'il assent without reserve to this unsparing
ana violent Phippic' No appelIation common 70
mem all can be devised for an assemble. Ivbere
nc H'lu III ncongruous mixture, men of M side
men OF one Slde, and men of both sides-if sbose
luuoeu, may ne properly esteemed who have
aFOWed not only for Mr. Adams but for General
Jackson, the warmest appreciation. To which OF
tneSc cidsses oil individuals shall we look ne our
proper instructors upon this momentous occasion
now from this AJdress-this menstruun of dis
80 l III Sredle1ts-shali we extract the opinions
o. nose OF the Contention, under whose banners
we are willing TO be enrolled IL we follow tbe
standard OF manly Independence, which the Dis
uhguished craftsman for so many wears has borne
ana winch he has defended with the intrepditv of
d Cocies, and well nigh with the martyred destiny
Vi Curuus, shall we assent to the resolution
Whcb asserts the fitness of Mr. Adams far fbe
Presidency, when he himself has declared his
want Of confidence both in him and in his Cabinet,
II we enlist under the colors Of the gallant Gene
rai' whose dsavowal Of all the merit of the Ad-
uIesS might have been justified by chagrin, that
MS coddlutor had damned with faint praise the
oOIect oil his choice, and had chilled the shirt Of
tneir JOINT enterprise by cold encomun, shall we
ADOPT the principles of the School in which ne yyna
pred and which he is reported to have retained
with consistency no less honorable TO himself
man those principles believed 10 be pernicioIs
ny the public If we choose as our ,,,,ides tbe
berai gentlemen who have been eaualiv the admi
rers OF Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Adams. NAV VOC NOT
De INDUCED IN The privilege they have assumed.
OF throwing our weight in the scale of either. as
me caprice oil the moment may demand Or n
mere De among us, those who look up with conGd
ing admiration to some other worthy in this Assem-
Diy-as well we may without disparaoemept &,
the rest, III this our day prolific Of yyorlbiesi
%hat manner shall each Of us discern the portion Of
these conflicting opinions adopted bv his MaenUs
apollo, from paper which announces The eVisf
ence Of fundamental differences between fbe mem
Ders, while the sentiments of each are vet Or
scured' for want OF saluary exposure by a call Of
the yeas and NAYS - " N'A "a