Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-26
aI0HNGoMD. august IS.


ca Huiny oil absurd eiccuoneetlng remarks upon
them. The great majority of the Administration
Editors seem to think, Of we may Judge from the
boidness OF VIVA; they say and the weak articles
tn which they resort,) thar the American people
are halt wilted generation, VINO may be driven,
frightened or cajoled at the pleasure such knight.
OF the quill a. they are. Nothing but this de grad
ing opinion OF. the public intelligence could induce
them to attempt so many iorgeries and slanders-
and hazard so many aburd remarks But hear the
Nat Int ct the 10th:
Is it your intention, fellow citizens, that the
'.ght OF succession to The Presidency OF the United
States shall hcncciorth reside in the Army?"
are you, we repeat, ready 10 sanction the
principle. that the President o! the u. States shall
AWAY be taken from the lire ot the Army, or
from among those who have but recently retired
from il"
That :" the right Of succession TO the Presidency
ShoH hencefO'th reside IN the army, is a question
not involved III the present controver sy--and il is
pisSuinins too inuch upon the stupidity OF the PEG
pie TO suppose they be made 10 believe that
1t Is. Ii General Jackson should be elected
VIII IT " sanction the principle, even give the
c0toT oil sanction 10 THAT the President is aiways
u ne taken from the line OF the Army." The
itendS oil the AdminiSii aiou will sur liz admit that
, no dangers were suspended over our country by
putting 'nto the Presidential Chair the great Mil
! itdry Chlettain of The Revolution. Did that APP
continent even Indicate an opinion, that lie Presi.
dent ought always 10 be taken lgyn the line OF the
army! ashinstOn had ed with signal success
g hdey Indeed. he TIA filled he measure Ut his
Ia 1 al
hOncsl ana cdPabie-and whether he hdu display
his qualifications III the feii or IN the ccbinet was
hid'ttI oil but itttic consequence TO ms country
NEIL Ill such an appointment necessarily involved
tue piincipi, int the President shall always be
AIKEN IRON the lane OF the Army, why did not the
Immortal men who achieved Your liberties and
1 framed our excellent Constitution sound the d
! iarh; ia the committeeman OF d tree govern
heh'-"ith an almost exhausted people, animated
ny thr SpUu, nut without the practice aud erperi
tnte OF ub!icdnism-such an example VS. moI,
APT 70 DC dangerous TO our liberties than this
lay But what tsIi has resulted from The appoint
"a at OF " military chielt4in" who had but little
dhy experience, at the bdi, on the bench, in
- ialiVe halls! ~ L do moi hold Gen. J. up u the
cqu" vi aShinston, aittlo without any dspalage.
ihin 20 thdt oesi vi men aud best OF patriot we
oeiIc'e .iim -qGaiiy honest and PAT iouc. Our ob
"a 10 show the dO>nIdIty OF inns iob oblIn OF
'u' tesSi DO the me oil tr N.Y. II l. Care
Gro no' TED ony for effect MIR Clay an MS cleo
Z eerhs land dinner speeches is very sue
c. sui l. giving out watch words countersi gus
! IS parLld!i-, VINO ring tn changes upon thcfn
win q. .inlt dIe ieXteTIty.
nu. sue objection to Gen. jackson as a ni,ita-
| ~ ciieitiih, aud 90 the principle Oi - always
t"N 'il he Ffesiden, from the line the army,
| no no IOIcc ia il-Decduse Gen. j. does elvu
! ~ ne army. 1t. cue, that during the yYaf, when
a ioi Ign enemy a.. the >dva- pressed spon on,
| frontiers tho one WAN me and sword ana a brutal
disregard oi the rmIe- q! honorable warfare, and
4 thS CllSF van the unsparIDg tOniahdwk and the
Scdiplng kulie-G cn. jackson, tnen an officer in
tn uiiil.Id OF Iennessec, look the field hi, ca
facitJ anu ei-'gy soon induced uie government
ole .In d commission IA the rcgu army What
| infant HCLiSHeHeni- "a. performed, what IuesiI-
'"aDie -eivi es !e has ndered nIS country, II
| Unnecessary 10 capltuide. Al l. also true, that
| many person, al distance from the scene o; op.
