Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-14

C-a'lo-J ';nPoseI upon so.ne a. The r.es.1ent's I
,oini-uHcsuons 10 Congress, and fravely imputed
!" MIN Is doctrines ~ his political creed" Who
LAS = pgeJudiced and iui;amrs;" the public mind?
> Guil ihese gentlemen insinuate that You have
MOI read and judged for ycurselyes-iiat YOU have
'.1sn unis upon tt.sr Ihev viii doubtless dis
vi"" Suen an i;Lpuia'i'n. Then You have read
N'l"e 80 eh'Ii.c@;oni % Congress and have per
iii''eo yoc ia-,s..s 70 b. 50 !3r p.eiulced and in
hamcc, as grAvely 70 t,tri5u:e 10 Mr. Adams the
expression al anh-repub!ican doctrines. when he
was ehuEe!y innoeeni OF any such Intention We
MY, these gentiesnen are driven TO a narrow
straight when they are forced 10 confess, tat the
e% professor OF rhctu,ictAe great III .o.aaiist Ia
his =" Commitment RS q Congress" expresses
AiinSeH IN languase unnieligibic 60 G4e enlichi-
ened citizens q Virginia. The studied assertions
oil Mr. Adams contained in his deliberate and pre-
neaitlted Messages 10 Congress- are ne, to be iii
potcc To nm as doctrines q his political cree.l;''
OUT because they happen TO be olie;.s!sc = = re
pGC@ca1 people, they are - be set down 10 want
q. S'!lef 7HetoT1eai ifoD.ietS'' what farce;
uc learned Judges and lawyers Of Virginia sitting
~ convention stern, and yini.cN.ns the political
heresies OF John Q~iIcy adams, by i,vor.ing his
WANT Oh " RitEroRICA- 7RoPRIErY!r' In the
I "spti % Their ingenuity, could they tad nc;iag
else with which to cheat yoag iguora,i 80 and Gull
your simplicity, than this rniss,af, s,ll,.erfIge,
CHlid they hope By desperate ashtit, TO pdliato
&c unpopular anu arist0craic doctriues :! J. Q
@'0dnd, or CONCEAL them iYom the good sense uf tho
peolhe; Eat what e.s'' co@iE taeyd9' Having ~
-'-'i&- ~ .-sli Nt!Ntsttt t.Lk wee OBLIGED 20
throw around their champion this paste board
shle!d, as II such ilimsy stuff couI. protect him
yon the strong and bright shafts of popar inte,li-
geIce As an evidence of your uncsndiI ana I'm
Wan"htao!e usage OF Mr.. A., seyeraiinstances are
gwen oil your cruel pcrVerson of the nearing of
MS language. Asfor example, they say that on
one occasion, not, perhaps, with strict rhetorical
propriety, he used the expression palsied by the
VIII oil his constituents" They complain in bitter
ness of spirit, that this sphrasehas beedtorn from
anil, a.,
rity upon which the President is charged with the
heresy, that representative owes no obligation 10
the will of his constituents The simple words
= palsed by tia will Of his constituents standing
alone and unconnectcd, mean nothing nor have
ever before heard, that in this isolated position,
any meaning was ever attempted to be given TO
hem. Unconnected with other words thew are
as uhmeaning as II the same space were filled
oy straight line 1t IS only when you restore them
10 tle context, from which il is said they bave been
rudeiy torn, that you impart TO them vitality
or meaning. Take them they stand in the
sentence to which they belong and insist upon il
they convey sentiment the % most offensive to
republican people" Consider them in connection
Win 'he whole paragraph in which they are
found, and the expression of that sentiment is
more strong and unequivocal. Proceed still further
aud consider them they stand in relation 10 Other
sentences and paragraphs, contained in the same
message, and, believe, few of YOU VIII doubt as
TO the opinion which Mr.. A. intended TO convey
Ihese words then restored to their context, and
coilsiuered IN conneXion with it, in nv humble
Judgment, most clearly warrant the assertion that
Mr. A has been truly and justly charged with the
expression of opinion " the most 6ff,nsiy,e IN
republican people," and we'll calculated TO excite
their Indignation against its proud and aristocratc
author am too humble to expect that vo,, viii
rely on the Interpretation which / have given to
ule language OF the chief of rhetoricians. But
"tie DO not ask you to take upon trust the no
nest and sincere reflections of an Obscure indivi
uuai, addressed TO you from the firesde of hishum
bic mansion, may [, in full sincerity of heart cDn
lJnfe tnat you wall not, without due examination
yed your iuii faith TO unsupported assertions tho
enooIied IN the imposing form Of an Address s.
