Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-10

soh, aud cohsider it reference To lire South; III
effect, 1t Is this--that the South is i,npeled by
influences oil sectional character and not by pat
'otism, in its support of Gen. jackson that instead
oil supporting Gen. Jackson, or opposing Mr.. a.
dams, from an honest preference OF The one OBJ
lection 10 the other, they struggling for
! southern, against a nor hern policy. Al, who
know the capacity OF the gentleman, who urges
thi, doctrine, must be convinced, that, If any facts
/, or arguments 10 support this position existed, he
could have produced them; and all, WHO know
his zeal, must admit. that he would have produced
them: but we in vain seek such authority in ls
ddicss-instead oiit, lac asks series of questions,
leaving his hearers 10 make such replies their
several degrees OF intelligence: candour, or pre-
'Judice, might enable or prompt them TO give.
1T, says Mr.. Ii. il is not a struggle, between the
nothern and southern policy, why does Virginia
now support Gen. Jackson, after opposing him
iour years ago? why do presses that then cenSur-
ed, now applaud him.
simple to these enquiries, might be
made, by asking why Virginia and certain presses,
winch TOUR years ago opposed MIR. A. should now
support him' If Virginia and certain presses had
then supported Mr. Adams, il might well be asked,
! what had produced the change; but, as they have
| been consistent in opposition 10 MIR. Albums, we
, are at loss TO conceive why they should be re-
bukcd.
Or, is it pretended, that, because men change,
their motives must therefore be unworthy! II
this is insisted upon, what to think OF Mir.
Clay: who, with without chai acter, in the
south, ever assaied Gen. Jackson. as bitterly as
MIR. Clay assaulted MIR. Adams in the west who
flung at Cen Jackson, such a mass of coarse iu-
vec,ive cast upon Mr.. Adams, by Mr.. La
cock, in Pennsylvania? yet Mr. Clay and MIR. La
cock now the sturdy advocateso of the former
object Of their oUloquy! Do you, gentlemen,
Mr.. Adams with vulgar orprobrium, that now
eu!ogize him,
The question, in each case Of change, is, what
were the mos,ues of the parties, and, according
Ia rnIe thorn Of rpp Iact,
son is as honorable and manly, - the support OF
Mr. Adams, by his former rev;iers, is mean and
mercenary.
In his speech, Mr. Hopkinson treated the peo-
pie of the south with liberaity, very much in
contrast, gentlemen, with your harshness: he
ucipated from the SOUTH all unexcited minds
must, all that is honourable and safe, from the
force of facts and reflection: but still, think
hc erred in ascribing 10 sectiona! feeling in
terest, their devotion 10 cause, which, they hon
estly think, involves, not merely question oil tax
alton, but natural crfStence Itself.
Can motives OF national, honorable, and
personal kind, be assigned Tor the support OF Gen
Jackson, in the south:
Men OF the south have been Invariably
OF the republican party: their Jeiiersons, Macons
ana MonroeS, had, nj 4 memorable epoch, an ar
dent friend in General Jackson: is it not natural,
therefore. that they should prefer him to MIR. A
dams, whose political principles have at all times
been at variance with their own,
80. Men OF the south distinguished for a
IL,
;hat is somewhat chivairous: What then. is more
natural, than that they should prefer gallant de-
lender OF his country, 10 a person whose aim has
been Office for the sake ofits emoluments!-They
saw Jackson pedging his est9te 10 raise money 10
defend his country, at the very moment when Mr.
Adams was exacting from that country, the utter
most cent, to invest in Russian stocks They
saw Mr.. Adams coolly calculating, in Europe, the
downfall OF his country: and, they beheld Gener-
al Jackson ayc:ng the danger, and defeating his
country's enemy They saw MIR. Adams, in G,i-
rope, sarcasticay scoiiing at the militia COW
ards and runaways,-and General Jackson gallant
ly leading the militia to triumph over the army,
which Mr Adams predicted would crush Us at
blow!
-. Men of the south have too much virtue
and pride TO enter the political market, to traffic a
way the rights Of their countrymen or all the |
American people they are the least expert at ma
king bargains, frcn 4 natural repugnance TO what
is dcceptous: From the dawn OF the revolution |
TO the present day, no Judas has been found in
their ranks: When the presidency was set up 10
the highest bidder, envoy g with tears in his
eyes," was despatched by them 10 chatter for Off
ces--no pledge was asked or held by them, Us If
the agents OF the people had become swindlers: |
Is II wonderful, then, that the men OF the south |
should support Jackson, who preferred that the |
earth should swallow him rather than owe his ell |
ovation TO corrupt means-and oppose MIR. Adams. |
who succeeded by double contract OF a corrupt
character
-. Men OF the south are dis,in -ushed for SIN
ccrity and manly trankness: They know, that
MIR. Adams has never vcntured publicly to atvo |
cate tariff, and that he has been equally cautious
not TO oppose it-they cannot reconcile silence on |
such topic with public duty, or personal honour: !
They know that General Jackson voted for the ia
riff of 1924 and that he disdans to conceal his anx
ie,y Tor all national advantages-f'hey know
that he will not, il president, seek sacrifice the
interests OF one quarter OF the union 10 promote
those of another, as, Mr.. Clay has said Nlr. a
dams did at Client: What then, can be more pat
rio;ic prudent, than the preference OF national
statesman
-. Besides. il il not very natural, that men of
the south should honour the west, which has al
ways treated them with kindness, rather than the
east, which has always treated them with ingvaii-
tude and obloquy.
90 For eighteen years. says Mr.. Mathew Carey
in his Olive Branch, g the most unceasing endea-
YOURS have been used, TO poison the minds OF the
people of New England towards, and 10 arenate
hem from, their fellow citizens OF the southern
states: The people Of the latter section have been
portrayed demons incaruatc, and destitute of
~ the qualities that dignity or adorn human ia
lure! Nothing Exceed the violence OF those
raricaturcs some Of which would have suited the
eiocious inhabitants of New Zealand, rather than.
A civilized polished nation" p 2o3.
Z" The unholy and denoniac spirit, that inspired |
he writer of the above vile libel, ESSAYS signed
Pelham 1900 has been from that hour to the
present, necessarily employed to excite hostility
between the different sections Of the union. To
such horrible lengths has this spirit been carried
hat many paragraphs have occasionally appeared
IA the Boston papers, intended and calculated TO
ercfe The negroes Of the southern states to rise
md massacre their m0steTS'--Ths will undoubl-
eddy appear incredible 10 the reader; il is never |
hcess Sdcrediy true: Ii is species Of turpitude
Md basepesso which tie world has produced few
p. 2jl.
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