eiatiJIs ccnsured some vi MS d. unconslItu-
! uOnil dud arbitrary. ne were AMONG that mum
Der. We nol only cUnd mined some OF taese act,
with that indepc nd nee which belongs to a tree
! press III Tree counuy; Out ds..iwa DIS, when he
| Was heid up ny tue ope d. Candidate ioI the
| Presidency, ne .isdin urged Opeclions, ana
expressed our doubts OI-iIs capacity. But our OBJ
lJecI0n~ were Infinitely confined lhan those
I when ms present Opponents nave urged against
| ih Wilh uniting .ndiguIty We never attempted
- 'rip him OF his iauruis dt New Orleans. - ne
VI NV aded the chd 'cter OF hi- wiie. We never
Gail Il hin negro -tTddeI-- murdercr-a traitor
a!i muIh''o though sc hau strong OIL c ions
| % his election, YET attacked with no little
Lea' 'he course and qualifications OF his present
OnpedtOr. itdd Mir Adams Obtained his election
homo aoiy, an conducted hls administration with
Advantage TO MS country, we should may com
| "a need an opposition against him. But when his
/ hrat message was p.ohuiS gated; when nIs pledges
~ MS Virginia ., CT, taiy were AZ gOiatsd, a, We
| assured !iu smey would Uei wncn lie advanced
"OcdIhe5 tha Outraged The most sacred principles
vi tnr COnsuiutIOL; when ms measures were not
suggested by soIi judgment, Dut fedDunded 10 ii,.
JuTJ Vi tue p opie; wheA, .dIi.IOu . these u
lctuOns Tue painful out itresi-,iUlc cion was
reed uPon US by the facts dnd circumstances
winch were successfully Fought to light, that he
had oblained hts Office by ntiigue mdnag cement &
| bargain; Whsn.ne hal TO thOUs between jackson
~ II Odf osecupa- ~ him, a Coalition tina nAd
sruch a tne pubic uOrdts, aud ga trdmpliu. tbt.
~onsti ttoH uhue foot, we could scarcely hesitate
III oui choice. ~ Iad 10 ~ d5nns PrAIcipies 20
which this paper ina been unto .iy dcv ted
| OF against one man 10 WnUm We mad once been
opposed, aid ia favor OF auotne, to whom W. had
also been oppoSed-And between prtacipie an
| men We shan II vcT hesitate IN the choice II
THIS De the inconsistency win winch We have been
charged, we ave wiling 10 share the censure dOnr
wan Jef-rsOu and thousands OF others. But At the
same tilue let IL d. recOliected hat mucu of the
OpposiiiUn he mas lately experienced. has rendered
Gen. Jackson essential -erVice. It has drawn forth
de clopemeuts OF facts and motives; Il has cause 10
b. displayed chivd on. honor, d putity of cha
racter. sOunduess Of iu .giueut VI which many Oh
e. have enlisted thousands Of our felow-citlzens
heartily Ia his service. 10 was his military H.
cuevcment- hen which first drew ne eyes of his
country upon him. Ana O. was the persecution h,.
has since and more recently undergone, which has
struck out that Dctlcr knowledge OF his character
which has developed some Ol those tine cnslittes
which have recommended hitn 80 highly to 50 ma
/ ny Of his cOuntrymrn.
The brief, bot brilliant career Of Gen. jackson
! ~ Tue army. bf no means constitutes him q uH
tary chieitdIn, in the dang .f0us seu<c ia which
! MI. Clay ana IN miuions would nave the tern, an
dcrstoo1. II he had been regularly bred soidi J.
il he had never served III. country in any 9th .r
paciiy, or pursued any other calm for q liveH.
hood, then, indeed, might the term b. applied 10
! hin. Then, indeed, might The Nat lntelliqonccr|
/ have PROFOUND the childish questions quoted Il.
nove. Does any man in his sober senses - be-
liege that there Is any danger Establishing the