Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-03

ns"t,y rote. n,,asonr VI .is answer ito General /
W as"i'i%toa : address, # his sole object had been
ths Piauiits IF Geaora. .tyashinst however
highly wrought or extravagant--bui this would |
not content him or his parry: the humiliation
oil their political antagonists seemed TO be the
most acceptable portion of his unh allowed ;ncense
MIR AineS made the mosi artiul aud cutting thrusts
+; OF Them, which the occasion invited"
mus we see that the republicans, including
! Irnera jackson. would have heartily and unan-
iniously recorded praise and gratitude. to ashing-
1 ton, but that would not suit MIR. Ames, and his
party: and who was MIR. Ames and what were the
| principles OF his party.
IL Is IN the nature of white birch stakes" said
Mr hmes' =" 10 iai in two years: and REPUB-
Lie wears out its orals almost as soon As the sap
oil white birch rots the wood. "-IYorks of Fish
| err -4mes-p. Sill
Our county is too big Cor ,nion--too soriid for
pa'rotiSni-too denorcat;c for iiber,y."-SGme,
| p. iS3.
Our disease is democracy: il is not the skin
that testers our very bones are carous and their
marrow biackens with gangrene. Same.
| ohch were the sentiments of Mr.. Ames, the
pretended FREUD of Washington: but what were
the principles Of Washington!
! hccusiom yourselves" said he, " to think and
$peo1 OF your union as the palladium oil your po-
hucai safety and prosperity" lis there doubt
whether a common governmsn mt can embrace so
large sphere!-let experience solve il: 10 listen
70 speculation IN such a case were criminal!
| " interviewer as is the love of liberty with eve
| ry iigament OF your hearts, 10 Recommended
OF mine is necessary 10 fortify or confirm the at
tachment."
winch, gentlemen, do you profess, the doctrines
| OF MIR. Ames, or those OF General W Washington,
IL Tie latter, can you be surprised that the repub-
mean party, including General jackson, refuse 10
sanction an address penned by Mr.. Ames-an ad-
aress' not approbaory Of Washington, but masking
! the hostility OF Mr.. Ames TO the true fiiends of
the union' With what truth then, do YOU assert
that General Jackson was hostile TO General w ash
y M hat IL
who was in principle hostile to him! Have not
The party 10 which you belong, sy Systematically ac-
ted III direct hostility to General Washing ou,s
farewell address,
! The conduct of General Jackson NJ Nov Or
leans which, collectively, will form an impersh-
aoie monument, not only TO his own fame, but to
.ne glory oil his country, has been nevertheless
the fruitful topic for defamation Tn, people and
their represent aives have passed upon il, and bv
both the gratitude due to patriotic deyotion has
; beea added to the honours conferred OH military
skill W. N''"S
is not this true? and you know il is, is it not
.,' simple reply TO your reproaches' have you
! 'ne vanity TO suppose that garbled statement,
! inaue under iactious excitement, is 10 outweigh
the details which already constitute grave history,
! You assert that General Jackson turned the Ie-
S,u'e gu. OF doors, but you err in saying even
mat IL Is mistake, he simply caused a suspension
oil deliberations.-and why did he adont thai
course: because the Legislature proposed to surren-
yer 10 the enemy city which il was the duty Of
Seherai Jackson TO defend: would you, gentlemen
nave surrendered the city! if not, then YOU must
approve oil the only course by which that calamity
could have been dverted.
You assert, that after peace trqs 6yo,r1 IN bo,e
oeeh maze General Jackson iettered the press i'm
prisoned Judge, arrested patriotic me NJ Tho
legislature, &c but you surely do not mean IN saw
'a' 'hiS, or any part OF this, was done after the
existence OF peace was known at. .Ne,p O,Jeanst
our language Il ambiguous; seems TO have been
designed TO convey impression that all this was
aft 10
peace eXisted-but are unwilling TO attribute q,
you design that would disgrace the yilest Of The
/ many vile sanderers Of General Jackson: YOU can
nor mean to say that General Jackson knew tha,
49, eA'S'eu' because such an assertion would be
inconsistent with truth What then are the f,e ts,
Seheiai jackson was responsible .or the fate of
New Orleans, and had declared martial law il
ne nad not done SO, New Orleans would hay been
oe"dyeu ny spies anu traitors, and the conseuuen-
ces need not be described ii martial law was an
indispensable measure, then il became the duty of
me GENERAL TO see that il not dead letter 10
see tnat even Judges and Legislators should not be-
uay tbeir country! The defence is therefore brief
as Il has hitherto been triumphant
Dut, gentlemen, if Gen. Jac, ,on really did. and
YOU say ne diu, commit such outrages upon consti-
raw and personal rights is il not mary elous
.,aa ',,e congress oil the union, whilst the events
were fresh In memory, in the session of 1916 pass
cd resolutions OF thanks, and voted gold medals 10
nun NAY, gentlemen, we will bring the matter
sun closer TO yourselves: you know that every
.A"N' VI So"SieSS sWcarS 10 support the consti-
| luton; you Know that member who has Lnovyi
edge that public officer violated the constitution
aiu the raw, ana yet onits TO call him to account
l. hnseH guilty OF breach OF trust: lei US then
apply these facts to one of yourselves, Mr. John
Sergeabt-he was IN congress perhaps earlier than
nut certainly in 1918; all the acts done at N Or1i
leans In 1915 were then well known as thew are
now what are We TO think OF a representative who
then overlooked the ou,rages which his men noyv
describes IN such appalling colours? did Mr. Ser
Seant neglect his country them or is his present A.
iarn factitions! is it true, that with KNOWLEDGE
oil ihe existence OF peace, General Jackson did
tfainpie on constitution, law aud personal Iibertv
and Il 1t is, why did not Mr. Sergeant cali for On
curry and Tor punishment and il Mr. Sergeant did
not eau ior enquiry, as he was bound by The most
sacred obligations to do, is ii not conclusive that ia
1913 he d!d not believe that any such outraees hal
oeen committed! and il he did not then believe so
now mas the conviction TO the contrary been since
Prouuced No, gentlemen, allow u TO say without |
meaning diSrespect, that you act under excitement !
YOU write uuder northumberland Il is no, in !
your powerto convince intelligent peope of ,l,e
harness oil representations, in which in moments
oil reflection, you cannot yourself confide.
The third branch Of your censure shall he No.
ticed in our next letter.
,oe,,r,,, Yours ours very respectfully,
JOSEPH W0RRELL, WIN. j. DUANE
MILAN DUNCAN, VIM. j. LEipER.
HENRY TOLAND, THOS. M prvrTt'T'
JOHN WURTS,
COMMITTEE OF Correspondence for Philadolphia. /
appointed by theRepubcan Convention assem-. |