promulgated by g a Convention from the lofty
dones of the Capitol
Read, fellow citizens, and Judge for yourselves.
m NIr 4edains's hrst Message to Congress is the
following PdTGsrdph--not phrase torn from its
context--bui the ,oh0Is paragraph: "Let ma
not be unmindfui," lac says g that liJe,fu Is
po'oer; that the nation best with the largest nor
Ioh oil liberty, must in proportion to its numbers
be The most powerful nation upon earth: and that
the tenure OF power by man, is, in the moral pur
poses oil ms Creator, upon cont lion that il shall be
exercised in acts OF benefcence to improve the
condition Of himself and his fellow-men While
ioreign nations less blessed with that freedom,
"nlch Is power, than ourselves, are adgancing
with gigantic strides in the career OF public inn
PioVcHEe2t, were re 10 slumber in Incidence fold
up car arms, and proclaim TO the world that ,gs
Gfc P1lS7ea 6g the 10iH Of our constituents would
PrOvElence.
anu opc,a ourselves 10 perpetual inferority?" Ths
70 my humble capacity, seems to be very good
EnGhSh, though expressing very bad doctrines
see nothing II this language, which il obnoyious
70 veFddt criticism, and canncs for nv life discoy
or what part they have found so deficient in Tsict
rhetorical propriety,'' as to induce them to make
ulat charge against one whom they had nrolessea
10 consider as the greet master in all the conyolut
ca machinery OF trOpes and figures, and for d.
plomauc composition, had extolled above all
GrceE, above all Roman fame" IL is not Mr.
Aaamss language in this, nor in numerous
oti,er instances, which forms the subject Of com
plant, Out the dangerous doctrines il CONVEYS
view It in any light you please and il exhibits its
arlstocratc hue. Twist it and turn Il as YOU will
ana II conveys bat one meaning. In the ftlllness
OF political charity, let Mr.. A. have credit for all
the ardor and sincerity of bis republican princi-
pies, ana sl we are constrained TO discover in his
ollclai communications the expression of opinions
subversive OF the fundamental PRINCIPLES OF an
eiechve representative government, at war with
our republican institutions and peculiarly odo,ts In
the political feelings Of Virginia. If there were
bur solitary instance of Mr.. Adams havinr ex-
pressed such opinicns-if he stood perfectly I'M
suspected and the brightness Of his political fame
were not shaded by The cloud Of apostacy--if he
had been the disciple of Jefferson, instead of the
elder Adaias-if he had passed his DAYS in the
midst OF republican simplicity Of manners unused
TO the poP and spiendor Of courts and palaces, of
Kings and noOi''-then, indeed, might we be
tempted 10 distru5t own senses. and wonder at
this bold avowal of anti republican principles. By
the Chiet .aagistrGfe " the .4R9e5icajs pegpisE
but all cause oil establishment subsidies wren We
coll to mind the frequent instances in which he
has accorded 70 the General Government fhe nos
session Of powers, which, if exercised, nenaced
ineyita bic peril TO the liberty of the citizen te
sovereignty Of C,s states, and the existence q fhe
Union. Let one or two examples suffice. aI1o
claims for the General Government the rirh. 70