Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-04-18
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aid 70 thePen aud the ballad" lur. RandoipIs SpesOa
The coarse Caricature-the Coffin Hand.
bills among the principal tricks to which the
parasites oil the Administration are resorng Few
OF ourinteiligent readers will believe how many
| OF these handbil!s have been strewn through the
Northern western States.-A letter from Penn
sylvania, of the 10th inst states that the last
week. there passed thro' this place. cart-l load of
the IS coffin handbils, which were distributed IN
the citizens. We are proud to see that one al
lH.HtSsrGfion rrsnt at least, views this wretched
trick in its proper light, and speaks of il with the
Indignation which 1t deserves. This is the Mid
dietown Conn Sentinel
Among the many By part, zeal TO eecor,p,1
particular b. rectoned iAe circulation let
eaii,d "ee6i, hand5ils" AN conysysnnt IN he mo-
tieai 0aTs Of ks day -gH u,s,innd tA aiuon had 70
tae tTeonon oftAe mtiamen othsr a, in ,gsieh
Of describing tie trhioh these seo Land
rJer Our only motiVe for mentioning ss topic mi,
trms Is to enter our Pro,:. against tie or amy ,uci
TO mike an Impression the n.id of oSr citizens,
~. grSasa o,, objections on tSs Joo,Ving Ths
opinions ne Presidential Question: aud on ;uJ,funtisI
these sentiments By Prsentg before The eoio-mss Of
eh'nids heated by parfan eathssiGn Cd Tia o.
,to ee certain nsn IA oar state u.o could Sustain
ts,t oh hs opponents, othoat leading
an iSs't 10 citizens; suppose capable oTbtinp
ae.sa upon ~ ar 50 engHng and 50 di;gGsting is
adopt and held part politics. .hat ne cannot I
argument eadidiy Prsened aud eeral nlaintansd Lei
those 'pho sIi pedaie these ezgoOns Of horria
scenes rseofise thd. in Connecticut, people can dra.
thsir deductions fran facts they hare made ihs,.
dsdueionS that any ATTEMPT these di.aereeab
'nure me Party that re'0r, TO -and io,erer
that they '' eonaes those 1Oho dead ,As sen,ess
Of every high. minded eisi=e,n
III there be any additional circumstance caleu-
lated to bring THIS circulation OF coffin handbills"
into greater contempt it is the homer of their being
invented by Mr.. John Binns-that distinguished
pr0tgee OF the Treasury and the War Office
who has been appropriately nck-named the " Man
ufacturer OF Publications. Last wear i; fell IN our
lot to arraign him before the public as the propasa-
tor OF series oil abrications, as impudent as thew
were bungling. First came his story of pretend
ed letter from Gen. jackson 10 member of the
Virginia Legislature, covertly betrayng his hos
tiiity TO the Tari-Next, came forth the story Of
letter from the South, pretending to disclose the
objects of MIR. Van Buren's visit to GEORGIA.
Next, that gross and abominabe forgery of Harfiss
ictter:-And now we have from the same mint the
" Coffin Handbills w hat adds 10 the shame of
this man, IS his recent attempt palliae the forge
ry OF the Harris letter. He cooliy republisles in
his own paper, long and deceptive article from
the Massachusetts Journal, which pretends 10 CEN
sure several papers for the charges they had
made against MIR. b. for this forgery This Jour
nal abuses these papers, 90 the r. Enquirer
General jackson himself, and S. d. Ingham' for
speaking so plainly OF 4 document (which he
himself, MIR. b., declared SiDsllitGneoasly Fitl,.i;s
hrst publication, he did not know TO be genuine
but thought il good rntation-such one, as
harris might have wIitten,'' sc. And the said
ir. Is. mas the face to refer to this very article
IRON the NJ. Journal IS q conclusive resutatio,:
Of the charge of forgery" II is indeed true tina:
Mr. b. did say g We present il to cur readers as
we received it. 1t is unquesionably such an one,
wretcned iIarri.n-but il ,}.is oil thu, lao soi,l.
unavailing that would be to excuse fhc
circulation of letter that was forged?-No-j
Tor in the previous PaPey he heralds the APP
proAch OF this important document by prociaimno
MS g many obligations to the friend who has
kindly forwarded to US copy of a letter said 10
have been written by one OF the Six Miiitia,nen4
he proelaims beforehand, that s. many a cue
tcH Lceep' over it--that 90 some thoUsoni coDi-c
Of t shouidbeP 'IJiished- he would receive
subscriptions at the rate of 81 a thousand'' &c
&c Is there an intelligent man who does not be.
heve he did wish to palm this forgery off as 4 re-
hume ietter!-and now he wishes to deny III This
IS the honorable inventor of the Coifin-hanLbIs-
Shamel Shamei upon such tricks and such too!sy
SIGSs!-The Reaction, which the partizans Of
the Administration are attempting to get up in NJ
York, is like Hudibras's famous gun
That, icing aimed at duck or Dlorer,
Re-cctS aud kicks its owner over!
We arc informed from the most authentic nuarter
that all IN New York is perfectly safe.-The signs
ere OF the most suspicious character-ss 4 oen
ueman OF the first responsibility in Was,ne,,on
writes TO his friend in PETERSBURG that he hears
from the most intelligent members in the deleaa-
uoh from that Slate, that their recent information
confirms them IN the opinion, that the cause of
the Administration isdecining, and that of the On
position rapidly gaining strength The anti.nasons
excitement, which has been seized with ayiditv bv
the friends OF the Administration to promote their
objects, begins to be looked upon as bubble fiat
must soon burst and evsporate."-The Albany
argus, after justly reproving the " Intcliirencer
ior It's late Jesuiical and contemplate maumuyre
attempting TO sow jealousy between Messrs
an buren, and Calhoun) assures them that Mr.
calhoun viii receive in NJ York belond 1ues
tiOn' the vote OF every jackson eIector-and that
In relation to the number of the electoral votes
Whatever may be the cavils and affected doubts of
he intelligence, or the assertions of the pension
ed and contingent eter-wrters, the republican
candidates will receive at least ticenfg-sir votes
-Alessrs, Adams and Clay uiayreceiye ten."
The Legislature of alabama have adopted re-
port aud resolutions, recommending Cen Jackson
Tor the Preldcncy, by a vote of 81 10 g.
letter iroIu Washington, reflting the ridicil-
lows suggestion, (ately coined and originally ut
tered IN the lnteigencer that Gen. ). might pos
sibly love two votes in Tenncssse declares that
the writer has lived in the state upwards of "a
years, aud that would not be possible SO TO lon
90 my me district IN it, as to take from Cen ].
one electoral cote"
The Xcna Peoples Press" Of the 9th ut.
aliirms. that oftho Representatives in Congress
from OlliO who nog support Mr. Adams repre- |
sent districts which decidedly Jacksonian and
two Of the other districts arc at least doubtful
the other are kloubtlcss for Mr. Adams
We do not vouch for the accuracy Of this state
ment.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS,
House Of Delegates.
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