Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-06-13
attempt to inti,nilaie the Press,

ticket. This fact the politicians of the Chronicle
are fully conscious of
attempt to iati.aitlcte the Press,
Had such language the following from an Ad.
ADMINISTRATION Baltimore paper appeared in an Oppo-
sition print, we should have been assailed at once
with CALCULATIONS against the terocious spri, OF Jack
sonsm:
We are determined, that while we shall be EN-
trusted with the conducting OF this paper, that we
Will never permit any thing TO appear in its CO.
iums, that we will not defend tciM cor We--and
we take this occasion To say that from this period,
henceiorth, we will resent, as personal insult,
any mean or c0,cGrdty hisnuGtion, that shall APP
pear edltorlay, in any paper in this city, respect
ing any editorial matter that may have appeared in
the Mary ander. In making this declaration, we
wish II distinctly understood, that we shall not
knowledge any but legitimate ercuses, as reasons
. ior not answering to personal demand
AND 10 show the marvellous consistency of this
Editor, he proceeds in the very next column to
pour out the most unqualified abuse by wholesale
upon the Opposition party-a party (Which he pro-
nounces to be)- regardless even of appearances
- Office, and office alone, is the of all the
coninoton and strife to which our country has BEEN
SO unfortunately, subjected. 1t becomes, them a
matter OF serious inquiry, when found act
ing from such mercenary motives, whether each
individual Is not bound to treat the actors in
becoming an opposition though the infamy tuas
Of personal nature sc. SC. with other Ian
guage of the same sort. He also informs the Edi-
tor OF the Baltimore Republican that the author
Thursdays Republican is willing, in anticipation
OF the arrival OF Mr.. Erwin, to accommodate him.
g II he feels at all anxious on that head'
The Editor of the Republican makes the follow
ing appropriate, spirited and dignitied reply:
. We had not time yeste rday, TO notice the com.
municaon in our paper, signed Il Jackson .Hdn;'
but we take occasion TO day, to assure him and all
those with whom we act, that nothing can occur
winch shall induce TO bate lot title OF our
opposition TO the reelection OF John Q,incu I'D
ans or OF our zeal in the oil Jackson and the
People.
"When we established this paper and assumed lis
conduct, we did not do il without full knowledge
OF all that would be expected of us. We had sur
Veyed the whole ground, and willing TO as
sumo all the responsibilities We have pursued our
course, deliberately calked for ourselves LY our
selves, openly, icarlessly aud honorably. We
shaii continue TO pursue IL, and that too. without
regard to any bullying ridiculous threats which
may be published here, elsewhere, by any
braggadocio, from Secretary of State down 10 the
most obscure rutiian whom he his friends may
set upon us.
g In the days Of the elder ADAMS the attemnt
was made TO GAG the freemen of the country by a
ld,o; but they in their majesty Indignantly
hurled him from the seat of power and erased the
obnoxious act from the Statute book In the DAYS
OF the second ADAMS, we have seen the chief
officer OF his Cabinet calling Senator to the field
Tor words spoken in debate, and attempts made TO
BULLY the press and the peopleinto silence The
attempt Is vain and ridiculous, and the descendants
OF those who spoke OUT in spite of the GAG lazy of
the eideT IDA MS, VIII desplse and laugh to scorn
as we do, the DULLES of the younger
9 With the respectable part of the Adams par
ty we are on terms OF intimacy, respecting them
and they respecting and with the rutfans OF the
opposing party, we will have no personal contest
except III defence OF our own person Their A.
buse can DO harm, because even with the
respectable part OF their own party we number
many OF our intimate friends, and have establish
ed character beyond the reach OF the osis of any
party. We apprehend no danger to our person. be-
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and he do, we are able TO defend it. This is all
orr friends desire Oh expect, and they shall not he
disappointed.
''We shall continue then TO drive the steel into
the indurated hide OF the Coalition-We shall ;,u-
ply the caustic TO the warts the body polite
We shall expose falsehood wherever we meet IT,
come from what quarter it may,-and nothing shall
induce US to swerve from the discharge of what
we consider our duty to our PARTY our COUN-
TRY and OURSELVES
Signs, SC IN .Netc Yorf.-A large meeting of
the republicans ofthe county of TiOgG unanimous
~ concurs with the republican party in the noni-
nation OF Jackson and Calhoun-and approves of the
Convention at HeIkimer on the oath of September
The Oswego Gazette asserts that more than 3-Iths
oil the voters OF Iioga are favorable to Jackson. A
meeting OF the republicans of Suilican county also
approves OF the Convention at Herkimer Jackson
III said to have great and constantly increasing
preponderance in this county" The information
from Saratoga assures the Albany Argus that the
cause OF Jackson will succeed in that county by
a most triumphant majority THE Goshen Re
publican Of the End, says that the friends of Jack
son will carry Old Orange. In Captain Adams's
company oflight horse at Shannon Schoiarie coun-
ty, the vote was j. 80, \. Z.
LIdanHd---Ali the accounts from this State are
OF the most favorable character for J. The votes
at the battalion musters are about to for him |
An old Revolutionary officer, in Green County.
writes, You may safely calculate for Jackson g.
4ihs OF the voters OF this county" In Sullivan
county, the votes OF three companies were for j. /,
I54 A. IL. In stating the strength of parties in !
Orange county, the Louisville Advertiser mad !
vertently called it Ross. The actual number of ,
votes as taken by the listers of taxable property
were, for j. $50, A. 3I4-3O neutrals
Rentucky-An Administration letter has re- I
Gently claimed a majority of 5000 votes for Met
cafe over Barry in August next.-E contra ;
The Kentucky Gazette Gan Opposition prini,) as I
sures the friends OF Jackson and efurn that Ken
lucky still remains true 10 her prncill s. Our ior
nation from every quarter OF the State is highIv I
favorable. Barry, we believe will beat MetcaIfe, |
10, 900 votes"
The Governor Of Massachusetts, does not appear ,
to have caught the same horrors which Mr. CLAW /
has expressed. Sooner than see Gen. Jackson
elected, MIR. C. would visit his country with war
pestience, and famine, any other scouree-
but MIR. Lincoln in his late Communication
to the Legislature OF Massachusetts takes
soberer view OF its consequences. Though de-
cidedly approving OF the present administration I
and preerring Mr. Adams'yet he warns us against
the injurious effects Of indulging our rash passions
about the canvass or the result Reuubt }
cans (says he) have no fears that the virtue of